Sun Road opens Monday to Rising Sun
Glacier National Park resumed collecting fees at the gate this week
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
NIC’s Silver Valley, Bonners Ferry centers to close
Hoping to make room for virtual learning
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Crash spills 3,000 gallons of liquid fertilizer
Bonners Ferry truck driver uninjured; pickup truck driver found by police
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
IHSAA cancels remainder of spring sports season in Idaho, including state tournaments
While the news seemed inevitable, it was still a gut blow of sorts to Bonners Ferry high school seniors and others across the state when the Idaho High School Activities Association on Friday announced the cancellation of the remainder of the spring sports season, including the upcoming scheduled state tournaments, …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Timberlake tops BFHS in boys district opener
KELLOGG — The top two teams in the Intermountain League, Kellogg and Timberlake, won 3A District 1 semifinals Monday night at Kellogg High School, and were scheduled to meet at 7 in the district championship Wednesday.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Timberlake tops BFHS in boys district opener
KELLOGG — The top two teams in the Intermountain League, Kellogg and Timberlake, won 3A District 1 semifinals Monday night at Kellogg High School, and were scheduled to meet at 7 in the district championship Wednesday.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
St. Maries boys too much for Badgers
BONNERS FERRY — Coleman Ross had 11 points, nine steals and three assists to lead visiting St. Maries past the Badgers 63-48 in a nonleague game on Thursday, Jan. 9.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Avalanche search continues
KELLOGG — The search for possible missing skiers continued atop Silver Mountain Wednesday morning after officials were notified by a concerned family member that they hadn’t heard from an individual who was on the mountain during Tuesday’s avalanches.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Badgers win opener, lose at the buzzer
ST. MARIES — Holly Ansley scored nine of her 18 points in the first quarter as the visiting Badgers defeated the Lumberjacks 58-36 on Saturday in the nonleague season opener for both schools.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Employee pleads guilty to embezzlement, filing false tax return
COEUR d’ALENE — Jamie Gillette, 53, of Bonners Ferry, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Bart Davis said Thursday.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
St. Maries ends Bonners Ferry's season
POST FALLS — St. Maries’ Bianney Ventura scored just before intermission to break a scoreless tie, then assisted on Kassidy Suchoski’s second-half goal to lead the fourth-seeded Lumberjacks past the fifth-seeded Badgers 2-0 on Monday in the opening game of the 3A Intermountain League district tournament.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Timberlake too much for BFHS football team
BONNERS FERRY — Joey Follini threw for 191 yards and five touchdowns to power the Timberlake Tigers past the Bonners Ferry Badgers 62-13 in the Intermountain League opener for both schools on Friday.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
BFHS ready to Volley for a Cure
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Badger volleyball team will host a Volley for the Cure game on Tuesday, Oct. 15, starting at 5:30 p.m.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Low turnout causes Kootenai to cancel 2019 football season
The numbers just didn’t add up for the Kootenai High football program this fall.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
BFHS sweeps Priest River in IML twinbill
BONNERS FERRY — The Badgers opened Intermountain League baseball play last Friday, losing two to the visiting Timberlake Tigers. But Bonners Ferry rebounded in its next IML doubleheader, sweeping visiting Priest River 2-0 and 9-8 on Tuesday, April 16.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Idaho child marriage bill fails
BOISE – The Idaho House has quashed a bill that would have prohibited children under 16 from getting married.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
St. Maries girls win district opener
DEARY — St. Maries opened a double-digit lead in the first quarter, then rolled to a 47-14 win over Orofino in their 2A District 1-2 tournament opener on Monday night at Deary High School.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Bonners Ferry woman killed in Sagle accident
SAGLE — A Bonners Ferry resident was killed early in the evening on Friday, Jan. 4, when the car she was driving was struck by southbound tractor-trailer as she attempted to turn onto U.S. 95.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
BF woman dies in Spokane River accident
POST FALLS — The victim of Monday’s fatality in the Spokane River at Post Falls was identified on Tuesday by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office as Valerie E. Sandaker, 54, of Bonners Ferry.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Two arrests made in heroin trafficking case
POST FALLS — Two Shoshone County men were arrested in a heroin trafficking case during a traffic stop on Interstate 90 at Post Falls last week.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lakeland falls in deciding game
SANDPOINT — A promising start to the week came to a disappointing end for Lakeland, but at least the Hawks went down swinging.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Badgers third in BFHS Invitational
BONNERS FERRY — The Badgers had nine wrestlers place in their individual weight class and finished third in the team standings in the Bonners Ferry Invitational tournament on Saturday, Feb. 3.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Badgers lose to state-ranked foes
The Bonners Ferry boys’ basketball team hosted one of the state’s top 4A teams, then traveled to the defending 1A Division II champions last week as the Badgers faced several tough nonconference opponents.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Doctor receives prison sentence
COEUR d’ALENE — A Silver Valley physician who was found guilty of more than 60 counts of illegally dispensing opiates will serve 16 years in prison, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
BFHS girls win playoff opener, fall to Charter
RATHDRUM — A first-half goal by freshman midfielder Holly Ansley was all the Badgers needed to advance in their Intermountain League district soccer opener Monday at Sunshine Rotary Fields in Rathdrum.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Smoked out
OSBURN — Labor Day was not a good day for anyone to be laboring — or doing anything else outdoors in North Idaho.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Robbery suspect plans to admit guilt
PONDERAY- An Alaska man indicted for the strong-arm robbery of a Ponderay credit union intends to plead guilty, according to U.S. District Court records.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Glacier fire believed to be human-caused
The fire burning on Glacier National Park's east side may have been started by people.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Saran Wrap bandits caught
Working on numerous tips from the public, Shoshone County deputies identified three juvenile males who admitted to stretching saran wrap across Interstate 90 on March 21.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Group sues to have Cabinet bears 'uplisted'
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Missoula seeking to "uplist" the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly population from "threatened" to "endangered."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
New map highlights 88 park hikes
After hiking all of Glacier National Park's 734 miles of trails in one summer and starting a blog about hiking in the park, Jake Bramante started getting peppered with the same question:
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Wolf take up in northwest Montana
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. - Montana's wolf season came to a close earlier this month, with hunters and trappers taking just five more wolves than they did last year.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Grocers hit by leak
At the onset of one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year, customers at multiple grocery stores in the region are being asked to use cash and checks to make purchases while investigators work to fix a payment processing system compromised by a criminal cyber attack.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Historic buildings destroyed by fire
Two centuries-old Mullan buildings were destroyed in an early-morning fire Tuesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Grizzly attacks college student
PABLO, Mont. – A student at Salish Kootenai College was attacked at approximately 10:30 Friday morning, by a grizzly bear near the campus dormitories. College administrators reported that the male student’s injuries were not life-threatening and that he is in stable condition.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Montana man killed in home invasion
DIXON, Mont. - A Thursday night home invasion left one person dead and another in critical condition near the small community of Dixon, Mont., along the Sanders and Lake County border.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Idaho native Kurdy honored by Montana Newspaper Association
Former Inter Lake publisher Tom Kurdy was honored Saturday with the Master Editor-Publisher Award bestowed by the Montana Newspaper Association.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Trio charged in Bonner County shooting death
SANDPOINT - Three people were charged Monday in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old Bonner County man last September.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
BPA expects to increase electricity rates next year
The head of the Bonneville Power Administration was in Kalispell last week to explain an expected electricity rate increase next year and provide insight into the risks and challenges ahead.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Hunting season's opening weekend in NW Montana sees solid numbers
Opening weekend for the general hunting season turned up relatively solid numbers at check stations across northwestern Montana.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Early-morning fire destroys Eureka's Glacier Bank
As firefighters and law-enforcement officials responded to a fire at Glacier Bank in Eureka early Thursday morning, a pharmacy was burglarized less than a mile away.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Rehberg to host gray wolf hearing Oct. 6 in Kalispell
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., announced this week that he will host three hearings — including one in Kalispell on Oct. 6 — on the impacts of relisting gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Prison escapees caught near Troy plead innocent
Two federal prisoners captured outside of Troy after allegedly escaping from the Mineral County Jail a year ago pleaded not guilty in federal court last week.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Mountain snowpack low; not enough time to recover
Mountain snowpack in northwestern Montana and the rest of the state is now considered “very low” and it’s not likely to recover.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Man pleads guilty to 2008 wolf killing
A Kalispell man will be sentenced in May after pleading guilty to killing a wolf in 2008 in the McGinnis Meadows-Fisher River area.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Revett seeks clarity on Rock Creek mine status
A status conference is pending in federal court to determine if developers of the proposed Rock Creek mine can initiate development of the project.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Bighorn sheep find new home near falls
For a second it was surreal, like a scene out of “Jurassic Park” … a group of bighorn sheep dangling from the bottom of a helicopter, like a delicious treat for a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Montana FWP sets deer hunting limits
It’s settled: Whitetail deer hunting will be limited to bucks only in northwestern Montana for the next two years.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Low snowpack leads to uncertainty over spill
Plans for an experimental water spill from Libby Dam to help Kootenai River white sturgeon this spring now are uncertain because of below-average mountain snowpack above the dam.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Mill closure impacts Montana forest products industry
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. announced this week that it will close its mill near Frenchtown at the end of the year, a move that is expected to have sweeping impacts on Montana’s forest products industry and other economic sectors.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Panel discusses future of Libby
In a lecture hall filled with fresh-faced, attentive University of Montana students, the question was asked: What’s next for Libby?
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Wolf hunting success leads to season's end
With seven wolves harvested over the weekend in northwestern Montana and three others in the southwestern portion of the state, wolf-hunting season officially closed Monday night.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Judge's desk burned during crime spree in Eureka
A judge's office was torched and a county building damaged late Saturday night in Eureka.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Fate uncertain for now-closed Sylvanite School
The closed Sylvanite School has been turned over to the McCormick School District, whose board will decide the fate of the one-room schoolhouse 17 miles west of Yaak.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Hearing set on wolf hunts
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula has granted a request for a hearing to consider a preliminary injunction that would halt pending wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Memories flow during McCormick's centennial
When 79-year-old Juanita “Neta” Randolph Sheffler attended McCormick School, the one-room schoolhouse had no electricity or indoor plumbing, she walked five miles to school and after eighth grade, the Troy woman quit to work in the woods.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Libby man injured in head-on near Bonners Ferry
Two elderly drivers were hospitalized Friday at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., following a head-on crash south of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Loggers take 2 at Glacier; still in hunt for title
The sweat started gathering around pitcher Chris Herbig’s brow right from the start.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Loggers sweep twinbill over Glacier
Libby used a home run by Joe Coker and three-hit pitching by Chris Herbig in the opener and a RBI single in the sixth inning by Eric Riddle in the second game to edge the Glacier Twins 3-2 and 4-2 in Whitefish on Tuesday in a nonconference Class A American …
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Troy's Palmer wins javelin, triple jump at state
It didn’t take long for Troy senior Aaron Palmer to feel the heat on Friday. It was only 9:30 a.m., and he was waiting to compete in the final Class B javelin throw at the state track meet at Legends Stadium.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Libby's Mee wins Class A state tennis title
Perfection.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Feds delist gray wolf in region that includes Montana
There had been uncertainty about how the Obama administration would proceed, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday the decision to remove gray wolves from the list of threatened and endangered species.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Local National Guard unit heads to Iraq
FORT LEWIS, Wash. – The 639th Quartermaster Co. of the Montana National Guard, based in northwest Montana, is more than a mere military unit, it's a family.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Citizens group wants to recall county sheriff
A group of Eureka-area residents has launched a campaign to recall Lincoln County Sheriff Daryl R. Anderson over a perceived failure to properly investigate a series of recent rape complaints.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Former pastor imprisoned for touching young girl
SANDPOINT, Idaho — A district judge declined to go along with a plea agreement which proposed a limited jail sentence for a former pastor who pleaded guilty to fondling a Priest Lake girl several years ago.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Semitool layoff includes 37 jobs lost at Libby plant
Semitool Inc. confirmed this week that it is laying off about 100 workers – including 37 in Libby.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 16 YEARS AGO
Libby downs Bigfork, takes Polson
The Libby Loggers found out a little something about their volleyball team Thursday night.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Libby's Watson medals at Meadow Lake course
Sophomore Zach Watson of Libby shot a 77 Tuesday for medalist honors at the Columbia Falls Triangular at Meadow Lake Golf Course.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Libby overcomes slow start, rallies past Glacier
The Loggers took a while to get rolling in their season opener — then it was full speed ahead.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
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