Camp Bay beach giveaway disputed
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Whether 50 feet of shoreline in Camp Bay stays open to the public is scheduled to be decided by the Bonner County commissioners on Wednesday, Feb. 16. The commissioners...
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Ponderay announces purchase of lakefront property extending the Bay Trail
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor The city of Ponderay announced Dec. 22 plans to use local option tax revenue to purchase waterfront property, expanding public access to Lake Pend Oreille. At 2 p.m. on...
Land use tug-of-war
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town. Lassen’s home is off the grid on 50...
Zoom Boom: Tensions between regulation and deregulation
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor The “Zoom boom” economy has exploded in Bonner County — one of many western outdoorsy communities getting flooded with “amenity migrants” seeking a better and, for some, a more affordable...
Dysfunctional discourse, unmasked at city council chambers
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor When I woke up the morning of Aug. 20, it was out of a dream that was almost comical. The protagonist of the story in my slumbering head was...
Blood donors still needed in North Idaho
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor In March, as COVID-19 began taking its toll on the United States, fears of contracting the virus kept the usual donors away from blood centers and blood drives. Vitalant,...
Trail Dispatches:
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor After decades of trespassing across private property to reach the west slopes of Gold Hill, dirt bikers, mountain bikers, hikers and hunters now have an authorized trailhead and trail...
Trail Dispatches: Winter is trail planning season
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor If you like to skin out of Schweitzer’s bounds, chances are you’re familiar with “Solar Ecstasy,” a south-facing slope off Uleda Ridge that offers some steep turns with great...
Dover seeking grant for trail connection
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Dover is seeking funding from the Idaho Department of Transportation for a project to connect the trail on Dover Bay Boulevard to the Sandpoint-Dover Community Trail...
No federal dollars for Ponderay railroad underpass — this time
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s good news-bad news for the city of Ponderay and Friends of the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail. Residents approved the city’s 1% local option sales tax Nov. 5 —...
