Feeling the heat? Relief could be in sight
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With temperatures lingering in the 90s for the past ten days and smoke from wildfires in British Columbia and Montana throwing a haze in the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With temperatures lingering in the 90s for the past ten days and smoke from wildfires in British Columbia and Montana throwing a haze in the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Two fires have been reported in Bonner County. Starts of unknown origin were reported at Carr Creek and Trestle Creek.
The Carr Creek start was …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Just about everyone greeted the turn from blazing heat to cool, rainy weather this week with a sigh of relief. But forest firefighters aren’t out …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In an emergency meeting Friday morning, Bonner County Commissioners adopted a resolution declaring a local disaster emergency in Bonner County due to wildfires burning out …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
Firefighters in the western United States have seen a new obstacle this season: drones.
Labeled “hobby drones” by officials, the unmanned vehicles that typically carry …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
At the Bayview public dock earlier this week, life seemed to be returning to normal. Kids splashed in the water as the temperature hit the …
Story and photos by Ben Olson
Reader Staff
While over 400 fire personnel still fight to contain the Cape Horn fire outside of Bayview, the worst is apparently behind us.…
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Contributor
That June, while we were away in Colorado on wildland fire assignments, it rained five inches in Sandpoint. We returned home one evening, late …
If you plan to visit local public lands during Independence Day Weekend, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) suggest you “Know Before You Go.” Prior …
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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