“We don’t have a football team. We don’t have a pep squad. What we have here are hearts and minds that have had challenges, and having had those challenges, sometimes that makes them much more ...

Bonner County Commissioner Asia Williams began the June 24 BOCC business meeting with an announcement that the board had taken action after receiving an alleged threat. “Last week, the board of ...

KAYLEE PETERSON: I think I noticed immediately that my job was to be an out-and-proud Democrat in really kind of hostile conservative spaces — places, where they haven’t had a Democratic presence in a ...

The sports center incurred about $138,000 in expenses since opening in mid-December 2024, though Welker said many of them were related to one-time startup costs. However, staffing at JER ran to about ...

In 2024, after complaints about the condition of Green Bay, the USFS closed the campground on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille for a renovation project that saw several changes to the site. Crews ...

Inaction to renew the state Child Tax Credit will increase the tax burden on middle-income families. The Idaho Legislature failed to include a renewal of the state’s CTC, which is set to expire at the ...

Dozens of community members — including officials with Lake Pend Oreille School District — gathered June 9 at Sandpoint High School to break ground on the Career Technical Education Center of North ...

There are a lot of factors to consider when drilling under a body of water. The first consideration is the grade of the tunnel. A steep grade will take more energy for vehicles to ascend or create ...

Like horses and cows, these ungulates crave salt. They will walk many miles to find it in the wild. On top of Scotchman Peak, they don’t need to travel far, as our backpacks, shirts and urine all ...

As the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff policies continues to reverberate in markets around the world, closer to home the International Selkirk Loop Board of Directors issued an open ...

The Sagle Fire District levy on the May ballot asked for a permanent increase for an override of $750,000, resulting in a tax increase to $122 per year per $100,000 of taxable value. Voters in the ...

“After Jerry died, we just decided to have a party,” said John Edwards, one of the co-founders of Jerry Fest and member of the first and only band that played it the first few years, Edwardspark, ...