FEB NIBJ: 132 years and counting for small-town paper

BONNERS FERRY — The Bonners Ferry Herald, a weekly newspaper in Boundary County, has served and informed the local community for 132 years and is the oldest business in the county. 

The paper was first formed in 1891 by Stephen D. Taylor. The paper was originally set in the town of Kootenai on the north shore of Lake Pend Oreille and named the Kootenai Herald. 

After six months, in 1892, The Herald moved north to the town of Bonners Ferry along the banks of the Kootenai River. The weekly eight-page, five-column paper was published on Saturdays and covered news from the communities of Sandpoint, Eaton, Eatonville, Fry, Bonners Ferry, and Hope.