Aerospace partnership benefits NIC, industry

SANDPOINT — For the first time since creating rural outreach centers in places like Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry, the North Idaho College Board of Trustees held a formal board meeting at one.

Area group forming to protect hunting. fishing heritage

A new group is forming in Bonners Ferry to protect Idaho’s hunting and fishing heritage.

Stabbing suspect sought by police

POST FALLS - A 49-year-old Otis Orchards man told police he was hit in the face and stabbed in the leg after he picked up a hitchhiker near Seltice Way and Beck Road on Friday afternoon.

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Affordable housing complex proposed at Riverstone

COEUR d'ALENE - A Hayden company has its eye on building an affordable housing complex in Riverstone.

Post Falls mulls contract for $725K bike trail

POST FALLS - The Post Falls City Council is expected to approve agreements for engineering for a paved bike trail along Highway 41 and tree removal and pruning services tonight.

NIC board has first meeting at outreach center

SANDPOINT - For the first time since creating rural outreach centers in places like Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry, the North Idaho College Board of Trustees held a formal board meeting at one.

That smoke wasn't a wildfire

On a day when fire restrictions were heightened due to drought, smoke Wednesday on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation sent alarms to the Worley Fire District.

CenturyLink plans to install new cable west of Whitefish

CenturyLink has proposed an amendment to the company’s existing special-use permit that would allow for the installation of thousands of feet of buried fiber optic telecommunication line west of Whitefish.

Skiing accident claims teen's life

SANDPOINT — A Sandpoint High School sophomore died following a skiing accident at Schweitzer Mountain Resort on Tuesday.

Behind every great hospital is a great staff

Behind every great hospital is a great staff. That’s the theme we will celebrate as Bonner General Hospital joins health care facilities across the country in recognizing National Hospital Week next week. Sponsored by the American Hospital Association, National Hospital Week honors the people who make America’s hospitals the best in the world.

Bonner County breaking absentee voting record

Unprecedented turnout expected at polls

SANDPOINT — Bonner County has set a new record for absentee voting.

NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Hope, P.O. Box 227 Hope, Idaho 83836 at the office of the City on or before the day of July 27 , 2006 until the hour of 4:00 O'clock p.m. of said day, for:

Grandstanding politics at its worst

I recently read about the Whitefish City Council’s hearing of a proposal about writing an ordinance that would make Whitefish a “no-hate” community by creating “a caring, open, accepting and diverse community free from discrimination and dedicated to the equal treatment of all citizens,” one proponent was quoted as saying.

Education fertilized at pollinator garden

Beetles, butterflies, hummingbirds, ants, green spiders and numerous kinds of bees are pollinators.

Deadline extended for walleye comments

 The deadline has been extended for people to comment on a proposal to suppress walleye in Noxon Rapids Reservoir.

Hundreds comment on copper-mine plan

Othello Old Hotel holds another successful benefit auction

OTHELLO — Amid the tractors and tillers, over 100 attendees filed into the Othello RDO Equipment Co. building Saturday evening for the Othello Old Hotel Art Gallery’s annual benefit auction.

Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given that a SEPA Checklist received by Grant County on January 27, 2016 from AeroTEC LLC (Designated Contact: Lydig Construction, 830 N Columbia Ctr Blvd, Suite G, Kennewick, WA 99336, 509-987-1818) was found to be technically complete on February 01, 2016.

Bigfork Plan hits a snag at planning board

The Flathead County Planning Board decided last Wednesday to send the Bigfork Neighborhood Plan through a workshop process before discussing and voting on the document. The workshop was scheduled for June 25.

200,000 pounds of Grant County potatoes to fill Tacoma Dome

Around 200,000 pounds of potatoes, weighing more than a 737 Max plane, are going to be given away at the Tacoma Dome on Thursday, and every single one of those spuds is coming from a Grant County farm.