Cash, critters are basis of market program
SANDPOINT — Hunter Hendrix wears a green mask with red plastic eyes as he strolls across the Bonner County fairgrounds among a troop of boys with toy machine guns.
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City hits slow lane for fiber-optic network
SANDPOINT — The city is in the slow lane to get on the fast track.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Board seeks resolution to dispute
HOPE — Don Myers wants the rules in his neighborhood suspended, and the group charged with enforcing them to disband.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Sandpoint reviewing pending claims
SANDPOINT — The city would pay more than $1 million if claims filed against it in the past two years were approved, according to a recently updated claims report.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Smart Plugs fuels innovation with ethanol-based generator
SANDPOINT — A device meant to terminate the use of fossil fuels in modern engines quietly sits in a shop at the edge of town.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
City revising firearms ordinance
SANDPOINT — The city will rechamber its gun ordinance in the next few weeks, making it more toy friendly.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
AHWF dedicated to helping area's wildlife
CLARK FORK — A crossbill climbs the grates of a pen in Kathleen St. Clair-McGee’s garage.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Crosswalk project to resume soon
SANDPOINT — A crosswalk project that was paved over by the Idaho Transportation Department will restart as soon as the state’s work is completed.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Sandpoint couple excited by plans to open Pita Pit
SANDPOINT — It may have seemed like a dark cavern for a while, but when the work is complete and the new downtown restaurant opens, it will be the light at the top of the line.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Residents question need for street project
SANDPOINT — Public input changed the course of a street project here recently, and city officials and residents hope the turn of events is indicative of how future projects are planned.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Mom: Son recovering after almost drowning at City Beach
SANDPOINT — Matthew Gray’s mother calls her son a miracle man.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Roundabout art gets a green light
SANDPOINT — The ideas went around and around.
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7B Board Shop gives boarders a local stomping ground
SANDPOINT — Rory Whitney remembers the days when he and his friends packed into a local shuttle bus for a weekend of snowboarding at Schweitzer.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Affordable housing complex sites eyed
SANDPOINT — The developer of a 41-unit, affordable housing complex is targeting a couple locations here for a $6 million project.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
All-access playground gets funding
SANDPOINT — Work on a handicap accessible playground will proceed as planned thanks to a final grant award.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Fire district voters nix expansion
HOPE — The Sam Owen fire district will not expand its borders to small chunks of adjoining rural drainages, voters decided.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Couple: High fees preventing dream of Sandpoint restaurant
SANDPOINT — John and Tullaya Akins’ dream of opening a Mediterranean-style restaurant here went south after they learned how much the city would charge to start the venture.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Man sought by marshals located
SANDPOINT — A Ponderay man wanted by the federal government was arrested Sunday by city police during a traffic stop near the Long Bridge.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Sandpoint crowds digging The Tunnel's vibe, dining
SANDPOINT — Without knowing it, Jeff Spencer and Adam Starchman had been spent decades shadowing each other.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Police seeking sex offenders
SANDPOINT — Two sex offenders who failed to notify local authorities of an address change are being sought by police.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Carpenter gives old church new life
HOPE — After years of missing the once-familiar Sunday sound, residents are hearing the peal of the church bell again.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Quest delivers planes to Fish & Wildlife
SANDPOINT — When nine airplanes are turned over to the federal government today on a Wisconsin airfield, it will finalize a deal that started in North Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Broadband efforts back on waiting list
SANDPOINT — Bonner and Boundary county’s rural communities are back on the waiting list for broadband service meant to provide jobs and diversify the area’s economy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Road project draws cheers, concern
PONDERAY— A street project that split this town with a 21-foot-wide trench, 18 inches deep has drawn both concern and cheers from town residents.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
City sets preliminary budget
SANDPOINT — No raises for city employees and projections far lower than last year are among items that stand out in a preliminary city budget approved by council members.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
City adopts sign change
SANDPOINT — No more, no less.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Sandpoint drops fluoride from water
SANDPOINT — Residents here will no longer be able to gargle with city water to get fluoride on their teeth.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Nature conservatory
BONNERS FERRY — A square-mile chunk of land on the west side of the Kootenai Valley just south of the Canadian border will be set aside for bears and building materials, but there will be no building here.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
SPD begins goal-setting
SANDPOINT — City police issued thousands if citations last year, but the incidents were spread throughout the city, not centered in the downtown area as critics allege, according to police.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Parking lot tagged for closure
SANDPOINT — When a 24-car parking lot downtown closes this month it will leave fewer spaces in a heavily used area already facing a dearth of parking, some residents contend.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Forest Capital, conservancy ink land deal
BONNERS FERRY — A square-mile chunk of land on the west side of the Kootenai Valley just south of the Canadian border will be set aside for bears and building materials, but there will be no building here.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Museum honors WASPs for service
SAGLE — Betty “Birdlegs” Reed first flew in an airplane as a 6-year-old.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Backflow test deadline set
SANDPOINT — The city is giving residents until Aug. 6 to have their municipal water line backflow systems tested, despite objections from some property owners.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Spill reinforces need for storm water program
SANDPOINT — A June spill that dumped an oily film from a city storm water pipe into the Pend Oreille River did not prompt officials to address runoff.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Field fix lacks funds
SANDPOINT — As council members play hardball with the city budget, city patrons should expect no grandstanding when it comes to Memorial Field.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Book captures wilderness firefighters' tales
SANDPOINT — Rich Faletto spent 20 years in the Air Force, and another two decades in the real estate industry.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
City pondering 'conservative' budget
SANDPOINT — No lurches or spikes are in store for most city departments as Sandpoint officials plan for next year’s budget cycle.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Metal fish design hooks fans
SANDPOINT — For a few weeks this fall after the downtown arch is completed, Nelson Boren will tune his design.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Tai chi harnesses body's energy flow for health, healing
SANDPOINT — It was the explosion that brought Mark Duffner to an ancient Chinese martial art.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Frontier taking over local Verizon services
SANDPOINT — Better service, hometown participation, no overseas operators and users can pay their bills in town.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Grad Night games' legality questioned
SANDPOINT — A popular high school graduation event faces the ax although organizers contend it is legal.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Colleen's Coffee Corner brewing up business
SANDPOINT — This is Colleen’s corner.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Volunteers anchor parade
SANDPOINT — A long-time local volunteer will be the cornerstone of this year’s Fourth of July parade.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Super 1 Foods sets June 30 opening
SANDPOINT — Angel Raymond is in charge of checking new inventory and making sure all prices are logged into the system.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Sandpoint KOs combat fights
SANDPOINT — Bloody knuckles, wrenched joints and bitten ears will be illegal downtown, according to the latest amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
City approves zoning changes
SANDPOINT — Sweeping changes to city commercial zoning laws were adopted in an empty room at City Hall this week.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
SCS dedicates high school
SANDPOINT — When it comes to charter schools, Collin Kindred and Matt Smith are no tenderfoots.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Attorney: Dive's balcony unfairly targeted
SANDPOINT — The Dive’s balcony is being targeted by the state as an encroachment while other similar downtown structures are getting a free pass, according to the establishment’s attorney.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
City ponders sidewalk plan
SANDPOINT — Creating a network of repaired sidewalks throughout the city is part of a pedestrian travel plan being considered by City Council.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Address change upsets residents
LACLEDE — A big white sign, clumps of knee-high grass, railroad tracks and a church lie prone as blacktop under a gray, June sky.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
City brushes off fluoride issue for vote
SANDPOINT — Removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water has been a pungent topic among council members who will once again address the issue in an upcoming meeting.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Museum honoring WWII female pilots
SAGLE — They were known for their incisive wits, experience and excellent piloting skills, but not many people have heard of them.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Music conservatory hosting event
SANDPOINT — Earning an advanced anthropology degree was not the high note of Karin Wedemeyer’s career.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
License issues delay Super 1 opening
SANDPOINT — Grains and grapes are holding up the opening of the area’s latest grocer.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Bank receives loan judgment
SANDPOINT — A local City Council member who defaulted on his student loan owes Wells Fargo Bank $12,469.21.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
City names new attorney
SANDPOINT — A former state deputy attorney general replaced Will Herrington who has stepped down after seven years as counsel.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Humane society seeks reprieve
SANDPOINT — Chuck Driggs counts cadence with cats.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Area schools set graduation dates
SANDPOINT — Graduation ceremonies for area high schools are scheduled this week between Thursday and Saturday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Area's economic recovery mixed
SANDPOINT — As summer approaches, the local job market is experiencing an upswing, but that does not mean the economy is on the verge of recovery, Idaho Department of Labor officials said.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
BPA: Shifting lake level won't harm kokanee spawning beds
SANDPOINT — Raising and dropping Pend Oreille’s winter lake level in five-foot increments could damage docks and moorings, something the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bonner Power Administration are aware of as they prepare for a new lake level plan.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
City ponders sign changes
SANDPOINT — The amended law will be an across-the-board change on how local businesses may advertise.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
ITD: Dive's balcony must be removed
SANDPOINT — The balcony at a downtown establishment must be removed because it violates a state right of way law, according to the Idaho Transportation Department.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Kootenai readies for centennial celebration
KOOTENAI — The children in the elementary school office Tuesday were not sullen students meeting with Kootenai Principal Betsy Walker to be reprimanded for playground transgressions, food fights or lack of manners.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Bikers get OK to stay at City Beach
SANDPOINT — More than 400 bikers will stay overnight at City Beach despite a ban on camping there.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Zahn: Memorial Day is a good time to reflect
SANDPOINT — Don Zahn had a good life.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'Crash' reminds drinking, driving don't mix
SANDPOINT — Like a water balloon bursting, glass shards blew across the pavement as people smashed through windows and blood, limbs and beer cans toppled into the street.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Low-key ceremony greets roundabout
SANDPOINT — No speeches, no rain and no crunch of fender benders marked Friday’s opening of the roundabout.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Stores seek completion of sidealk
SANDPOINT — The hole is five feet wide, 150-feet long and deep enough to tear the exhaust off a Hummer.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Roundabout opens Friday
SANDPOINT — The opening of the roundabout Friday at Larch and Boyer will be marked by a 10 a.m. ceremony.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Communiversity proposal moves forward in region
SANDPOINT — A local, larger institute of learning that has been up in the air could be grounded soon.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Incumbents win state races
SANDPOINT — Two local incumbents toppled opponents in Tuesday’s primary elections.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biomass project gets council OK
SANDPOINT — A wood burner slated to provide energy for businesses and homes in the city must be self sufficient or council members will not approve the project.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
City approves fee increase
SANDPOINT — A fee hike for new construction will be phased in over a four-year period according to a compromise between the city and local contractors.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Stivers looks to create state bank to solve budget woes
DeSMET — James Stivers thinks big banks are draining the economic future of Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tanner looks to limit taxes
BONNERS FERRY — Steve Tanner remembers the days competing in high school and college sporting events against teams better prepared and more experienced.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Dog park plan gets approval
SANDPOINT — Dogs on leashes will be allowed in Lakeview Park for a five-month trial period, City Council members decided this week.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Engelhardt hopes to cut spending, taxes
SAGLE — If elected Dennis Engelhardt will fund state agencies only to the extent of their legal mandates and strike out against growing government, even in good times.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Jarzabeks receive national Head Start honors
SANDPOINT — When Janice Jarzabek gives, she does not tell.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
PZ: No limits on seasonal businesses
SANDPOINT — Seasonal businesses will not be treated any differently than year-round enterprises, Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners agreed Tuesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Keough enjoys helping others
SANDPOINT — Shawn Keough would rather work with available money than with funding that might not materialize.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Classics, crowds pack Lost in the '50s
SANDPOINT — More cars than usual, much sun and a big crowd marked the 25th anniversary of Lost in the ’50s.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Getting ready for the roundabout
SANDPOINT — Leonard Woods thinks the roundabout that is meant to enhance traffic flow at Larch and Boyer will have the opposite result.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Broadsword seeks new term
Sagle — The Legislature sent a message to Washington last session to take care of national problems and let Idaho focus on state issues.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Legislative candidates debate issues
SANDPOINT — Cutting school funding, eliminating abortions and prisons, and re-establishing a government of Christian principles is at the forefront of Steve Tanner’s message.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
SCS students vet critters in science class
SANDPOINT — Instructors in this class use a tortoise to make learning a hair faster.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Community gears up for fabulous '50s
SANDPOINT — Despite a forecast calling for sun Friday, there shall be no talk of the weather.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
City rejects BID petition
SANDPOINT — The city will not sign off on a request to abolish a local business tax despite the written appeal of many downtown businesses.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Construction projects adding new life to downtown Sandpoint
SANDPOINT — The Dive’s bar is eight inches thick, as long as dugout and made from one slab of wood.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
SWSD seeks OK to borrow $850,000
SAGLE — A judge this month could end the six-year building moratorium at Southside Water and Sewer District, allowing the beleaguered utility to accept sewer applications on a first-come, first-serve basis.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
LPOHS hosting 'Just Say Know' festival
SANDPOINT — Preventing drug use and its pitfalls among teens is only part of the message of today’s festival at Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Mad Mike's blends local vibes, great coffee
SANDPOINT — Coffee was not the sole reason for Marsha Meury’s trek west from Minnesota recently.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Quilters piece together art, function
SANDPOINT — Tom Dillin’s wife is a hooker.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Community celebrates railroad heritage
SANDPOINT — You could not tell by looking, but Paul Rechintzer has a rail depot out back.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tax credit has mixed results
SANDPOINT — A federal tax credit for home buyers that expires at midnight helped move real estate in the short term, but probably will not jump start the market, local agents said.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Group hopes to make parks dog accessible
Mandy Evans is among a group of local dog owners who wants the city to consider a leash law for dogs that would allow owners to walk their dogs in parks, and provide scooper stations for pets. (Photo by RALPH BARTHOLDT)
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Grant helps LPOHS stock up on books
SANDPOINT — History does not tell with certainty the date of his birth, only what came after.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Neighborwoods growing in popularity
SANDPOINT — Gail Lyster knows by looking.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
BGH workers win $200,000 PB prize
SANDPOINT — Recipients of a $200,000 winning lottery ticket have no plans to quit their jobs at Bonner General Hospital.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Keough: Some hope remains on R&E center
SANDPOINT — The University of Idaho will not say whether its research and extension station here is in shut-down mode, despite signs indicating the station will mothballed this summer.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Staff: R&E center to be mothballed
SANDPOINT — The University of Idaho’s Research and Extension Center here will be mothballed, according to staffers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Ponderay names councilman
PONDERAY — A former Bonner County clerk and volunteer firefighter for the Northside district was appointed to Ponderay’s City Council this week.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Tea Party focuses on change, education
SANDPOINT — A sticker hailing President Barack Obama as a man of change decorates the bumper of an economy car parked in front of the VFW hall.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Few and Far features affordable, eclectic mix
SANDPOINT — Amid the tile floors and wooden furnishings at Few and Far, Sandpoint’s latest downtown business, a mother and daughter team quietly stock shelves and solicit local crafters and artists for retail items.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
STI launches flag crossing project
SANDPOINT — Pedestrians will use flags to stop cars at a local crosswalk beginning today, resurrecting an idea that failed here in the past.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Legislators reflect on tough session
SANDPOINT — Cuts to health care, education and the Legislature’s resolve not to raise taxes were topics discussed by local representatives at a Wednesday meeting at the Elks.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Council mulls meeting changes
SANDPOINT — Speed, increased efficiency and a shorter response time is something the Sandpoint City Council will have in common with a sports car if it accepts a proposal to meet twice per month.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Hunters set sights on turkey season
SANDPOINT — John Zornick hunted tom turkeys in North Idaho when they were illusive birds whose gobble drifted ghostlike through the spring fog.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Five-O Guns and Pawn opens for business
SANDPOINT — Fred Cruzan knows a few things about stolen property.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Allred sets sights on governor's seat
SANDPOINT — Keith Allred wants to raise taxes on truckers to help pay for highway improvements, opt out of federal health care reforms and use prospective tax money to bolster education funding.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Vapor Depot finds niche with smoking alternative
PONDERAY — They stand at the counter and puff, the gray vapor rising through the spray of fluorescent lights.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Clinic kicks off fundraising campaign
SANDPOINT — Last year Heather Pauley’s life took a tailspin.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Crooner pays homage to Frank Sinatra
SANDPOINT — His eyes are not blue, he is tall as a basketball player and is of Dutch descent, unlike Frank Sinatra.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Library celebrates 100th anniversary
SANDPOINT — Most of the patrons at Sandpoint Library come for the fundamentals.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Road's faster speed draws concern
KOOTENAI — The speed limit on a main road here will increase despite safety concerns and the continuation of truck traffic that prompted the council to adopt a slower speed limit two years ago.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Kootenai shrugs shoulders at chickens in city limits
KOOTENAI — Kootenai City Council members gave a yellow light to people who want to raise a few laying hens in backyard coops, but specifics at Tuesday’s council meeting were as scarce as hen’s teeth.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
District plans staffing cuts
SANDPOINT — Cutting seven teaching positions and nine classified staff will help the Lake Pend Oreille School District meet the $1.1 million shortfall for the next school year.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
New faces reviving an old favorite
COCOLALLA — The stories didn’t trickle in as much as rolled through the doors like a torrent.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
BID petition deadline today
SANDPOINT — The eight-page roster of downtown businesses in Rich Curtis’ hand is stenciled with numbers, highlighted with yellow and orange markers, and dimpled from use.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Bureau gearing up for 2010 census
SANDPOINT — John Keller wants to count people.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
LPOHS students march against meth
SANDPOINT — Honk if you hate meth.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Plugged pipes cause stores to flood
SANDPOINT — A grease-plugged city sewer pipe resulted in flooding at several downtown businesses over the weekend.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Backpack program helping keep hunger at bay
SANDPOINT — Juice boxes, nutrition bars, soup, cereal and more fill the backpacks that make rows on the floor at the Bonner Community Food Center.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Area artists ponder arch
SANDPOINT — It will not be the golden arches, but the steel gate planned for Bridge Street is meant to salve the appetite of art lovers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
City plans to go green, paperless
SANDPOINT — City Hall plans to go paperless and save a lot of greenbacks in the process.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Panhandle elk numbers jump
SANDPOINT — Panhandle elk numbers are increasing thanks in part to a mild winter, according to Idaho Fish and Game.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Sandpoint among 'Coolest Small Towns'
SANDPOINT — Lenny Volland does not live here, but he comes back often.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Lake access plan clears hurdle
SANDPOINT — Adding public access to the shoreline at three city rights of way cleared another hurdle.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Monday blaze destroys mobile home
SAGLE — No one was injured in a fire that destroyed a mobile home before noon Monday near Garfield Bay.
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SHS AcaDeca team claims state title
The Sandpoint High senior’s grade point average nudged the bottom end of the spectrum and his scholastic future was that blinking bulb that requires a foot stool to replace.
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Hearing question prompts debate
SANDPOINT — Swiftness in government and hearing taxpayer concerns clashed at this week’s City Council meeting.
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City ponders chicken plan
KOOTENAI — No one has cried foul and council members have not flocked to take sides, as this small city along Highway 200 ponders poultry.
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Area's jobless hits 25-year high
SANDPOINT — Bonner County registered its highest unemployment rate in more than 25 years last month, and despite fair weather and the onset of construction season, officials here don’t anticipate a substantial drop in joblessness soon.
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Daugharty loses battle with cancer
PONDERAY — The flags in this community hang at half staff this week in memory of a fiery council member who died Saturday after an extended fight with colon cancer.
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City ponders tower's lease
SANDPOINT — The lease of a radio tower on city-owned property could transfer to a local Internet provider if the City Council signs off on the proposal.
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Grant branching into job opportunities
SANDPOINT — The money is meant for trees, but local officials hope it will grow into more local employment.
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Area's economy beginning to rev
SANDPOINT — People are returning to Mike Hammersberg’s photo store looking for cameras.
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PAFE wins state honor
SANDPOINT — A few years ago, after some deliberation, Tom Pagliasotti decided his high school algebra students could benefit from graphing calculators.
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City receives $65,000 biomass grant
SANDPOINT — The city may have to curtail plans for a biomass burner because of a shortage of grant money available for the work.
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Recall won't impact Litehouse
SANDPOINT — A national salad dressing recall will not affect Litehouse, because the Sandpoint dressing, dip and sauce maker does not purchase from the company whose ingredient is targeted by the Food and Drug Administration.
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RMEF responds to wolf groups
SANDPOINT — Wolves kill elk, many wolves kill many elk and the more wolves in Idaho, the more its elk herds will suffer.
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CWC rises on positive year outlook
SANDPOINT — Despite taking a hit in a tough market year, Coldwater Creek increased earnings in the final quarter of fiscal 2009 and announced plans to open more retail stores this year.
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Mountain West closing old branch
SANDPOINT — Beginning this summer, patrons at one of Mountain West Bank’s local finance centers will no longer have to fight Highway 95 traffic.
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City outlines urban forestry program
SANDPOINT — When it comes to trees, the city branches in two directions.
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SWSD seeks judge's OK to borrow $1.2M
SAGLE — A six-year moratorium on sewer hookups at Sagle could end if a judge agrees to allow the Southside Water and Sewer District to borrow $1.2 million without voters’ consent.
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PBCA: Increase would stymie construction
SANDPOINT — A fee hike for new homes that is being proposed by the city would stymie construction here, according to contractors who criticize the plan.
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An Idaho life explored
DOVER — Susan Moore’s sentences are crafted as simply and pragmatically as the small, work cottage that sits on her property.
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City ponders lake access rights of way
SANDPOINT — The grassy swath of land follows the riverbank southwest of the city wastewater treatment plant.
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Super 1 construction continues on schedule
SANDPOINT — A mild winter combined with solid preliminary work have aided the effort for Sandpoint’s Super 1 Foods to meet its early summer completion date.
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BID praised, condemned
SANDPOINT — The downtown improvement district was lauded, castigated and mulled by business owners at a Wednesday meeting that ended with a bumper sticker.
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Leftover snow funds OK'd for other ventures
SANDPOINT — Kody Van Dyk has been watching the weather.
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City seeks grant for biomass project
SANDPOINT — Jeremy Grimm envisions small businesses sprouting like seedlings at this three-acre site on the north side of town.
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Kootenai prepares for 100th birthday
KOOTENAI — The reminders are out there somewhere, in a grassy field along the railroad right of way, and on the plat map at city hall.
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Community rallies after youth's diagnosis
CLARK FORK — His friends noticed during the fall football season when Haden Kistler, a sixth grader at Hope Elementary School started complaining about headaches.
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Sandpoint Charter unveils high school
SANDPOINT — Principal Alan Millar stands inside Sandpoint Charter School’s new building and says this is where the funding ran out.
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Sagle Elementary hit hard by vandalism
SAGLE — Clyde Callen attended Sagle Elementary as a boy in the 1950s.
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Students take a shot at building unique barbecue
SANDPOINT — The fish are native species, from cutthroat and bull trout to mountain whitefish, they swim gracefully in the display near City Beach.
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Panida mom loses battle with cancer
SANDPOINT — One of the Panida moms died Saturday in Coeur d’Alene.
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New petition to disband BID making rounds
SANDPOINT — An initiative to kill the business improvement district has been resurrected by three local business owners, including a Bonner County commissioner.
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Safety efforts eyed for Sagle intersection
SAGLE — One death, 22 injuries and 13 accidents at the intersection of Highway 95 and Sagle Road in the last four years make the stretch of pavement here a blinking red light for the highway department.
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Howard Johnson puts out the welcome mat
PONDERAY — Waffles, coffee and a piece of fruit were among the reasons that Sandra Wade wanted to change the motel sign along Highway 95 north of Sandpoint.
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Travers Park receiving playground makeover
This summer, Isabella Noble will have her own playground.
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Plan keeps parks open, but trims staff
The tidy restrooms and well-maintained grounds that visitors expect at Panhandle state parks could be a thing of the past as more budget cuts hit the park system this season.
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Community rallies support, help for Ernie Belwood
SANDPOINT — It was one of those endeavors that keeps snowballing.
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McDermott reappointed to F&G board
SAGLE — Tony McDermott of Garfield Bay will serve another four-year term as the Panhandle’s Fish and Game commissioner.
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Pair accused of manufacturing meth
SANDPOINT — Two men accused of operating a methamphetamine lab were arrested Thursday on drug charges.
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Countdown to census starts
SANDPOINT — It was an unfriendly goose that sent Gwen Albers sprinting down a rural dirt road in high heels a decade ago in an effort to escape its squawking and flapping wings.
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Jetty project moves forward
SANDPOINT — Despite the rocky start, the new Dock Street breakwater will have a smooth surface and the first phase of the project will be completed this spring.
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Ponderay gets flood insurance
PONDERAY — The city’s homeowners are in line to get federal flood insurance if they want it.
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Signs celebrate Kootenai's creation
KOOTENAI—Steve Rigby stopped by because he forgot his glasses.
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New lights at fairgrounds
SANDPOINT—Despite being in the season of darkness, the Bonner County Fairgrounds will get lighter soon.
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Sewer fix solution sought
SANDPOINT — Local homeowners looking to sell older houses in a down market face another hurdle that could impede a sale and affect their pocketbooks: busted sewer lines.
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