Kootenai Valley Junior Rifle Club places fifth in the nation

After months of waiting the results are in — and the Kootenai Valley Rifle Club team is fifth in the nation. In spring 2023, Kootenai Valley Rifle Club members shot in the NRA sectional rifle match at their home range, joined by teams from Sandpoint and Coeur d’Alene. They competed with .22 caliber rifles, single shot, at a distance of 50 feet indoors. A sectional match is one in which a shooter obtains their national ranking. Matches are held across the United States, the scores are sent into the NRA then combined with others to see how everyone did.

Legals for November, 12 2020

Alfred (Al) Victor Pennock

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Alfred (Al) Victor Pennock Alfred (Al) Victor Pennock

Alfred (Al) Victor Pennock of Libby, Mont., passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, at the age of 91.

We cannot tax and spend our way into a stronger economy

The United States is experiencing record price increases and rising inflation, and Americans are rightly concerned.

Colonel Al W. Farnsworth, USAF Colonel Al W. Farnsworth, USAF

Colonel Al W. Farnsworth, USAF, passed away quietly at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on May 27, 2020.

Flickers sport flashy colors, black necklace

Last weekend, while I was walking Chickadee Trail on the Kootenai National Wildlife Reserve with my dog Tessie Rae, I noticed an average-size bird with distinct markings on a Ponderosa pine branch.

Northern Flickers: part of the woodpecker clan

Last weekend while observing one of our several bird feeders I noticed a stranger to the suet block. As he approached the suet block I observed a flashy color in the wings, a bold white rump in flight, and a black necklace above a speckled chest. I could see by his appearance and behavior it was a woodpecker and after reviewing my “Birds of Idaho field guide”, I discovered it was a Northern Flicker.

Elton Roth Sr., 82

Elton Roth Sr., 82

Albert 'Al' Bailey, 90

Albert “Al” Bailey passed away on January 20, 2022.

The Pearl to present 'Little Mermaid' production

Audiences of all ages will get a fresh look at an age-old favorite this weekend when the Missoula Children’s Theatre and more than 50 local students present “The Little Mermaid.”

26th annual Awana Grand Prix revs up the fun

All that was missing was the revving of engines and the smell of burning rubber on Saturday, March 19 when Grace Bible Fellowship along with Springs of Living Water Free Methodist Awana clubbers took time out from reciting Bible verses, playing fast-action games, and participating in Bible-based council-time lessons to race their hand-crafted pinewood creations.

Pileated woodpecker: Idaho’s largest woodpecker with a red cap

Pileated woodpecker: Idaho’s largest woodpecker with a red cap

Animals utilize self-amputation for numerous reasons

Northern alligator lizards and western blue-tailed skinks possess two unique abilities in the animal world--they can self-amputate their tail and grow it back.

Legals for November, 26 2020

Peter Gordon Alastair (Al) Brown

Peter Gordon Alastair (AL) Brown, 79, passed away on Oct. 31, at the Providence St. Joseph Hospital Long Term Care in Chewelah, Wash., from a severe stroke. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Nov. 12, at Springs of Living Water Free Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry with Pastor Alan Hinson officiating and interment will be in the Grandview Cemetery.

Steve Tanner loses legal battle with Idaho Fish and Game

Steve Tanner loses legal battle with Idaho Fish and Game.

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Alvin J. Flory

Alvin J. Flory passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, with family by his side at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry.

Robert Allen Smith

Robert Allen Smith (Uncle Bubber) went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 4, 2020, at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.