Elderly couple hurt in stabbing-shooting case

LEWISTON (AP) - Deputies in north-central Idaho are still investigating a dispute that left an elderly man with a stab wound and his elderly wife with gunshot wounds to her hand and hip.

Idaho County sheriff's deputy Brian Hewson said the mental condition of the 77-year-old wife will likely determine whether charges are filed.

Hewson said the husband, who is also 77, called deputies Oct. 18 as he drove himself to a hospital, and reported his wife had stabbed him in the back. Hewson said moments later the wife called deputies from their Grangeville home to report she'd been shot by her husband.

Both were hospitalized, and both have since been released. Hewson says officials believe the wife has dementia. She's now living at a long-term care facility.

Snow closes Glacier National Park roads

Wintry weather has closed many of Glacier National Park's roads, but some could reopen if the weather improves, Park spokeswoman Denise Germann said.

An October snowstorm dumped snow on the valley floors this week, with about six inches or more in some places.

As a result, the Chief Mountain, Two Medicine and Many Glacier roads and most of the Inside North Fork Road were closed. The Inside North Fork Road is open only to Doverspike Meadow, north of Polebridge. Once it closes in the fall, the Inside North Fork Road typically doesn't reopen until it melts out in spring.

The Two Medicine and Many Glacier roads could reopen when weather improves, Germann said. Typically those roads are open until the third week of November or when heavy and continued snows close them.

For more information on the status of road in Glacier National Park, visit online at http://home.nps.gov/applications/glac/roadstatus/roadstatus.cfm.