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• High court backs Idahoans

  March 22, 2012 in City on Page A1 A Priest Lake, Idaho, couple has prevailed in a property rights case involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. Supreme Court sided unanimously with Mike and Chantell Sackett, who … 7

• Sacketts tell panel about EPA woe

  March 1, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A6 WASHINGTON – A North Idaho couple took their fight against the Environmental Protection Agency to Congress this week, saying the federal government is destroying people’s lives. Mike and Chantell Sackett, …

• Field reports: Visiting snowy owls find roads rough

  December 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 MIGRANTS – Snowy owls seem to be showing up in ones and twos all over the northern tier of the United States this winter as they migrate from arctic homes …

• Priest Lake couple’s land dispute with EPA going to high court

  November 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 PRIEST LAKE, Idaho – Four years ago, Mike and Chantell Sackett cleared a lot to build a house overlooking one of North Idaho’s most scenic mountain lakes. They pictured a … 17

• Food storage rules set for Panhandle

  October 6, 2011 in Outdoors, City, Idaho on Page A5 The Forest Service is stepping up efforts to reduce conflicts between people and wildlife, especially bears. On Tuesday the Idaho Panhandle National Forests will enact rules dealing with human food … 2

• Man takes spartan approach to row length of Priest Lake

  September 4, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 His recent feat has left reasonable people thinking Stan Bech has only one oar in the water. But if that were the case, he never could have rowed the length … 1

• Chattaroy man injured in plane crash at Priest Lake

  August 23, 2011 in City, Idaho A Chattaroy man is in the hospital after he crashed his small plane at Priest Lake today. 1

• Kalispel Tribe restoring native trout in Pend Orielle tributary

  July 24, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 The good ol’ days are back for cutthroat trout in a 5 1/2-mile stretch of a Pend Oreille River tributary. A handful of genetically pure westslope cutthroat trout have been …

• High court takes Idaho property case

  June 29, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 A North Idaho couple’s fight with the federal government over whether their Priest Lake property has wetlands will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices …

• Land Board OKs sale of cabin sites

  May 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho in early June will prepare to sell or trade away some or all of its 521 leased lakefront cabin sites, including more than 350 at Priest Lake. …

• Idaho prepares to sell off or trade away lake cabin sites

  May 17, 2011 in Idaho Idaho will start surveys and other groundwork in early June to prepare to sell off or trade away some or all of its 521 leased lakefront cabin sites, including more … 5

• Judge says he’ll freeze cabin site rents

  May 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Priest Lake cabin owners scored a surprise win in court Tuesday, as a district judge in Boise indicated he’ll issue an order to freeze the rents they pay …

• Priest Lake cabin owners score surprise win in court

  May 3, 2011 in Idaho Priest Lake cabin owners scored a surprise win in court Tuesday, as a district judge in Boise indicated he’ll issue an order to freeze the rents they pay for the … 6

• Idaho Land Board extends cabin site leases at higher rate

  April 20, 2011 in Idaho on Page A9 BOISE – Owners of cabins on state land at Idaho’s Priest Lake will get another two-year lease extension, but it comes with a rent hike. The cabin owners, who currently …

• Land Board has plan for Idaho cabin sites

  December 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho’s state Land Board wants public comments on a plan to get the state out of the business of renting lots for lakefront cabins – and give the …

• New lake-site leases in Idaho unconstitutional

  December 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden won a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking new leases for state-owned lake cabin sites, including 355 at Priest Lake, arguing that the state’s whole …

• Idaho judge blocks cabin rent plan

  December 15, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden won a preliminary injunction today blocking new leases for state-owned lake cabin sites, including 355 at Priest Lake, arguing that the state’s whole system for …

• Priest Lake timber plans withdrawn

  December 7, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 The Idaho Panhandle National Forest has rescinded plans for harvesting timber on thousands of acres near Priest Lake pending additional environmental review. In a news release Monday, the Montana-based Alliance …

• High court denies challenge to cabin land rents

  December 2, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out a legal challenge to rents on state-owned cabin sites on two Idaho lakes, which charged that the state Land Board …

• Judge drops poaching charges

  October 14, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 A judge dismissed poaching charges against a Bonners Ferry veterinarian Wednesday after he found the man’s rights had been violated during a 2009 investigation. 3

• Natural water slide near Priest Lake entertain adventurers

  October 10, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 There are two kinds of water slides: the commercial ones with admission fees that can be found at swimming pools, amusement parks and theme parks; and natural rock water slides …

• Lab unable to get DNA from Priest Lake body

  September 29, 2010 in City on Page A7 The mystery of the remains at the bottom of Priest Lake will be left unsolved for now. The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that it has finished its investigation …

• No answers on remains found in Priest Lake

  September 28, 2010 in Idaho The mystery of the remains at the bottom of Priest Lake will be left unsolved for now.

• Board ponders plea to slow boats to suit Upper Priest Lake tranquility

  September 12, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 A proposal to tone down speeding powerboats at a prized North Idaho scenic area is reviving the decades-old fear that youthful environmentalist zealots who don’t understand the way the world … 8

• Recognizing the quality of Upper Priest

  September 12, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 Conservation groups have stepped up to preserve the qualities so many people enjoy at Upper Priest, said Bob Harwood, a lakeshore property owner and member of the Selkirk Conservation Alliance. … 3

• Fire destroys Priest Lake ‘shoe tree’

  July 16, 2010 in Idaho Forest Service firefighters responded to a report of smoke in the Priest Lake area Thursday evening to find a single tree engulfed in flames. The tree is known locally as … 1

• An old-school DNA detective

  July 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A10 While the 50-year-old human remains discovered at the bottom of Priest Lake undergo DNA analysis in Boise, historical researcher Silvia Pettem is using her gumshoe style of research to help … 1

• Remains at Priest Lake bottom yield identity mystery

  May 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 While the Bonner County coroner examines some skeletal remains recently brought up from the bottom of Priest Lake, researchers and historians hope that clothing and a boat found nearby will … 2

• Researchers seek identity of Priest Lake remains

  May 20, 2010 in Idaho While the Bonner County coroner examines some skeletal remains recently brought up from the bottom of Priest Lake, researchers and historians hope that clothing and a boat found nearby will … 1

• Teens who died in creek identified

  May 19, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Police on Tuesday released the names of the two Nine Mile Falls teens who drowned Saturday in North Idaho.

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