Wilma Watkins, 89

Wilma Irene Watkins, 89, passed away on October 13, 2022.

This Week in History - Jan. 19, 2023

Local history in Boundary County, from Naples to Porthill and From Bonners Ferry to Moyie Springs.

From the Archives — Jan. 19, 2023

This loom is a "Weaver's Friend Loom," patented in 1895. It was owned by Iva May (Hoover) Doll who lived in District No. 2. Iva and her husband, Rena, moved here in 1939. They were married on March 14, 1915, in Superior, Nebraska.

Time to adopt the Bring Our Heroes Home Act

America’s servicemembers, past and present, have shown incredible sacrifice and dedication to defending our freedom. We owe it to our nation’s heroes and their families to cut the bureaucratic red tape and continue the effort to identify and recover those who have not yet made it home.

Sandpoint wins B-Cup, Badgers take fourth in River City Duals

Sandpoint claimed the B-Cup for the seventh time in nine years on Tuesday against Bonners Ferry 47-36.

City considering LOT to fund general budget

City officials are pondering putting a local option tax before voters to cover a general fund shortfall caused by a Idaho Supreme Court ruling on how such budgets can be funded.

Idaho's legislative session gets underway

District 1 legislators discuss local issues, legislations, and concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column

Workman named new county coroner

Chad Workman, owner of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, has been sworn in as the new Boundary County coroner.

Boundary County scholars make fall 2022 honors list

Boundary County scholars make the Fall 2022 Honors list for their respective schools.

Boundary County Calendar - Jan. 19-26, 2023

Community events and meetings across Boundary County for the coming week.

Mary Ula Schaller, 87

Mary Ula Schaller, 87, passed peacefully the morning of January 13, 2023, in the company of family.

Legals for January, 19 2023

Backwoods Brawl competition coming soon

Bonners Ferry and Timberlake High Schools are set to compete in a soon-to-be annual spirit competition — the Backwoods Brawl — on Jan. 27 in Spirit Lake.

'She would not have survived'

Joree Jimenez, 14, honored for saving woman who had fallen in the snow

Fire Chief saysit’s a pleasure to recognize members of the community “that go above and beyond in their daily lives."

City considering local option tax

Among the ideas generated at a special city council meeting last week was a proposed future vote on a local option tax.

Committee advances bill to change legal definition of abortion

Panel declines to advance bill that sought to remove rape, incest defenses from abortion ban

The Senate State Affairs Committee voted to introduce one of two abortion-related bills sponsored by Sen. Scott Herndon, R-Sagle, that would change Idaho’s legal definition of abortion in what Herndon said was an attempt to address concerns from medical professionals around ectopic pregnancies and other certain medical circumstances. Herndon’s bill to remove the rape and incest affirmative defenses under the state’s abortion ban failed to advance to a print hearing.

Cd’A Airport could see commercial flights

Community members gathered Thursday night at the Stancraft Jet Center to learn about the possibility of a commercial terminal at the Coeur d’Alene Airport. The informational meeting was hosted by Stancraft and Avports, an airport operations management company based in Virginia, which has proposed the development of a commercial use passenger terminal.

NIC amends accreditation response letter

North Idaho College sent an amended response to a warning letter issued last month by its accrediting organization in order to correct an error.

Interim president added to NIC lawsuit

A previously filed lawsuit now alleges that North Idaho College trustees lacked authority to hire interim president Greg South and that South has received “unjust enrichment” as a result.

A white sedan: How police tracked slayings suspect

Authorities say a key piece of evidence in the case of four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in November turned out to be surveillance footage showing a white sedan driving past the victims' home. According to a police affidavit unsealed Thursday, the car drove past three times before the stabbings early on Nov. 13 and was recorded speeding away afterwards. Investigators said they later tracked the car — and eventually, DNA evidence — to Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old graduate student in criminology at Washington State University, just across the state border. Kohberger made an initial appearance in an Idaho courtroom Thursday after being extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week.