Chamber welcomes Accurate Northwest to organization

More than 80 people stopped by in the afternoon to wish Accurate Northwest owners Eric and Cory Donenfeld and their local crew good luck in their new venture.

Former salon now The Hub

A local businesswoman has opened a new gathering place for rent. The Hub at First Avenue East in Columbia Falls is a great place to have a birthday party, a small wedding or other event.

Peak men's tennis team advances to regionals

The Peak Hayden USTA men's team won the Eastern Washington Sectionals 55+ tennis tournament in Spokane on June 4-6. The team will now compete in Seattle on June 25-27 in the USTA men's Eastern Washington Regionals 55+ tennis tournament.

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Nails close down Montana 40

The Montana Highway Patrol has closed Montana 40 between Whitefish and Columbia Falls after someone dropped boxes of nails at several different locations on the roadway.

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Wilderness travel opening up

UPDATE: Eastshore Road Closure date change

UPDATE: Bonner County Road and Bridge announced that Eastshore Road closure has been changed to May 20 through May 22. The closure time will remain the same, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., for a culvert replacement at Hunt Creek Bridge.

POBT closed until end of day

The Pend Oreille Bay Trail will be closed until the evening of July 1 to allow hauling on the trail.

Sheriff's offices closed Friday, July 3

In observance of the Fourth of July weekend, both Bonner County Driver’s License offices and the Sheriff’s front office will be closed Friday, July 3.

County offices closed Monday

Bonner County officials are reminding citizens that Bonner County offices and Solid Waste sites will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day.

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Tree clearing work begins to prepare for construction on U.S. 93 west of Whitefish

Work is slated for the section of highway starting near the intersection with Mountainside Drive and continuing west for approximately 3 miles, ending just past Livermore Flats.

Glacier boys, girls drop games in Butte

BUTTE — The Mining City wasn’t kind to either Glacier basketball team Friday night, as the Butte Bulldogs swept a Western AA doubleheader at the Civic Center.

NIC SOFTBALL: Games (back)stopped ... Cardinals, Bruins call off regular season finale after Salt Lake protests

NIC (20-24, 12-18 SWAC) will be the fourth seed and open the Region 18 Tournament in Twin Falls on Tuesday against host and No. 24 College of Southern Idaho (37-14, 28-4), which claimed the conference title.

New funding available for community-led bear conflict prevention

Montanans learning to live and work around grizzly bears are invited to apply for funding to help their communities adopt bear-resistant infrastructure and public education initiatives aimed at reducing human-wildlife conflicts.

ISP reports decrease in Boundary County crime

Like the rest of North Idaho, Boundary County is seeing a consistent drop in crime, according to the Idaho State Police’s 2025 crime report, which provides a statewide analysis of crime as reported by Idaho law enforcement agencies.

Asher Williams breaks 35-year scoring record at the Backwoods Brawl

Boundary County students raised over 2,300 pounds of food donations for the Backwoods Brawl, and Bonners Ferry High School senior guard Asher Williams scored a school-record 50 points in the boys’ basketball 73-28 win at Timberlake.

Forging her own legacy: Paeten Gunlock shines in spotlight for Vals

The name Gunlock has echoed through Bigfork in the last few years. For Paeten Gunlock it started first as a coach’s daughter, then as a sister, and now as something entirely her own.

Bahrain FM visits Israel in latest sign of warming ties

JERUSALEM (AP) — Bahrain's foreign minister paid a history-making visit to Israel on Wednesday, in the latest sign of warming ties following a series of U.S.-brokered normalization accords between Israel and Arab nations.