Boundary County News

Tuesday's primary election avoided any major upsets, with District 1 and 2 congressional incumbents winning easily in their primary bouts.

A Bonners Ferry man accused of violating a law that does not allow more than one home on a 5-acre property was cleared of any wrong-doing on May 13 in court.

Boundary County School Board delayed voting on whether or not to institute drug-testing students in extra-curricular activities.

Boundary County has joined the list of six counties in North Idaho declaring a state of emergency with the Moyie River above flood stage just two miles south of Eastport, where the river is threatening homes.

Six northern counties have now been declared a disaster emergency. On Wednesday, Gov.

“The officers told me I was under arrest and for what charges and said I would be questioned by a detective”

Charges of lewd conduct with a minor leveled against a former Bonners Ferry mayor candidate have been dismissed and now the man wants his name cleared. via KXLY-TV Spokane

BOUNDARY COUNTY, Idaho- One man is dead after a crash on US highway 2 in Boundary County. via KHQ-TV Spokane

A federal biologist says a small swath of national forest land in northern Idaho included in a plan to increase critical habitat for the threatened Canada lynx won't see changes in how it's managed. via KIFI

Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 4/16/08 Jon Newlee, the winningest coach in Idaho State women's basketball history, announces that he will leave Idaho State for the University of Idaho at a news ... via The Spokesman-Review

“I currently live across the street from Michael and I do not feel he is a threat in any way. I myself have two small children and trust Michael around them”

A Bonners Ferry man who ran for mayor just a few months ago is being held in the Boundary County Jail on charges he sexually assaulted a young girl Michael Huggins, 39, has been charged with two counts of lewd ... via KXLY

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says this winter has been hard on northern Idaho moose. via Fort Mill Times

“We can do this, senators, we can do this and help those schools”

Idaho would send state money to school districts to make up part of the loss if Congress doesn't reauthorize the Craig-Wyden timber payments program, under legislation that won final passage today and headed to ... via The Spokesman-Review

“I can't do my job with a 13 percent loss (in funding). It's like being a little bit dead.”

Nearly two dozen county, city and school officials from throughout Idaho implored senators to kill a giant business tax break bill during a four-hour hearing Monday, but a Senate committee passed it, 5-4. ... via The Spokesman-Review

“We're at a good balance of banking versus the economy, but the area probably would be overbranched if someone came in and opened two or three branches.”

Mountain West President and CEO John Hipper says that achieving double-digit growth in earnings and assets this year, as the bank did last year, will be difficult. via Spokane Journal of Business

“We're trying right now to get a big group of people together to get some sort of conversation going.”

HAYDEN, Idaho, -- Several houses around this north Idaho town, including a ranch formerly owned by actress Patty Duke, have been converted into group homes for troubled young people, and some neighbors are ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“And they're adding 12th grade next year, so students will be able to graduate and get a diploma from an accredited virtual academy”

Smaller classes and 'educational freedom' are driving migration SANDPOINT -- At the start of each academic year, Idaho takes a basic headcount of the student population for the first couple of months of school. via Bonner Co. Daily Bee

“I don't disagree with what's been said”

Legislators say more education needed before final decisions are made BOISE -- Three bills to downshift the North Idaho water rights adjudication law easily cleared the Senate on Wednesday morning. via PostFallsPress

“We might want to look at how some other states have handled this problem”

The dumping of livestock waste by Canadian truckers in Bonners Ferry has spurred legislation by a North Idaho lawmaker to increase penalties for violations of the state's littering law. via Bonner Co. Daily Bee

“It keeps the adrenaline going, that's for sure”

Photo by DAVID KEYES Idaho National Guardsmen clear the roof at Sandpoint High School on Sunday. via Bonner Co. Daily Bee

On the eve of the Idaho Democratic caucus, Idaho state Democratic organizers find themselves in the position of the dog that constantly chases cars, until one day he catches one - and then doesn't know what to ... via NewWest