Idaho misses the mark in health survey
COEUR d'ALENE — In a new report, Idaho scored three out of 10 on key indicators related to infectious disease prevention, detection and response. The state tied with six others for the lowest score.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Mental health crisis center set to open
COEUR d’ALENE — Don Robinson spent more than 20 years in the FBI, so people sometimes ask how he became the manager of the upcoming Northern Idaho Crisis Center.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
NRA director: Constitutional carry has 'limitations'
COEUR d’ALENE — The increasingly popular idea of a constitutional carry gun right in Idaho might not be everything it's cracked up to be.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Reunion reboots friendship's bonds
FARRAGUT STATE PARK — Leonard “Lenny” Metcalf arrived in the summer of 1943 at Farragut Naval Training Station after a long, hot and coal-dust dirty train ride from Los Angeles.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Idaho Department of Labor welcomes new economist
POST FALLS — The Idaho Department of Labor hired a new regional labor economist for the five northern counties.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Goats killed in 'heinous' attack
COEUR d’ALENE — Three small goats doing weed reduction at a 4-acre water well site in Coeur d’Alene were stabbed in a brutal overnight attack.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Avista Utilities seeks OK for new billing mechanism
COEUR d’ALENE — Avista Corp. no longer wants to be vulnerable to the whims of customer usage of electricity and natural gas — which is trending downward.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
New 4x4 park opens in Athol
ATHOL — If one can find it, a 43-acre off-road 4x4 park paradise awaits.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Wolf shooting trial continues
COEUR d’ALENE — Closing arguments and jury deliberations are scheduled for Thursday morning in the Rathdrum Mountain wolf-shooter case.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Trial starts today in wolf shooting
COEUR d’ALENE — A jury trial is under way today for the man who shot a wolf on Rathdrum Mountain while out walking his dogs near his home.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Police: Renfro kept criminal company
COEUR d’ALENE — The man accused of shooting Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Greg Moore also likely has ties to a home raided for guns, drugs and stolen property.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Report: Parts of Panhandle in 'severe drought'
COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai and Benewah counties, and half of Bonner County, are in “severe drought,” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s newest report.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Mild weather likely means more bugs
COEUR d’ALENE — A mild winter and early spring mean people will be swatting, brushing away and sometimes squashing pesky insects sooner this year, making for a longer season.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Labrador: Leadership 'got us into this mess'
COEUR d’ALENE — Congressman Raul Labrador is no fan of leaders. At least not those in Congress.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Silver Cup organizers to get major permit
COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Department of Lands today plans to give the Coeur d’Alene Silver Cup hydroplane race organizers an important permit for races on Lake Coeur d’Alene near Silver Beach in July.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fish & Game: Politics tainting fee hike plan
COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is concerned that a simple hunting and fishing license fee-increase proposal is getting tainted by politics.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Wolf shooter rejects plea deal
COEUR d’ALENE — The man who shot a wolf on Rathdrum Mountain turned down a plea deal offered by Kootenai County prosecutors that would have had him pay a $200 fine in exchange for a guilty plea.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Hayden council mulls firearms ordinance amendments
HAYDEN — The Hayden City Council tonight will consider amending its firearms ordinance.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
IFG: Kokanee spawning totals see a big year
COEUR d’ALENE — Fishery managers collected 9.25 million eggs from spawning Lake Pend Oreille kokanee that returned to Granite Creek this winter.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
County wages in Idaho gain ground in 2014
COEUR d’ALENE — Personal income in 2013 in the five North Idaho counties rose approximately 1-3 percent compared with the previous year, according to numbers released Monday by the Idaho Department of Labor.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
County wages gain ground
COEUR d’ALENE — Personal income in 2013 in the five North Idaho counties rose approximately 1-3 percent compared with the previous year, according to numbers released Monday by the Idaho Department of Labor.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Gubernatorial candidates sound off in debate
COEUR d’ALENE — On stage: Republican Butch Otter. Libertarian John Bujak. Democrat A.J. Balukoff. Independent Pro-Life.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Edgar Steele dies Thursday
COEUR d’ALENE — Outspoken and in the end imprisoned, North Idaho trial lawyer, author and speaker Edgar J. Steele died Thursday, his family confirmed. He was 69.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Priest Lake cabin sites auctioned
COEUR d’ALENE — There was a lot of celebrating — some kissing and hugging and a few tears of joy — during the Priest Lake cabin site auction on Thursday at The Coeur d’Alene Resort. There was even more relief, however.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Roving rabbis visit N. Idaho
COEUR d’ALENE — Rabbis Berel Bendet and Levi Dubov say they’re having a delightful time traveling North Idaho and meeting its residents.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Fires' smoke clouds skies
COEUR d’ALENE — The smoky air Thursday arrived from wildland fires in Washington state and Canada, said Ralph Paul, airshed coordinator for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Anglers, Diamond Cup make up
COEUR d’ALENE — The Lake Coeur d’Alene Anglers Association and Diamond Cup hydroplane race organizers have made up.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Diamond Cup organizers look south to Boise for funds
COEUR d’ALENE — Doug Miller, president of Diamond Cup, says the hydroplane races aren’t just a Coeur d’Alene event.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Massive drug sting nets 29 arrests in 20 locations
More than 100 federal, state and local law enforcement agents coordinated arrest and search operations Thursday morning at 20 locations in Spokane, North Idaho, Nevada and California.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Alliance business owners sell to Sequel
COEUR d’ALENE — The owners and operators of Alliance Family Services North Inc. sold their business to Alabama-based Sequel Youth and Family Services.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fired prosecutor gets rehired
COEUR d’ALENE — Former Kootenai County deputy prosecutor Kenneth Stone was rehired this month after he was terminated on March 25, 2011.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Labrador: Obama to blame in budget crisis
Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador blamed a potential federal government shutdown next month on what he sees as President Barack Obama’s unwillingness to delay the health care reform law’s further implementation.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Family releases video asserting Steele's innocence
COEUR d’ALENE — A week before the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in Edgar J. Steele’s appeal for a murder-for-hire conviction, his family released a video making a case for government misconduct.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Police: Suspect was at KMC for 'manic episode'
COEUR d’ALENE — A man charged with arson for an April 25 incident at Kootenai Medical Center had been taken to the hospital because he was having a “manic episode,” according to a police report released Wednesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Labrador talks immigration options
COEUR d’ALENE — The U.S. hasn’t for the past two decades enforced the immigration laws already on the books, Congressman Raul Labrador complained.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fish and Game feels strain from lost revenues
COEUR d’ALENE — Even though revenues are way down in recent years, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game won’t be coming forward with a legislative package this current session to raise prices for hunters and anglers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Reagan Republicans raise money to protect name usage
COEUR d’ALENE — The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans say they have retained an attorney and have begun raising money to prepare for a legal fight to protect their brand name.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Flooding could cost region's farmers millions
BONNERS FERRY — Way above average rainfall in June is going to cost farmers in the Kootenai River valley — located between Bonners Ferry and the U.S.-Canadian border — millions of dollars in lost crops, farmers said Friday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Jury finds in deputy's favor in lawsuit
COEUR d’ALENE — A jury in U.S. District Court returned a verdict in favor of a sheriff’s deputy in a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed excessive force was used in his arrest.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Judge ponders fate of mystery bloggers
COEUR d’ALENE — The identities of three anonymous online commenters on The Spokesman-Review newspaper’s website remained just that — anonymous.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Convicted hitman released from prison
COEUR d’ALENE — Larry Fairfax, the hit man hired by North Idaho attorney Edgar J. Steele to kill Steele’s wife in June 2010, was released Thursday from federal custody.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Kootenai County Reagan Republicans' name in dispute
COEUR d’ALENE — The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans late Friday were served with a letter informing them somebody else has the rights to the group’s name and ordering them to cease use.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Texting ban kicks in July 1
COEUR d’ALENE — Starting in July, texting while driving will be more than dangerous, it will be illegal and costly, too.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Fire ends in marijuana indictment
COEUR d’ALENE — Around 4 p.m. on June 30, 2010, a neighbor called authorities after hearing an explosion at a rural residence in the Deep Creek area about seven miles south of Bonners Ferry.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Jury convicts Ellington in murder case
COEUR d’ALENE — A second Kootenai County jury has now found Jonathan W. Ellington guilty of second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery, following a re-trial of his case.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Lucky Friday closure could mean 300 out of work
COEUR d’ALENE — Hecla Mining Co. said Wednesday that 185 of its workers, possibly more, are out of work after the primary access shaft in and out of the Lucky Friday mine was ordered closed.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lowell sentenced in Ponzi scheme
COEUR d’ALENE — A former successful Bonner County real estate agent was sentenced on Wednesday in federal court to three years in prison for a Ponzi scheme that ripped off North Idaho investors for $2.2 million.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Violent crimes in Idaho decrease last year
COEUR d’ALENE — The number of violent crime offenses in Idaho decreased more than 10 percent last year compared with the year earlier, according to a state report released Friday.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drug forfeiture sale nets funds
Idaho State Police and the Coeur d’Alene Police Department are to receive a combined $470,000 as a result of a major drug investigation in Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
SEC filing: Avista officers receive greater compensation
Total compensation rose for Avista Corp.’s top executive officers in 2010 compared with the year earlier, according to the company’s annual proxy statement filed on Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Judge orders mental health exam for Steele
COEUR d’ALENE — A federal judge has ordered that Edgar J. Steele’s mental health be examined prior to his trial.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Steele trial moved to next month, and Boise
COEUR d’ALENE — The trial of North Idaho attorney Edgar J. Steele has been moved to Boise and is scheduled — at least for now — to start April 26.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Steele's murder-for-hire case goes to trial Monday
COEUR d’ALENE — For a long time, Edgar J. Steele was proudly known as a politically incorrect author and an “attorney for the damned.”
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Avista's net income increases in 2010
Avista Corp. on Thursday reported a solid year in 2010 with net income of $92.4 million, which is up $5.3 million compared with the year earlier.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Mom admits guilt in neglected twins case
COEUR d’ALENE — The 27-year-old mother of twin 2-year-old girls who were found living in abominable conditions within a Coeur d’Alene apartment in December pleaded guilty on Monday in Kootenai County district court.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Economic outlook looking good for some
COEUR d’ALENE — A bright spot for the region’s economy in 2010 was the strength of the Canadian dollar and the trend of Seattle and Portland residents to stay within the region for vacations.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Attack suspect's hearing postponed
COEUR d’ALENE — The man police say bludgeoned a Bayview woman to death with a hammer and put two other people in the hospital with it appeared briefly in court Tuesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Bayview attack leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
BAYVIEW — A 31-year-old Bayview man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly beating four people in Bayview with a hammer, sending three people to Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, where one later died.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Police: Twins kept isolated
COEUR d’ALENE — Two nearly 2-year-old twin girls appeared to be held in near constant isolation in a bedroom with bruises, burns and cuts that were infected, police reports revealed Tuesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Frontier CEO visits North Idaho
COEUR d’ALENE — Frontier Communications Corp.’s top executive on Thursday met with business, government and education leaders from the Coeur d’Alene-Post Falls area, seeking to hear about goals and plans in this market and ask how the company can help.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Fairfax doesn't plead guilty to firearms charges
COEUR d’ALENE — Sagle resident Larry Fairfax on Tuesday didn’t plead guilty to firearms charges in U.S. District Court here, though that’s exactly what he was scheduled to do after he signed a plea agreement last month.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Stivers opts to stay in race Decision follows county GOP request to quit
Desmet resident James Stivers, who is running for the state Senate in legislative District 2, said he has decided to stay in the race.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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