Area customers lose power for up to 18 hours

Crook wins lottery prize

SANDPOINT — Six-year Sandpoint resident Jason Crook had been playing the Idaho Lottery’s Scratch Game Free Ride regularly for a year since it debuted in the fall of 2009.

Mack Days anglers reel in 34,637 fish

The Spring Mack Days Fishing Event ended Sunday with a total of 34,637 lake trout entered over an 11-week period.

Eagle soars over Montana weeklies

For the fourth consecutive year, the Bigfork Eagle was named the top weekly newspaper in the state by the Montana Newspaper Association.

Rising from the ashes

KELLOGG — Silver Mountain Resort is in the process of returning the Patrick’s Steakhouse building in uptown Kellogg to its former glory, following the fire that ripped through its upper floors in August 2017.

Eagle soars over Montana weeklies

For the fourth consecutive year, the Bigfork Eagle was named the top weekly newspaper in the state by the Montana Newspaper Association.

Eagle soars over Montana weeklies

For the fourth consecutive year, the Bigfork Eagle was named the top weekly newspaper in the state by the Montana Newspaper Association.

Fine weather gives Mack Days best weekend yet

Great fishing weather made the fourth weekend of the 2009 Spring Mack Days the most successful weekend so far in the seven weekend event.

Fine weather gives Mack Days best weekend yet

Great fishing weather made the fourth weekend of the 2009 Spring Mack Days the most successful weekend so far in the seven weekend event.

Queen Elizabeth Tudor and a faire question

With the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire coming up, I sat down recently with Queen Elizabeth Tudor, who is planning a visit. She graciously answered all of my questions, including a few that might have earned me a front-row seat to a burning stake if we were in her domain.

Marine makes it home for the holidays

SANDPOINT — It was raining when James Hall opened the doors of Sandpoint High School and walked inside.

Spreading the Word

• Lillie Blackwell spent two weeks in Hawaii “working” — that is house-sitting for former Bonners Ferry resident Jim Burkholder and his wife, Ruth, when they went to Washington, D.C.

Ski resorts: More snow, more skiers

Whether plunging through deep powder or cruising groomers on a sunny day, skiers and snowboarders have been out in force this season.

Helen Waldmann, 97

Helen Waldmann died peacefully of natural causes on Aug. 31, 2014, at age 97. She was surrounded by love ones at her former home in Bloomfield, N.J., where she spent the last two years of her life with son Richard. He kept her active by taking her to musical events, dining out with family members and walking in the park every day.

Trade war could be disastrous for Flathead Valley

Recently the Montana Free Press ran an excellent article examining the impact US tariffs will likely have on Canadian trade and visitation in the Flathead Valley.

The Latest: Grieving Italians mark a COVID-19 anniversary

CODOGNO, Italy — Italians are marking one year since their country was shocked to discover it had the first known locally transmitted COVID-19 case in the West.

Efforts boost mt. bike trail system

SANDPOINT — Thanks to ongoing efforts from The Pend Oreille Pedalers, Selkirk Recreation District, the city of Sandpoint and Schweitzer Mountain Resort, mountain bike enthusiasts now have the opportunity to ride over 4,250 vertical feet of mountain bike trails in and around the resort. A newly completed trail winds its way from the summit and connects with long established trails in the Schweitzer basin, creating 13 miles of inspiring single track leading all the way to the valley floor.

Kramer, BGH anniversary highlight 2019

This is the third part in a series of stories on the top news of 2019.

'Kado go too?'

Family struggles to bring adopted son home

COEUR d'ALENE — Whether it's bedtime or an illness, there is nothing more comforting to children than being embraced by a parent.

1989 diesel spill in Whitefish Lake to see further cleanup