Pack River Co. Announces Closure of Montana Mill
Plains Montana Diehl Lumber Co mill will shut permanently by mid August with full closure by August 31 affecting 130 local jobs plus loggers and drivers. Pack River cites timber supply, government and environmental pressures and forest service sales delays as key factors.
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Plains
Mont
Diehl Lumber Company
Pack River Company
Pack River-owned
Oliver Dupuis
Diehl Lumber Co
Diehl
Pack River
Thompson Fails Lumber Co
Forest Service
Baucus
Marlenee
Melcher
McGregor Thompson
McGregor-Thompson
Rupert Cuuler
Montana
Woman Takes Life Near Priest River
Bonner County Sheriff Marie Guthrie attributed the death to self infliction last Friday of Ruth Ben Booth 52 who lived with her husband about 10 miles north of Priest River Worden Mick Booth came home after 4 p.m Friday and found his wife dead from a handgun wound to her head Officials said she had a history of mental low mood and was despondent.
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Bonner County
Marie Guthrie
Ruth Ben Booth
Priest River
Guthrie
Worden
Mick' Booth
Roadless Area Reviews Bring Timber and Environmental Tensions
Forest Service workshops across Montana Idaho and Spokane begin the second national Roadless Review and Evaluation to inventory roadless lands and gather public input on potential uses. Local groups oppose wilderness labeling while environmentalists and timber interests vie over future protections and development.
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Brian Moe Bee
Winter
Forest Service
Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Spokane
Panhandle
Tudy
Kaniksu National Forest
Bob Schloss
Idaho Panhandle
Washington
Bonner County
Schloss
Bio Ecology Center Topic At P Z Meet
Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission meets tonight at 7 30 pm at the Courthouse. Joe Edwards, a California native, seeks final approval for a bio ecology research center to be located at Lakeview The in the community.
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Bonner County
Chamber Opposes RARE 2 Program in North Idaho
North Idaho Chamber of Commerce directors met in a special session to discuss the Forest Service RARE 2 program and urged public attendance at a local Forest Service meeting. They advised weighing local economic and cultural impacts in roadless area criteria and supported a multiple use approach over emotionalism.
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North Idaho Chamber of Commerce“ Directors
United States Forest Service
Cal Niswander
North
Idaho
Niswander
Forest Service
Dale Addington
North Idaho Chamber
Sandpoint
Federal
Dover Highway
Sandpoint Teen Airlifted After Highway Collision
Matthew Dickess, 16, was critically injured when his motorcycle collided head on with a car driven by Ruth Miller, 70, near McArthur Reservoir on U S 95. Dickess sustained multiple severe injuries and was moved to Sacred Heart Medical Center. Miller suffered minor injuries. Proceeding charges against Miller are pending.
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Matthew Dickess
Sandpoint
McArthur Reservoir
U.S 95
Dickess
Boundary County
Sherif
Ruth Miller
Boulder
Colorado
Miller
Sheriff's Office
Wike LaBrosse
Millers
Bonners Ferry
Pickess
Bonner General Hospital
Sacred Heart Medical Center
LaBrosse
Bonners Ferry Hospital
Firefighters Win and Lose in Santa Barbara Brush Fire
In Santa Barbara Calif UPIs report says some residents stayed to defend their homes and saved them others fought hard but lost and many fled returning to ash and smoldering remains across the affected area.
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Curlo Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Garfield Bay Receives Grant
Senator Frank Church announced the Farmers Home Administration approved a 44000 grant for the Garfield Bay Water and Sewer District in Sandpoint to cover extra costs to finish the sewer system. Earlier aid included 151100 in grants and 180100 in a loan to support the project.
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Washington
Frank Church
Farmers Home Administration
Garfield Bay
Sandpoint
Fmha
Pickup Leaves Road injuring Spokane woman and Prest River man
A Spokane woman Barbra Ann Jones aged 28 and a Prest River man Robert Parsons were injured when their pickup left Reeder Bay Road near Priest Lake around 1 am on Wednesday. The vehicle overcorrected on a curve, crossed lanes, and struck an embankment. They were treated at Newport Hospital and released. truck damage was about $2,400.
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Spokane
Reeder Bay
Priest Lake
Ann Jones
Robert Parsons
Sheriff's Office
Jones
Parsons
Newport Hospital
Park Hearing Set Tonight on New City Park Plan
A public hearing is held tonight at City Hall starting at 7 to gather input on development plans for a park near War Memorial Field and the Historical Soraty museum. City planners with Vern Bromgard of the Soil Conservation Service outline a family oriented park with picnic areas tennis courts basketball court and walking paths.
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Scluse Nealup
Vern Bromgard
The
Soil Conservation Service
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Land Creek
First Street
Pack River Co
Federal Building
Bio-Ecology
P&z
N.I. Chamber
Todd Maddock
Potlatch Corp
Ralph Kizer
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
USFS
Lake Pend
Oreidle
Burkhardt
Blanchard
Robert Sacksteder
Elmer Schenk
Dale Lee
Franklinscott
Mike Thompson
North Bay
Kootenai
Ther
Paul Siem
Baldy Rd
West Tire Service
Olbur
Paul Cozort
Charles A Finney
Sterling Rink
Kenny's Corner
Floyd Reeves
Merritt Brothers
Pend Oredle River
Priest Kier
Wayne Merritt
Robby" Laude
John
Norma Laude
Bee
Jim Waggoner
Pacific
Doris Murdock
Jim
Park
City Hall
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