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Timberlake taps nearby district for oversight

ATHOL — The Timberlake Fire Protection District has tapped its neighboring district to the south to oversee its operations for the next year.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Region's firms detail hurdles facing small businesses

RATHDRUM — Rep. Walt Minnick on Wednesday saw and heard first-hand some of the challenges small businesses are facing during the economic storm.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pertussis cases on the rise in region

POST FALLS — Kootenai County continues to be the state’s hotbed for a spike in whooping cough cases this year.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

State rights, unity themes at GOP convention

Flexing the state’s rights amid concerns over federal proposals, unity after a hard-fought primary and the chairman’s election are highlights of the Idaho Republican Party’s annual convention, which began Friday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Rain spurs West Nile concerns

The rain could come back to bite us.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Timberlake Fire District controversy continues

ATHOL — A Timberlake Fire Protection District commissioner has resigned and a technical advisor for the district has quit after the board decided to immediately end the contract of Chief Jack Krill.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Education eyes tough budget frontier

POST FALLS — Even if the economy is rebounding, don’t automatically think education budgets will be brought back up right away, the state’s superintendent of public instruction said on Tuesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

April boosts water supply

Even April’s showers couldn’t break the area’s bleak water supply outlook.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Local guardsmen heading to Iraq

POST FALLS — Local Army National Guard soldiers will leave on Sept. 17 to serve a yearlong mission in support of Operation New Dawn in Iraq, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Monday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Timberlake Fire mulls levy

ATHOL — A fire engine’s accelerator pedal that became stuck is evidence that the Timberlake Fire District has fallen woefully behind on vehicle maintenance and needs levy funding to improve safety, the fire chief says.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Parks to remain open despite budget cuts

It won’t be a walk in the park, but the state plans to keep its North Idaho parks open and services available this year despite a proposed $5.1 million in cuts.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Regional commerce hub envisioned

Private business leaders and public agencies from throughout the region are going to the public for ideas and strategies in their effort to make the Inland Northwest a major hub for global commerce.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

New Spirit Lake chief named

SPIRIT LAKE — Patrick Lawless wants to bring Spirit Lake citizens back into the police equation.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Wolf hunt ruling brings praise, criticism

While some local and state officials praised a federal judge's decision on Wednesday to allow wolf hunts to continue, environmentalists are still circling with litigation in their quest to restore protection.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Boat inspections off to shaky start

POST FALLS — Mandatory boat inspections to keep invasive species out of Idaho are under way, but the early compliance rate has something to be desired.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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