Survey finds more goats in Selkirk Mountains

A North Idaho mountain goat survey found almost twice as many goats in the Selkirks than a previous survey.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Welch enters “not guilty” plea

COEUR d’ALENE – A 47-year-old Osburn woman accused of stealing millions of dollars from a Rathdrum construction company pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. Magistrate Court in Coeur d’Alene.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Goat packing gains toehold among hunters But feds want the animals out of the forest

Pack horses are tried and true, and mules are proven hunting-gear haulers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

N. Idaho store owner on surviving in an age of viruses

More than a half dozen people come into Kurt Wilson’s Hayden store every day looking for respiratory masks to prevent exposure to the coronavirus.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hayden tells Corrections re-entry center unwanted

HAYDEN — The city of Hayden has voiced an objection to having a state prison re-entry facility in Hayden.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Re-entry center opponent says horses targeted

Deborah Rose doesn’t think it’s a coincidence that someone skulked around her property and tried to poison her horses.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

Defense disputes indictment in Rambo case

COEUR d’ALENE — Defense counsel in the Tyler Rambo case accused prosecutors Tuesday of not turning over hundreds of pages of discovery documents.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Bail is reduced in shooting

When Keven Custer isn’t behind bars, he’s doing drugs and menacing others.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Mother: Ice caused crash that killed husband, child

SPIRIT LAKE — A 44-year-old woman involved in the Nov. 24 crash on the Spirit Lake Cutoff Road that resulted in the death of her husband and 8-year-old daughter said road conditions were instrumental in the fatality.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Tribe bows out of lake management efforts

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has called for a third party assessment of Lake Coeur d’Alene’s water quality while the Coeur d’Alene Tribe is backing out of the longstanding joint effort.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Record largemouth bass caught

A Post Falls man posted the state’s record catch-and-release largemouth bass.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Rambo facing additional charges

COEUR d’ALENE — Tyler Rambo faces eight more felony charges for allegedly shooting at police officers July 4 at Coeur d’Alene City Park.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Check stations show elk and deer don't mind the cold

A spate of snow late last winter blanketed North Idaho and lent a cool start to spring, but it didn’t affect elk and deer herds.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

North Idaho man is charged with attempted murder

A 32-year-old Hayden man is charged with one count of attempted murder after his arrest Thursday by a SWAT team for allegedly threatening to shoot his sister in the face at a residence on Hayden Lake Road.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Two-county recall vote boots duo

BAYVIEW — A recall election in Bayview that spanned two counties and resulted in the removal of two members of the water and sewer district almost didn’t happen, as plaintiffs attempted to circumvent voters.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Syrup truck accident causes sticky situation

The Facebook posts started Wednesday morning with a warning.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Rambo seeking $9M from Cd'A

Tyler Rambo, whose legs were amputated after he was shot by police at a July 4 celebration downtown, wants more than $9 million in damages from the City of Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Timberland access gets big green light

A fee-for-use program on Potlatch land implemented more than a decade ago that required the public to buy permits to recreate is coming to an end.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Rogue wave dunks duck hunters

Two Post Falls duck hunters were in a boat that swamped Tuesday morning near the North Idaho College beach.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Whitcomb sues North Idaho College over firing

COEUR d’ALENE — The former North Idaho College head wrestling coach who was fired in January after more than 21 seasons has filed a claim for damages against the college.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pheasant release kicks off youth hunt

When Jim Hagedorn and volunteers released pheasants Saturday along the Palouse River west of Potlatch, their purpose was not to restock the area with wild birds in an effort to repopulate the Palouse farm country.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lost medals to be returned to area veteran

Charles Riffel says it’s not a big deal.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Invasive mussels meet their match across Idaho

One of the most interesting boats Don Capparelli inspected this summer was a blunt nose watercraft with twin 2,000 hp diesel engines used to ram drug runners off the Pacific Coast.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

SL man wins easement over Inland Paper land

A Spirit Lake property owner was awarded an easement on timber land after suing a pulp company over the use of an access road.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Chronic wasting disease

Chronic wasting disease, the sickness that affects elk, deer and moose and has been reported in 24 states including parts of the states of Montana, Utah and Wyoming, may be knocking on Idaho’s door but no reports have been logged in the Gem state.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Officers involved in deadly shooting named

Police released the names of four of the five officers involved in a Sept. 4 shooting that left a 29-year-old Coeur d’Alene man dead.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Gun owners: Shoot local, shop local

Holly Fredericks is a local gun owner who, along with her husband, Jack, shoots regularly.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

8 Cd'A officers back on duty

The eight Coeur d’Alene Police officers involved in a Fourth of July shooting at City Park — which left 18-year-old Tyler Rambo hospitalized — have returned to work after being administratively cleared, though investigations into the incident and the officers’ actions are ongoing.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Fence-jumper arrested inside jail yard while walking home

Justin Clifton just wanted to get home without causing a stir.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Giant forest health project to affect large area in region

A 50,000-acre forest-health project that will include logging and prescribed burns on infected and diseased tree stands in the Panhandle National Forest from Lake Pend Oreille to Hayden Lake will be discussed during three upcoming meetings.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Prescribed fires to aid elk habitat

Prescribed burns on 23,000 acres in the Clearwater are slated this month in an effort to promote elk habitat in high elevation forests.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Fish the cool edge of day or try hiking into a mountain lake

Rivers
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Guns - not gunshots - expected at N. Idaho Fair

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho is not a soft target.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blazes fire up at area logging sites

It wasn’t long after a fire near Calder was contained Saturday when another nearby blaze caused crews and air tankers to be dispatched to the St. Joe Forest more than 50 miles southeast of Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Bear spray, archery ranges, wolf management being funding by IDFG grants

More than $100,000 was awarded to a dozen Idaho outdoor groups through a Fish and Game grant program that will help pay for wolf management, stream rehabilitation, youth archery equipment and free bear spray.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

LPO walleye anglers target monitored fish

Finding fish has never been so easy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Bear study to determine best way to monitor, age Panhandle populations

A North Idaho bear study will help biologists find new ways to monitor Panhandle black bear populations, and better pinpoint bear density.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Police name officers involved in park shooting

Coeur d’Alene Police released the names Thursday of eight officers involved in a Fourth of July shooting at City Park that left an 18-year-old Spokane man hospitalized.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

'Kid Cannabis' trial scheduled for January

The trial for the man accused of killing Michael C. “Topher” Clark was moved to next year after attorneys for the defendant said they could not be ready for an earlier court date.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Second man held in park shooting

COEUR d’ALENE — A man police said might have accompanied Tyler Rambo to the Fourth of July fireworks show before Rambo was shot by officers at City Park is in the Kootenai County Jail on $10,000 bail.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

WAFWA works to boost butterfly population

A drastic drop in the number of western Monarch butterflies, likely due to a virus, has resulted in combined efforts by fish and game departments in the West to look for solutions to support the species that winters in California.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

July brings unexpected fireworks for area's anglers

July brings firecrackers and bottle rockets to the forefront of things verboten, but relished for their bang.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Clay pigeons in season all year at Coeur d'Alene Skeet & Trap

Hot sun.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Steelhead study to determine survival

Tagged steelhead will be finning their way into Idaho and anglers are being asked to report any tagged fish they catch.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Priest Lake cold water bypass revisited

The Priest Lake cold-water bypass project may gain new ground as Idaho Fish and Game next week unveils a few potential ways to lower the temperature of Priest River.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Teen sentenced in robbery

COEUR d’ALENE — Levi Grassi didn’t enter the house with his pals last December to mug anyone.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Drugs, weapons and fireworks don't mix

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors said a 34-year-old convicted felon who threatened his Coeur d’Alene neighbor with a gun after accusing him of sleeping with his fiancee deserves to go to prison. The judge agreed.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Idaho anglers get ready for Free Fishing Day

Many Idaho anglers had their initial introduction to fishing during the second Saturday of June when the fish and game department opens Idaho waters to anglers from all over the place, allowing them to fish in Idaho without a license.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

North Idaho cruising

With more than 3,000 private shoreline parcels on Lake Coeur d’Alene and more than 1,100 on Hayden Lake, it’s sometimes difficult to find a place to dip a toe in the sky-blue waters of either North Idaho pool.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Idaho AG gives opt-out a thumbs down

COEUR d’ALENE — Commissioners’ March decision to overturn an ordinance allowing contractors to opt out of Kootenai County’s building rules has found some high-level support: the Idaho Attorney General’s Office.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pedophile hunter arrested on drug charges

POST FALLS — A man who operates a nationally broadcast enterprise that targets pedophiles was arrrested Thursday in Post Falls on drug charges.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Of live wells, bucket biologists & Johnny Appleseed fish

They are called Johnny Appleseed fish by the people whose job it is to prevent them from taking root.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Region's bass fishing set to heat up

There’s a sweet spot in North Idaho waters and it has to do with temperature.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Before the rains, comes some heat

COEUR d’ALENE — It doesn’t take much.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

High court wants more records for Finlay appeal

COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Supreme Court wants additional court records to assist in the appeal of Tyler Finlay’s manslaughter conviction.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Morris says fees due are excessive

COEUR d'ALENE — Jeremy Morris appealed his case to the Ninth Circuit and filed an objection to the amount he must pay defendants to cover their attorney fees.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg daughters must pay back money

The key on Traci Tesch’s necklace serves as a reminder.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Hadley tells her story in RMEF hunting video

Former North Idaho Fish and Game commissioner Nancy Hadley has been an avid hunter since the days when her dad used to take her hunting around Sandpoint.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Hunting dogs make emotions run the gamut

It wasn’t my intention to talk about dogs again, but when Nancy came home after walking The Beast, the topic of our German shorthair’s lack of social graces stuck in my mind like a face plant.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Tubbs Hill bones at least 200 years old

COEUR d’ALENE — The human remains found last month by a hiker at Tubbs Hill will not be used by authorities to solve any local cold cases.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spring is a good time for Panhandle bird watching

The wood ducks came in a few at a time, splashed down and then, peeping in their wood duck language, began feeding in the shallows of Thompson Lake near Harrison.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Chinook on the hook in North Idaho's lakes

Spirit Lake anglers have another fish to chase, and the latest introduction to the lake should serve to reduce kokanee populations, which usually results in increasing the size of the small silver salmon.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Jurors acquit shooter, find he acted in self-defense

COEUR d’ALENE — A 27-year-old Athol man who claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot another man multiple times at a Coeur d’Alene apartment complex was aquitted Wednesday by a jury.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spawning fish in North Idaho lakes

The spring weather is one of the things early-season bank anglers must prepare for.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Angler grabs a grand in chinook derby

A Kellogg man earned more than a grand for catching the biggest landlocked chinook salmon in last week’s Coeur d’Alene Lake derby sponsored by Fins and Feather Tackle Shop and Guide Service in Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Watch out for grizzlies during black bear season

A couple years ago, a female grizzly originally from the Flathead area of Montana denned on the Gold Divide summit between Montana and the St. Joe River.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Delay announced in PF embezzlement trial

COEUR d’ALENE — A jury trial for the director of a Post Falls nonprofit who’s accused of embezzling thousands of dollars was bumped off the April calendar and likely won’t be reset until June.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Naples man sentenced for burglary, battery

COEUR d’ALENE — An 18-year-old Naples man who zip-tied the hands of a Coeur d’Alene couple and beat them is going to prison.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

House panel backs initiative bill

Some of North Idaho’s staunchest conservatives are taking a stand against a Republican-sponsored bill that would make it more difficult to pass citizen initiatives like the recently passed Medicaid Expansion.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Death penalties stand for Duncan

COEUR d’ALENE —A federal judge has denied 11 of 12 post conviction claims filed by Joseph Edward Duncan III, who was sentenced to three death penalties for terrorizing a Coeur d’Alene family and killing four of them more than a decade ago.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Access bill shot down by lawmakers

A lobbyist for one of Idaho’s largest landowners pushed a bill through the Legislature last year that mandates a fine for trespassers and puts the onus of knowing private property boundaries on hunters and anglers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

18-year-old 'badass' now heads for prison

COEUR d’ALENE — An 18-year-old Naples man who zip-tied the hands of a Coeur d’Alene couple and beat them is going to prison.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Driver charged in fatal accident

COEUR d’ALENE — A 35-year-old father of two with several prior DUI convictions is in the Kootenai County jail facing manslaughter charges.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Alcohol, thin ice, big car don't mix

A 37-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was allegedly drunk when he crashed his SUV through ice-covered Hayden Lake Sunday evening at Honeysuckle Beach.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Elk hanging in despite snowy February

COEUR d’ALENE — Despite a deluge of snow in North Idaho’s mountains and river valleys, elk calf mortality has been low, according to Idaho Fish and Game.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Idaho child marriage bill fails

The Idaho House has quashed a bill that would have prohibited children under 16 from getting married.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Stand your ground case now called murder

Charges have been upgraded to second-degree murder for a Post Falls man who claimed to be standing his ground when he shot and killed another man last autumn in his driveway.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Bond set for suspected shooter in deadly fight

COEUR d’ALENE — A judge set bond at $1 million for a 33-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who is charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting early Sunday of Michael C. “Topher” Clark in the parking lot of the Tipsy Pine Bar in Hayden.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Promoting warm-water fisheries

Chad Landrum has been kicking the idea around for years to form a group of warm-water anglers to carry its solidarity for North Idaho walleye, pike and bass angling to the state’s fishery managers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Video voyeur is sentenced

COEUR d’ALENE — A former North Idaho College instructor and gay rights activist was sentenced Friday to 90 days in the local jail after pleading guilty to one felony count of video voyeurism.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Fish and Game hosts open houses

Wolves on the landscape are also on the mind of Justin Webb.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

IFG collecting input for new upland plan

It’s apropos that Panhandle game managers were not part of the upland game planning team to draft the state’s upland hunting plan for the next five years.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg pleads to fraud, theft

COEUR d’ALENE — The former director of the North Idaho Housing Coalition pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to three counts of wire fraud and one count of federal program theft for embezzling more than a half million dollars from the coalition where she worked.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

IDFG mulls fewer moose, goat hunts

Declining hunter success rates and longer hunts are among reasons that Idaho Fish and Game is considering cutting back on the Panhandle moose harvest.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

N. Idaho man challenging area's legal system

Early last year, a Coeur d’Alene defense attorney sought help from a high-profile law firm in Wyoming, spelling out a series of grievances aimed at the local judiciary.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tiger trout record expected at Deer Creek Reservoir

Tiger trout are the sterile offspring of brook and brown trout that can appear in the wild, although not with consistency.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Helicopter elk surveys get underway in region

Along with the helicopter pilots that will whisk them into North Idaho’s backcountry, Fish and Game biologists are on standby as the department’s annual elk survey is set to begin.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Kootenai River open for burbot fishing as numbers rebound

Daryl Hageman of Hope spent a day this week taking advantage of the Kootenai River’s latest fishery.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Theme park theft tops $1 million

COEUR d’ALENE — Two Post Falls residents were arrested Thursday evening and charged with five counts each of grand theft for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million from Athol’s Silverwood Theme Park.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

New director has 35 years with IDFG

A former fisheries bureau chief for Idaho Fish and Game, and former deputy director, will take over as department head beginning next month.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Deliberations continue after Sovenski takes witness stand

COEUR d’ALENE — Richard Sovenski told the court Wednesday he is not a racist, although the language he used during an altercation last summer was racist, and wrong. The Hayden 52-year-old took the stand as a witness on the second day of his own malicious harassment trial.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Of guns, gunmakers and granddaughters

The rifle Tera Wolfe packed to the edge of a field five years ago during her first whitetail deer hunt had a light-colored, hardwood stock with a classic comb. Its barrel was machined in the house where Wolfe’s mom went each Saturday to style her grandmother’s hair.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Idaho steelhead fishing continues, with exception of two area closures

A last-minute deal forged between environmentalists, a steelhead angling advocacy group and Idaho Fish and Game commissioners will allow fishers to continue to chase steelhead in much of Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Public needed to help nab poachers

An elk shot and its meat wasted on private land near Prichard is among several poaching cases being investigated by Idaho Fish and Game.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Increasing elk totals is predator management goal

About 285 wolves are harvested annually in Idaho as part of the state’s predator management program — and although the number has increased from zero a decade ago, before wolf management was turned over to the state, it is far below the number of black bear and cougar taken by …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Angler's Lake CDA pike latest catch-and-release record

A Spokane Valley man holds the latest Idaho catch and release record for northern pike.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Conductors sue BNSF, allege responsibilty for illnesses

COEUR d’ALENE — Two train conductors stationed at Hauser when they were employed by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad are suing the train company in Coeur d’Alene First District Court for illnesses they allege resulted from working on the railroad.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Invasive Pend Oreille River pike originated in Cd'A chain lakes

A population of northern pike that is making its way down the Pend Oreille River to Lake Roosevelt has ties to a couple small lakes in Idaho, research shows.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Move over for emergency vehicles

COEUR d’ALENE — From eight years working with a towing company, Terry Vulles remembers a driver whose tow truck got clipped by a tractor-trailer while loading a disabled car on the interstate.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Suspect arrested after standoff at hotel

COEUR d’ALENE — A 32-year-old man was arrested on a federal warrant Thursday morning when a police SWAT unit breached the door of his room on the third floor of the Coeur d’Alene Ramada Inn and sent in a K-9 trained to bite.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

The race is over for Idaho's Proposition 1

COEUR d’ALENE — An Idaho ballot initiative to legalize gambling on historic horse races was defeated by a 7-point margin Tuesday, with opponents garnering 53.8 percent of voters to 46.2 percent in favor.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Jury: Magner must pay $500K to victims' families

A Spokane advertising executive acquitted on three counts of involuntary manslaughter for a boating crash two years ago that killed three people must pay $500,000 to the families of the victims.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

State's hunters like Idaho whitetail management

North Idaho hunters don’t want whitetail deer to be managed for trophy bucks, they are satisfied with existing hunting opportunities and want to be able to hunt whitetails throughout November including during the rut, according to a survey conducted by Idaho Fish and Game.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg in Bonner County jail

Laurcene “Lori” Isenberg has been moved to the Bonner County Jail, where she remains under federal detention with no option to bond out of jail.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg moved from Kootenai County; says she's not guilty

Laurcene “Lori” Isenberg pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene federal court to four counts of stealing more than a half million dollars from a North Idaho nonprofit.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Man gets jail for fatal dog beating

A 24-year-old Spokane man convicted in an Idaho animal cruelty case was sentenced to local jail after a two-hour hearing Thursday in Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Stations see fewer hunters, average harvest

Fewer hunters in the Coeur d’Alenes so far this elk season makes the Idaho Department of Fish and Game wonder.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Harvest a few birds today, get a few tomorrow

Jim Hagedorn remembers those days.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Head north for Lake Pend Oreille walleye

Lake Pend Oreille walleye live mostly in the rivers and the northern portions of the lake although they regularly move, sometimes great distances, according to recent research by Idaho Fish And Game.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Judge upholds manslaughter sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — Tyler Finlay’s 15-year prison sentence will remain in place, and the Lakeland High graduate convicted of manslaughter will stay in prison for at least another three years before a parole board decides if he should be released, a judge ordered Friday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Garwood grizzly gets new home near Bonners Ferry

A grizzly bear captured by Idaho Fish and Game in August near Garwood where it was raiding chicken coops at residential properties is being monitored at its new digs near Bonners Ferry.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Kokanee catch heating up on area lakes

Robbie Curtis was live Wednesday morning in his 16-foot aluminum fish machine scooping kokanee from Lake Coeur d’Alene and posting his catch on Facebook.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

IFG disappointed by decision to cull grizzly hunt

A Montana federal district court judge cut short a plan by biologists across a three-state region to allow a grizzly bear hunt as part of a management program.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Don't need permission to hunt Idaho's big, wide open public lands

The grouse flew straight up through a funnel of pine toward a patch of blue sky like feathered corkscrews, and we raised our guns, Honer and me, knocking the birds back down to the ground.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pact keeps endowment lands open to sportsmen

COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Department of Fish & Game is spending a quarter per acre to ensure we have more places to hunt.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

A big, opening morning bull is the reward for North Idaho hunter

It was a lot of work, Matt Oliver of Post Falls said.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A growth generating gridlock

COEUR d’ALENE — On most afternoons midweek, cars dribble from intersections and parking lots along Northwest Boulevard in Coeur d’Alene like water from a leaking spout.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Got something to say about the proposed fishing rules?

Allowing anglers to keep as many mackinaw in Upper Priest Lake as they want, setting a border between the Clark Fork River and Lake Pend Oreille, and increasing burbot harvest in the Kootenai River and Bonner Lake, are among next year’s proposed fishing rules.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Judge to Groene: Get out of home

COEUR d’ALENE — Steve Groene must leave a house in Coeur d’Alene where he has lived for 13 years and which he claimed was his, despite never having purchased the property or having a title to it.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Brushing up on trespass laws

Anyone venturing to the out of doors this season should be aware of what’s changed before heading into the field, as Idaho’s latest trespass law is officially on the books.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Reward offered after pet dog shot, killed

COEUR d’ALENE — It has been almost a week, and Sheila Suchodolski still tears up when she thinks about how her dog, Sophie, died.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Region's wild animals make heavy use of traffic crossings

Motorists on U.S. 95 north of Bonners Ferry may not have a tiger in their tank, but they could have a bear under their wheels.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Hunters should see more deer this year

Idaho mule deer hunters can expect a better than average season, while whitetail and elk populations are about what they were last year, according to Idaho Fish and Game.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Fewer spike, raghorn bulls forecast

Elk are where you find them, and in the early season in North Idaho that means think big.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Closing argument date set in Groene home lawsuit

In the next two weeks, Steve Groene and attorneys for the Shasta Groene Charitable Trust will submit written arguments in order to determine if Groene will be evicted from a house volunteers built for his daughter.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Slur-slinging trial witness list forming

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors are gathering information for an upcoming trial against a 52-year-old Hayden man accused of yelling racial slurs at members of a Spokane youth group in front of a Coeur d’Alene McDonald’s last month.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Ralph's Bayview cafe is back in the fold

BAYVIEW — For the past decade or more, Bayview, Idaho, has been known for its fishing, its lakefront community, and its U.S. Navy base.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg is back in jail

COEUR d’ALENE — After more than four months on the lam, Lori Isenberg turned herself in to authorities late Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene and appeared Thursday in First District Court, where her bond was upped to $500,000. She remained jailed Thursday evening.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A looks at drones as fire 'eyes'

COEUR d’ALENE — The City Council will consider allowing drones to be used by the fire department to reconnoiter and more quickly assess emergency scenes.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Best baits to hook up with bass, pike

In the late morning on East Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene, sunshine blankets the inside of pickup trucks parked alongside Fins and Feathers Tackle Shop and Guide Service.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A police cleared in shooting

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene Police officers who shot and killed a fugitive last winter near Ironwood Drive were cleared through an independent investigation, according to the prosecutor in charge of the case.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fire season now open in region

More than 65 wildfires have been logged in North Idaho, and fire officials believe that is only the beginning of a fire season they expect will last through September.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Sheriff and prosecutor: No conflict from Lori friendship

COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger says his department’s investigation of Lori Isenberg is not clouded by his past relationship with the former housing coalition director who is being investigated for murder.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Trophy walleye not making a splash in lake

In his 60-plus years fishing Lake Pend Oreille, Kevin Sawyer of Sandpoint has seen the introduction of mysis shrimp into his home waters.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg's daughter faces child injury charges

COEUR d’ALENE — The daughter of Lori Isenberg was arrested on a warrant Thursday and charged with injury to a child, a misdemeanor.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

State police grabs beer, wine

State police shut down a Coeur d’Alene business and confiscated beer and wine for allegedly moving products across state lines illegally.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Paperwork nearly delays Booth murder sentence

COEUR d'ALENE — Justin Roy Booth’s sentencing for murder will not be delayed despite a paperwork muddle that had prosecutors seeking a judge’s assurance Monday to keep the hearing on schedule.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Report: OD of Benadryl killed Isenberg

Larry Isenberg didn’t drown to death.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Casual cast nets 25-pound pike

You can find Don Dorame on many weekends in summer fishing the edges of Hayden Lake from a 14-foot Klamath aluminum boat with a 15 horsepower Johnson that leaves V-wakes on the black water as he quietly noses into bays and nudges along points.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Biologists seek angler help to collect SL chinook

Anglers who catch a chinook salmon in Spirit Lake are asked to provide a fin clip for biologists to use as part of a statewide chinook salmon study.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Inmates may testify in trial

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors are gearing up for a murder trial by transporting witnesses from state penitentiaries and housing them in the Kootenai County Jail.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Successful re-establishment of bighorn sheep

Once plentiful when settlers arrived in what would become southwest Idaho, a rapid decline of bighorn sheep in the 1800s resulted in a near-extinct population in the first quarter of the 20th century.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Bail bond agents in pursuit of Isenberg

COEUR d’ALENE — When she agreed to be released from jail, where she was being held for felony grand theft, Laurcene “Lori” Isenberg signed over her rights to Quick Release Bail Bonds.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Rainbows hit hard in put-and-take pond along Coeur d'Alene River

Early Wednesday an osprey clucked from a cottonwood and the tree’s fluffy seeds drifted over Steamboat Pond like goose down.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Instructor charged with video voyeurism

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene college instructor and gay rights activist is facing two felony counts of video voyeurism.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Top rainbow pushes 16 pounds at Lake Pend Oreille derby

Aimee McCorkle was still in bed in the fo’c’sle of her and husband Rick’s fishing boat near Whiskey Rock last weekend when she heard the reel start to buzz.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Survey: Region's caribou herd down to 7

The minute populations of Idaho’s mountain caribou took another blow as pregnancy test results of three cows that biologists hoped would reproduce came back negative.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Small boats, big bass

On a warm day this spring, Ridley Foil was pulled across the water by a fish.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Booth pleads guilty in Kirk murder case

COEUR d’ALENE — An 11th-hour guilty plea vacated the jury trial scheduled to start today for the second accused killer of William “Bo” Kirk.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

A springtime wake-up call: It's black bear season

There was that one bear that denned 40 feet up a hollow cedar tree.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A angler vying for spot on state bass fishing team

COEUR d’ALENE — Antony Mello is doing his homework.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Moose controlled hunt tags include cow tags for Panhandle region

Hunters looking for Panhandle moose population data as they consider applying for controlled hunts this month won’t get a solid answer.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Man faces second-degree murder charge

COEUR d’ALENE — When Michaela Morton was found dead in 2016, lying on the concrete basement floor of her family’s Cougar Gulch home shortly before her 19th birthday, authorities initially wrote off the death as an overdose.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spring youth gobbler hunt dates are set

Andrew Owens’ children got hooked on deer hunting first.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spring brings trout stocking to area

Tanks full of rainbow trout, the ubiquitous western fish species and a go-to stocking fish for game departments, will soon make the trip to local ponds and lakes in North Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Body confirmed to be Larry Isenberg

COEUR d’ALENE — The body of a man found March 1 in Lake Coeur d’Alene is confirmed to be Larry Isenberg, who had been missing since a February outing on the lake.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge won't delay CdA murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — An April trial for the second accused killer of William “Bo” Kirk will not be postponed, despite arguments by defense counsel that a trial as early as next month could compromise the defendant’s case.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Men in car during Cd'A shooting released from jail

COEUR d’ALENE — Two men who were passengers in a car when the driver was shot and killed by police last week were released from jail Friday on their own recognizance.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Coeur d'Alene bank robbery suspect sought

Three Coeur d’Alene schools were locked down Monday morning as police searched for a man who allegedly robbed the Spokane Teachers Credit Union at the Crossroads Center on the 2700 block of N. Ramsey Road.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Grizzly, tundra swan hunts on IFG commission agenda

A tundra swan hunting season, second deer tags and a discussion on whether Idaho should adopt a grizzly bear hunt are among agenda items at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission meeting this month in Boise.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Autopsy may take 6-8 weeks

The identification and autopsy of a human body found floating in Lake Coeur d’Alene last Thursday could take six weeks, according to the Kootenai County Coroner’s Office.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Traffic plan riles up Coeur d'Alene residents

A plan by the state to remove a traffic light on U.S. 95 in Coeur d’Alene isn’t getting the high-five reception expected from some users of the heavily traveled corridor.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Kootenai County judge sets Isenberg's bail at $75,000

COEUR d’ALENE — Fearing Laurcene B. “Lori” Isenberg would destroy evidence if released from jail, prosecutors on Tuesday asked the court for a high bond for the 64-year-old Kootenai County woman, a former director of a local housing nonprofit who is accused of embezzlement.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The art and sport of archery

To be an archer takes a certain mindset.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hunter who killed moose out of season convicted

COEUR d’ALENE — A Mica Bay man accused of killing a moose out of season was convicted by a jury after a two-day trial earlier this month in Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Timber sale proposed in St. Joe National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service is accepting public comments for timber sales set on an 11,000-acre watershed south of Avery in the St. Joe National Forest.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

IDFG seeks input on fishery goals for region

Ling cod, or burbot, once a Kootenai River fishery staple, could return to the list of fish targeted by anglers if the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission opts to adopt a burbot fishery as part of an upcoming fishery management plan.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Access Yes! Could benefit from bill

If it becomes law, a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would help Idaho hunters, anglers and landowners with a funding source to open private property to sportsmen and women.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The pike bite ain't flaggin' at Hayden Lake's north end

Pete Barnes is among a community of anglers who regularly drag their gear onto the ice on the north end of Hayden Lake near the sportsmen’s access.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Washed away

To read Timothy James “T.J.” Grieser’s obituary, the words carefully carved like s-curves tracked in a snowy backcountry, is to be wrapped however briefly in a young life.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Remembering wolves amid efforts to kill them

I remember two wolves in particular.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Religious discrimination lawsuit wilting

COEUR d’ALENE — An attorney for a Hayden homeowners group is asking for a portion of a much publicized lawsuit against West Hayden Estates subdivision to be dismissed for lack of evidence.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

It's back to prison for chase suspect

COEUR d’ALENE — For almost 20 years, Steven Patrick Droogs’ address has been a prison cell.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Crash suspect charged with manslaughter

COEUR d’ALENE — The North Idaho man accused of driving drunk and crashing into a car resulting in the death of the teenage son of a Kootenai County sheriff’s sergeant was charged Tuesday with felony manslaughter and his bond was set at $200,000.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Anglers waiting for cold weather, ice fishing season

During most winters in North Idaho, good ice is hard to find.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Last day shooters score whitetail bucks

Even the meanest of meals taste good when they are served at camp.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Daily gobbler bag limit may increase

Turkey stories usually fall along the same lines.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Renfro experts' bill tallies more than $579K

COEUR d’ALENE — More than a half million dollars was spent by prosecutors and public defenders to pay for expert witnesses in Jonathan D. Renfro’s murder trial.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Rathdrum man pleads guilty for role in fatal bar altercation

COEUR d’ALENE — The Rathdrum man involved in a fatal altercation outside a downtown Coeur d’Alene bar last spring pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Tuesday in a hastily gathered hearing in First District Court.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Gun club champions youth shooters

Jimmie Dorsey doesn’t shoot competitively much anymore.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Get a jump on muzzleloader season

Sabots and 209 primers are a couple terms that prick the ears of Idaho muzzleloader hunters.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From projects to paradise

POST FALLS — Alex Barron doesn’t like talking to the media and he’ll tell you why.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Seltice work buttoning up in Coeur d'Alene

COEUR d'ALENE — Upgrades on Seltice Way will be largely completed before work ends for the winter, according to Coeur d’Alene’s engineering department.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A cops want to go after the bad guys

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene police want to be allowed to chase criminals who are holed up in other jurisdictions.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Size doesn't matter when it comes to annual fish camp

When the wind that blasts from Bayview north across Lake Pend Oreille mixes with the throb blowing west from the Clark Fork River, and the swirl rushing southeast from the Purcell Trench, the water becomes a washing machine.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Jury: Officer's killer should die

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene jury on Saturday decided Jonathan D. Renfro deserves the death penalty for killing Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Renfro's fate goes to jury

COEUR d’ALENE — After a day fraught with emotional testimony and before the jury retired to decide if he should be sentenced to death for murdering Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore, Jonathan Renfro addressed the court.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Witness: Renfro has behavioral disorder

COEUR d’ALENE — Jonathan D. Renfro suffers from a behavioral disorder that makes him aggressive, reckless and unconcerned for the safety of others, and which is unrelated to previous head trauma, upbringing or substance abuse, a psychiatrist told jurors Thursday in First District Court.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Renfro judge nixes extension of murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — The presiding judge in the Jonathan D. Renfro murder trial will not permit proceedings to drag into next week despite a number of rebuttal witnesses, including some from out of state, who are still waiting to testify.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Renfro's behavior debated

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors in the murder trial of Jonathan D. Renfro accused defense attorneys Monday of sidestepping discovery rules by attempting to submit evidence at the 11th hour.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Half million Idaho acres open to hunters, anglers

Hunters prefer private land. In many cases it’s where they can get away from others, their ATVs, camp trailers and the fray associated with regular open seasons.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Inmates stand up for Renfro

Two Idaho prison inmates and a neurologist testified for the defense Friday in the mitigation phase of Jonathan D. Renfro’s murder trial.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors, witness clash over evidence

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors and an expert defense witness who took the stand for six hours Thursday clashed over scientific evidence that the state called questionable, but the defense used to show Jonathan D. Renfro suffers from brain abnormalities.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Renfro recalled as quiet youth

COEUR d’ALENE — An attention seeker who was closer to staff members than his peers and who would rather be incarcerated than be released and return home.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Defense team focuses on Renfro's life

COEUR d’ALENE — An expert defense witness on Tuesday outlined the web of lifelong influences that worked in concert to develop the man who stuck a loaded pistol into the face of a Coeur d’Alene policeman two years ago, pulled the trigger and killed him.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Tight lines: Fish and Game opens steelhead harvest

Evelyn Kaide’s gardenia is doing well, thank you.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Weather watching for hunters, a cautionary tale

COEUR d’ALENE — In the fall of 1996, snow began filling the North Idaho woods during the rifle elk season in October, and it didn’t stop for three months until January.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

One step closer to death penalty

COEUR d’ALENE — Jurors agreed Tuesday that aggravating factors surrounding Jonathan D. Renfro’s actions before and after he murdered Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore call for a stiffer penalty.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Jury finds Renfro guilty

COEUR d’ALENE — After deliberating for little more than four hours, a jury found Jonathan D. Renfro guilty of murder Friday in Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Jurors to get Renfro case

COEUR d’ALENE — Jurors could begin deliberations today to decide if Jonathan D. Renfro is guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Defense: Moore shooting was tragic accident

COEUR d’ALENE — In a fraction of a second before he died, Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore pushed against Jonathan D. Renfro’s shooting arm, sending a bullet fired from Renfro’s stolen pistol into Moore’s face and killing him, defense witnesses testified Tuesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Trial's testimony and videos detail Renfro's activities

In her brief opening statements in the murder trial of Jonathan D. Renfro, deputy public defender Linda Payne wanted the jury to know the defendant did not act with forethought when he shot and killed Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore two years ago.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Bayview derby kicks off fall fishing season

The fish came out of the cold water of Lake Pend Oreille slick and spent, and they both got pulled into the same boat.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Renfro trial focuses on officer's gun

COEUR d’ALENE — The firearm that shot and killed Sgt. Greg Moore could not have accidentally discharged in Jonathan D. Renfro’s pocket.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Mapping out the forests of North Idaho

Allen Scott is a map guy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Jurors selected in Kootenai County murder case

After more than a week of filtering candidates, the final juror was chosen Wednesday to preside over the murder trial of Jonathan Renfro.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Attorney seeks to withdraw from murder case

COEUR d’ALENE — Justin R. Booth, the man accused of killing William “Bo” Kirk last year, has had a hard time finding attorneys to represent him.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

More information released on quarry bones

COEUR d’ALENE — Human remains found in a Coeur d’Alene rock quarry earlier this month are from a man who was more than 30 years old and who had poor dental hygiene, Coeur d’Alene Police said Friday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Jurors come, go as Renfro trial gets underway

COEUR d’ALENE — More than 20 potential jurors have been selected to participate in voir dire, the second phase of the process to seat a jury in the Jonathan Renfro murder trial scheduled to begin this month in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No boom or bust in Lake CdA's chinook

COEUR d’ALENE — You won’t find Roger Blackstone’s boat on Lake Coeur d’Alene pushing through the mist with his brace of Weimaraners sleeping on deck as fishing poles bend to the pull of his favorite waters.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Renfro hearing taking place today

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors in the county’s most high profile murder case will try to persuade a First District Court judge today to allow their experts to conduct psychological tests on Jonathan D. Renfro without his counsel present.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blazes keep area fire crews busy

Area fire crews were spread thin Tuesday afternoon as they battled two blazes that started at the same time on opposite sides of Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Panhandle goat numbers steady as lucky hunters look toward season

Derek Darst grew up with stories of mountain goats clattering over rocky ledges in the St. Joe and Clearwater national forests.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Make way for new HQ

COEUR d’ALENE — In a 10-acre woodland near two of the city’s busiest streets, Barney Higbee knocked down trees this week and kicked up dust.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Gun club to remain on federal land

Darrin Fesler held his breath.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Bear, cubs on Canfield Mountain prompts warning

COEUR d’ALENE — A black bear encounter on Canfield Mountain this week has prompted the Forest Service to warn people to beware of bears at the popular recreation site.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Jury vetting process determined

COEUR d’ALENE — As part of a vetting process, 1,000 Kootenai County residents tapped for the jury pool in the trial of Jonathan D. Renfro must complete a 40-page survey before being selected to appear for a court review.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Blood-draw program to target habitual offenders

COEUR d’ALENE — Who will draw the blood and where it is drawn, is the only difference.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Social media and shotguns prove bad combination

A Hayden teen was placed on probation Monday after a Facebook fracas ended in gunplay and an aggravated assault conviction.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

BB gun at heart of road rage case

COEUR d’ALENE — A Rathdrum man charged with aggravated assault for allegedly pointing an air pistol at a motorist is out of jail on a $25,000 bond.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Area's elk mortality rate spiked in 2017

Poor flying conditions and a lack of available pilots kept the Panhandle’s Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists grounded late last winter when field scientists are usually in the air counting elk.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Kokanee populations continue to flourish

Gary Gill was out this week pulling kokanee into his boat with his grandkids.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Coeur d'Alene altercation turns tragic

COEUR d’ALENE — A 21-year-old Rathdrum man and former high school football standout is charged with manslaughter after allegedly punching another man who later died from complications resulting from the blow.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Second lawsuit is filed in boat crash

COEUR d’ALENE — The driver of a boat involved in a fatal crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene last year is facing a second lawsuit by one of the three victims’ parents.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Mining claims may pay off - in a way

The federal government may have to return nearly half a million dollars to mine claim holders in Idaho if a federal class action suit is successful.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Driver of boat in fatality sued

The mother of a Gonzaga student who died in a boating crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene has filed a lawsuit in First District Court against the operator of one of the vessels involved in the July 30 collision.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Air Force veteran tries hands at seaplanes

In his 88 years, John Vasilchin piloted more than 35 planes, from jets to freighters.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Region's troopers target road safety

COEUR d’ALENE — The number of crashes has increased and so have the deaths.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hermit files scratch 'n' sniff lawsuit

COEUR d’ALENE — A scratching noise in the night and its aftermath have caused a kerfuffle between a Catholic hermit and Bonners Ferry police resulting in a lawsuit in federal court.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Booth also charged in Bo Kirk killing

COEUR d’ALENE — Justin R. Booth, the co-defendant in the murder case of Coeur d’Alene resident William “Bo” Kirk, was charged Friday in Coeur d’Alene magistrate court with four felonies including first-degree murder and kidnapping.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Businesses OK with Coeur d'Alene parking structure

COEUR d’ALENE — Just like the cars Pam and Pat Tackett supplied with parts, the couple’s business has been rolling along on all four cylinders for decades.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Remington hears Odom plead 'not guilty'

Wearing a sport jacket and open shirt, pastor Tim Remington left Kootenai County District Court Tuesday following a hearing in which the man accused of shooting him in a flurry of gunfire a year ago pleaded not guilty to aggravated battery.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hutto receives life sentence

The man who pleaded guilty to killing William “Bo” Kirk last fall in Kootenai County after a road rage incident, setting his truck on fire and stealing his debit cards, will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO