Bonner County Historical Society Breaks Ground for Museum
The Bonner County Historical Society held a groundbreaking ceremony at the old fairgrounds site adjacent to Memorial Field to mark the start of a county museum. Officials from Sandpoint and surrounding communities attended, praising the project as part of the Bicentennial celebration and county heritage efforts.
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Bonner County Historical Society
New County Historical Museum
Fairgrounds
Memorial Field
Idaho
Compton White
Clark Fork
Sandpoint
Les Brown
Bob Satterlee
Priest River
Charles Fontaine
al Wiliams
Hope Bee
Bonner County
East Hope
Bud Moon
Bud Mueller
Mueller Concrete Construction
Wayne Likens
Marian Ebbett
Idaho Hill School
Roubicek
County Officials Back Fee Appraiser to Fix Assessments
County Assessor Dennis Benda and Commissioner Jim Brockway say Bonner County property was unfairly assessed in the past. They favor hiring a fee appraiser to complete a five year countywide reappraisal and reduce inequities while keeping some local control.
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Michael Guilfoil
Dennis Benda
Jim Brockway
Bonner County
Benda
Brockway
Dennis
Brock
State Supreme Court
Woman Driver Involved In US 95 Collision Near Carywood
Nora Slinkard of Spark Lake reported a crash on US 95 one mile south of Carywood. The other driver allegedly shouted at Slinkard and fled after the impact. Police traced the involved vehicle to a woman owner who said she lent the car to her daughter, who lent it to a man. Investigation ongoing with the man’s name withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Slinkard
Spint Lake
Carywood
Slinkard
Idaho
Herman
Clark
Fork High School
Kamloops King to Attend K and K Committee Meeting
Dell Brown reported Wes Hamlet the world record Kamloops Trout holder will try to attend tonight’s K and K Committee meeting at 7 in the Pastime Banquet Room. Hamlet of Coeur d Alene caught the 37 pound Kamloops Trout on Lake Pend Oreille in 1947, with the record later transferred to Alaska after a 1970 42 pound Steelhead catch. All interested persons may attend.
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K and K Committee
Dell Brown
Wes Hamlet
Kamloops
K and K
Brown
Hamlet
Coeur d’ Alene
Lake
Pend Oreille
Lake Pend Oreille
Alaska
Idaho road restrictions announced for Bonner County highways
The Idaho Transportation Department announces weight restrictions on U S 2 from Priest River to Sandpoint and SH 200 US 95 near Sandpoint to the Montana line, with axle limits and speed caps for trucks and buses. Existing limits on SH 41 Rathdrum to Oldtown remain in effect.
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Idaho Transportation Department, Division of Highway
Bonner County
U.S. 2
Priest River
Sandpoint
Montana Line
SH 41
Rathdrum
Oldtown
Priest River PTA Considers Secession Over Bond Failure
Priest River parents at a Monday PTA meeting voiced dismay over last week's school bond defeat and discussed seceding from the district. They proposed a new district, explored local valuation, and urged the school board to pursue a 20 mill plant facility levy after a five year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylyn Cork
Priest River
Parent ‘Teacher Association
State’ Board of Education
Bonner County
J.P. Munson
Sandpoint
PTA
Priest ‘River
Mark Wiebe
Mike Lamanna
Lamanna
Wayne Likens
Priest River High School
Leonard Parenteau
Newport
Idaho Hill
Laclede
Dwain Valez
Likens
Kathleen Stevens
Rich Herman
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IDA
Historical Society
Dennis Roubicek
The
BCHS
U.S
Samonen Park
Kallyspell House
Hope
Memmaloose Island
David Thompson
Duncans McDonald
Finan McDonald
Alec
Ponderay
Hope and
Kate Littlefield
Warren Pomeroy
First Church of God
Littlefield
David R. White
Bell Island
Priest River Group
Doolittle Mill
Highway 57
Parenteau
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