Priest River News

Priest River Community Meal, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Priest River Senior Center; co-sponsored with Priest River Ministries.

Lee Crafton and his horse-drawn trailers amble down the shoulder of Highway 2 out of Priest River headed toward Spokane, Wash.

Lee Crafton has traveled 7,000 miles in a covered wagon with a team of horses for the past three years, relying on the kindnesses of strangers and a few friends to keep him going.

Recycling Equipment Manufacturing has relocated to a facility in Priest River, Idaho, from Spokane, Wash.

Barry, our rugged and iconoclastic leader for about 8 years, had returned to live on his beautiful "off the grid" homestead nestled in the forest between Priest River and Priest Lake.

Recycling Equipment Manufacturing Inc. , Priest River, Idaho, has appointed Cleveland-based equipment sales and service company Ohio Baler Co.

Cities and towns across Idaho that want to boost safety for kids riding their bikes or walking to school can now get a dose of federal funding to make it happen.

The Inland Northwest Community Foundation, 618 W. Riverside Ave., announced scholarship winners for the 2009-2010 academic year.

COEUR D'ALENE - If you can't find a job, why not head back to school? That's the growing trend in Idaho where North Idaho College has seen fall enrollment up 16-percent over last year.

It all dials back to the number seven. Seven founders, seven seas, seven continents, and now - in the struggling-to-revive Chinatown section of downtown Portland - Seven Planet.

Property taxes will hold steady in Coeur d'Alene. Idaho law allows cities to increase property tax collections by up 3 percent each year.

The West Kootenay will see an extra surge of cyclists on The International Selkirk Loop this fall.

Five square blocks in Priest River, Idaho have been evacuated after a chlorine gas leak at the water treatment plant.

Residents and business owners in downtown Priest River said they were told by firefighters to evacuate the area due to a possible chemical spill at the town's water plant.

Officials in Priest River confirm an evacuation is underway in the downtown area of Priest River due to a chemical spill at the city water plant.

Sackett Contracting & Excavating, of Nordman, Idaho, has won a $3.2 million contract to construct the second phase of a wastewater treatment system for the Granite Reeder Water and Sewer District, located in Nordman, about 35 miles north of Priest River, Idaho.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for East Central Pend Oreille County and West Central Bonner County through 4:15 PM this afternoon.

TV Today's 6 News North Idaho Storm Leaves Trail of Destruction Winds, up to 70 miles an hour, tore through Priest River in Northern Idaho.

While we cope with the hot, dry conditions on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, on the eastern side of the state they're dealing with a tornado warning, lightning strikes and fallen trees.

PRIEST RIVER, Idaho -- People in Priest River, Idaho are waking up to some major storm damage to their town.