Area men caught in Idaho meth bust
Three Montana residents were arrested on methamphetamine-related charges Monday in northern Idaho.
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Fighting Crohn's disease
Jack Chambers, left, shares a laugh with cousin Nick Roach after eating a lunch at McDonald's in Kellogg before continuing their 1,300 mile journey from Gardiner, Mont., to Bellingham, Wash.
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Channeling the pioneer days to fight Crohn's Disease
With solar panels for cell phone charging and stops at Wi-Fi hotspots to update their blog, Jack Chambers and Nick Roach are well aware they aren’t exactly Lewis and Clark.
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Cowboys vs. Crohn's
With solar panels for cell phone charging and stops at Wi-Fi hotspots to update their blog, Jack Chambers and Nick Roach are well aware they aren't exactly Lewis and Clark.
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Details released on police shooting
Alexander Mandarino allegedly gave contradictory answers to police officers for 45 minutes before an Idaho State Trooper shot the Whitefish, Mont., resident once in the chest at Lookout Pass June 12, Lt. Stu Miller of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
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Returning to town
SUPERIOR, Mont. - The mandatory evacuation of several areas in Mineral County was lifted Friday after the West Mullan Fire forced many to leave their homes earlier this week.
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Fire levels Osburn building
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Idaho officer shoots, kills Whitefish man
An Idaho State Police officer shot and killed a Whitefish motorist Wednesday near Lookout Pass as a sheriff’s deputy struggled with the man over a gun.
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District 2 fire chief to retire
The Silver Valley has changed quite a bit since 1982 - mines have closed and reopened, the population has shrunk from more than 19,000 to less than 13,000, remedation became the status quo - but one constant in all that time has been District 2 Fire Chief Dale Costa.
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Sunshine Mine Memorial in need of repairs
As Shoshone County Clerk Peggy White drives past the Big Creek exit on Interstate 90 each day to and from work, she sees the towering, jackleg drill-wielding reminder of the sacrifices made by 91 - including her father, uncle and brother-in-law - of the Silver Valley's finest 41 years ago.
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Quite a few Shoshone County miners own homes elsewhere
Shoshone County has some of the most profitable silver mines in America and some of the highest-paying jobs in North Idaho, but many of the people occupying those jobs call somewhere else home.
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Drug bust nets 21 pounds of pot
Interstate 90 is a go-to route for drug traffickers trying to transport their supply from the West Coast back east, but Idaho State Police have been making sure lately that Shoshone County is as far east as the traffickers get.
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Recall of Mullan mayor, councilman falls short
Mullan Mayor Mike Dunnigan and City Councilman Dan White will continue to serve the City of Mullan, at least until the general election in November, according to preliminary results from Tuesday's recall election.
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Interest in Silver Mountain properties picks up
More than 20 potential buyers have shown some interest in Silver Mountain Resort since Jeld-Wen put it on the auction block earlier this year.
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More drugs confiscated on I-90
Another alleged drug trafficker heading eastbound on Interstate 90 through Shoshone County was busted by Idaho State Police Cpl. Kevin Kessler Wednesday.
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Osburn man arrested on five counts of lewd conduct
OSBURN - A 71-year-old Osburn man was arrested Wednesday for five counts of lewd conduct with a minor child under the age of 16.
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Driver sentenced in fatal rollover crash
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Toddler takes third in dog sled race
Harleigh Dutton placed third in her division Feb. 2-3 at the Inland Empire Pacific Coast Championship Sled Dog Races at Priest Lake.
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Silver Valley's Special Olympian
The Special Olympics International World Winter Games are half a world away across the world's most vast ocean in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but the nearly-5,000 mile distance from home didn't stop one Silver Valley resident from following her dreams and representing Shoshone County, Idaho and the United States in the …
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Lookout Pass brings in crowds
LOOKOUT PASS — For years, skiers, snowboarders and snow lovers have flocked to Lookout Pass Ski Resort, nestled in the mountains of the Silver Valley, even though the destination tucked away on the Montana-Idaho border can seem a million miles from anywhere.
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The Silver Valley's latest export
WALLACE - Microbrewing has seen a significant surge in the Northwest in the past decade, and one of the Silver Valley's own breweries has seen its popularity grow so impressively this past year it caught the eye of a new distributor ready to quadruple the Wallace-based brewery's output.
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A great job, with great snow
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And the beat goes on ...
When Idaho State Police Cpl. Kevin Kessler pulled over the speeding vehicle on Interstate 90 in the early afternoon of Dec. 13, he thought it would be a routine traffic stop like countless others he makes during his shifts working in Shoshone County.
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Lookout hopes for more snow
There may not be much snow across the Silver Valley, but there's enough at Lookout Pass to break out the skis or snowboards and get on the slopes.
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Auction anxiety
One week removed from news that Silver Mountain Resort's parent-company JELD-WEN plans to sell the resort in a series of auctions, Kellogg Mayor Mac Pooler and several local businesses are confident the resort will continue to be an economic boon to the city and the rest of Shoshone County.
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Silver Mountain for sale
After 16 years of ownership, Silver Mountain Resort's parent company JELD-WEN is planning to sell the ski resort and water park in a series of sealed-bid auctions set to take place between January and April 2013.
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Quick start for Troy spells season's end for Wallace
SILVERTON - The Wallace Miners football season came to a close Saturday at Sather Field in the first round of the playoffs as the Troy Trojans took down the Miners 34-6 on Saturday at Sather Field.
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Missing man found one week later
Jesse Kagarise, the Kellogg man who had been missing since Oct. 22, walked out of the woods to a residence in the Pine Creek area Sunday around 8 a.m.
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The perfect ride for Halloween
KELLOGG - Casey Duncan likes to be different.
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New program tackles concussion treatment
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Man fell from gondola
A 26-year-old Colorado man died Saturday after climbing out of a moving gondola car and falling around 85 feet at Silver Mountain Resort, according to report from the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office.
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Two cultures come together
CATALDO - The sun shined down brightly on the 485 faithful onlookers Wednesday as they listened to and watched CeCe Cook sing a traditional Catholic hymn while dressed in traditional Native American regalia.
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History on display
Scott Skinner held the Revolutionary War-style muzzleloader in his hands and began to pour the black powder into the barrel. He packed it in and prepared to fire. With a booming bang, Skinner fired the gun and smoke seeped out of the barrel.
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