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
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