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Bekken pleads guilty to two felonies

COEUR d’ALENE — Joseph Bekken, the former North Idaho College financial aid director who got caught up in a money-for-sex sting, pleaded guilty Thursday to two felony counts.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Renfro faces first-degree murder charge

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors have filed an amended criminal complaint showing first-degree murder as the primary charge against the man who allegedly shot and killed Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Update: Details continue to emerge in Renfro case

Additional information from an affidavit signed by the Idaho State Police detective who interviewed Jonathan Renfro
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

CoiNuts owner Kevin Mitchell to serve at least six months in jail

COEUR d’ALENE — Trading in the “barn” he says he’s currently living in, CoiNuts owner-operator Kevin E. Mitchell will now serve six, possibly seven, months in Kootenai County jail.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Silver Cup hydro race organizers move event up a month

COEUR d’ALENE — Organizers of this summer’s planned Coeur d’Alene Silver Cup hydroplane races on Lake Coeur d’Alene had to move the date of the event up one month.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

H1 says new group to put on hydro races in August

COEUR d’ALENE — H1 Unlimited announced Friday an agreement with a new organization, Coeur d’Alene Hydroplane Regatta LLC, to stage hydroplane races on Lake Coeur d’Alene Aug. 14-16.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Alliance celebrates opening, creates lots of jobs

COEUR d’ALENE — Credit card customer service provider Alliance Data on Monday officially opened the doors of its Coeur d’Alene center, where it will employ 200 people by the end of the year.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Farmers market starts today

COEUR d'ALENE - A brand-new farmers market will be up and running today at the historic Meadow Brook Hall.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Mom's challenge to surveillance gets big boost

COEUR d’ALENE — The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho have joined Anna Smith’s legal team in her challenge of the government’s bulk collection of the telephone records.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Amputee's warning

COEUR d’ALENE — His right lower leg is gone now, sawed off below the knee.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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