Officials say 12K pounds of asphalt removed from Yellowstone River thus far after train derailment

Crews over the holiday weekend finished removing the remaining train cars from the Yellowstone River after last month’s derailment and bridge collapse near Reed Point, and while cleanup efforts continue, officials will no longer perform daily water quality testing after finding no harmful hydrocarbon or sulfur levels downstream of the crash.

PF P&Z approves upcoming projects

The construction of a food service building for the Post Falls School District and two separate subdivisions were unanimously approved Tuesday night by the Post Falls Planning and Zoning Commission.

Bannack forms the foundation of modern Montana

The town site of Bannack is a dot on the map, a mere speck in a vast sea of rugged mountains and broad valleys carpeted in sagebrush and bunchgrass.

Boat inspections now mandatory

In a joint collaboration between the Department of Agriculture and Fish Wildlife and Parks, it was decided last week that the inspection stations designed to prevent the spread of Eurasian watermilfoil, an aquatic invasive species, in Plains and Troy are now mandatory for all boat goers traveling to and from Cabinet Gorge and Noxon Reservoirs.

From toxic waste to Nirvana

Construction underway for new campground

The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) in conjunction with Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, is proud to announce the construction of a 26-site tent-only campground along one of America’s most scenic pathways: the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes.

Guest opinion: The West is about to inherit more abandoned oil wells

Here’s a true story about the West: An oil company leases some public land, drills a well, pumps the oil, and posts a $10,000 bond as its promise to clean up the site when the well runs dry. Years later, the company declares bankruptcy — or it simply walks away.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: Bonny Doon Access

A couple of years ago one of our great local distributors happened into the shop. In the sample bag were a few bottles from the Bonny Doon Winery, located in Santa Cruz. We have known the wines from Bonny Doon for many years, having enjoyed them on many occasions long before we opened the Dinner Party. The founder and winemaker at Bonny Doon, Randall Grahm, is a legend in California winemaking and has been honored with numerous awards in the culinary arts and for his winemaking, including the Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year from the James Beard Foundation in 1994. He has been making the wines at Bonny Doon for nearly 40 years.

Samples, tastings and deals

Just in the past week, we received a “care package” of current release samples from our friends at Jordan Winery in Sonoma. We held our much-anticipated tasting with John Lancaster and his great lineup of wines from Skylark Wine Company and discovered some great deals in tasting with our distributors. With all this fun new and delicious wine, we figured it was time for a recommendation and review column.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — New arrivals

With our well documented supply chain challenges and a string of great vintages from Europe we have been changing up our collection fairly frequently.

Students learn to budget by giving back

Seniors gather over $10,500 in donations in real-world economics lesson

Over 120 Lake City High School students from Matt Ruchti’s economics class solicited businesses or asked family and friends to make donations through social media and raised over $10,500 to give to the community.

Officials say ex-guard releases hostages, leaves Manila mall

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials say a recently dismissed security guard has released his hostages and walked out of a Philippine shopping mall, ending a daylong hostage crisis in an upscale commercial district near the police and military headquarters.

Judge won't rush decision on doughnut lawsuit

Attorneys representing parties in the lawsuit concerning control of the two-mile planning doughnut around Whitefish gave oral arguments in Flathead District Court Feb. 28.

A great place to retire

Cd'A makes CNN Money list of top 25 places to spend twilight years

COEUR d'ALENE - It was 15 years ago that Nola Lagg's son brought her from Florida to Coeur d'Alene, she recalled, because of an illness she was facing.

Bonner County News of Record - July 8, 2022

Police log information for Sandpoint, Ponderay and Priest River police departments and the Bonner County Sheriff's Office.

Legals for May, 8 2022

NASA, cruise line got flu shots

ATLANTA - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.

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By STEVE CAMERON

Virus testing lag is a 'failing,' US health official says

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. lag in coronavirus testing is “a failing,” a top federal health official said Thursday, and public health experts say they still don't have a good understanding of how widely the new virus has spread.

Skiing or kayaking - 'Active living is a blast'

By RICHARD HANNERS