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.

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.

Tuesdays Trouble: Completes weeks 16 and 17 of bowling

Week 16, Elaine Wheeler took it all, high scratch game 201, high scratch series 463, high handicap game 264 and high handicap series 652.

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.

Badger girls take first at Newport Invite

Badger girls wrestling took first place at an all girls wrestling tournament in Newport, Washington on Jan. 14, with all girls placing in the top two.

Badgers hammer Stillwater, 75-36

Bonners Ferry boys basketball (10-1) defeated the Stillwater Christian Cougars by nearly a 40-point margin on Friday, Jan. 13.

Badgers take fourth in River City Duals

The Bonners Ferry boys varsity wrestling team took fourth in the Copper Championship at the River City Duals going 2-3 on Jan. 14.

Badger wrestling beats Lions in dual

In the ninth ever dual against Bonners Ferry and Lincoln County wrestling, the Badger boys wrestling defeated the Lions on Jan. 12, 46-33.

Boundary County Calendar - Jan. 12-19, 2023

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

Badgers take 11th at Blackhawk Invite

Badger boys wrestling finished eleventh overall with several Badgers placing at the Blackhawk Invite wrestling tournament in Cheney, Washington on Jan. 7.

Badgers beat Moscow, historic win over St. Maries

Badger boys basketball defeated the Moscow Bears 59-48 on Jan. 10.

Boundary County Court Records for Jan. 12

Boundary County Court Records from the week of Jan. 12.

Legals for January, 12 2023

Child care crisis deepens

United Way of North Idaho seeks solutions via private, public connections

While the federal poverty level for a family of four in 2019 was $25,750, the average bare-minimum cost of living for a family in Idaho, according to the ALICE Household Survival Budget, was just over $63,000.

Load restrictions enforced in North Idaho

In an effort to reduce damage to roadways, the Idaho Transportation Department has made the decision to restrict several routes in North Idaho.

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.

Historic win, free throws lead Badgers to victory

It all came down It all came down to Charles Henslee at the free throw line, in an historic win for the Badgers boys basketball team winning 74-68 over the St. Maries Lumberjacks on Jan. 6.to Charles Henslee at the freethrow line, in an historic win for the Badgers boys basketball team over the St. Maries Lumberjacks winning 74-68 on Jan. 6.

DNA, other evidence led investigators to Kohberger

Affidavit reveals details of police work done ahead of arrest

Investigators said they used DNA evidence, phone records and surveillance footage to link murder suspect Bryan Kohberger to the killings of four University of Idaho students, according to newly unsealed court documents.

This Week In History, Jan. 5, 2023

Boundary County history from the week of Jan.5.

From the Archives, Jan. 5, 2023

This piece of paper is a handwritten note; or invitation, which by the look of it was thumb- tacked onto something - sometime- somewhere.