Emma Epperly

Emma came to us from The Spokesman Review. She graduated from Washington State University with a B.A. in journalism and heads up our North Idaho Bureau.

UPDATED: Sandpoint superintendent works through cancer treatment

Becky Meyer has continue to work through treatment largely due to her love of the school district she has served for decades.

Double ballot fails spell double trouble for rural Idaho schools

Payette and Kimberly saw dual rejected funding requests Tuesday, as efforts to raise money for facilities and staff pay fell short in both districts.

Bonds fail, plant facilities struggle; most supplemental levies pass

Requests range from a $57 million bond in Kimberly to build a performing arts center to a $200,000 supplemental levy in Mackay to pay for athletics and building utilities over two years.

Sandpoint teacher creates ‘moments of great questioning’ in English class

Middle school, eighth grade in particular, can be a tough time in many teens’ lives, but for Danielle Packard it’s the perfect age to teach.

Meetings, lawyers, negotiations, more meetings: Lakeland still without a leader

The board has lost three superintendents in four years and is up to nearly 90 meetings a year.

Outcry builds over Sandpoint’s alternative school relocation plan

Yellow signs featuring a photo of the 117-year-old Lake Pend Oreille High School building have appeared across the community. “We support LPOHS in its current location,” they read.