Man faces 8 years for DUI

Robert Moir, 66, Moyie Springs, could face up to eight years in prison if he doesn't successfully complete a six-month boot camp program at Cottonwood after being convicted for felony DUI; his ninth conviction for DUI dating back to 1973.

Woman gets jail for taking credit card

A Bonners Ferry woman accused of stealing a bank card from the counter at Zip Trip was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday.

Woman retracts account of bar fight

A Kalispell woman called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to retract her statement as a witness to a bar fight that broke out the night before because she allegedly was highly intoxicated when she gave the account.

LAW ROUNDUP: Attorney allegedly stiffed by client

SOCCER: Capital blanks Flathead in tournament play-in match

HELENA — Helena Capital scored 32 seconds into the match and added another in the eighth minute to put Flathead away early in a 4-0 shutout in the Class AA girls soccer playoffs on Friday afternoon.

'Feds' isn't a 4-letter word

We're not happy with the federal government, either.

Welcome to the (Scam) Jam

Free event to empower citizens to fight fraud, exploitation

GOP: Admit your failures

It is time for the Republican Party to admit they have failed. They have failed by nearly every measure.

Fishing in Idaho: It's better than ever

The fishing is great in Idaho, and people are catching on; more people are fishing now than anytime in the past decade.

They gave; so should we

We ask everyone to give what they can tomorrow, Veterans Day.

ISU faculty delays vote after trustee steps in

BOISE - Faculty leaders at Idaho State University postponed a no-confidence vote on school President Arthur Vailas after a state Board of Education trustee waded into the fray.

Briefs March 12, 2010

'Tips for Haiti' raises $340

Formerly homeless family struggles to hang on

This couple and their four young children are grateful they are no longer homeless.

Idaho to try again for federal education money

BOISE (AP) - Idaho has two months to improve its campaign for new federal education money and take another stab at the Obama administration's highly competitive grant competition.

Mortgage settlement scams are afoot

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is warning Idahoans to be cautious of scam phone calls and e-mails related to the recent multistate mortgage servicer settlement.

PATERNO: Good man done wrong

Concerning the recent events involving Joe Paterno and his family. I am finding it difficult to write this as my emotions are bouncing from outrage to shame for the people responsible for one of the most obvious distortions of the truth that I can recall. This is at incalculatable damage to the reputation and good name of Joe Paterno and his family.

Paul Dwayne Stephens, 42

Paul Dwayne Stephens, 42, beloved husband and father of two sons, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. Paul was born on April 3, 1970, in Coeur d’Alene as the youngest of five children to Anita (Jenicek) Stephens and Charles Sins (preceded in death).

Idaho AG: Debt collector to pay restitution, change abusive practices

BOISE — Debt collector NCO Financial Systems, Inc. (NCOF) has agreed to pay $50,000 in restitution for Idaho consumers and to change certain collections practices, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Wasden's office and 18 other states participated in a three-year multistate investigation of allegations of misleading and deceptive debt collection practices by NCOF.

Man gets 10 years after probation violation

Job No. 1 left undone

From reforming education to howling over wolves, the Idaho Legislature didn't back down from controversy during the 2011 session. But here's a bottom line question: With the economy the No. 1 issue and job creation the highest possible priority, how much did this session actually accomplish?