Legals for March, 12 2025

Legals for March, 11 2025

Registration due for navigation workshop

Individuals interested in learning how to verify locations and distances without technology are encouraged to sign up for a Map and Compass for Forestry class hosted on Saturday, March 22, at the University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center.

Legals for March, 18 2025

Closures expected as Glacier National Park repairs infrastructure systems

Some of the Glacier National Park’s busiest hubs are set to be temporarily closed in coming years to overhaul the park’s outdated water and wastewater systems.

We won't forget our nation's veterans

Recently, Arlington Cemetery's public website scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members buried in the cemetery, along with educational material on dozens of Medal of Honor recipients and maps of prominent gravesites of Marine Corps veterans and other services.

We've all be scammed on water quality protections

Note to all local planners:" All humans create waste every day, even rich people. I know, it doesn’t seem fair, does it?

Legals for April, 2 2025

Bonner County History - March 30, 2025

A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork to Dover.

Sandpoint Sharks bring home hardware from IES Short Course Championships

Sandpoint Sharks bring home hardware from IES Short Course Championships

Legals for April, 4 2025

Legals for April, 1 2025

Planning and Zoning Commission approves proposal to shrink Sandpoint's area of impact

An area of impact is a designated region outside of a city’s boundaries where future growth is anticipated. Sandpoint’s current impact area encompasses 12.3 square miles and stretches more than 3 miles north and 2 miles west of existing city limits.

Property tax relief bill heads to Senate floor

The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve a bill committing $100 million of state general funds annually toward property tax relief.

Cherry Pickers Bowling — Mar. 6, 2025

Cherry Pickers Bowling — Mar. 6, 2025

Zoning commission approves RV park reapplication

In a 4-1 vote, Bonner County zoning commissioners approved a conditional use permit that would allow the installation of a 20-unit RV park off Clagstone Road and Al’s Welding Road in Blanchard.

Sex, gender and clearly defined terms

I appreciate Randi Lui’s mostly respectful letter to the editor in response to my earlier submission. First, I stand corrected, biologic sex is not 100% binary. It is estimated that between 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 4,500 births experience Disorders of Sexual Deviance (National Institutes of Health, Aug 2023). I agree that these individuals’ treatments should be held in confidence between the patient and their doctor.

Kindness Project delivers notes of appreciation

Words of love, gratitude delivered throughout North Idaho

"You are loved." "You are appreciated." "Our community is a better place with you in it." "We're glad you're here." These words of love and gratitude are showering the community with good vibes as friendly notes are being distributed to an array of organizations and businesses during the North Idaho Kindness Project's 2025 Kindness Card campaign.

Idaho continues state's ‘historic’ tax cuts

Idaho residents can expect to see more property tax relief after Gov. Brad Little signs a bill into law that would cut $100 million in taxes a year.

Judge tells attorneys to stop being so secretive in murder case

Hippler’s directive came as a flurry of new motions were filed ahead of the August trial, including a sealed defense motion to take the death penalty off the table that cited autism spectrum disorder.