County participates in disaster scenario

On Thursday, June 9, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Cascadia fault off the coast of Oregon and Washington, causing a tsunami with waves reaching 40 feet tall.

An open letter to Senator Jim Risch:

You were recently sent a shrill letter from our Boundary County commissioners, dated Aug. 22, having to do with the shooting of a grizzly bear by local resident Jeremy Hill.

BB gun shooting lands man in prison

After six months in Cottonwood, Aron Schnittlinger, 20, Bonners Ferry, learned Monday that he’ll have to serve the rest of the one to three-year sentence he was originally handed down for felony aggravated assault.

Man sentenced on charge

A teenage girl who became the victim of a crime for having sex with an adult male planned to ask a judge for leniency to the defendant during the his sentencing.

Their service is never forgotten

BONNERS FERRY — After the Veteran and First Responder Chili Feed on Jan. 5, the donations and proceeds went toward the Boundary County Community Restorium’s veterans and other former public servants.

Dante sentenced in murder case

BONNERS FERRY — On Dec. 6, Eric Allen Dante was sentenced by First District Judge Barbara Buchanan for the May 1, 2017, murder of Jesseka Musson, 38 at the time of death. Dante received a 20-year sentence, with 10 years determinant and 10 years indeterminate, with credit for 555 days served.

Blue Jay or Steller’s Jay: That is the question

“These jays have similar personalities. Both are raucous and have a bit of a reputation for being ‘bad boys.’ They are as watchful as dogs, and that they neglect all other employment… to come round, follow, peep at and scold you.” ……………….Thomas Nuttall, Nineteenth-century bird observer.

PHD reports two new Kootenai County COVID-19 cases

SANDPOINT — There are now 56 confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Idaho, with 52 of them reported in Kootenai County and four in Bonner County.

BCSD levy meeting attracts small crowd

Boundary County School District held an informational meeting on the proposed school maintenance and operations levy, also known as a supplementary levy — less than a dozen community members showed.

Commissioners host town hall to discuss issues

Boundary County commissioners hosted a town hall on Jan. 18 to share the work they have done the past year and to explain how tax dollars are spent and the different functions of county departments.

Northern Idaho stays Red: Republicans sweep through local elections

By ROBERT JAMES

Legals for January, 27 2022

Care-N-Share gears up

Thirty-one years ago Care-N-Share started to help the children of Boundary County at Christmas time. The program gives clothing and toys to local children.

North Idaho rocks

BONNERS FERRY — How can something as simple as a rock bring together a community, young and old, families and artists? How can a chunk of the earth, worn over the years and centuries into unique shapes and sizes, pull people away from their mobile devices, televisions, and video games, and bring them outside, walking or running in the sunshine? How can the very thing that we step over and on every day make a person smile and bring them joy?

Spit bugs most powerful jumping insect

Spit bugs, spittlebugs, froghoppers. They’re all the same insect that produces the globs of spit-like froth on the stems of grasses, flowers and shrubs this time of year.

Banded woolly bear: Predictor of winter weather?

The banded woolly bear caterpillar is the larval form of Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth. Typically, the bands at the ends of the caterpillar are black, and the one in the middle is brown or orange, giving the woolly bear its distinctive striped appearance.

Do animals see what human beings see?

Crews making headway on North Idaho fires

Wind die-downs helping fire teams tackle 700-acre blaze near Blanchard.

Bonners Ferry population drops slightly

SANDPOINT — The cities of Bonner and Boundary counties were largely held in stasis over the year, either gaining or losing very small numbers of residents.

Resident helps nab two burglars

A Bonners Ferry man helped police nab two teens accused of at least five break-ins in his North Hill neighborhood.