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Deputy joins in honoring LPO rescuers
SANDPOINT — A Bonner County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol deputy was on hand in California to honor a family who coura...
Chamber receives ITC grant award
During its recent meeting, the Idaho Travel Council granted $5,867,607 in tourism marketing funding to non-profit organizations through the Idaho Regional Travel and Convention Grant Program.
Reclaim Idaho ends initiative’s signature push
The website for Reclaim Idaho reads like a sign in a post-apocalyptic shop window, frozen in time after a worst-case scenario left streets and storefronts em...
PHD sees 41 new cases
SANDPOINT — The Panhandle Health District reported 41 new cases of novel coronavirus, including four new infections in Bonner County.
School supply give away to help over 1,000 students in Bonner County
SANDPOINT — COVID-19 may have altered lesson plans for teachers, but Angels Over Sandpoint is determined to provide school supplies for all Bonner County stu...
SpaceX engineer Katz helps put Americans in space
BONNERS FERRY — SpaceX senior guidance and navigational control engineer Jacob Katz is a role model for area students who aspire to become involved in scienc...
Pilot uninjured in PR plane crash
PRIEST RIVER — A pilot making touch-and-go landings on a nearby airstrip crashed his plane shortly after 1 p.m., according to a Facebook post by Bonner County EMS.
LPOSD addresses building plans for fall
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Tom Albertson announced Wednesday the district’s reopening and activities plans will both be dis...
Extraordinary times, extraordinary measures
Governor calls special session of Legislature
COVID cases jump in area
SANDPOINT — The number of cases in Bonner County took a sharp jump upward Wednesday with 17 cases being reported in the community by Panhandle Health District.
Panhandle Health District provides community spread categories for area school districts
Panhandle Health District has begun its official weekly assessment and reporting of categories of community spread for use by school districts in Kootenai, B...
First community spread categories announced for N. Idaho school districts
Panhandle Health District has begun its official weekly assessment and reporting of categories of community spread for use by school districts in Kootenai, B...
FAS launches fundraising campaign
SANDPOINT — Non-profit organizations, musicians, and concert producers everywhere are facing an unprecedented crisis.
Woman charged in fatal accident
SANDPOINT — A preliminary hearing is set for a Bonner County woman accused of accidentally striking and killing her husband on July 31.
Youth dies in drowning accident
SANDPOINT — A Sandpoint youth died in a Tuesday afternoon drowning accident near Popsicle Bridge.
Priest River celebrates staff, reevaluates ordinances at meeting
PRIEST RIVER — Congratulations are in order for city clerk Laurel Thomas, who is celebrating 15 years with city staff this month. Thomas was sufficiently sur...