U.N. officials to visit Glacier Park next week

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Paddlers Challenge is set for Saturday

The 12th annual Sand Creek Paddlers Challenge is a fun and exciting event for families and serious racers alike. The community is invited to join the Sandpoint Parks & Recreation Department on Saturday, June 6, for the annual event.

Campsite reservations available at some Grant PUD campgrounds

EPHRATA — People who want to use campgrounds operated by the Grant County Public Utility District can reserve campsites for some locations online. Reservations can be made at www.grantpud.org under the “recreation” tab, then by scrolling down to the “visit us” tab.

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Florida site of GOP convention orders wearing of masks

The city of Jacksonville, Florida, where mask-averse President Donald Trump plans to accept the Republican nomination in August, ordered the wearing of face coverings Monday, joining the list of state and local governments reversing course to try to beat back a resurgence of the coronavirus.

Protests in Beirut amid public fury over massive blast

BEIRUT (AP) — Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in Lebanon's capital on Saturday at the start of a planned protest over this week's massive explosion that devastated large parts of Beirut and killed more than 150 people.

Barbara Beck Keiber, 81

Barbara Beck Keiber, born June 8, 1931, in Los Angeles, Calif., let go her earthly bonds on Sept. 16, 2012, in Coeur d’Alene. With sadness in our hearts, but strong in the faith that she returned to Paradise to rejoin many family members who have gone on before her, our mother is now in the spiritual company of her beloved parents, the late Charles Montell and Florice Bell Halberg, late husbands, Henry Keith Beck and Robert Leonard Keiber, and late brother, Monte Clive Halberg.

Museum of North Idaho keeps history alive

To the outside observer, it seems Dorothy Dahlgren and the Museum of North Idaho were destined for each other.

Fifty Years Ago

April 17, 1958: Ellisons Report No Lead On Daughter—Still seeking, though with hope lessening, their 16-year-old daughter are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellison of Superior.

Bonner County History - July 29, 2025

A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork to Dover.

With hucks in short supply, officials hope to reduce bear conflicts

Securing common attractants such as garbage, bird feeders and fruit trees, can help prevent conflicts before they arise.

The many passions of Ralph Kincaid

GCEDC president, real estate agent gets emotionally involved

Filmmaker brings 'G-Dog' to Panida

Story shows priest’s work to change L.A. gang scene

SANDPOINT — For more than 25 years, Father Greg Boyle has served some of the toughest parts of L.A., where 1,100 gangs claim some 86,000 gang members and violent death is a daily ritual.

New garbage hauler comes to county

At the beginning of March, Grizzly Disposal and Recycling began serving Lake County and, within 10 days, had secured 300 customers. Just like its competitor, Republic Services, Grizzly had to apply for a carrier license with the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC). This allows commercial haulers to haul municipal solid waste to the county's landfill.

Police Calls: One menacing blonde woman and two curious black bears

Someone had a gun in a safe but can no longer find it. He thinks it may have been stolen.

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North Valley Food Bank expands mobile pantry network to Columbia Falls

The North Valley Food Bank launched a new mobile pantry in Columbia Falls last week, expanding food access across the northern Flathead Valley.

The Skinny on Weight Loss: Part I

As attested to by the many ads in the media, we are a nation of dieters. According to the Surgeon General of the United States, "The greatest threat to our country isn't terrorism, it's obesity." Perhaps more of us should be thinking about losing the unhealthy extra weight we've accumulated. But losing weight is physiologically unnatural. Many of you have tried can attest to that and that's why 95 percent of people who have successfully lost weight will gain it back.

Dine and dash thwarted in C. Falls

Two women were caught trying to pull a “dine and dash” on a Columbia Falls restaurant. The employee who called

Slow North Dakota city fire alert raises concern

WILLISTON, N.D. — A more efficient system must be established to alert residents of danger in North Dakota’s booming oil patch, an emergency manager and residents said, after authorities failed to alert the public for more than six hours when a facility storing toxic chemicals exploded.