Friday, March 28
Girls' softball team earns first win of the season
The Badgers varsity girls softball team traveled to face Sandpoint’s varsity team on the evening of March 25.
Gordillo earns award for excellent service
Krystal Gordillo from Bonners Ferry received a Quarter 1 Spirit of Performance award from Conoco for excellent customer service.
CALENDAR ONGOING
Ready for another tax increase?
Boundary County residents will be voting in May for a general obligation bond which will spend up to $8 million for construction of a new library/educational complex.
NEW EVENTS
Ervin Jantz
Long-time Bonners Ferry resident Ervin Jantz passed away in the early morning of March 24 at the local Sunset Home Assisted Living.
Shrews may resemble mice but they are different
cutline:
Agnes Irene Wanner, 79
Agnes Irene Wanner, 79, of Moyie Springs, ID, passed away March 8, 2014, in Vilcabama, Ecuador.
Dog license law has stiffer penalties
By AARON BOHACHEK
Elton Ray Hodgson, 79
Elton Ray Hodgson, 79, passed away March 12, 2014, at his home in Helena, Mont., surrounded by his family after a three-month battle with cancer.
Badgers start with three wins
By TOM TURPIN
Thursday, March 27
Candidates file, prep for May primary
By AARON BOHACHEK
Friday, March 21
ONGOING EVENTS
Walter Richard Worley, 85
Walter Richard Worley, 85, of Bonners Ferry passed away peacefully on March 14, 2014, at the Extended Care Facility, Boundary County Community Hospital.
Stanley Morris Battles, 72
Stanley Morris Battles, 72, of Moyie Springs, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. He was born on June 12, 1941, to Clifford and Emma Battles in Des Moines Iowa.
Elton Ray Hodgson, 79
Elton Ray Hodgson, 79, passed away March 12, 2014, at his home in Helena, Mont., surrounded by his family after a three-month battle with cancer.
$8 million library bond, $100K levy on May ballot
By AARON BOHACHEK
Mark Spencer Lavoie, 63
Mark Spencer Lavoie, 63, passed away on Feb. 6, 2014, at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Budget writers OK NIC Sandpoint budget request
BOISE — State budget writers on Thursday approved North Idaho College's $302,300 budget request for expanding programs at its Sandpoint Outreach Center.
William (Bill) Delwin Frans, 84
William (Bill) Delwin Frans, 84, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Kootenai Medical Center.
Look for shorter tails on voles and lemmings
Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series.
Drug arrests made at high school
BONNERS FERRY — Three Bonners Ferry High School students were arrested at the school on drug-related charges on March 12.
Lorain Elisabeth Niemiec
On March 7, 2014 beloved mother Lorain Elisabeth Niemiec went peacefully to be with her lord and savior. Graveside services will be held on Friday, March 14, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the Grandview Cemetery, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, interment to follow.
Lorain Elizabeth Niemiec
On March 7, 2014 beloved mother Lorain Elizabeth Niemiec went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior. Graveside services were held on Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Grandview Cemetery in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
George Sawyer, 30
George Sawyer was born in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 23, 1984.
NEW EVENTS
Thursday, March 20
Spring sports begins
Bonners Ferry High School's spring sports season has kicked off.
Monday, March 17
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Friday, March 14
Small, furry critters include more than mice
Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series.
NEW EVENTS
District honors volleyball coach's 30-year career
BONNERS FERRY — Retiring coach Janis Tucker never expected to spend 30 years coaching volleyball at Bonners Ferry.
ONGOING EVENTS
Rain leads to soft roads, mudslides
BONNERS FERRY — Warm temperatures and rain combined with melting snow to soften roads and hillsides across Boundary County.
Two men injured from pipe bomb
BONNERS FERRY — Two men are injured and another in jail after a pipe bomb exploded on the doorstep of a residence by the hospital.
Ernest Lawrence (Ernie) Loewen, 83
Ernest Lawrence (Ernie) Loewen, 83, passed away on March 1, 2014, at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Committee OKs budget for NIC Sandpoint Center
The state Senate on Friday honored four Idaho servicemen who fought and lost their lives in Afghanistan during 2013. Families of the honorees attended the special ceremony. The men honored are U.S. Army Specialist Thomas P. Murach, 22 of Meridian, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Octavio Herrera, 26 of Caldwell, U.S. Army Specialist Mitchell K. Daehling, 24 who grew up in Pocatello, and our own U.S. Air Force Captain David Lyon, 28 of Sandpoint.
Joyce Trueblood, 83
Joyce Trueblood passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, after a short battle with lung cancer.
Friday, March 7
Ernest Lawrence
Ernest (Ernie) Lawrence Loewen was born on May 8, 1930, and passed away an March 1, 2014.
Boys' basketball team earns second place in districts
The Cinderella story was not to be as time ticked away for the Badger varsity boys’ basketball team playing Filer in McCall at a state playoff game March 1.
Being green in winter isn't easy
Compared to the Midwest, the forests of North Idaho are filled with more conifers than deciduous trees. Conifers keep our forests green through winter as do their evergreen counterparts hugging the ground.
Dance team wins 3A event
The BFHS Dance Team took the 3A grand champion award Feb. 22 at the District 2A/3A district dance competition held at Coeur d'Alene High School. The team placed first in the Prop category, scoring higher than Sandpoint High School. They also took first in the Dance category. The girls qualified in the Hip Hop and Kick categories, so they will be competing in Nampa in the State Dance competition for all four categories. Shaylee Ellson, Shaleyna Higgins, and Mariah Rae received participation medals for the solo category. The state competition is March 21 in Nampa.
Neighbors pull man from his burning home
BONNERS FERRY — Bill McIntosh, 78, was taking a shower when a fire broke out in the kitchen of his Camp Nine residence on Friday, Feb. 28.
Local brewery wins Priest River event
PRIEST RIVER – Michael Naumann of Bonners Ferry’s Kootenai River Brewing Company was crowned Iron Brewmaster at the first Iron Sommelier and Brewmaster event on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Lucille Horton, 74
Lucille Horton, 74, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Kootenai Medica Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
