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February 2022 | |||
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February 28 | |||
Let’s talk grocery sales tax: Sales tax on groceries is an issue that comes up every legislative session. I believe most folks agree that we shouldn’t tax food. We require it for our subsistence. Why would we tax something that is a staple of life? There are two methods of not taxing food. The first is simply to not collect the tax when selling food. By Idaho Senator Jim Woodward Comment added | |||
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Avalanche warning issued for North Idaho, northwest Montana: The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center has issued an avalanche warning for the mountains of the Idaho Panhandle and northwest Montana, including Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai and Shoshone Counties in Idaho and Lincoln, Sanders and Mineral Counties in Montana. | |||
Power outage affecting Northern Lights customers: A widespread power outage is affecting Boundary, Bonner and Lincoln Counties in the Northern Lights service area, with 3,956 customers without power as of 7 a.m. There is an issue with a Bonneville Power line near the Idaho/Montana border and crews are working to reroute power. | |||
Flood watch issued for North Idaho: The National Weather Service, Spokane, has issued a flood watch for North Idaho from this morning through Wednesday morning. The area includes Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone, Benewah and Latah Counties. Moderate to heavy rain and snowmelt will result in increased runoff that could cause minor flooding on creeks, streams and rivers as well as in low-lying areas and in urban areas with poor drainage. | |||
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Snow expected Sunday night into Monday: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for snow in North Idaho above 3,000 feet and a winter weather advisory for snow in the Kootenai/Cabinet Region. In Boundary and Bonner Counties, heavy snow is forecast at elevations above 3,000 feet Sunday evening through Monday afternoon, with 10 to 15 inches possible. | |||
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February 25 | |||
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Bonners Ferry City Council meeting, 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 | |||
Boundary County Commissioners' agenda, week of February 28 | |||
Boundary County School District 101 board meeting, 6 p.m. Monday, February 28, District Office, 7188 Oak Street, Bonners Ferry. | |||
Boundary County Commission minutes, week of February 7 | |||
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February 24 | |||
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February 23 | |||
Library board meets in executive session to discuss whistleblowers: The Boundary County Library Board met in special session today via Zoom to hold executive session to "consider the evaluation, dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent, or public school student" as regards four employees who have been on paid administrative leave since July, 2021. | |||
"All Things Bond" events slated: Boundary County School District officials and board members are hosting an “All Things Bond” discussion and tour at Valley View Elementary School from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, February 24. As people arrive, they will be met at the front door and given a brief overview of the bond and its impact to maintenance needs across the district, and then take a walk through and discussion of issues at Valley View and why the facility needs replaced. | |||
Special commissioners meeting set: Boundary County Commissioners will meet in special session in commission chamber in the Boundary County Courthouse at 2:30 p.m. Friday, February 25 to discuss matters pertaining to legal public defense. | |||
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February 22 | |||
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February 21 | |||
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Chilly temperatures ahead: The National Weather Service, Spokane, has issued a wind chill advisory for North Idaho and northeast Washington in effect from 9 p.m. today through 10 a.m. Wednesday. Bitterly cold temperatures are forecast for tonight in Bonners Ferry, with overnight lows of five to nine degrees expected, accompanied by sustained north northeast winds of 10 to 20 miles per hour, gusting to 40 miles per hour and driving wind chill values from, zero to 15 below. | |||
February 18 | |||
Vote "Yes" for the BCSD bond March 8: The past few years have been tough for journalists, especially those who dedicate theselves to covering the small towns in which they live. Once listened to, heard if not trusted. We've been effaced by the politics of the day, our stock-in-trade, trust, disparaged. | |||
Winter storm expected in Kootenai/Cabinet: The National Weather Service, Missoula, has issued a winter storm watch for heavy snow in the Kootenai/Cabinet Region, Flathead/Mission Valleys, the Butte/Blackfoot Region and the Potomac/Seeley Lake Region, in effect Saturday afternoon through Monday morning. | |||
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BCSD answers questions on the proposed bond: Boundary County School District continues to make presentations and provide additional information concerning the upcoming bond election on March 8. As we have made presentations and heard concerns, we want to answer some of the questions that have been asked and provide additional opportunities for you to ask us questions. | |||
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February 16 | |||
NIC seeks Woman of the Year nominations: Nominations are now being accepted for the Women of the Year Awards presented annually at the North Idaho College Day of Dialogue, which is taking place April 13 at noon via Zoom. The Zoom meeting link and other Day of Dialogue details will be announced closer to the event date. In its ninth year at NIC, the Day of Dialogue celebrates women of leadership. | |||
February 15 | |||
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February 14 | |||
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Fair board seeking bids to raise the roof: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Boundary County Fair Board of Boundary County, Idaho will be accepting bids for the replacement of the GOAT BARN ROOF, SIDING & DOOR at the Boundary County Fair Grounds located at 6567 Recreation Park Road, Bonners Ferry. | |||
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February 8 | |||
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Little signs teacher health insurance bill: Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 443 into law at a teacher appreciation rally at Melba Elementary School this morning. His “Leading Idaho” teacher health insurance bill seeks to extend better health insurance benefits to teachers across Idaho. | |||
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9B.News Mike Weland, Publisher mike@9b.news 6931 Main St. P.O. Box 1625 Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 (208) 295-1016 |
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February 28 |
Family of Carol Pluid extends thanks: The family of Carol Pluid wish to acknowledge and express our deepest appreciation to the doctors and nursing staff of Boundary Community Hospital that attended her during a recent hospitalization. Doctors Diehl and Botkin, the nursing staff as well as the many others on the team that cared for and assisted her recovery from serious illness provided exceptional treatment and service that afforded her the opportunity to return home to continue her recovery. |
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BCMS honor roll students named: Boundary County Middle School has issued its first semester honor roll, with 31 students maintaining grade point averages of 4.0. In the eight grade, Tory Baisden, Alyssa Gardner, Madeline Hart, Hallie Hartman, Samantha Koehn, Rylann Lewis, Stryder Liermann, Marvin Michaels, Jane Moellmer, Paige Sartell, Albert Schultz and Micah Thomson earned 4.0 GPAs. |
Sports/Outdoors |
February 24 |
Another good week for the Blue Bells: Kathy Konek, Carolyn McNeill and Dolores Sweet, the Blue Bells, took high scratch game 434, second high scratch series 1,159, high handicap game 674 and second high handicap series 1,870 in week 22 of Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling at AJ's Lanes. |
February 15 |
Blue Bells reign in week 21: The Blue Bells; Kathy Konek, Caroline McNeil and Dolores Sweet, took high scratch game 408, high handicap game 645 and second high scratch series 1,082, in week 21 of Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling at AJ's Lanes, led by Kathy's high scratch game 165 and third high handicap game 231. |
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Love spread around in week 19: Denise Crichton got high scratch game 171, third high scratch series 423 and third high handicap game 238 in week 19 of Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling .at AJ's Lanes. Kim Haworth got second high scratch game 170, high scratch series 455, high handicap game 255 and high handicap series 710, Carolyn McNeill got third high scratch game 169, second high scratch series 453 and tied for third high handicap series 657. |
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Six-week abortion ban is dangerous and unconstitutional: Members of Idaho's Reproductive Justice Coalition, Freeing Idaho, expressed dismay at this morning's passage of SB1309 out of Idaho’s Senate State Affairs Committee. Their highlighted concerns are for the safety of community members and medical providers. SB1309 is a bill which copycats SB8 from Texas—a bill that eradicates a pregnant person in Idaho from having access to abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy. Additionally, it encourages everyday Idahoans to act as vigilantes. By Freeing Idaho |
February 6 |
Thanking city council for serving the public interest: I am writing to thank the Bonners Ferry City Council for using the ARPA funds to purchase a much-needed snow blower for the city of Bonners Ferry. ARPA funds are tax dollars that we, the taxpayers of Bonners Ferry, sent to Washington D.C. I for one am happy to have my money back to be used for the safety of our community. By Craig Kelson |
February 5 |
Acceptance of ARPA funds shortsighted: The recent decision made by the Bonners Ferry City counsel, to accept ARPA funds to purchase a snowblower, was shortsighted. It has been said that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Executive Orders cannot apply to agreements made before that EO was issued. I can't help but think of the scores (yes, there are many), of Supreme Court decisions that have been reversed when the political climate of the court changed. By Patrick Murphy |
February 3 |
Seeing the scourge and standing up to it: Many of us who live in this small corner of heaven buy fully into the travelogue idea expressed on signs welcoming all to this place; that Bonners Ferry is Idaho's friendliest city. By inference a place free from the big city travails of crime and abuse. Nice thought, but wrong ... and dangerous. By Mike Weland |
Obituaries |
February 25 |
Charles Robert Johnson, 92, passed away peacefully at home in Bonners Ferry on February 19, 2022. Charles was born on February 16, 1930, the son of Charles and Irma Ohm Johnson in Cocolalla. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. |
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February 23 |
Billy Charles "Bill" Tompkins passed away as he wanted to, peacefully in his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born to Florence Elizabeth and James Anthony Tompkins on August 11, 1926, in Healdon, Oklahoma. He completed their family of 13 children. His youth was spent in the south, in Oklahoma and Texas. |
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