LPOSD faces Title IX complaint
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Lake Pend Oreille School District has an almost 20-year history of failing to provide equal athletic opportunities for female students, according to a Title IX complaint filed July...
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Trestle Creek Complex Fire exceeds 200 acres
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fire risk remains high in North Idaho, with dry and hot conditions persisting into the near future. In Bonner County, fires continue to burn in mountains above Hope —...
Pathway beneath Long Bridge opens
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Though it is a signature feature of the Sandpoint area, the span of U.S. 95 commonly referred to as the Long Bridge hasn’t received a lot of attention from...
Wednesday lightning sets fires across Idaho Panhandle
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A dry thunderstorm the morning of July 7 set off a series of fires in North Idaho, including six northeast of Sandpoint known as the Trestle Creek Fires. In...
Council takes on parkland, affordable housing and trails
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members took up a trio of land use-related items during their July 7 regular meeting, including development of a little utilized piece of city-owned property north...
County, followed by fire districts and Sandpoint, ban fireworks
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson Reader Staff Discussion surrounding a resolution to ban the use of fireworks in Bonner County heading into the Independence Day weekend turned into a lengthy debate over legal...
Sandpoint Lions Club Independence Day to celebrate essential workers
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Sandpoint Lions Club Fourth of July celebrations are back this year, and organizers promise they will be better than ever. After taking a year off in 2020 due...
BoCo Solid Waste to pursue compost program
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners gave unanimous approval June 22 for the Solid Waste Department to pursue a grant for a pilot compost program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
MickDuff’s awarded ‘Orchid’ for new renovation
By Carrie Logan Reader Contributor Preservation Idaho has awarded The MickDuff’s Brewing Company in Sandpoint an “Orchid” for Excellence in Historic Preservation for their recent preservation and restoration of the historic Federal Building. Building...
‘Active’ fire season shapes up in Bonner County
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff An extremely active electrical storm in the early morning on June 15 saw lightning strikes all over the county, with one bolt making contact with tinder and sparking a...
