Requests for welfare checks surge in aftermath of student slayings

As classes resume Monday at the University of Idaho, police have reported a big uptick in calls for welfare checks. Since Nov. 13 — the day four U of I students were found slain in an off-campus house — the Moscow Police Department has received 78 “calls for unusual circumstances” and 36 requests for welfare checks.

Boundary Arts Connection: Volume 3

Did you get over to the Boundary County Fair last week? It is proof that the creative spirit in our community is alive and well!

Choices & Consequences

Thirty years ago you could drive into the parking lot at the Bonners Ferry High School and find several pick-up trucks with deer rifles hanging in racks in the back windows. Not many people gave it a second thought.

Only one ambulance available

With an engine blown in one ambulance and injectors bad in another, Boundary Volunteer Ambulance is left with one vehicle to serve Boundary County.

Battle of the Books Back at it

Valley View Elementary hosted its second Battle of the Books event Feb. 9 with elementary and junior high students competing in a trivia-style quiz bowl.

Legals August 29, 2019

NOTICE OF CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINE For Boundary County, Idaho NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with Idaho Code 34-1405, that the election to be held in and for Boundary County, Idaho on November 5, 2019 will be for the following: Boundary County School District #101- Trustee Zone #3 Boundary County School District #101- Trustee Zone #4 Paradise Valley Fire District Commissioner Sub-District #1 Paradise Valley Fire District Commissioner Sub-District #2 South Boundary Fire District Commissioner Sub-District #2 South Boundary Fire District Commissioner Sub-District #3 Declarations of Candidacy are available at the Boundary County Clerk's Office in the Courthouse located at 6452 Kootenai Street in Bonners Ferry, Room 22. They can also be obtained from South Boundary Fire Protection District, 20 Stagecoach Rd, Naples; Deborah Youngwirth's office for Paradise Valley Fire District at 7193 Main St, Bonners Ferry, and the Boundary County School District #101 office at 7188 Oak Street, Bonners Ferry. The last day for filing declarations is September 6, 2019 till 5:00 p.m. BFH Legal 10243 August 29, 2019

New church brings controversy to area

BONNERS FERRY — New to Bonners Ferry, the Lordship Church is part of the American Redoubt, which boasts free church, supports homeschooling, patriotism, and the literal translation of biblical doctrine.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of 69 Pacific Region Species

The Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday it is initiating 5-year reviews of 69 species from Idaho, Washington, Hawai’i, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Legals August 3, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Directors of the Bonners Ferry Urban Renewal Agency will conduct a public hearing on August 8, 2017 at 5:00 PM at City Hall to review the budget and actual line items below: The public is invited to comment on the preliminary budget at that time. ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET PROPOSED GENERAL FUND: 9/30/2015 9/30/2016 FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18 Revenues: Beginning Balance $ - $ - $ 50,000 $ 100,000 Property Tax Increment 27,000 57,331 48,600 40,059 New Project Tax Increment 25,000 18,000 Interest 194 200 Total Income $ 27,194 $ 57,331 $ 123,800 $ 158,059 Expenditures: Developer Reimbursement $ 3,000 $ 25,000 $ 18,000 Capital Improvements 86,800 126,959 Accounting/Admin/Bond Consulting 3,600 5,400 6,000 6,000 Professional: Legal 1,966 3,173 2,500 2,000 City of Bonners Ferry Reimbursement 21,618 Audit 400 4,527 3,000 4,500 Office Expense 193 968 500 600 Total Expenditures $ 30,777 $ 14,068 $ 123,800 $ 158,059 Ending Balance $ (3,583) $ 43,263 $ - $ - BOND FUND: Revenues: Bond Sale Proceeds $ - $ - Property Tax Increment 81,000 45,631 56,300 56,401 Interest 131 251 150 Total Income $ 81,000 $ 45,762 $ 56,551 $ 56,551 Expenditures: Principal Payment on Bonds $ 24,555 $ 4,626 $ 34,666 $ 35,251 Interest Expense on Bonds 28,445 25,579 21,885 21,300 Transfer to Bond Reserve Payoff Bond Cost of Bond Issuance 14,493 Total Expenditures $ 53,000 $ 44,698 $ 56,551 $ 56,551 Ending Balance $ 28,000 $ 1,064 - - Total Revenues $ 108,194 $ 103,093 $ 180,351 $ 214,610 Total Expenditures 83,777 58,766 180,351 214,610 ENDING BALANCE $ 24,417 $ 44,327 $ - $ - BFH Legal 9730 July 27, 2017 August 3, 2017

Donna Beth Stoner, 76

Donna Beth Stoner,76, passed away on Feb. 7, 2013, at her home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Services were held at Mountain View Mennonite Church, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, on Monday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. with ministers Willis Dyck, Shane Ensz, Ben Nystrom and Glenn Ensz officiating. Interment was in the adjoining cemetery.

Virgil Lee Unruh, 88

Virgil Lee Unruh, 88, passed away at his Moyie Springs area home on June 21, 2010.

Dolores Mae Baker, 72

Dolores Mae Baker, 72, passed away at her home Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, after a lengthy illness.

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Sage G. Dixon

Legislative District 1, Idaho House of Representatives, Seat 1B candidate

2021 grad Emmet Melior receives Alta scholarship

“All my life I have loved the outdoors,” Bonners Ferry High School graduate Emmet Melior wrote in his winning 2021 Alta Forest Products Skilled Trade and Forestry Scholarship essay.

2021 grad Emmet Melior receives Alta scholarship

“All my life I have loved the outdoors,” Bonners Ferry High School graduate Emmet Melior wrote in his winning 2021 Alta Forest Products Skilled Trade and Forestry Scholarship essay.

Stephen Howlett

Stephen Howlett answers questions for voters for the Bonners Ferry Herald's Voters' Guide.

Van Etten named advertising director

Bonners Ferry Herald advertising representative Jennifer Van Etten has been promoted to advertising director.

Legals for January, 12 2023

The end is near for Boundary County Middle School

The end of another school year is upon us. This is the next to last article to be written this school year. It is always surprising when this time of the year seems to come so quickly.