Author: Mike Weland

The Bonners Ferry Ranger District plans to ignite several prescribed burns in the Boulder Creek project area beginning this Sunday, September 8 and continuing Monday and Tuesday, depending on weather […]

The filing deadline for write-in candidates passed at 5 p.m. today and none applied to run in any county race. We’ll have the list of candidates and questions that will […]

The first day of the 2024/25 Boundary County School District 101 school year saw 1,492 students enrolled, 100 of them in the district’s new online school, according to superintendent Jan […]

By Mike Weland When it rains, it pours, and a young Bonners Ferry couple is reeling, grasping at reeds trying to stay afloat. And so far, the reeds have been […]

After attending a STEM conference this summer, third grade teachers Kelsey Rice and Shelly Hoisington were determined to integrate more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities into their classrooms. […]

In general • The first day of school for students is Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. • BCSD#101 has a four-day school week: Monday-Thursday. There will be no school on Fridays. […]

By Mike Weland What an amazing birthday I had, thanks not only this amazing community, but to amazing friends from years ago. The response to my request for relief from […]

There is no pain greater than that of parents grieving the loss of a child. When those parents are yet young, just starting out and working hard to happily live […]

By Assistant Chief Jeremy Garrett Bonners Ferry Police Department A community member called in this afternoon after receiving a message from Sergeant Frisco with the Bonners Ferry Police Department regarding […]

Some deadlines are fast approaching for the November 5 general election. The filing period for three supervisor positions with the Boundary County Soil District closes at 5 p.m. Friday, August […]

A heartwarming display of friendship and support recently took place at Hospice of North Idaho’s inpatient unit, The Schneidmiller House, where terminal cancer patient Teresa Skeen, 52, was surprised with […]

The Bonners Ferry FFA chapter of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, has been recognized in 2024 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization. The program recognizes outstanding FFA chapters from […]

Boundary County, the owner and operator of the Boundary County Airport, is looking to the future. The County has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct an […]

A former Bonners Ferry resident was one of three people who died Friday in a drowning incident in Tulare County, California. A fourth person was seriously injured. According to his […]

From the Bonners Ferry Police Department In the last two weeks the Bonners Ferry Police Department has written over 50 excessive speeding tickets within the city limits of Bonners Ferry. […]

TC Energy will be conducting a Natural Gas Pipeline Blowdown today between 9 a.m. and noon. A natural gas pipeline blowdown is a routine procedure that involves releasing pressurized natural […]

Updated 11:12 a.m. Friday, August 23: While firefighters were able to contain a fire to the kitchen of the home in the 3300 block of District 2 Road where it […]

The Idaho Panhandle National Forests today announced an approximately 1.7 mile segment of Callahan Creek Boulder Road (Forest Service Road 427) in southeast Boundary County has closed for public safety […]

A Reddit community of 38 members to date has recently been formed for the purpose of filing a class action lawsuit on claims of land fraud allegedly perpetrated by Owen […]

Minor bridge inspection work on the Moyie River Gorge Bridge on US-2 begins at 8 a.m. today, affecting traffic in both directions during daylight hours. Traffic will alternate and a […]

The Idaho Panhandle National Forests (IPNF) today announced several forthcoming road closures on the Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry Ranger Districts. The closures will facilitate road maintenance and repair activities through […]

The Boundary County Fair Board is seeking applicants for the fairgrounds maintenance/janitorial position. The primary job responsibilities are to perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties related to maintenance, […]

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a conservative and eminent legal scholar appointed to the federal bench by President George H.W. Bush, today endorsed vice president Kamala Harris to be […]

During its August 15 conference call meeting, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved a nine-day chronic wasting disease surveillance hunt starting Saturday, August 24, with the goal of collecting […]

By Mike Weland My birthday is coming up August 29, and what I’d like this year are donations with which to buy a good set of commercial grade professional cookware […]

The Idaho Career Ready Students (ICRS) council met this week to reconsider 17 proposals that were recommended for funding by the council previously, but were not awarded due to a […]

By Mike Weland We’re still waiting for the official data to define this year’s Boundary County Fair, but if the response to one small plea is any indication — and […]

Mitch was 20 and Barb 17 when they met in the early summer of 1981 while living in the same apartment complex. It was the beginning of a lasting friendship […]

Idaho Fish and Game recently received test results confirming a positive case of chronic wasting disease in an adult female white-tailed deer roughly three miles outside of Bonners Ferry in […]

By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun August 14, 2024 Officials from the U.S. and Canada are taking steps to address concerns from Native American tribes and environmental groups in Idaho […]

By Mike Weland Ty and Lisa Iverson, Bonners Ferry, experienced a farm family’s nightmare Monday when one of their combines caught fire and burned while harvesting grain in one of […]

The Bonners Ferry Seniors Center annual meeting and board election is coming up at 6 p.m.  Wednesday, September 18, but director Linda Lederhos would like to get word out that […]

By Christina Lords, Idaho Capital Sun August 12, 2024 A U.S. Forest Service firefighter was injured while fighting a wildfire in Idaho’s Salmon River Ranger District, according to a press […]

Lexie LeVesque, Coeur d’Alene, the daughter of Lael Alexander and Bill McCabe, Bonners Ferry, and Steve and Mary LeVesque, Spokane, and a 2017 Bonners Ferry High School graduate now living […]

    The 2024 chapter of the Boundary County Fair has been written and work is underway to put everything to bed for next year. The members of the fair […]

It’s time for any Boundary County youth ages 8-17 interested in winning a sewing machine from 9B Quilters and Stitchin’ Dreams Quilting to submit the application — the deadline is […]

Governor Brad Little ordered the lowering of U.S. flags and State of Idaho flags immediately until sunrise on Monday, August 12, to honor the life and legacy of former U.S. […]

By Mike Weland Faster than most thought possible, this year’s Boundary County Fair is careening to an abrupt end, and with it the beginning of the end of summer. August […]

Maas Loop just north of Pine Street will be closed from August 15-20 while TC Energy/GTN works on the pipeline. During this closure residents north of Pine Street will need […]

Stephanie was on her bike ride this morning when she met a friendly pink and black pig that followed her part-way home before disappearing. It was a very clean and […]

Boundary Community Hospital (BCH) is proud to announce that it has been honored with the Jeff Martin Leadership Award for Improving OB Preparedness. This distinguished award, presented by Yellowstone Insurance […]

Around 50 volunteers from Idaho Legislative District 1 kicked off the last phase of their grass-roots campaign for Open Primaries Saturday in Sandpoint. “This local team qualified District 1 in […]

Each year Boundary County School District 101 Kindergarten through third grade students complete the Idaho Reading Indicator assessment in the fall, winter and spring. The State of Idaho tracks proficiency […]

Expect increased smoke over the region in the days ahead as hot, dry conditions, dry lightning and careless people have converged to kick off smoke season in Boundary County, a […]

In light of how hot it’s expected to be tomorrow , the Boundary County Fuller Center for Housing will be starting at early, at 7 a.m., with the intent to […]

Only six appointments left for the Vitalant Mobile Bonners Ferry Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow, July 20, in the Safeway parking lot. If you already have […]

The National Weather Service has forecast very high temperatures in Boundary County for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, issuing an excessive heat warning in effect until 8 p.m. Monday. In Bonners […]

It’s too early to be sure, but it appears Boundary County may get a reprieve from a potential challenge to its land use law. In a live podcast released on […]

By Clarice McKenney Boundary County Library supporters hope a new project they helped develop called Library Love Letters will shift the focus from misinformation to all the wonderful services our […]

By Andrew O’Neel Boundary County Public Information Two county Search & Rescue operations over the past weekend resulted in two very different outcomes. Christian Kreiger, age 36, Samuels, was found […]

A Kootenai County judge on Thursday held a preliminary hearing with attorneys in Bonner County, witnesses in Boundary County and the defendant in the Boundary County jail, where she remains […]

The Moyie Springs waterline is fixed and they are running water! Thanks go out to all on the system for your patience and for conserving water. “We all owe a […]

By Sheriff David Kramer To help clarify some of the issues with huckleberry pickers that appear to be picking commercially in Boundary County, I share the following information. The Boundary […]

By Clarice M. McKenney Two Boundary County voters of different party persuasions recently met Karen Matthee on their doorsteps. Both told this reporter that they were impressed enough to vote […]

Alderson Lane is closed just north of the Paradise Valley Road intersection in Bonners Ferry until 5 p.m. today for work on a water main. Passenger vehicles can access Paradise […]

Personnel at the Boundary County Fairgrounds are shifting into overdrive as the 2024 Boundary County Fair draws near, and one thing they truly don’t have time for is vandalism, but […]

Starting Monday, July 8, through Thursday, July 11, road crews will close lanes of traffic on Highway 95 in two areas north of Bonners Ferry to repair the road surface. […]

By Mike Weland If official records were kept, today’s 2024 Independence Day parade could quite possibly have swept multiple records … few in attendance recall one of its duration, its […]

An old scam is once again being perpetrated in Bonners Ferry, this one targeting the elderly. A Bonners Ferry grandmother received a call today that came up on caller ID […]

Photos by Sue Kemmis As part of the reclamation and clean-up of Ambush Rock, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, working with Goodfellow Bros. and Boundary County Search and Dive Rescue, […]

It is shaping up to be a deadly summer on Idaho roads. As many Idahoans make Fourth of July travel plans, the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (OHS) encourages caution […]

Nationwide, there are 60 large wildfires and complexes. Idaho Department of Lands firefighters and support staff are in Alaska assisting with the 172 active wildfires across that state. Currently, Idaho […]

Did you know that the Boundary County Fair operates with only five employees? Two are hired specifically for the summer months leading up to the fair. The rest of our […]

Alleged threats against Boundary County Prosecutor Andrakay Pluid and her children, made to a probation officer administering a court-ordered urinalysis on a Bonners Ferry woman facing two recent misdemeanor charges […]

It has come to the attention of the Boundary County Sheriff’s Office that a person claiming to be Deputy John Lund is advising people that they have a warrant for […]

As part of the reclamation and clean-up of Ambush Rock, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho is working with Goodfellow Bros. to remove the car bodies that are located along the […]

When sheriff’s deputy Michael Valenzuela arrived at Three Mile at about 3 p.m. Friday, June 21, in response to a report of a man down with no pulse and not […]

A body found Sunday morning and recovered from the Kootenai River in Lincoln County has been identified as Jessica Prado, who had been reported missing Wednesday, June 26, while kayaking […]

By Mike Weland Publisher President, Restorium Resident’s Council The rain held off long enough today to make for a pleasantly cool Community Restorium Annual BBQ, but came with a rush […]

JaMisha Nevarez was taken into custody for the third time Friday since being fired, as Misha Davis, as CEO of the Bonners Ferry Seniors Center on May 31, this time […]

By Mike Weland Piper Banning was resuscitated at birth and has overcome hardships that would bow the lesser spirit to become a “typical” 16-year-old few would imagine has faced and […]

Friends of the Restorium vice president Donna Jo Dirks presented facility maintenance supervisor Kevin Schnuerle a “Maintenance Superhero” photo today at a coffee reception in his honor at the Restorium […]

Roosevelt Road, east of North Idaho Energy Logs and west of Zimmerman Road, will be closed July 8-11 while TC Energy/GTN works on the pipeline. During this closure, residents west […]

At approximately 7:58 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call of a missing person in the Kootenai River. It was reported that Jared Satterlund and Jessica […]

Updated 11:50 a.m. June 26 — Work will get underway tomorrow to repair and restore the Moyie Springs water system after a major line breach March 24 forced the system […]