Friday, November 15, 2024

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