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Here are a few great hiking areas to check out. Each offers resplendent foliage, expansive views, winter-aware wildlife and crisp air.

If you're driving near Sandpoint next week, you might want to find alternate route or expect delays due to road repairs. 

Jane Fritz Area 4, Pack River to Hope Jane Fritz has lived in Sandpoint, Idaho, for 40 years and is a published writer, poet, independent radio producer and author of  Legendary Lake Pend Oreille (Keokee Books, 2018, 2010). She is also the media director of The Idaho Mythweaver, a 30-year-old nonprofit organization that has worked with the Plateau tribes of the region. For many years, she was a community producer of feature stories and documentaries for KPBX, as well as for national programs ...

High streamflow advisory continues for Prince George area SHARE ON: B.C River Forecast Centre A high streamflow advisory continues for Upper Fraser and Peace tributaries in Prince George and Mackenzie, according to the B.C. River Forecast Centre. The warning is also in effect for areas around Bear Lake, Aleza Lake, Giscome, the Cottonwood River, Chilako River, Salmon River, Willow River and Pack River as well as tributaries around Quesnel and Williams Lake. A combination of warmer overnight te...

Flood Watch advisory issued for Prince George and Mackenzie tributaries SHARE ON: Fraser River (photo by MyPGNow.com staff) The BC River Forecast Centre has issued a High Streamflow Advisory and Flood Watch for tributaries in Prince George and Mackenzie. This warning is also in effect for areas around Bear Lake, Aleza Lake, Giscome, the Cottonwood River, Chilako River, Salmon River, Willow River, Pack River and surrounding areas. According to the Centre, a combination of warmer overnight tempe...

George, Mackenzie, Quesnel and Williams have led to increased snowmelt rates and increasing  flows over the past day," the RFC said.  "Additional precipitation is expected through Thursday and into Friday, with continued warm overnight low temperatures. Rivers through the region are expected to see rises on Thursday and into Friday and may continue into the weekend with on-going snowmelt.  "Current hydrologic modelling is indicating the potential for flows in the two-year to five-year ra...

I woke up underwater. Icy cold. Lungs useless. Instinctively, I kicked and flailed. My backpack, clothes, and boots held me down. Why was I having such a hard time getting to the surface? I didn’t know that I had broken a wrist, cracked my skull, and fractured two vertebrae in my neck. I had been fly-fishing the Pack River in the northern Idaho backcountry with my friend John. The day was warm and sunny; hemlocks with their shaggy boughs arched over the water. Sunlight dappled through the ne...

SPOKANE, WA- On December 23rd, U.S. Marshals arrested 59-year-old Neal Mouser in Spokane for the murder of 38-year-old Brandon Vern Hurst  of Sandpoint/Bonners Ferry. The body of Hurst was found on December 10th in the Upper Pack River area. He had been shot several times before his body was dumped next to a road.   Tuesday, December 22nd, Bonner County Sheriff Deputies arrested Mousers co-conspirator, 28-year-old Cantrip Gatens, and charged her with Conspiracy to Commit First Degre...

Bonner County Homicide Victim Found with Multiple Gunshots SANDPOINT, Idaho (KLIX)-Authorities say a man was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in north Idaho last week. According to the Bonner County Sheriffs Office, a body was reported on a road in the Upper Pack River area on Thursday, December 10. Investigators later identified the man as 38-year-old Brandon Vern Hurst, of Bonner County. In a brief statement the sheriffs office said Hursts body had been dumped after he had been shot ...

KXLY December 15, 2020 4:25 PM Emily Oliver PC: Bonner Co. Sheriffs BONNER CO., Idaho — The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man found shot and killed along the side of the road in the Upper Pack River area earlier this month.  The sheriff’s office responded to reports of a possible body on the side of the road on December 10. On Monday, the medical examiner identified the man found as 38-year-old Brandon Vern Hurst from Sandpoint.  The Sheriff...