COOLIN — The auction of eight endowment lots at Priest Lake raised more than $11.4 million — more than $500,000 over the appraised value of the lots.

Her arms just went and her legs went.” Kim Bowler began her quest at 1:55 p.m. at Upper Priest Lake and swam through the night to finish near Bishop’s Marina in Coolin about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.

So, too, did visitors look for a peaceful retreat and a taste of the lake life, or anglers heading out onto Priest Lake. Paul, who was 19 when he opened the store that bears his name in 1906, having ...

Beaver Creek, a ranger station at the north end of Priest Lake that was merged with Bismark in 1940, became a campground. The structures at Coolin are gone, and the property no longer belongs to ...

Including this latest auction, 485 cottage sites have been sold 329 lots at Priest Lake (304 leased and 25 unleased) and 156 lots at Payette Lake (129 leased and 27 unleased) for a total of ...

I also never grew up wanting to become a priest, either. But God has a way of showing how our interests and hobbies, if put in Jesus’s hands, can be transformed and multiplied into a life that ...

North Idaho is home to several of these bogs, and a couple of the most important are found along the shores of Priest Lake. One commonly referred to as the Coolin-Chase Lake wetland complex is ...

COOLIN, Idaho — The body of a Spokane ice fisherman has been recovered from Priest Lake. The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team recovered 40-year-old Matthew Best’s body on February 20.

PRIEST LAKE, Idaho - A Spokane man fell into the cold waters of Priest Lake while ice fishing in the Coolin area. Bonner County officials said he succumbed to the cold water and ultimately drowned.

Cavanaugh’s at Priest Lake has long been home to some of North Idaho’s most beloved winter activities, hosting a variety of organized trail rides and snowmobile drag races over the years. One event, ...

Contributing Writer COOLIN — Area residents had nothing but praise for the new 1,500-foot breakwater and deepening of the Thorofare channel during the Idaho Water Resource Board meeting last week.

Extending for 19-miles in the Idaho panhandle, Priest Lake sure is a beauty. The lake's crystal-clear waters are the source of all types of recreation, and hiking trails around the lake's shoreline ...