Kokanee Coffee moves to Bonners, still serving coffee and the Lord
Kokanee Coffee, a familiar regional coffee house, has moved to a stand in Bonners Ferry, offering excellent coffee, food and the love of Christ.
One farm, one family, 100 years
Houck Farm celebrates a centennial of farming, family
Houck Farms has hit the centennial milestone and aims to continue growing and harvesting as they keep focused on a family creed, “If you take care of the farm, it will take care of you.”
Area bounces back from storm induced outage
After high winds, driving rain, and lightning struck the Panhandle the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 25, thousands of Boundary and Bonner County residents found themselves without power.
Bears, cider press, family fun, oh my!
Apples were pressed, and fresh cider flowed at the second annual North Idaho Bear Fair at the Boundary County Fairgrounds on Sept. 28.
SOCCER: Blackmore and Hart with hat tricks over Lumberjacks, rankings
Eli Blackmore and Maddie Hart earn hat tricks in wins over league opponent St. Maries.
ROUND UP: Beckle wins at Ivan Benson
Volley “spikes” experience at Sheridan-Welch, football rankings
Sydney Beckle wins at Ivan Benson Invite, voleyball competed at the Sheridan-Welch Classic and football had a bye.
ROUND UP: Hiatt scores 3 TD in tight football victory, Blackmore sinks five goals over Tigers
Conrad Hiatt scores three touchdowns in Badger 35-34 victory
BFPD seeks eighth officer
The Bonners Ferry Police Department is seeking an eighth officer.
XC: Cowell leads Badgers at Thompson Falls, 7 Badger PRs
Ethan Cowell led the Badgers and shaved off 36 seconds off his personal record, with a time of 18:40.06 at the Thompson Falls Invite on Saturday, Sept. 21.
OCT NIBJ: Staying on top pf plumbing issues protects home's value
When it comes to home improvement or preparing your house for sale, the last thing on your mind is probably the condition of the plumbing, until there is an immediate issue.
HOMECOMING: Badgers fall to Crusaders
Badger Homecoming saw a great spectator turnout, as the visiting Northwest Christian Crusaders (2-0) won 48-8.
BCSD hosts presentation on bond, levy tonight
Boundary County School District will run a school bond to replace Valley View Elementary and a maintenance and operations level to replace the current M&O at the Nov. 5 general election.
VOLLEYBALL: Badgers 3-2 after Lakeside victory
Badger volleyball is 3-2 after going 3-0 against Lakeside (3-1) on Tuesday in nonleague play.
Schuman certification revoked after alleged misconduct
A former Boundary County sheriff’s candidate has had his law enforcement certification revoked, due to alleged ethics violations, and allegations of criminal conduct, lying and falsifying official communications and failure to respond and failing to truthfully respond to questions related to an investigation or legal proceeding.
PREP SOCCER: Boys lead league, Girls 2-1 in week
Badger boys remain first in league, girls fall to Lakeland by score double digits against Priest River in two games.
XC: Badger girls lead pack and take first
Badger girls cross country took first at their home meet on Saturday, Sept. 14, with Sydney Beckle, Matisyn Stiern and Kylie Calderone taking top honors in the race.
New traditions started at BFHS Homecoming
Another Bonners Ferry High School Homecoming is in the books, as the Badger pride extended beyond the school halls and into the community.
Republican to host Prop. 1 information night, Thursday
Local Republican organizations are hosting a presentation on Proposition 1, also known as ranked choice voting or open primaries initiative on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m.
Cowell and Beckle lead Badgers at Farragut Invite
Ethan Cowell and Sydney Beckle top Badger runners at the Timberlake Farragut Invite on Saturday, Sept. 7.
PREPS: Football earns season first win, volleyball at Eureka
Badger football (1-2) led 24-0 going into half-time then had to pull out all the defensive stops in the second half to win their first victory of the season over the 3A St. Maries Lumberjacks (0-2) of the Central Idaho League.
PREP SOCCER: Badgers steamroll Lumberjacks, boys undefeated
Badger girls soccer (3-2, 2-1) was on fire scoring seven goals in the first half, with Maddie Hart and Alexys Mierke scoring two each in a league victory over St. Maries (1-3) on Saturday Sept. 7. Hat tricks abounded for the Badgers on Saturday, who remain undefeated (5-0) and ranked first in league after defeating league opponent St. Maries (0-3) 13-0.
Woman pleads not guilty in threats case
Local woman pleads not guilty to alleged threats against Bonners Ferry prosecutor, release denied twice.
PREP: Volleyball sinks Bulldogs, Beckle and Thomson top Badgers at Libby
Badger volleyball sinks Sandpoint Bulldogs in 3-2 non-league battle and XC competed at Libby Invite.
BCSD receives $1.5 million grant for shop expansion
The Boundary County School District has received a $1.5 million grant from the Idaho Career Ready Students Council for career technical education, which will be used to build a shop expansion at Bonners Ferry High School.
FOOTBALL: Lions victory, Hiatt scores season’s first TD for Badgers
The Eureka Lions claimed their first win in a 39-6 victory over Bonners Ferry (0-2) on Friday, Aug. 30 at Mendenhall Stadium.
Badgers go 1-1 against Moscow and Stillwater
Junior mid-fielder Alexys Mierke scored Bonners Ferry’s lone goal in the final minutes against the Moscow Bears in non-league play Tuesday.
SEASON OPENER: “No pre-season rust to shake off”, Rawson with four goals
The Badgers didn’t have to shake off any pre-season rust as Nikita “Nik” Rawson, senior striker, led the Badgers with four goals against Stillwater Christian to open the season with a non-league victory of 7-2.
SEASON OPENER: Volleyball goes 1-3 against Cougars
Badger volleyball fell to Stillwater Christian (2-0) from Kalispell, Mont., 3-1 for the season opener on Saturday, Aug. 24.
BFPD: High level of excessive speeding tickets
In the last two weeks, the Bonners Ferry Police Department has written over 50 tickets for excessive speeding.
SEASON OPENER: Lakeland Hawks shut out Badger football
The 5A Lakeland Hawks executed on mistakes made by the 4A Bonners Ferry Badgers, again and again at the season opener for both schools on at Kenny Mendenhall Stadium on Saturday Aug. 24.
SEASON OPENER: Girls earned first season win over Stillwater
Maddie Hart, the junior striker for the Badgers, had two early goals in the season opening 7-5 victory over Stillwater Christian on Saturday, Aug. 24.
The Bruce Festival: Local honors family heritage
One man’s quest to learn more about his heritage inspired The Bruce Festival, the 750th birthday celebration of King Robert Bruce of Scotland.
SEASON PREVIEW: BOYS SOCCER: Hungry for success
Badger boys soccer has returned, and players are hungry to start the trek to the state championship.
XC: Large turnout, junior and freshman heavy
Badger cross county is off to the races.
VOLLEYBALL: “Could play tomorrow”
This year, the Badger volleyball program has nine returning varsity players.
GIRL SOCCER: Young driven and growing team
A large number of freshmen make up the 24 athletes who came out for Badger girls soccer, guaranteeing varsity and junior varsity teams for the program. Last year, the program saw 22 girls come out.
Balancing beauty with function, Iron Mountain Engraving
Specialized engraving made simple is available at Iron Mountain Engraving, a new family-owned business in downtown Bonners Ferry, located in the old First National Bank building.
SEASON PREVIEW: Football: IML includes Moscow and moved to 4A
Badger football will have two league games this year, as Moscow is now a league opponent.
New look and process for jury duty unveiled
Boundary County, as well as other Idaho counties, has updated its jury management software to a modern, secure, web-based program.
BFHS moves to 4A sports classification
Bonners Ferry High School has moved from 3A to the 4A high school sports classification as a new classification system was voted on by the Idaho High School Activities Association.
Additional former Super 1 employees charged with theft
Two additional former Super 1 employees have been charged with burglary, grand theft and criminal conspiracy after allegedly giving themselves discounts on food items.
104th Boundary County Fair is now open
The Boundary County Fair opened for its 104th year on Tuesday, with Katie Vader and Colton Cohen named fair royalty king and queen.
Two Brews provides fun atmosphere along food and drinks
“Two Brews Coffee Co aims to provide a safe, fun atmosphere with amazing food and drinks for the community and those traveling through our slice of heaven,” co-owners Kailey Gardin and Jessica Stolley said.
Moyie Springs concerned with lack of law enforcement
Moyie Springs officials shared their frustrations with the lack of law enforcement presence at the July 22 joint County and Cities meeting,
Destructive device and bomb possession case to go before jury in October
A Good Grief man accused of unlawfully possessing bombs and destructive devices is scheduled for an October jury trial.
Pool offers additional swimming lessons
If your young ones still need swimming lessons, the Bonners Ferry Municipal Pool is now offering additional lessons starting Aug. 5-16.
Kootenai River Days reunites friends, creates memories
Kootenai River Days was a time of rekindling friendships and making new memories for all in attendance, particularly the Class of 2004, which held its 20th reunion the same weekend.
Troy man charged with two counts lewd conduct to child
A Troy, Montana man is charged with two counts of lewd conduct upon a nine-year-old and is set to stand trial on August 8.
Prosecutor threat case advances to district court
The case of a local woman charged with threatening the Bonners Ferry city prosecutor has advanced to district court.
County officials don’t have authority to enforce commercial picking
While they share residents’ concerns about out-of-state and commercial pickers plundering huckleberry crops and damaging forest land, there is little they can do, commissioners said Tuesday