Let’s talk about Priest River

The Spokesman Review reported this morning that Bonner County has a sicko on the loose. Some man driving a beige or tan Jeep Cherokee – older model – is pretending to have car troubles to lure women to stop. On March 31, near Laclede, a woman stopped, he asked for a ride, and once he [...]

Kudos to Panhandle State Bank for choosing Ivan Benson as Priest River’s 2009 Community Star! My boys told me that Mr. Benson was the best teacher they ever had in Priest River – he not only “knew his stuff” but presented it in a way that made them want to learn it as well. We [...]

Who says you can’t cath big fish through the ice? Not these guys! With a foot of ice still on Priest Lake last week-end, these two proved that being in the right spot at the right time can be one heck of a lot of fun. Even if one of the fish had to be [...]

Residents at the top of Shingle Mill Hill are up in arms over the County’s proposed plan to move the “Green Owl Dumpsters” – because the plan is to move them right across the street from their homes. If you’ve driven up Peninsula Road you’ve seen the signs – urging you to call Commissioner Joe [...]

Have you ever glanced up at those tall poles running down Highway 2 and thought anything about them? It turns out that those top wires have been unused for many years, but their weight was stressing the old poles. So Avista hired Mountain Power to come in and remove the unused lines and shorten the [...]

With the rivers and lakes still ice-bound, it was encouraging to see this sign of things to come – boating season can’t be far away now!

As Cathy mentioned in her comment on “Tell us something good about Priest River,” Priest River Animal Rescue is raising money to get new “digs” for the animals. The target building is the former Selkirk Motel – more recently Bear Foot Trading. I’m excited about the new property, because I can see possibilities for quarantine [...]

My trip to town told the story: When this snow melts, we “critter keepers” will have a job to do. The strange snow we had in December has pulled wires from fences, leaving them pretty ineffective for keeping critters in. Some of them even looked tangled – a definite hazard for the animals. It’s also [...]

The last few days have been glorious, with sunshine sparkling off that frozen snow! That means good ice, and good ice means ice fishing. I caught a shot of a couple of ice fishermen out on Blue Lake, but noticed several more pickups parked in the access… I’d have loved to walk out there and [...]

Judy Endicott wrote to let me know that Zippy’s now has both their beer license and their wine license – so take advantage of their friendly smiles and convenient parking – When you need beer, wine, and some munchies, “Zip In” to Zippy’s!