Staff Writer

KAYE THORNBRUGH

Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College.

ARTICLES BY KAYE THORNBRUGH

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North Idaho College settles Rumpler lawsuit

North Idaho College has settled a lawsuit leveled by a former employee.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

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North Idaho College settles Rumpler lawsuit

North Idaho College has settled a lawsuit leveled by a former employee.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

Washington man acquitted after fatal crash

A jury acquitted a Washington man who was accused of driving while under the influence and causing a crash that killed a Benewah County man.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

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Community Library Network board talks regional consortium, ‘propaganda’ policy

Community Library Network trustees put off deciding whether to sign a new joint powers agreement with a regional library consortium and to adopt an updated materials selection and acquisition policy that labels “propaganda promoting illegal activity” as “inappropriate for minors.”

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 3 DAYS AGO

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Gov. Little signs bill reforming roles of Idaho coroners in death investigations

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law this week a bill that clarifies the roles of Idaho’s coroners in death investigations.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 DAYS AGO

Kootenai County commissioners weigh conduct, trespass ordinance

Kootenai County commissioners will consider a code of conduct for county property after an incident earlier this week involving a former county employee.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 DAYS AGO

Florida man gets prison for lewd conduct

A man who prosecutors said sexually abused two teen girls will spend time in prison.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 DAYS AGO

Man gets prison for lewd conduct, child sexual abuse

A man who prosecutors said raped a teen girl will spend up to 25 years in prison.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 DAYS AGO

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Community Library Network’s new policies could fracture regional library consortium

For decades, the Community Information Network has enabled libraries in North Idaho and eastern Washington to share their collections and broadened patrons’ access to materials. Now a restrictive policy for minor library cardholders in the Community Library Network, unlike any other in the library consortium, could mean that patrons across …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 1 DAY AGO

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Details emerge in security company’s license revocation

Days after plainclothes security guards dragged a woman out of a legislative town hall, a letter from the city of Coeur d’Alene revoking the business license of LEAR Asset Management said the private security company posed “an immediate danger to the safety of the public.”

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

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Idaho Fish and Game gathers strategic plan feedback

Crowding on public lands amid population growth and predator management were among the hottest topics discussed by outdoorsmen and Idaho Fish and Game officials Tuesday night.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 3 DAYS AGO

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Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office swears in new K-9

Community members gathered Wednesday at the Kootenai North facility in Hayden to welcome the newest member of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, a 12-month-old Belgian Malinois named Spike.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO

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Idaho Fish and Game gathers strategic plan feedback

Crowding on public lands amid population growth and predator management were among the hottest topics discussed by outdoorsmen and Idaho Fish and Game officials Tuesday night.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 5 DAYS AGO

Kootenai County commissioners may adopt precinct boundary changes

Kootenai County commissioners will consider adopting changes to several voting precinct boundaries next week.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 2 WEEKS AGO

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Details emerge in security company’s license revocation by city of Coeur d'Alene

Days after plainclothes security guards dragged a woman out of a legislative town hall, a letter from the city of Coeur d’Alene revoking the business license of LEAR Asset Management said the private security company posed “an immediate danger to the safety of the public.”

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 2 DAYS AGO