The ''Bonner County Daily Bee'' (also known as the ''Daily Bee'') is a U.S. daily newspaper based in

Sandpoint, Idaho Sandpoint is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, Bonner County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 9,777 as of the 2022 United States census, census. Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest pr ...

. It is owned by Hagadone Media Group.

History

Founding as ''The Beehive''

The ''Bonner County Daily Bee'' has been in print since 1965. The paper was founded as a four-page newspaper by Ernest Gale "Pete" and Adell "Dellie" Thompson after a dispute over an ad account, according to "Beautiful Bonner: The History of Bonner County." The couple moved from North Dakota to Coeur d'Alene, lured by a job at the "Kootenai County Leader" in 1961. Thompson moved to Sandpoint a short time later where he went to work for the ''News-Bulletin'' where he stayed until 1965 when he bought half interest in a local print shop. Thompson would soon buy the entire business to ensure a move to a larger facility and renamed the business, Pend Oreille Printers. After moving to the new location, the Thompsons launched ''The Beehive'' in response to a move by the News-Bulletin for a key ad account held by Thompson's print shop. The couple believed the community needed a daily

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

to better serve the area. According to "Beautiful Bonner," the couple "came up with the name for the new paper from a comment made by their typesetter, Jeannie Hottel. "Call it the Beehive," she said. "You sure stirred up a hornet's nest." In 1966, the ''Beehive'' and print shop moved to 310 Church St., where the newspaper still resides. Thompson purchased the Sandpoint Bulletin and, for a time, published both the ''Beehive'' and the ''News-Bulletin''.

Current name adopted

The ''Beehive'' was published until 1968 when it was merged with the ''News-Bulletin'' and its name changed to the ''Sandpoint Daily Be''e. In 1988, the paper's name was changed to the ''Bonner County Daily Bee''.

Sale

In July 1984, Thompson sold Pend Oreille Printers and the ''Sandpoint Daily Bee'' as well as the ''Bonners Ferry Herald'', which he had purchased in 1978, and the ''Priest River Times'', which he had purchased in 1976, to the Hagadone Media Group.

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