SANDPOINT — It’ll be dawn at Buttonhook Bay, on Wednesday when six outstanding athletes will plunge themselves into Lake Pend Oreille with the goal of swimming relay to Sandpoint’s Statue of Liberty before dusk.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
HOPE — Calm. The lake was calm, the winds were calm, and calm was the word that family, friends, co-workers and fellow members of Hope’s city council used to describe the man at the memorial held for Mayor Joe Dean on Friday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
EAST HOPE — The aim of ending years of divisive vitriol came to a possible end this week when council members voted to request annexation into Sam Owen Fire District. However, 38 residents of this community of less than 200 have already filed a petition to put the annexation to …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
EAST HOPE — Tempers flared and emotions ran high as council members debated whether or not the city should annex into Sam Owen Fire District during Tuesday's council meeting. After a lengthy debate — peppered with some insults and accusations — the council, however, postponed a vote on the annexation …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
EAST HOPE — If there’s a fire, who will respond, how quickly with what equipment and at what cost to the city are the questions the City Council is discussing while debating whether or not to disband the local fire department and annex into Sam Owen Fire District.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
EAST HOPE — The several years’ long process of metering all residential and commercial properties in the city were completed late last fall and now the council is prepared to bring proposed new water rates to the residents.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
“When one door closes another door opens,” Alexander Graham Bell said, and such was the case for Sandpoint Builders when they lost their lease on the Pine Street building they’ve occupied for the last dozen years.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
CLARK FORK — Council president Russ Schenck promised a short meeting, but a long discussion ensued regarding the city accepting funding for a sewer feasibility study from USDA Rural Development and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
CLARK FORK — After waiting more than three years for the stars to align on funding for a waste water management feasibility study in the city, two Clark Fork City Council members voted against accepting the money. Mayor Jeff Jeffers broke the tie by voting in favor of signing the …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
HOPE — City officials are mulling a plan that called for handicapped accessible walkway that starts at City Hall and ends at the old Hope Hotel — traversing the better part of downtown Hope.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
SANDPOINT — Getting us back to Kansas from Oz was world-renowned fishing expert Mike Hansen’s analogy for the goal of reviving the kokanee population and restoring the world-class trophy rainbows trout to Lake Pend Oreille at Wednesday night’s “state of the lake”address.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
In 1987, he had his first heart attack followed by a record seven-artery bypass for the hospital, the surgeon and, obviously, him. Overweight and with cholesterol out of control, George Lee Congleton was told that he better change his ways or put his affairs in order.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Most of us of a certain age, remember episodes of what were commonly called “childhood diseases.” Thanks to effective immunization, many of those viruses are no longer considered common in the U.S.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
It started out to be such a perfect winter! Snow on the mountain and not a flake in town. Oh sure, there are a lot of flakes in town, but not of the cold fluffy stick-to-the-ground variety. Now it looks like the winter weather is going to continue for the …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
It’s colorless and odorless and at its worst will kill you or leave you brain dead. And, the scariest part is we’re exposed to it all the time. Carbon monoxide (CO) is found in combustion fumes like our vehicle’s exhaust, small gasoline engines, stoves, lanterns, wood and gas burning ranges …
Last week’s article on the importance of annual physicals sparked a little feedback from those of you who have all kinds of good intentions, but don’t have a healthcare provider. So the question of the day is, how do I choose one?
It starts with whistle belly thumps and progresses to the green apple squirts. And, although that sounds funny, the 24-hour stomach flu really isn’t. It also isn’t the flu, which by definition is a respiratory infection. It’s typically not even a stomach problem, but a small intestinal one.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
CLARK FORK — An honest misunderstanding and good intentions brought out an anxious crowd and resulted in standing room only at this week’s council meeting.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
EAST HOPE — Water will take the path of least resistance, and in East Hope runoff is finding its way into the driveway, yards and basements of three residents council members were informed at last week’s meeting.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
CLARK FORK — Proving the old adage that the devil is in the details, Clark Fork officials listened to Elk Meadow Ranch Development’s project manager describe requests to bring a final plat to council and received advice from their city attorney at this week’s meeting.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
