Money available for bear deterrent projects

The Bear Smart Community Resource Fund will support projects designed to reduce bear attractants like garbage and human foods and to help community members create plans to keep people and property safe and bears out of trouble.

Marvin Lee, 92

Marvin Allen Lee, 92, WWII disabled veteran, left us to meet his Savior on Dec. 11, 2022.

Program helps families plan for their land’s future

Do you own and care for ranch or forest land? Do you have concerns about what will happen to your family land in the future? If so, this workshop may put your mind at ease. Kaniksu Land Trust, with support from the Forest Stewardship Foundation, are partnering to offer the award-winning “Ties to the Land” succession planning workshop in Sandpoint on Saturday, November 5th. Succession planning is the human side of estate planning, and is a way for families to maintain their ties to the land across multiple generations, building awareness of the key challenges facing family businesses, and motivating families to address those challenges.

BCSD to run M&O levy in March '23

Boundary County School District will run a maintenance and operations levy in March with ballot information to be decided at future school board meetings.

Noxon bridge assessed for repairs

Bridges are divided into three parts. The deck, which is the part driven on. A super-structure, which holds the deck up, and then a sub-structure which takes the load from the super-structure and transfers it into the ground which is the foundation.

Husky-mix dogs abandoned near Hungry Horse up for adoption

Some of the multitude of dogs that were abandoned up the Hungry Horse Reservoir a few weeks ago are now up for adoption.

James Ray Kenyon

James Ray Kenyon

Storage units for wine

New business will offer a safe place for collectors to stash their bottles

Wine lovers running out of room for their collections will soon have an alternative to coolers and basements. The Wine Vault Company is bringing the area’s first open-to-the-public wine storage facility to Kootenai County. The company, opening in early fall, will offer secure, climate-controlled wine storage.

Janet Elizabeth Carpenter, 91

Janet Carpenter, beloved mother and wife, passed into the arms of her Lord on October 6, 2022, with her daughter, Wendy Carpenter, at her side.

Danny Ray Meek, 61

Danny Ray Meek passed away peacefully on October 11, 2022, in his childhood home. Danny was a beloved husband, stepfather, brother, and uncle.

L&I proposes workers comp rate increase

TUMWATER — The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is proposing to raise the price that employers will pay for workers compensation insurance next year, according to an L&I press release. The agency is proposing a 4.8% increase in workers compensation insurance rates for 2023, the press release said, citing general wage inflation and higher medical costs. In 2021 and 2022, L&I tapped its reserves in order to avoid raising insurance rates, according to the press release...

Shed hunters sentenced for trespass

Due to the popularity and value of shed hunting, FWP wardens have seen an increase in trespass on WMAs during the closed season.

Robert (Bob) Hensler

Robert (Bob) Hensler

Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation names new executive director

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation has named Clifford Kipp as the nonprofit’s next executive director.

Violet Rachel Griffin-Ereth, 100

After more than 100 years on this earth, our precious mother went to join her Savior in heaven on March 14, 2023.

Helen Gorden

Helen Gorden, 78, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Feb. 2, 2023, at McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Soap Lake, Washington. Helen was born to August and Lucille Botley on April 2, 1944, in Pineville, Louisiana. Helen was the third child out of nine children. Helen was very close to her siblings and loved them very much despite the distance. After high school, Helen moved across the country to Othello, Washington, where she took a job taking care of an elderly couple. There she met and married the love of her life, Douglas Gorden, on March 10, 1963. They enjoyed a happy, loving marriage of 58 years, until Douglas passed less than a year ago.

Fundraiser set up for injured Highway Patrol trooper

The Montana Highway Patrol trooper who was grievously injured during an incident involving a four-time convicted felon in northern Lincoln County last week has been identified and a fundraiser has been launched to support him and his family.

Michael L. Savage, 1945-2023

Michael Savage passed away Feb. 26, 2023, following a long illness. He will be missed by many.

Chambers to present: Addressing your NIC accreditation concerns

Community focus group to take place Thursday at NIC

The Joint Chamber Public Policy Committee, comprising all four Chambers of Commerce in Kootenai County, will present an in-person community focus group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16 in the Lake Coeur d’Alene Room of the Edminster Student Union Building at North Idaho College.

Bernice J. Wright, 87

02/16/36 – 03/02/2023 Bernice was born Feb 16, 1936, in Burkes Garden, Virginia to Henry and Betty Jones.