Sandpoint, ID

SAGLE — After delays caused by a wait for materials, construction crews are set to start work on the U.S. 95 pedestrian bridge across Lake Pend Oreille on Monday. The work on the pedestrian bridge is part of repairs to both the walking and vehicular bridges across Lake Pend Oreille. As part of the pedestrian bridge project, crews will replace the expansion joints that allow the bridge to expand and contract with weather, Megan Jahns, ITD public information officer, said.

Last summer, my husband and I went to a grocery store in Sandpoint, Idaho to pick up some ice cream. As we started walking down the frozen foods aisle, my husband grabbed my arm to stop me. He gestured to the couple ahead of us, and I saw what he saw—a handgun sticking out of the back of the man's pants.

KATIE (CARHART) RUNNER, daughter of Stacy Carhart, as part of a memory book from Stacy's daughters and granddaughters. ••••••••••••••••••••••••. If you needed to order some ice, don't call Stacy Carhart. But if you were a girl growing up, particularly in the northern part of Kootenai County, and you wanted to...

COEUR d'ALENE — A virtual public presentation on the Health Corridor Urban Renewal District brought up old worries about agency control over private property. Still, officials say developers have no intention of undue impositions. Spanning 263 acres surrounding Kootenai Health, the URD master plan addresses challenges presented by the growing...

Sunshine Gwen Osborne and Auden Derek Browne are pleased to announce their engagement. Sunshine is the daughter of Darren and Katie Osborne of Sandpoint. She graduated from Sandpoint High School in the Class of 2021 and works at Yoke's in Ponderay. Auden, a 2021 homeschool graduate, works at Dahër. He...

A celebration of life will be held for Terry Schlabs, of Spirit Lake, on Saturday, June 26, 2021. It will be an “open house” at Silver Beach Resort in Spirit Lake near the boat launch from 4-7 p.m. We will have finger foods and soft drinks for your snacking enjoyment....

EAST HOPE — An unusually active electrical storm early Tuesday led to at least one fire on U.S. Forest Service land above East Hope. The fire, reported on the Sam Owen Fire Facebook page, had SOFD crews join U.S. Forest Service firefighters to locate it. Low clouds delayed finding the exact location but the fire was finally located around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, district officials reported in the post. A plan was made to get the USFS crew as high as possible via a side-by-side owned by a Sam Owen firefighter. SOFD reported that the USFS crew hiked the remaining 800 vertical feet and were on scene about an hour later. The fire burned about tenth of an acre before it was contained by early evening.

School is out for summer — and that means a new class of budding scholars is on its way to bigger and better things. Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness officials said they are happy to support college-bound students graduating from North Idaho and northwestern Montana high schools. And seven regional students are heading to college with a little extra support thanks to their winning essays in the FSPW scholarship program.

CLARK FORK — Local volleyball players are invited to attend a pair of volleyball camps in Clark Fork in July. The first will be held on Friday, July 9 and is for players entering grades 3-8. The second is set for Thursday, July 29 is for players entering grades 8-12.

Sandpoint's Stone Lee recently signed his letter of intent to high jump at Spokane Falls Community College. The 2021 SHS grad celebrated his commitment on Friday. Pictured in the front is Stone (left) and his dad, Luke Lee. Back row (from left): track coaches Matt Brass, Dave DeMers, Tom Keener and Angie Brass.

SANDPOINT — The Bulldog girls basketball team hosted a scrimmage with Post Falls on Tuesday night at Les Rogers Court. Starting Monday, the team will host a four-day youth camp for girls entering third to eighth grade from 10 a.m. to noon at Les Rogers Court. The camp will focus...