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SANDPOINT, Idaho — More than $6.3 million is waiting to be claimed. Forgotten after bank accounts went dormant or checks put aside for safe-keeping and then lost, Bonner County residents have some serious money sitting in the custody of the Idaho State Treasurer's Office. Idaho State Treasurer Julie Ellsworth and staff are on a tour of the state determined to reunite as many people as possible with their lost funds.

After high winds, driving rain, and lightning struck the Panhandle the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 25, thousands of Boundary and Bonner County residents found themselves without power. Bonneville Power Administration, an electric utility provider for most of western Montana and North Idaho, had lines down due to the storm. Bonners...

The community is invited to come out for the Harvest Festival at the Bonners Ferry Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct.5, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Harvest Festival is the last outdoor Farmers Market of the 2024 season and is the perfect opportunity to stock up on apples, pumpkins, honey and other items for the fall or pick up early Christmas gifts. The festival is sure to be lots of fun for the entire family. There will be trick or treating for kids at the vendors’ booths, face painting and a photo booth with props and Halloween backdrop.

Janis Tucker has been inducted into the Badger Athletic Hall of Fame. Born in Worland, Wyoming, Tucker was raised in Wyoming and Montana but spent most of her life in Idaho. She attended Bonners Ferry High School where she participated in volleyball, basketball, and track. Janis broke the high school discus record in 1976 and held it until 2004. After high school, Janis attended Spokane Falls Community College where she competed in intercollegiate volleyball and track and field.

BONNERS FERRY — An August surveillance hunt that yielded 172 samples revealed two new chronic wasting disease-positive white-tailed deer in the Bonners Ferry area. According to a Sept. 27 Idaho Fish and Game press release, both diseased deer were harvested within one mile of the original CWD-positive carcass discovered by a landowner in early July.

The Lake City Timberwolves will venture away from home to take on the Sandpoint Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard. Sandpoint is hoping to do what Lakeland...

PRIEST RIVER — Bonners Ferry High senior Sydney Beckle won the 5,000-meter race in a time of 22 minutes and 16 seconds at the Ivan Benson Invite Saturday at Priest River Lamanna High School. Freshman Kylie Calderone (23:04) and junior Matisyn Stiern (23:06) finished second and third, respectively, to...

The Pearl Theater has always been the venue to see concerts and plays in Bonners Ferry, but the theater is expanding programs to include a wider variety of events. Events you can now find at the Pearl include groups, workshops, a drum circle, karaoke and much more. Recently, the Pearl...

Denise Crichton got high scratch game 177 and second high scratch series 415. Jaene Graye got second high scratch game 168 and high scratch series 450. Jeanne Osborn got third high scratch game 150 and third high scratch series 414. Palm Tree (Regina Colby, Denise Crichton, Jeanee Osborn) got high...

This photo was taken October 3, 1933, ninety-one years ago, shortly after the construction of the steel and concrete bridge over the Kootenai River in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. In addition to that bridge, a short bridge (with a span of rock between them) was constructed over the Spokane International Railroad (Union Pacific) track on the north bank. They replaced the high wooden bridge which had been built in 1910.

Ethan Cowell and Matisyn Stiern are named Athlete of the Week for Badger cross-country. Cowell, a junior, has overcome injury from the beginning of the season and has been a consistent lead Badger runner this season. His personal record is 18:40.1, which he earned at Thompson Falls on Sept. 21.

ST. MARIES — Eli Blackmore recorded a hat trick for the Badgers in an Intermountain League win over the Lumberjacks at PotlatchDeltic Field. St. Maries (0-10, 0-9 IML) travels to Grangeville on Friday. The Badger (10-3-1, 9-0-1) are ranked second in league behind Coeur d’Alene Charter 7-0-1. First...