Residents, Forest Service clash over drilling proposal
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A meeting hosted by the U.S. Forest Service last week about proposed exploratory drilling for silica deposits near Lake Pend Oreille turned into a battle …
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Meetings to detail silica drilling, second rail bridge
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A pair of meetings over the next week will break down two issues of local concern: the exploratory drilling for silica near Lake Pend Oreille …
Exploratory Drilling Project informational meeting set
By Reader Staff
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests will be hosting an informational meeting about the Green Mountain Exploratory Drilling Project Plan of Operations. The public meeting will be held …
On The Lake: ‘Does anyone else think that drilling for silica in the Lake Pend Oreille watershed is a terrible idea?’
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Columnist
As some of you may have read in the Bee earlier this month, a Montana-based company called Pend Oreille Silica Inc. is looking to do …
Exploratory drilling proposed near Lake Pend Oreille
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a pair of exploratory drilling holes proposed by Pend Oreille Silica, Inc.
Proposed for the southern …
On The Lake: ‘It snowed! Let’s talk about herbicides’
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Columnist
Hooray, it’s snowing! But more importantly, your lake is getting bombed with herbicides all over the place. Do I have your attention now? Great!
Don’t …
Albeni Falls dam outflows increased
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Albeni Falls dam increased outflows from 13 kcfs (thousands of cubic feet per second) to 15 kcfs Tuesday morning according to an announcement that …
The most polluted site in Sandpoint and what it’s doing to our water
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Columnist
You know that piece of land on Boyer that sits between the Lake Pend Oreille High School and the railroad tracks? Across from Super One? …
Lake draw down to begin this month
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
As North Idaho winds its way into autumn, the draw-down of Lake Pend Oreille is scheduled to begin this month and advance in October.
According …
Train carrying coal derails near Noxon
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
An unknown amount of coal spilled into the Clark Fork River due to the derailment of a Montana Rail Link train Sunday.
At about 11 …
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