Arson investigation ongoing in Army Surplus fire
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the smoke has cleared, the rubble remains — as well as an investigation into a fire July 4 that authorities believe was set deliberately …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the smoke has cleared, the rubble remains — as well as an investigation into a fire July 4 that authorities believe was set deliberately …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Amid public forum testimony at the Sept. 20 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, mostly dominated by talk of the Travers Park trees, two members …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Heather Upton, interim director of the Bonner County History Museum, received a tip that secret rooms had been uncovered beneath the Abbott Building on …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Six months after a fire ripped through the buildings at 202 and 204 N. First Ave., destroying four businesses in downtown Sandpoint, signs of life …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Investigations continue into the fire that destroyed two historic downtown buildings and damaged another.
According to Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton, fire marshals are focusing …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Cougar Fire made substantial moves this weekend, as the blaze jumped Lightning Creek headed northeast and tripled in size.
The fire, located five miles …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Two more Bonner County fires have been reported this week, one near Laclede and another just moments ago on the road leading up to Schweitzer …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Coming out of one of the driest winters in over a decade, and with above-average temperatures headed our way, this fire season is already looking …
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