State treasurer provides 'mini vaults' for students

BONNERS FERRY — On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Boundary County was visited by the State of Idaho Treasurer, Julie Ellsworth. She presented almost 200 mini-vaults to the students and explained the importance of saving for the future.

Orvis Northwest Outfitters secures guide permit for lower Cd’A River

Mike Beard is looking forward to it.

PREP ROUNDUP: Lake City takes two from Moses Lake softball

Jenna Glenn hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning and Phoebe Schultze struck out 14 in a two-hitter as the Lake City Timberwolves swept the Moses Lake Chiefs 12-8 and 5-3 in nonleague softball on Wednesday at Moses Lake High.

BBCC's Ernette named educator of the year

MOSES LAKE – Dawnne Ernette, an instructor with the English department at Big Bend Community College, has been named the Washington Education Association Community and Technical College Educator of the Year.

Bonner County News of Record - Feb. 1, 2023

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

Police Calls: Man in sleeping bag causes unrest

A caller was unsure how to get a disruptive friend to leave.

Whitefish Gallery Nights return

The Whitefish Gallery Nights are back, beginning on May 5 and will run through October on every first Thursday of the month.

Child tax credit starts hitting US families' bank accounts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The

NOTICE TO EQUIPMENT DEALERS

Sealed bids, plainly marked “Bid for Dump Trucks 2015”, will be received by Grant County at the Office of the Board of County Commissioners located in the County Courthouse, 35 C Street NW - Room 207, P.O. Box 37, Ephrata, WA 98823, until 1:45 PM, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, and will then and there be opened and publicly read for furnishing and delivering:

'God’s not done with me yet'

Jim Konegni meets, thanks firefighters who helped save his life after suffering cardiac arrest in September

On Friday, Konegni met the firefighters who responded to the call of a man down after cardiac arrest and people on the scene were performing CPR the evening of Sept. 24.

4A STATE SWIM: Sandpoint girls have a real shot at state title this year

Falling by just six points last year, Sandpoint's girls have some extra motivation, and another great opportunity to bring home that first-place trophy this year.

View from the Library: Busy summer

We wrapped up our annual Summer Reading Program Aug. 17 with ice cream, prize giveaways and children’s book author Valerie Bolling.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: The most important wine flaw to know

There are many things that can go wrong in the winemaking process. Many are controllable and some are not. Wine is an organic product, and while from time to time we all might encounter a wine that is poorly made, more often than not, one of the things that goes wrong is not due to a poorly skilled winemaker or production staff, it is a simple flaw. Everything from bottle variation to volatile acidity or VA, to an unintended secondary bottle fermentation which can just get loose in the wine, resulting in a bottle that just doesn’t taste (or more likely smell) right.

Biden says he's ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings

WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly a year it was the Trump show. Now President Joe Biden is calling up the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more than 425,000 U.S. lives.

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Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists

Allowing the drilling plan to go forward would be a major breach of Biden’s campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on federal lands, they say

Crews continue to fight area fires

Bit by bit, fire crews fighting a pair of local fires are gaining ground over the wildfires.

Crews continue to fight area fires

Bit by bit, fire crews fighting a pair of local fires are gaining ground over the wildfires.

SC lets medical students, retired nurses give COVID-19 shots

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will now allow medical students, retired nurses and other qualified professionals to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Troy High School seniors awarded scholarships

Kylie Carr: University of Montana-Western Haynes Scholarship, $2,000.