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Man agrees to three years after plea deal on child porn

A 62-year-old Coeur d’Alene man arrested a block east of Woodland Middle School in January on child pornography charges accepted a plea bargain that could send him to prison for three years.

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Report: Man with 105 pounds of pot in trunk and $2,500 in bag held on $75K bail

A 59-year-old New York man driving a Ford Taurus with South Dakota plates was charged with trafficking marijuana after being chased by police for several minutes Wednesday on I-90 east of Coeur d’Alene.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Spokane man charged for guns, theft, drugs

The black Cadillac headed east on Interstate 90 near the Harrison exit when it gained speed, changed lanes without using a turn signal, accelerated 5 mph above the 65 mph speed limit, and swerved back and forth between lanes, police said.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Hayden bar shooting suspect sentenced

Scott M. White was sentenced Friday in Coeur d’Alene to 25 years to life in prison for shooting to death of Michael C. “Topher” Clark in the parking lot of a Hayden tavern.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Suspect in deadly Hayden bar shooting sentenced

Scott M. White was sentenced Friday in Coeur d’Alene to 25 years to life in prison for shooting to death of Michael C. “Topher” Clark in the parking lot of a Hayden tavern.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

New judges could be assigned to Panhandle

North Idaho is in line to get several new judges.

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Police: Man sought in assault case

The 53-year-old man who likely died during a standoff with police this week in Post Falls was wanted for failing to appear at his sentencing hearing after being convicted for assaulting a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Suspect who shot police officer is likely dead Police expect PF sergeant to make full recovery

A Post Falls police sergeant is expected to make a full recovery after being shot by a gunman Tuesday in Post Falls, police said.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Suspect who shot officer likely dead

A Post Falls police sergeant is expected to make a full recovery after being shot by a gunman Tuesday in Post Falls, police said.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg: No plea at murder hearing

Her shackles jangling, Lori Isenberg walked in single file with other inmates into a downtown Coeur d’Alene courtroom Tuesday afternoon, wearing red, high-security jail pajamas and shower shoes.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg: No plea at murder hearing

Her shackles jangling, Lori Isenberg walked in single file with other inmates into a downtown Coeur d’Alene courtroom Tuesday afternoon, wearing red, high-security jail pajamas and shower shoes.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Man charged sexual abuse of a child

A 44-year-old Kootenai County man is in jail for allegedly groping a teenager and sending sexually explicit images to the boy’s cellphone.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Bail jumper lands back in local jail

A man who drove east on Interstate 90 two years ago with 37 pounds of marijuana in his trunk returned to jail Friday after his arrest on a warrant for jumping bail.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Police: Racial slur, gun part of road rage incident

A man accused of sticking the muzzle of a .45-caliber handgun into the belly of another man at noon in a Coeur d’Alene parking lot after being addressed with a racial slur is in jail facing aggravated assault charges.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Whisky sales scotched

A Calgary couple accused of illegally selling Scotch from a Coeur d’Alene storage unit is in the Kootenai County jail on $100,000 bail.

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Virus forum: Prepare, but don't panic

COEUR d’ALENE — Be prepared.

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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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Murder for hire nets porn star 10 years

A Post Falls porn star who pleaded guilty in Coeur d’Alene’s U.S. District Court to two charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg charged with murder

Laurcene “Lori” Isenberg was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of her husband, whose body was found two years ago floating in Lake Coeur d’Alene.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Isenberg charged with murder

Laurcene “Lori” Isenberg was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of her husband, whose body was found two years ago floating in Lake Coeur d’Alene.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Police say PF man sold heroin 3 times - to police

A Post Falls man who allegedly sold heroin to police officers while he was on probation is being held on $50,000 bail in the Kootenai County jail.

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Hayden tells Correction re-entry center unwanted

HAYDEN — The city of Hayden has voiced an objection to having a state prison re-entry facility in Hayden.

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Stand your ground trial postponed as parties seek to mediate

A second-degree murder trial scheduled to begin today in Coeur d’Alene was postponed after attorneys on Friday agreed to mediate the case.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

North Idaho black bear study in its second year

When Matt Nelson completes his black bear study next year he hopes to have collared 36 bears from south central Idaho to the Panhandle’s St. Joe River Valley in an effort to learn where the state’s version of ursus americanus likes to hang out, and whether game cameras can be …

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Man crashes after allegedly striking vehicles

A man in a pickup truck who struck vehicles at the Captain’s Wheel tavern in Bayview late Friday, fled, and ended up crashing through the fence of the Bayview water district, was released from jail Saturday after posting bail.

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California man charged with trafficking

A suspended California driver’s license and the strong smell of marijuana led to a drug trafficking arrest this week on Seltice Way in Coeur d’Alene.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Man involved in chase pleads guilty

A man being held on $2 million bail after leading deputies on an 8-mile chase from Coeur d’Alene to Post Falls pleaded guilty Thursday to two felonies.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Man gets charged twice in fake lottery scheme

A man charged in a fake lottery ticket scheme in Kootenai County was arrested on a warrant Wednesday, but 34-year-old John W. Day was already in the custody of Nez Perce County authorities.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Rape charge amended

A rape charge was amended against a 21-year-old McDonald’s worker who pleaded guilty to statutory rape and two other felonies Thursday in Coeur d’Alene.

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Woman charged with attempted kidnapping of her son

A Coeur d’Alene magistrate considered Eliza Salazar’s early morning visit at her son and former boyfriend’s house alarming enough to set bail at $50,000, and ordered her to stay away from the duo.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

North Idaho black bear study in its second year

When Matt Nelson completes his black bear study next year he hopes to have collared 36 bears from south central Idaho to the Panhandle’s St. Joe River Valley in an effort to learn where the state’s version of ursus americanus likes to hang out, and whether game cameras can be …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Bill would etsablish funding mechanism for public shooting ranges in Idaho

A bill to authorize Idaho Fish and Game to build and maintain shooting ranges in the Gem State was introduced into the House last week.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Boy Scouts bankruptcy filing will not affect local council

Karen Meier has a long history as a Scout volunteer.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Woman faces felony for alleged sex with 12-year-old

A 31-year-old Post Falls woman has been indicted on one count of lewd conduct with a minor under 16 years old.

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Boy arrested after scaring patrons in restaurant

COEUR d’ALENE — A 15-year-old wearing a bulletproof vest frightened visitors Friday evening at Tito’s in The Plaza Shops. The boy was taken into custody by Coeur d’Alene Police for disturbing the peace.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Boy Scout bankruptcy filing will not affect local council

Karen Meier has a long history as a Scout volunteer.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Defense: Evidence lacking in social media sex case

Attorneys for a 20-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who faces 25 years in prison for allegedly soliciting sex via social media from a 12-year-old say there is little evidence his client sent the messages.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Knudtsen supports prospect of a re-entry center

Proponents of a prison re-entry center that may be headed to Kootenai County say the center is a viable solution to the state’s overcrowded prison system, and that having a reentry center here can benefit the community.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Tests to determine fate of sex abusive coach

A former in-line skating coach from Hayden who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child will be sentenced next month.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Case proceeds for woman accused of withdrawing other people's money

A 55-year-old New York woman who police said tried to withdraw $5,000 from another person’s Wells Fargo bank account in Hayden last autumn was bound over to district court.

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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.

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Green's sentencing could be postponed

Sentencing for former North Idaho legislator John Green, who lost his seat last month in the Idaho House after being found guilty by a Texas jury of attempting to swindle the government, could be postponed.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Police nab suspected burglar; might be linked to wide spree

A 58-year-old who police say cased a Hayden laundromat before returning to bust open the cash box in a vending machine could face 20 years in prison.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Knudtsen supports prospect of a re-entry center

Proponents of a prison re-entry center that may be headed to Kootenai County say the center is a viable solution to the state’s overcrowded prison system, and that having a re-entry center here can benefit the community.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Police: Woman pointed BB pistol in road rage

Kady L. Dyer said the occupants of a westbound car made a hand motion that aggravated her.

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Heroin trafficker accepts plea deal

A 36-year-old Spokane man who pleaded guilty to trafficking heroin will spend three years in prison if a judge accepts the terms of a plea agreement.

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Judge dismisses heroin case; said police did not have cause

A Coeur d’Alene judge dismissed a heroin possession case because officers did not have probable cause when they detained a Pullman man who sat in a car parked outside the Rite Aid at Ironwood Mall.

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Blaze probe to resume in two weeks

A scheduling delay has postponed an investigation into last month’s downtown Coeur d’Alene fire.

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Stand your ground trial coming up

Attorneys are preparing for a second-degree murder trial in the case of William C. Carlson, who is accused of a fatal shooting in his Post Falls driveway two years ago.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Police: Man pointed rifle at strip club customers

A Newman Lake man who allegedly pointed a rifle at a man’s head in the parking lot of a Stateline strip club was released from jail and will have a second court hearing next week.

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Naples man dies on 95; PF juvenile hurt in crash

Slick roads and snow contributed to the death of a Naples man who was ejected in a Boundary County crash near Bonners Ferry on Tuesday, and an accident near Post Falls that injured a juvenile.

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UI researchers use genetic data from young wolves to determine number of breeding wolf pairs in Idaho

A new tool to determine how many breeding pairs of wolves live in Idaho doesn’t rely on collars, cameras or visual observation.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Rambo cases combined; attorney wants July trial

Two cases against Tyler Rambo, including a second-degree attempted murder case that was to be tried apart from an aggravated assault case, were combined Tuesday by a Coeur d’Alene judge.

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A CRUSHING LOSS

HAYDEN — The tree is not on Vicki Moffat’s house.

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Study: Cannabis use linked to fatal crashes in Washington

The number of fatal crashes in Washington involving drivers who tested positive for cannabis has more than doubled in the years since marijuana was legalized, according to a new study.

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Study: Pot use linked to fatal crashes in WA

The number of fatal crashes in Washington involving drivers who tested positive for cannabis has more than doubled in the years since marijuana was legalized, according to a new study.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Super-scary traffic deaths not seen on Super Bowl Sundays

Super Bowl Sunday may invoke images of tailgating and revelry that exceed the merriment of other annual sporting events, but local law enforcement aren’t kicking off special patrols to tackle errant — or intoxicated — drivers.

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Traffic fatalities on Super Bowl Sundays? Nope

Super Bowl Sunday may invoke images of tailgating and revelry that exceed the merriment of other annual sporting events, but local law enforcement aren’t kicking off special patrols to tackle errant — or intoxicated — drivers.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Arrest near Lancaster nets man with long record

A 44-year-old Post Falls man with an extensive criminal history who was wanted for a felony probation violation was arrested Thursday.

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No headline

Super Bowl Sunday may invoke images of tailgating and revelry that exceeds the merriment of other annual sporting events, but local law enforcement aren’t kicking off special patrols to tackle errant — or intoxicated — drivers.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A man arrested in child porn case

A 62-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Kootenai County jail on child pornography charges.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Downtown CDA fire probe on hold

COEUR d’ALENE —An investigation into the cause of a fire that burned five downtown businesses earlier this month and damaged another has temporarily stalled, as investigators have been assigned to other fire scenes.

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Ramsey realignment still planned, somewhere down road

HAYDEN — A decade-old plan to connect Ramsey Road near Lancaster Avenue in Hayden, allowing a continual flow of traffic between Coeur d’Alene and Spirit Lake, is closer to reality.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge says rape suspect's confession wasn't forced

A 21-year-old McDonald’s worker who is accused of raping two teenage girls will stay in jail after a Coeur d’Alene judge Monday denied a defense attorney’s claim that her client’s confession was coerced.

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Suspicious death goes to grand jury

COEUR d’ALENE — A grand jury will convene Wednesday to determine if there is enough evidence to charge Lori Isenberg in the death of her husband.

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Suspicious death goes to grand jury

COEUR d’ALENE — A grand jury will convene Wednesday to determine if there is enough evidence to charge Lori Isenberg in the death of her husband.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Citizens on Patrol: A cop's best buddy

COEUR d’ALENE — Terry Drube was never employed as a policeman.

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Pot trafficker Lin collects mandatory minimum sentence

A Missouri man was found guilty Thursday by a Coeur d’Alene jury of trafficking 23 pounds of marijuana stuffed into duffel bags lying in the bed of his pickup truck when he was stopped by police on Interstate 90 near Rose Lake.

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Hearing set for woman accused of whacking husband with skillet

Bill Mathes woke up in October to a skillet striking his head.

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Marijuana trafficking case goes to jury today

A two-day marijuana trial resumes today for a Missouri man arrested in October near Rose Lake with 23 pounds of pot in a duffel bag in his pickup truck.

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Matzinger sent to prison for attempting sex with child

Nathan H. Matzinger will serve at least 7 ½ years behind bars as part of a 15-year prison sentence for trying to have sex with a child.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Swan hunting on horizon in Idaho, IDFG continues habitat restoration

Idaho hunters may have a new species to chase according to a bill introduced in the state Legislature.

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No charges, no allegations in alleged LGBTQ incident

An incident at an iconic downtown Coeur d’Alene tavern Friday involving a member of the LGBTQ community that caused a wild stir on social media appears to have been overblown.

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Body scanner brouhaha

A sheriff’s office proposal that would prevent drugs from being smuggled into the county jail has been deep-sixed at the commissioners’ office.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fire destroys Cd'A businesses

UPDATE 2 P.M.: There’s nothing like a good neighbor.

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Spirit Lake boy, 12, charged in firearm theft case

A 12-year-old from Spirit Lake allegedly involved in several burglaries in Spirit Lake, including one in which a handgun was stolen, was arrested Friday by Spirit Lake Police.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

History buffs swap stories over breakfast

COEUR d’ALENE — They are called popcorn stories and Syd Albright sits back to listen.

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Norris endorsed by deputy sheriff's association

Sheriff candidate Robert Norris got the endorsement late Friday from the Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, which passed over a captain in its own ranks to endorse Norris.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Sentencing Tuesday for couch-surfing sex offender

Whether or not he is sentenced to prison Tuesday, a 29-year-old transient with ties to Coeur d’Alene will have to register as a sex offender.

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Cd'A man faces heroin trafficking charge

Neighbors in an apartment complex north of Mill River told police they were tired of the drug deals, the sellers and buyers, so they helped officers obtain a search warrant that snagged a 23-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who is accused of selling heroin.

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Alleged rifle-pointer will see court next week

A 28-year-old Rockford Bay man who allegedly pointed a rifle at several people at a residence south of Coeur d’Alene before he was arrested by a SWAT unit last weekend was released from the Kootenai County jail after posting $25,000 bail.

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Green found guilty

A Texas jury deliberated for about three hours Wednesday before finding a North Idaho state representative and sheriff’s candidate guilty of conspiring to defraud the government.

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Fish and Game aerial surveys start this month Department using all its tools to gather data of Panhandle big game

Idaho Fish and Game is pulling out the stops this winter to get a better handle on the number of big game animals that roam the Panhandle of the Gem State.

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Texas jury finds N. Idaho legislator guilty

A Texas jury deliberated for about three hours Wednesday before finding a North Idaho state representative and sheriff’s candidate guilty of conspiring to defraud the government.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Green case headed to jury

A verdict could come as early as today in the trial of Idaho Rep. John Green, who is accused by the federal government of tax evasion.

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Elk killed in depredation study, not massacre, officials counter

In a widespread social media post, Idaho Fish and Game was implicated in an elk massacre in southern Idaho.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Deer plan calls for research, hunting

Managing Idaho’s white-tailed deer for mass and big antlers is doable.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

New mayor, council members take helm at Dalton Gardens

When former Dalton Gardens mayor Jeff Fletcher and the four former council members turned their chairs over to a newly elected City Council last week, the former officials all left the building.

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South cops plea in rape case

Halfway through his jury trial on a rape charge last week, Michael South, who already faces a potential 20-year sentence for a separate conviction, called it quits.

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South cops plea in case

Halfway through his jury trial on a rape charge last week, Michael South, who already faces a potential 20-year sentence for a separate conviction, called it quits.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In the still of the night, Central Dispatch has your back

COEUR d’ALENE — On a dark night, the low building surrounded by a fence and sliding gate with a red, laser eye appears to be a top-secret government facility.

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Silverwood embezzler gets up to 14 years

Silverwood Theme Park’s former chief financial officer was sentenced this week to at least three years in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Athol family fun park.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Green files last-minute motions in his tax-related trial in Texas

Last-minute motions were filed this week with the U.S. District Court in Dallas as the tax evasion-related trial for North Idaho legislator John Green was scheduled to start.

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Louisiana cannabis smuggler gets jail, community service

When Deputy Joshua Leyk approached the driver of a green Ford pickup, pulled over along Interstate 90 near the Harrison exit last spring, he noticed the man had cottonmouth.

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Deputies dig deep before endorsing

Jeremy Hyle expects the more than 200 members of the Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff’s Association to make an announcement by the end of this month on who the group will endorse for sheriff.

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State white-tailed deer management plan calls for research, hunter opportunities

Managing Idaho’s white-tailed deer for mass and big antlers is doable.

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Longtime Press reporter charged with felony

A veteran Coeur d’Alene Press reporter faces felony domestic battery charges.

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Bloodied man jailed for striking police

COEUR d’ALENE — An allegedly drunk man who sat on the sidewalk and yelled at people in an established Coeur d’Alene neighborhood over the weekend is serving time behind bars.

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Ferocious Five

Installing a temporary traffic light lowered the number of crashes piling up at a thoroughfare near Rathdrum last year, and a permanent signal is earmarked down the road.

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Judge: Man charged in brutal winter beating will remain in prison

What First District Judge Richard Christensen remembers most about a 20-year-old Coeur d’Alene man convicted of beating a former schoolmate and leaving him barefoot and half clothed on a frozen hillside is one particular photograph.

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Man gets probation for Medicaid fraud

A 53-year-old Dalton Gardens man who defrauded the government of $7,492 in Medicaid payments will be placed on probation as part of a plea agreement.

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Eagle numbers dip, but fans still flock to see

Fewer eagles, a bit of snow and a possible downturn in spawning kokanee didn’t keep families from visiting the Mineral Ridge recreation area near Wolf Lodge Bay Friday for eagle watching and hiking.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ice fishing around the corner

With a bit of luck and cooperation from Mother Nature, North Idaho anglers will get a chance to slip over the region’s hard water this winter, and angle through holes in the ice.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Report: Man chases caregivers with saber, bat

A 30-year-old occupant of a Coeur d’Alene resident home was jailed on Christmas Day after chasing caregivers with a saber and baseball bat.

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Eagle numbers dip, but fans still flock

Fewer eagles, a bit of snow and a possible downturn in spawning kokanee didn’t keep families from visiting the Mineral Ridge recreation area near Wolf Lodge Bay Friday for eagle watching and hiking.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ice fishing may be around the corner

With a bit of luck and cooperation from Mother Nature, North Idaho anglers will get a chance to slip over the region’s hard water this winter, and angle through holes in the ice.

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Alleged Hayden Lake shooter earns another felony charge

Justin Adrian Hill didn’t know when he repeatedly pulled the trigger on a semi-automatic rifle last month that the bullets struck more than his family’s home and cars.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Man cops guilty plea in parking lot murder

Scott M. White, who was being held in the county jail on $1 million bail for first-degree murder in the shooting death of Michael C. “Topher” Clark, has pleaded guilty to homicide.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Re-entry center foe says horses targeted

Deborah Rose doesn’t think it’s a coincidence that someone skulked around her property and tried to poison her horses.

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Alberta is Idaho's duck factory

Most of the ducks harvested in Idaho during the autumn duck hunting season are mallards, and most of them hail from Alberta, according to a report from Idaho Fish and Game.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Legislators OK'd early release center funding but hesitate to support it

It’s out there, and it’s gaining ground.

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Supreme Court, Boothe Park issues remain unresolved

The lake around Boothe Park boat launch has turned seasonably quiet.

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Federal charges filed against Montana man

COEUR d’ALENE — A 45-year-old Missoula fugitive accused of carrying five pounds of methamphetamine into Kootenai County on his way to Montana has been indicted in U.S. District Court.

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Alberta is Idaho's duck factory other states, provinces contribute

Most of the ducks harvested in Idaho during the autumn duck hunting season are mallards, and most of them hail from Alberta, according to a report from Idaho Fish and Game.

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Dog owner apologizes, tells own version of story

Robert L. Darakjy is sorry.

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Post Falls man faces rape, lewd conduct charges

A 37-year-old Post Falls man accused of rape and lewd conduct with a minor after allegedly having sexual relationships with two teenage girls was arrested Tuesday by police as he attempted to flee authorities.

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Post Falls man faces rape and lewd conduct charges

A 37-year-old Post Falls man who police arrested late Tuesday was charged today in a Coeur d’Alene Magistrate Court with rape, sexual battery and lewd conduct with a minor.

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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.

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Blizzard bull highlights hunt for N. Idaho man

The weather was frightening for October in North Idaho, but sometimes it pays to hunt in a blizzard.

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Suspended sentence for creator of Hunted and Confronted

The creator of Hunted and Confronted, a nationally broadcasted program that targets pedophiles, will serve two years on probation for his heroin addiction.

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Hearing delayed again in case where driver injured two women

A 25-year-old who was sent to prison after he crashed into a car on Interstate 90 while he was high on meth, severely injuring a mother and daughter, is back in the Kootenai County jail.

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Part of Rathdrum robbery trio faces lengthy prison sentence

A 20-year-old who was armed and wore a mask when he broke into a Rathdrum home last summer — stealing computers and jewelry while beating up a teenager — will spend several months in a prison rehabilitation program.

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Cops charge woman with battery and blaze

A woman police say set a house on fire before jumping out of a second-story window is in jail facing charges of arson and domestic battery.

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Blizzard bull highlights October hunt for Prichard man IDFG asks for public comments on moose management in Panhandle

The weather was frightening for October in North Idaho, but sometimes it pays to hunt in a blizzard.

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Low clouds hampers eagle counts on northeast end of Lake Cd'A

Eagle watching along the northern shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene at Wolf Lodge Bay is picking up, although recent counts by biologists don’t show it.

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Electronic bikes newest addition to Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes

CATALDO — The high-pitched buzzing that cyclists might now hear while riding the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes isn’t a big mosquito or a trailing hummingbird. More likely it’s an electric bicycle.

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Jacob Frey waives preliminary hearing Pushes eluding, assault case to higher court

A man who surrendered to a police dog after leading deputies on an 8-mile chase from the courthouse in Coeur d’Alene to Post Falls, was bound over to district court at a Tuesday preliminary hearing.

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Lewd cases increasing, state statistics show

When a Coeur d’Alene construction worker was convicted this year of lewd and lascivious conduct and sentenced to a long prison term, it was a big win for prosecutors.

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California dreamers filling up North Idaho

Coeur d’Alene Realtor John Beutler doesn’t hear the grumblings.

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Bail reduced for PF shooter

When Keven Custer isn’t behind bars, he’s doing drugs and menacing others.

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Hunting spot fuels feud

A Kootenai County sheriff’s candidate said Wednesday he’s been busy this week shooting down rumors that he’s a reckless and arrogant hunter.

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Charges mounting for house-shooting suspect

A Hayden man who was arrested naked after dark in a neighbor’s yard last month after allegedly threatening his family with a firearm, spraying bullets in their home and shooting holes into cars will face two additional charges.

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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.

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Pregnant woman alleges rape, threats with knife, hatchet

An ex-convict accused of punching his pregnant girlfriend and threatening to kill her unborn child will go to trial in January.

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Hearing set for suspect facing multiple charges

A man accused of leading police on a chase from downtown Coeur d’Alene to Post Falls after failing to appear in court on a stalking charge will have a Dec. 10 preliminary hearing.

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Spruce abuse

The holidays, for many, are a time of giving.

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Idaho a gauntlet for interstate cannabis traffic

When state police in southern Idaho last January seized a semi-truck containing 6,700 pounds of hemp valued at $1.3 million, confiscated the industrial product and moved to prosecute the drivers and sell the truck, it was reflective of the state’s stringent marijuana rules.

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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.

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Juvenile succumbs to injuries from Sunday crash

A juvenile who was injured after a weekend crash on the Spirit Lake Cutoff Road has died.

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Hayden construction firm faces federal civil lawsuit

A Hayden company faces federal charges for allegedly misrepresenting itself in an effort to procure millions of dollars in contracts meant for businesses in economically strapped central Idaho.

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Tribal family claims county violated religious rights

A Plummer family is accusing the Kootenai County coroner of violating their religious rights when he refused to turn over the body of a Coeur d’Alene tribal member against the will of the family.

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Report: Cops' actions 'clearly lawful'

Eight Coeur d’Alene police officers were formally cleared of any wrongdoing this week in the shooting last summer of 18-year-old Tyler Rambo. Police say Rambo pointed a gun at them after an altercation in City Park.

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Report: Cops' actions 'clearly lawful'

Eight Coeur d’Alene police officers were formally cleared of any wrongdoing this week in the shooting last summer of 18-year-old Tyler Rambo. Police say Rambo pointed a gun at them after an altercation in City Park.

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Dealer gets two to five years in prison

A 21-year-old Montana man who was arrested with a half-pound of cocaine, marijuana and a handgun while heading east on Interstate 90 near Rose Lake will serve at least two years in prison for trafficking drugs.

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Record largemouth bass hooked by Post Falls man in Cave Lake

A Post Falls man posted the state’s record catch-and-release largemouth bass.

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Red Box manager faces two lewd conduct charges

The regional manager of Red Box faces two felony counts of lewd conduct with minors in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.

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Judge rules Dalton subdivision is illegal

DALTON GARDENS — A subdivision approved by the City Council that resulted in a lawsuit and spurred a recall election has been deemed illegal by a district court judge.

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'Real' Seahawks fan charged with lewd conduct in Vet Day altercation

A 40-year-old Hayden man is in jail for lewd conduct after biting a teenage girl in the crotch when he was drunk, according to police reports.

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Cd'A rape trial ends: Not guilty

A Washington man who was accused of raping a woman seven years ago after a night of drinking in a once-popular Coeur d’Alene nightclub was found not guilty of rape Friday by a Coeur d’Alene jury.

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'Messy' cases wanted in Mental Health Court

COEUR d’ALENE — Stacee Hoppe’s aha moment came when she was in jail.

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Hayden man faces attempted-murder charge

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.

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Re-entering a hot potato

COEUR d’ALENE — Efforts to sidetrack a prison re-entry center planned for Kootenai County are gaining steam, although not everyone is opposed to the measure.

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How should Hayden grow? Residents, do tell

Thirty years ago, Hayden, Idaho, wasn’t on the map of many motorists heading north to Sandpoint or Canada, or trundling south to Coeur d’Alene on U.S. 95.

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Gateway to Hayden: One big water tank

HAYDEN — A 2 million gallon water tank will loom 161 feet above the earth and greet motorists on U.S. 95 as they enter Hayden from the north.

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Two-county recall boots board members

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.

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Rambo pleads not guilty to two felony charges

Tyler Rambo will remain in jail on $1 million bail, a Coeur d’Alene judge ruled Friday after a lively debate by attorneys, who argued that the 18-year-old was either a violent risk to others or an invalid who should be at home in his mother’s care.

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Eluding suspect removed in straitjacket

COEUR d’ALENE — A half hour into Jacob Frey’s wild first court appearance Friday in Coeur d’Alene, the magistrate had the defendant removed from the courtroom.

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Sticky situation

The Facebook posts started Wednesday morning with a warning.

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Mattern sentenced for molestation

A 58-year-old Post Falls business owner was ordered Tuesday to serve at least 10 years in prison for child molestation.

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Man found dead in trailer fire identified House blaze was among four fires in past week

The name of a 53-year-old man deputies said died as a result of a house fire in northern Kootenai County was released by the sheriff’s office.

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Rambo gunning for $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.

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Man arrested after altercation

A 34-year-old Hayden man was arrested Friday after an in-car domestic altercation involving a knife at the intersection of Hayden Avenue and Atlas Road in Hayden.

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Man who lit girlfriend on fire gets up to 10 years in prison

A man who set his girlfriend on fire after a Valentine’s Day outing in Rathdrum last year will spend at least three years behind bars.

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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.

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Post Falls man's appeal of rape conviction doesn't sway Idaho Supreme Court justices

The conviction of a Post Falls man who was sentenced to 100 years in prison for raping and strangling his former girlfriend has been upheld by the Idaho Supreme Court.

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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.

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Glitch activates lockdown at Hayden Meadows school

A false alarm at a Hayden school Friday morning sent police and staff scrambling, but the inadvertent lockdown was a result of human error, not ill intent.

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Woman with fake ID arrested for grand theft at Hayden bank

A 55-year-old New York woman was arrested Thursday in Hayden after attempting to withdraw money from another person’s bank account.

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Student charged after leaving hunting rifle in vehicle on school grounds

COEUR d’ALENE — A student hunter who inadvertently left hunting equipment in his car parked on school grounds at Coeur d’Alene High School was charged Friday with possession of a weapon on school grounds.

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Cd'A man arrested on attempted rape charges Alleged victim was 12 year old girl

A 39-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who was arrested for allegedly trying to rape a 12-year-old girl in his care will have a preliminary hearing after posting bail this week to secure his release from jail.

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Spokane barista gets local jail time for enticing a child for sex

A Spokane barista who was busted in a police sting after soliciting a 14-year-old for sex will spend three months in jail as part of a lengthier sentence.

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Bond lowered for dog owner ...

Rolling a wheelchair to the defendant’s table in the jailhouse courtroom on Tuesday, 73-year-old Robert Darakjy asked a judge to reduce the bail amount so he could be released to take care of his dog.

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Rogue wave dunks duck hunters

Two Post Falls duck hunters were in a boat that swamped Tuesday morning near the North Idaho College beach.

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Road rage incident resolved 77-year-old chased 58-year-old

Last Memorial Day, Gerald F. Thompson was on a tear.

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State says candidate OK not using her legal name

HAYDEN — If the name Jillian Rae Lee Barker is unfamilar to voters in Hayden, it’s because that name is not on the City Council ballot this November.

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Bugger! Clouds of aphids return to North Idaho

It’s ash aphid time in North Idaho.

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Bugger! Clouds of aphids return

It’s ash aphid time in North Idaho.

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Landscaper/ rapper Hale gets a dime for his crime

COEUR d’ALENE — A would-be rapper and professional landscaper who stole more than $50,000 from clients will serve time behind bars at a state-run rehabilitation program as part of a 10-year sentence.

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Cd'A man, 20, accused of asking 12-year-old for sex

A 20-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was arrested Monday and charged with soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex.

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Fourth charge added in lewd-conduct case

COEUR d’ALENE — The alleged victim of a Hauser contractor told a court Thursday that the man, 44-year-old Joshua LaRue, forced her to have oral sex.

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Whitcomb sues NIC 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.

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Hayden OKs language on ballot request

Hayden City Council members voted Tuesday to accept the final wording of a flyer asking voters to raise taxes on themselves to pay for more law enforcement in the city.

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Hayden hesitates in re-entry debate

Late last month, a 31-year-old walked away from the women’s prison re-entry facility in Boise, a stately domicile that resembles a retirement home on East Penitentiary Road.

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Driver ordered to pay $180,000 for traffic signal

The Coeur d’Alene 42-year-old who destroyed the U.S. 95 traffic light at the intersection of Kathleen Avenue last summer must pay $180,000 to the state by the end of this month.

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Dalton Gardens road project hits skids Council opts against federal grant cash

A federally funded project to refurbish Dalton Gardens’ main residential street has hit the skids.

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Rathdrum man gets 25 to life for sex abuse

A 21-year-old Rathdrum man who paid more than a half-dozen teens to have sex with him and then blackmailed them to prevent them from going to police will spend at least 25 years behind bars.

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Hayden Lake Irrigation District seeks $6.8M for water tower

The Hayden Lake Irrigation District’s 7,200 patrons will get a chance to decide in November whether they want to pay for a water storage facility that will provide enough of the wet stuff for adequate fire protection and daily summer lawn watering.

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Pheasant release on Palouse River near Potlatch kicks off youth hunt

When Jim Hagedorn and volunteers release pheasants Saturday along the Palouse River west of Potlatch, their purpose is not to restock the area with wild birds in an effort to repopulate the Palouse farm country.

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Rathdrum man gets 10 years in prison for molesting disabled girl

A Rathdrum 49-year-old who had sex with a 14-year-old, developmentally disabled girl will spend at least 10 years behind bars.

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Man draws 20 years to life in sexual abuse case

It happens around supper time.

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Man accused of smoking heroin for lunch jailed on $150K bail

A Mexican citizen who was passed out in his car on his lunch break in Coeur d’Alene after allegedly smoking heroin is in the Kootenai County jail in lieu of $150,000 bail.

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Bail reduction denied for man acquitted last spring in shooting

A Coeur d’Alene judge refused to reduce bail for an Athol man who was acquitted in April for shooting a man seven times but who is now in jail on theft charges accrued after he was cut loose by the jury.

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Steelhead closures expand

Poor steelhead runs in Washington and Idaho have prompted fisheries departments on both sides of the Snake River to wind down their seasons beginning this weekend.

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Rambo hearing scheduled for today

A First District magistrate judge set a preliminary hearing today for Tyler Rambo despite a motion from Rambo’s attorney to dismiss the charges against his client.

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Poor return of ocean fish prompts Clearwater River steelhead closure

The doors slammed last week on the Clearwater River steelhead season as biologists deemed the dismal number of returning adult hatchery fish is less than the number needed for broodstock, leaving no surplus fish for anglers to catch.

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Fourth Street project draws crowd's ire

DALTON GARDENS — Most of the 220 people who turned out for an open house meeting in Dalton Gardens to learn about a projected Fourth Street improvement project held firm.

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A bull with a bow Coeur d'Alene man scratches off the top item on his bucket list

Sometimes it takes the Cape Canaveral launch to get out of bed.

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Spirit Lake land owner 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.

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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.

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Rathdrum lawmaker's trial postponed

The trial date in U.S. Court for Rathdrum lawmaker John Green has been moved to January.

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Woman, 67, charged with trafficking meth

A 67-year-old Post Falls woman who police say was dealing methamphetamine is charged with trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm after a police raid at her home uncovered more than 2 ounces of crank.

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Hunter shoots grizzly; thought it was black bear

BONNERS FERRY — An Idaho grizzly bear was shot and killed this week by a Montana hunter who mistook it for a black bear.

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Honeysuckle Bay no-wake zone under consideration

Commissioners are considering a proposal to make a busy bay in Hayden Lake a no-wake zone.

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Walk through blizzard for sex results in 10 years behind bars

A 54-year-old financial consultant who trudged through a snowstorm in Post Falls last winter carrying hot chocolate for a 15-year-old he planned to meet for sex was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison.

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Chronic wasting disease

Chronic wasting disease, the sickness that affects elk, deer and moose and has been reported in 24 states including parts of Montana, Utah and Wyoming may be knocking on Idaho’s door but no reports have been logged in the Gem state.

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Taxpayers, meet Rambo

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office faced a dilemma this week.

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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.

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Alleged meth pusher faces multiple charges

A Post Falls man who goes by “P Dub” is in jail for allegedly selling methamphetamines and prescription drugs to a police informant during a four-month investigation by authorities.

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Man heads to prison for enticing granddaughter

A 62-year-old area man who solicited sex from his 15-year-old biological granddaughter was sent to prison Friday after pleading guilty to one count of enticing a child over the internet.

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Police: Man pointed gun at neighbor

A 58-year-old Athol man who is in jail on $25,000 bail after allegedly pointing a gun at a man following a property dispute was warned by a judge Monday to stay away from his neighbors.

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Athol man jailed for allegedly pointing gun at neighbor's head

A 58-year-old Athol man who is in jail on $25,000 bail after allegedly pointing a gun at a man following a property dispute was warned by a judge Monday to stay away from his neighbors.

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Garden Motel blaze was arson; info reward offered

COEUR d’ALENE — Law enforcement on Monday formally asked the public to help detectives identify the person who started the July fire that gutted the Garden Motel.

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High court upholds decision in CDA double murder appeal

The rights of Eldon G. Samuel III were not violated when he admitted to the murder five years ago in Coeur d’Alene of his dad and brother, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled.

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Judge: Rambo can't go near police station

A Coeur d’Alene magistrate increased the bail amount to $1 million Friday for the 18-year-old who was shot 14 times by police after he pointed a gun at them July 4 in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

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Rambo faces attempted murder charge

Tyler Rambo, the 18-year-old who was shot by police July 4 in downtown Coeur d’Alene, is in the Kootenai County Jail facing charges of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault.

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Prayers answered: No one hurt in crash near protest

Coeur d’Alene police responded in force Wednesday to a protest outside of Kootenai Health after receiving reports that a truck had driven into a group of protesters.

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Idaho Court: Athol trucker will lose CDL license for life

The Idaho Supreme Court upheld a decision by a Coeur d’Alene Judge to suspend for life the commercial driver’s license of an Athol trucker.

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Airboats on the hunt

Steve Croston has been hunting ducks out of airboats along the Coeur d’Alene River for more than 30 years.

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Man found hiding in former mayor's house admits to felony

A 22-year-old Sagle man who was pepper-sprayed by a Spirit Lake homeowner after being found hiding in a closet, pleaded guilty to a felony Tuesday. Several misdemeanor charges were dismissed.

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Guilty plea entered in pepper-spray felony case

A 22-year-old Sagle man who was pepper-sprayed by a Spirit Lake homeowner after being found hiding in a closet, pleaded guilty to a felony Tuesday. Several misdemeanor charges were dismissed.

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Idaho Court: Athol trucker will lose license for life

The Idaho Supreme Court upheld a decision by a Coeur d’Alene Judge to suspend for life the commercial driver’s license of an Athol trucker.

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Dalton Gardens mayor bows out

When Jeff Fletcher was appointed as mayor of Dalton Gardens in April, he was dedicated to righting the ship of city government that had floundered in a storm of voter discontent.

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Former therapist sentenced to 20 years for affair with teen patient

Former Coeur d’Alene therapist Jeffrey Worley was led away in handcuffs from a downtown courtroom Monday after a First District judge sentenced the 44-year-old to 20 years in prison for having a sexual affair with a teenage patient.

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Level decision

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe will not have a say on lake levels, nor will it have control of water outside the reservation boundaries according to an Idaho Supreme Court ruling released Thursday, which upholds an earlier decision by a Twin Falls district court.

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Court affirms ruling on tribal water rights on reservation

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe will not have a say on lake levels, nor will it have control of water outside the reservation boundaries according to an Idaho Supreme Court ruling released Thursday, which upholds an earlier decision by a Twin Falls district court.

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Costello found guilty of eluding, DUI

A Cocolalla 72-year-old who was charged with murder in Bonner County, and who led police on a chase last year while driving south in the wrong lane of U.S. 95 — dragging tree limbs from his dented pickup — was found guilty by a Coeur d’Alene jury of DUI and …

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Man held for Cocolalla murder found guilty in Coeur d'Alene for eluding, DUI

A Cocolalla 72-year-old who was charged with murder in Bonner County, and who led police on a chase last year while driving south in the wrong lane of U.S. 95 — dragging tree limbs from his dented pickup — was found guilty by a Coeur d’Alene jury of DUI and …

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Hauser contractor accused of lewd conduct

A 44-year-old Hauser contractor has been charged with three counts of lewd conduct with a minor for allegely having sex with a 14-year-old girl.

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Gun owners: Shoot local, shop local Enthusiants shrug off retailer's decision to curtail ammo sales

Holly Fredericks is a local gun owner who, along with her husband, Jack, shoots regularly.

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Police shoot, kill man wielding knife

A man wielding a knife was shot and killed by police Wednesday morning in a quiet Coeur d’Alene neighborhood west of U.S. 95 near the Silver Lake Mall.

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IDFG: Elk and whitetail numbers strong while mule deer numbers dip

Despite a decrease in the number of elk and deer harvested last year across Idaho compared to a year earlier, Gem State hunters this season should expect to see more animals than usual.

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Police shoot, kill man wielding knife

A man wielding a knife was shot and killed by police Wednesday morning in a quiet Coeur d’Alene neighborhood west of U.S. 95 near the Silver Lake Mall.

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Eight 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.

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Fence-jumper arrested inside jail yard while walking home

Justin Clifton just wanted to get home without causing a stir.

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Grant funds 8 more lawyers for public defender

More public defenders will be available to represent indigent clients in Kootenai County’s First District Court thanks to a $1.57 million state grant for the upcoming fiscal year.

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Hayden to decide ballot language for police force increase

Hayden’s City council could decide at tonight’s meeting on how best to bring to voters a measure that would double the city’s police presence and how to explain on November’s ballot a property tax increase to pay for the increase.

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Authorities ask for help to find cause of Cataldo's CCC Fire

Although a fire that started earlier this month near Cataldo is being mopped up, investigators want help in determining what started the 450-acre blaze along the CCC Road north of town.

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Man who set girlfriend ablaze pleads guilty

A man who lit his girlfriend on fire during an argument over karaoke could spend 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to one count of felony domestic battery.

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Man convicted of aggravated assault awaits rape trial

A man who was found guilty Thursday by a Coeur d’Alene jury on four criminal counts of violence that call for more than 21 years behind bars has another trial in November for rape and kidnapping.

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Judge: Coach didn't violate order

A Hayden in-line skating coach will remain out of jail until his September trial after a judge on Thursday found he did not violate a no-contact order in a sexual abuse case.

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Giant forest health project will affect area from LPO to Canfield Mountain

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.

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Prescribed fires this month will improve Clearwater 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.

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Inline coach may face new charges

A Hayden inline skating coach has been accused of violating a no-contact order just weeks before his trial on a charge of sexually abusing a minor.

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Wooden boats chugging into Cd'A this weekend

COEUR d’ALENE — Murray Danzig is often asked why he owns so many classic boats.

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Judge: McArthur may live in Washington despite being on supervised Idaho probation

A judge on Friday modified probation for the former executive director of the Post Falls Senior Center who was sentenced last month for embezzling from the organization.

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Rains dampen recent area fires

A lightning storm that blew across the Panhandle last weekend ignited almost a dozen trees and ground fires, resulting in burns of a tenth of an acre or less, according to the Forest Service.

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ATV rider in good condition after three nights trapped

A 66-year-old Athol man who had been missing for several days was listed in good condition Monday at Kootenai Health after being found less than a quarter mile from his home by a family on an outing.

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'Seen and not heard' Jury commissioner and head bailiff Pete Barnes recounts 33 years

One time in 33 years.

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Judge's vacation delays rapper's sentencing

The Thursday sentencing for a contractor and part-time rapper who faces 20 years in prison for allegedly ripping off 11 customers in North Idaho was postponed until the district court judge who has handled the case for several years returns from vacation.

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Guns - but not gunshots - expected at Fair

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho is not a soft target.

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15-year sentence possible after verdict

After listening to three days of testimony, a Coeur d’Alene jury took 45 minutes Thursday to find a 20-year-old Washington man guilty of enticing a child.

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Voices on the river

When Kaitlin Barnhart fishes, she often uses a nine-foot, five-weight fly rod with a weight forward line, a light tippet and a caddis fly imitation that she lays delicately in the moving water at the end of a run.

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Hayden lawsuit could lead to higher sewer fees

Hayden residents are being asked to pony up an additional $7 every two months to cover the costs of a lawsuit brought by the North Idaho Building Contractors Association.

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Porn actress pleads guilty in murder for hire

A pornographic film actress from Post Falls accused of trying to kill her husband pleaded guilty Monday in Coeur d’Alene federal court.

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Blazes fire up in pair of logging operations

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.

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On the road again

KINGSTON — In the fall of 1966, Bob Spoonheim drove a brand new Oldsmobile 98 from Saco, Mont., to Nashville, where he had his picture taken with Hank Williams Jr.

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Bosanko project about to get the green light

COEUR d’ALENE — A plan to remove the traffic lights at Bosanko Avenue and U.S. 95 to assist traffic flow will likely be realized this month.

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Alleged heroin dealer nabbed near French Gulch

A 36-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who allegedly sold heroin and methamphetamine to confidential police informants twice last month is in jail facing trafficking charges.

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Man acquitted in shooting back in jail

A 27-year-old Athol man who was acquitted by a jury in April for shooting a man seven times at a Coeur d’Alene apartment is back in jail on burglary and assault charges.

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Burning Toyota leads to arson arrest

A 28-year-old Coeur d’Alene man accused of torching a green Toyota pickup truck in an effort to get back at the truck’s owner for a friend is in jail on $25,000 bail.

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Trial set in Stateline gas siphoning case

A Coeur d’Alene 19-year-old who deputies said smelled as if he had bathed in gasoline pleaded not guilty to four felony burglary charges, and seven misdemeanors in connection with a June fuel theft at Stateline.

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Molester, 72, sentenced to 12 years in prison

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors asked that Barry Morgan of Post Falls spend the rest of his life behind bars for filming the children he molested.

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Man pleads guilty to three counts of injury to a child

A 57-year-old construction contractor who was charged with having sex with a 14-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene to three felony counts of injury to a child.

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Bear spray, archery ranges and wolf management among programs funded 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.

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Jarnagin sentenced to 14 years in manslaughter, heroin trafficking case

A longtime drug addict with an extensive criminal history who killed a girl by ramming his pickup into a motorcycle near Rathdrum last year will spend at least five years behind bars.

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Hayden fields another annexation request

Hayden City Council members encouraged a property owner near the Hayden Canyon development, who approached the city with a proposal to annex a chunk of rural acreage south of Lancaster Road, to proceed with the proposal.

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Public hearing tonight on 5-acre annexation in Hayden

HAYDEN — A high-end coffee stand to serve motorists on U.S. 95 in Hayden is among the businesses that would inhabit a mini mall at the Lancaster Road intersection if the City Council approves a zoning change and an annexation proposal tonight.

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Remembering a forgotten cemetery

It’s been a couple months since members of the Pine Tree 4H club mowed the grass at the pauper’s cemetery overlooking a fringe of trees above a road cut of Seltice Way in Post Falls.

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After long, expensive lawsuit, Hayden and NIBCA meet in middle

After a seven-year back-and-forth about sewer capitalization fees, the city of Hayden opted last week to accept court-ordered mediation with the North Idaho Building Contractors Association.

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Child sex case rouses protesters

The trial of a Rathdrum 20-year-old accused of paying minors for sex has been postponed until October.

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Bail $200,000 on molestation charges

A Coeur d’Alene judge set bail at $200,000 for a 53-year-old Hayden man accused of molesting a 9-year-old earlier this year.

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Bail $75,000 for man accused of choking woman

A man who said his hand slipped when he accidentally choked a woman long enough to make her see stars is in jail facing two felonies.

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Landowners ask IDFG for extended turkey season

Landowners who call foul on the damage wild turkeys do to their property have asked Idaho Fish and Game for relief.

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Sex sting trial scheduled next month

A 20-year-old Washington man who allegedly traveled to Post Falls in February to have sex with a girl who claimed to be 14 — but who was in fact a police officer in a sex sting operation — will have a trial next month, according to a Thursday ruling by …

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Landowners ask IDFG for extended turkey season

Landowners who call foul on the damage wild turkeys do to their property have asked Idaho Fish and Game for relief.

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LPO walleye anglers target monitored fish in northern lake

Finding fish has never been so easy.

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Man who scares motorists with gun released from jail on bail

An Oregon man who was in a westbound Subaru when he allegedly pointed a .44 magnum handgun at a motorist on I-90 Sunday was released from jail after posting $20,000 bail.

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Rape charge reduced in case involving teen

A jury trial for a 20-year-old who was on probation for a felony sex conviction when he allegedly raped a Coeur d’Alene teenager at his grandparents’ home was vacated Monday after a plea agreement was reached.

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Victim a no-show; rape suspect released

A 36-year-old deep-sea fisherman who’s been in jail since May for allegedly raping a woman in Coeur d’Alene was released Thursday afternoon after the victim failed to appear at his probable-cause hearing.

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Hayden residents will vote on doubling police force

HAYDEN — Four more deputies could be assigned to the city of Hayden if voters approve the measure at the November election.

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Man draws 10 years in lewd conduct case

COEUR d’ALENE — A 29-year-old Rathdrum man who had sex with a teenager in a storage unit last winter after buying her vodka will spend 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to lewd conduct.

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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.

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Sex sting lands Rathdrum man in prison

A Rathdrum sex offender who was on probation when he was busted in a February sex sting will serve at least 11 years in prison.

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Plea change set for therapist accused of sex with teen patient

A Coeur d’Alene counselor who denied having sex with a vulnerable adult will change his plea at a hearing next week.

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'Kid Cannabis' trial set 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.

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Judgment withheld in fake fender bender claim

A woman who claimed back and shoulder injuries from a fender bender almost five years ago was fined $5,000 this week for attempting to defraud an insurance company after a jury found she wasn’t in the car when the crash occurred.

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Suspect charged with aggravated assault in Cd'A shooting

A 33-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who was arrested by a police SWAT team Sunday afternoon near midtown is in the Kootenai County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.

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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.

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McArthur draws jail time for embezzlement

The former executive director of the Post Falls Senior Center was sentenced to a month in jail after pleading guilty Friday to a misdemeanor for embezzling from the ailing organization.

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Bidding 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.

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Unexpected fireworks

July brings firecrackers and bottle rockets to the forefront of things verboten, but relished for their bang.

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4XL man back in pen for weed case

COEUR d’ALENE — An Oregon man who skipped bond after being busted in Idaho while en route to Montana to sell eight pounds of dispensary cannabis is back in jail following his arrest Monday on a warrant.

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Sex offender gets local jail

COEUR d’ALENE — A California man is in the Kootenai County jail after being sentenced Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene for having sexual relations with a minor.

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Hayden considers doubling down on deputies

HAYDEN — Residents will have another chance to pay for additional policing if the City Council approves adding the measure to the November ballot.

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Man draws 90 days in jail after cannabis conflagration

Jimmie Lee Baker has a bad hip, a big yard that needs maintenance and a garden that needs care.

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Judge breaks silence in abuse, kidnap case

A Coeur d’Alene judge entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday for a 29-year-old who was couch-surfing at his friend’s Coeur d’Alene home when he allegedly abused a 7-year-old at the house.

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Ringleader gets prison in robbery, beating case

Former high school track standout Nolan Mullen-Huber, the ringleader of a Coeur d’Alene gang of young men who sold drugs and who robbed, stripped and beat a 20-year-old, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison as part of an underlying 15-year sentence.

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Sentences vary dramatically in robbery, beating case

Nathan Jones stood in front of his victim in a Coeur d’Alene courtroom in jailhouse pajamas Thursday and apologized. He was sorry for what happened that February evening, sorry he was on drugs, sorry he didn’t do more to try to help Terrel Fruechtl, who was robbed, pistol whipped and …

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Man pleads guilty to sex with girl, 14

A 50-year-old Rathdrum man accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl pleaded guilty this week to one count of lewd conduct with a minor as part of a plea agreement.

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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.

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

Hot sun.

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Gamer, 47, released to care of mother

A Coeur d’Alene man who solicited sex from an Ohio 14-year-old he met online while playing Call of Duty was released from jail to await sentencing for one felony count of injury to a child.

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Question in case: Should police informants be ID'd?

A Coeur d’Alene judge has a few days to decide whether witnesses in an upcoming drug and shooting trial will be identified as police informants, or whether jurors will be apprised that the alleged victim had a sexual relationship with the defendant.

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Victim says sexual assault has changed who she is

COEUR d’ALENE — A 21-year-old who served 108 days in jail after sexually forcing himself on women at parties will serve 180 more days before being released on supervised probation as part of his sentence for one count of battery with intent to commit rape.

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Grizzly bear moves from Kellogg to Kelly Creek area

A grizzly that denned northeast of Clark Fork near Montana’s Spar Lake has turned up in the Kelly Creek drainage in Idaho’s Clearwater forest.

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Frasca's fly shop is rich in merchandise, memories

Bud Frasca isn’t your average fly fisherman.

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Kidnap charge added for alleged molester

A judge raised the bail amount to $250,000 for a 29-year-old who couch surfed at his friend’s Coeur d’Alene home where he allegedly abused a 7-year-old who lived at the house.

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Trio charged with breaking into Rathdrum home

Three people accused of bursting into a Rathdrum home heavily armed, intimidating and beating a group of minors, and stealing or destroying merchandise valued at more than $1,000 are behind bars two days after the incident.

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News of blue-green algae outbreak was greatly exaggerated

A social media post this week warning area residents to keep their pets out of Lake Coeur d’Alene because of a blue-green algae bloom was misleading at best and alarmist at worst, health officials said.

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Man convicted in child rape case

A Coeur d’Alene jury deliberated for about 90 minutes Thursday before finding 32-year-old Corey S. McGrath guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct for molesting a 5-year-old girl and infecting her with gonorrhea.

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Grizzly moves from Kellogg to Kelly

A grizzly that denned northeast of Clark Fork near Montana’s Spar Lake has turned up in the Kelly Creek drainage in Idaho’s Clearwater forest.

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Frasca's fly shop is rich in merchandise, memories

Bud Frasca isn’t your average fly fisherman.

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Sentence might avert teen's deportation

COEUR d’ALENE — In an effort to prevent the deportation of an immigrant accused of using a knife in a robbery, a judge on Tuesday shaved the boy’s jail sentence.

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Sex abuse trial begins

The jury trial of a 32-year-old Coeur d’Alene man accused of giving gonorrhea to a child after repeated sexual encounters started Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene and is expected to last at least a week.

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Logging at English Point will revitalize forest

When the work is completed in a few years, the Forest Service-managed English Point recreational area will be a vibrant ecosystem of pine and tamarack.

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Bribes, shots and drug OD? Suspect is 18 years old

COEUR d’ALENE — A First District judge took under advisement a motion to suppress evidence in the case of a Post Falls 18-year-old accused of injecting a woman with the methamphetamine that caused her to overdose, bribing a witness and shooting at an occupied house.

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Tugboats helped build Cd'A

One spring a decade ago, when the St. Joe River was frozen hard as an aluminum plate, John Condon loosed a couple tugboats from their moorings in Coeur d’Alene and his skippers made the long trip south pushing a few knots through the cold air.

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Beating leads to felony battery, assault charges

Three Post Falls men accused of beating a man at a riverside park and threatening him with a knife, face felony battery and assault charges as they wait for their next hearing in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.

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Gardner gets 27 years for child porn

A 37-year-old Post Falls man was sentenced Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene to 27 years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.

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Felony DUI case has expensive light at end of tunnel

The man accused of destroying the U.S. 95 traffic light at the intersection of Kathleen Avenue will appear in First District Court Friday for a preliminary hearing on a felony drunk driving charge.

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Knife-wielding teen's case sees additional felony added

COEUR d’ALENE — Sentencing for a Coeur d’Alene teenager who used a knife to rob a man in his house near Atlas Road was postponed because another charge is pending.

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Confirmation!

Robert Costigan was a Navy officer stationed in Key West during the Cuban missile crisis.

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Get ready for elk in the off-season

Mike Lapinski has a passion for elk and it shows in his writing and his life’s work.

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Commercial park could hit 5 acres along Lancaster

Hayden could see another commercial development along its northern perimeter as soon as the city annexes a chunk of land near Lancaster Road and U.S. 95.

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Young two-time rapist heads to prison

COEUR d’ALENE — A 20-year-old felon who raped a teenage girl just days after he was released from a prison rehabilitation program is going back to the penitentiary to grow up.

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Spring chinook season closed on two rivers

The spring chinook fishing season on the lower Salmon and Little Salmon rivers is closed because there aren’t enough adult hatchery fish returning to meet spawning goals.

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Get ready for elk in the off-season

Mike Lapinski has a passion for elk and it shows in his writing and his life’s work.

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Teen sentenced in robbery

COEUR d’ALENE — Levi Grassi didn’t enter the house with his pals last December to mug anyone.

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Massive Hayden water tower approved

HAYDEN — A plan for a 161-foot water tower along U.S. 95 in Hayden was given the go-ahead Monday night by Hayden’s planning and zoning commission, which allowed a special use permit with a couple of caveats.

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Dalton Gardens gets final council member, looks ahead to city projects

DALTON GARDENS — Almost three months after a recall election threw its city government into turmoil, Dalton Gardens will seat its final council member this week.

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Driver faces felony DUI charge after hitting light

Fixing the traffic signals on U.S. 95 and Kathleen Avenue that were destroyed in a traffic accident early Sunday will take a half-million dollars and might not be completed until the end of the summer.

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Grizzly euthanized after killing sheep

A grizzly bear that liked to hang around the Garwood area last summer before being relocated to Boundary County near the Montana state line was euthanized last weekend after killing livestock north of Bonners Ferry.

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Cd'A visitor charged with kidnapping child

A 29-year-old couch-surfing at a Coeur d’Alene home is being charged with fondling a 7-year-old who lived at the residence.

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Grizzly bear killed

A Grizzly bear that hung around the Garwood area last summer before being transported to Boundary County was killed over the weekend after killing livestock north of Bonners Ferry.

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Men sentenced for stealing gun used in murder of Sgt. Moore

Two Post Falls men accused of stealing the gun used in the murder of Coeur d’Alene Police Sergeant Greg Moore were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court.

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Time out: Felon headed to dentist

COEUR d’ALENE — The 19-year-old ringleader of a robbery and assault case will get a special trip from the Kootenai County jail.

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Where to put the water?

HAYDEN — A field along U.S. 95 could be the new home of a storage tank that holds 2 million gallons of water more than 100 feet higher than the roofs of nearby homes.

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Drugs, guns, 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 fiancée deserves to go to prison. The judge agreed.

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Opt-out gets thumbs down from state's legal experts

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.

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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.

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Drawdown scheduled for McArthur Lake Wildlife Management Area

The Panhandle’s oldest wildlife management areas will not be available to sportsmen for boating and fishing this summer, but waterfowl hunters will be able to take advantage of the 2,700 acre wetland again this fall.

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Karaoke and kerosene case headed toward mediation

COEUR d’ALENE — Attorneys will mediate the case of a Rathdrum man accused of dumping kerosene on his girlfriend and lighting her on fire after a Valentine’s Day argument over karaoke at a local bar.

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Man involved in Post Falls shooting seeks public defender

A Post Falls man who pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing a man in his driveway said he lacked enough money to continue to pay his private attorney.

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SWAT nails man with 11 felonies

A Spokane man with multiple felonies who had eluded U.S. Marshals and was holed up in a Coeur d’Alene residence was arrested Thursday by a county SWAT unit.

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Pedophile hunter arrested on drug charges

POST FALLS — A man who operates a nationally broadcast enterprise that targets pedophiles was arrested Thursday in Post Falls on drug charges.

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Heroin dealer happy with sentence

Heroin dealer Joel Milanowski is glad to have his drug enterprise shut down by police so he can go to prison and be done with it.

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Anglers, campers: The fun starts now

A belated warm-up with a lot of snow in the mountains of the Coeur d’Alene and the St. Joe drainages, coupled with patches of rainy and sunny weather, has caused river flows to fluctuate.

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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.

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Insurance fraud lands woman in jail

A fender bender, a hit and run and a false insurance claim were the ingredients of a Coeur d’Alene criminal case that landed a Rathdrum mother of two behind bars.

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Sleep in ... the toms will wait

Late May gobbler hunting isn’t the same as chasing tom turkeys in the early season of North Idaho’s general hunt.

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Frequent offender faces possible lifetime in prison

COEUR d’ALENE — A man who was high on heroin when he ran his pickup truck into a motorcycle at a stop sign near Rathdrum, killing a young woman, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and trafficking heroin.

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Hayden board delays vote on Hayden Canyon subdivision amendments

HAYDEN — Members of the Hayden Planning Commission delayed a vote Tuesday night on a series of amendments that are a final step to breaking ground for the 600-acre Hayden Canyon subdivision.

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Dalton Gardens seeks council member following this year's recall election

Dalton Gardens officially got a new mayor Wednesday when Jeff Fletcher was installed on the council, but the city that borders Coeur d’Alene is still a council member short of a full board.

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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.

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Blackwell Island boat launch opens next week

The Blackwell Island boat launch will swing open its gate for boaters beginning next week as the Bureau of Land Management gets a running start on its summer visitor season.

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Hayden Canyon foes sound off to city hall

HAYDEN — A mixed-use development at the northern edge of Hayden that has been 15 years in the making has drawn the ire of Hayden residents who live nearby.

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Judge ups ante on drunk driver

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene judge upstaged attorneys Tuesday by sentencing a woman to five years in prison for causing a wreck while she was drunk that almost killed a motorcyclist.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

The golden guide to becoming a river fisherman

The pocket book was not the kind you fill with money, but we hoped somewhere on its pages to find a map to a jackpot making the book worth more than the buck and a quarter we had paid for it at the drugstore.

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Before May rains, here comes some heat

COEUR d’ALENE — It doesn’t take much.

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Police: Lotto fever turns into five felonies

COEUR d'ALENE — An employee who allegedly scratched her itch for cash by stealing lottery tickets at a Coeur d’Alene convenience store is facing five felonies.

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Judge reaffirms abuser's sentence

A Post Falls man convicted in the maiming of his son asked a judge Thursday in Coeur d’Alene to be released early from prison, so he can help others.

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$200K bond set in rape case

COEUR d'ALENE — A 36-year-old deep sea fisherman is in jail for allegedly raping a woman last week at a Cherry Hill apartment.

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The golden guide to becoming a river fisherman

The pocket book was not the kind you fill with money, but we hoped somewhere on its pages to find a map to a jackpot making the book worth more than the buck and a quarter we had paid for it at the drugstore.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Soft plastic worms and flip-flop weather

There’s a sweet spot in North Idaho waters and it has to do with temperature.

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High court wants more records for Finlay appeal

The Idaho Supreme Court wants additional court records to assist in the appeal of Tyler Finlay’s manslaughter conviction.

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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.

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Grizzly bear sighting is reminder to be bear aware

A grizzly bear was confirmed this week to be roaming around the Coeur d’Alene Mountains northeast of Magee.

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Sgt. Moore's footprints continue

COEUR d’ALENE — Before Jonathan Renfro’s murder trial began two years ago, attorneys in a Coeur d’Alene courtroom asked potential jurors whether a K27 bumper sticker graced their car windows, or if they knew anyone who owned the decal.

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Lawyers: 'Victim' wasn't vulnerable

Attorneys for a Coeur d’Alene counselor accused of having sex with a vulnerable adult want the charge thrown out because no evidence has been presented that the alleged victim is developmentally disabled.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Silverwood embezzler pleads guilty

A Post Falls woman accused of stealing almost a million dollars from Silverwood Theme Park bonded out of jail this week after pleading guilty to three felonies.

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Grizzly bear in Coeur d'Alenes is reminder to be bear aware

A grizzly bear was confirmed this week to be roaming around the Coeur d’Alene Mountains northeast of Magee.

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Isenberg daughters must pay back thousands

The key on Traci Tesch’s necklace serves as a reminder.

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Hayden prepares to count its traffic

HAYDEN — Plagued by increasingly cramped streets that plug traffic, the city of Hayden plans to update its traffic counts next month with an eye on street widening.

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Neither rain, cold nor wind deters Boy Scouts

Preparation is part of the Boy Scout creed.

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Teacher pleads not guilty in child sex case

COEUR d’ALENE — An October trial was set for a former Hayden Meadows school teacher who pleaded not guilty Friday to three counts of child abuse.

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Rathdrum man waives hearing on sex charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A 50-year-old Rathdrum man accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl waived his evidentiary hearing in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court and was bound over on the felony charges.

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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.

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Dalton Gardens again has a mayor

DALTON GARDENS — A city of Coeur d’Alene firefighter is the new mayor of Dalton Gardens.

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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.

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Man charges court officials with fraud

COEUR d’ALENE —A 63-year-old who spent 10 years in prison is accusing court officials in Kootenai County and the state of Idaho of using phony evidence to keep him behind bars.

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Mediation sought in lewd conduct case

A deputy prosecutor asked for mediation Wednesday in the case of a Post Falls contractor charged with molesting children.

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Former neo-Nazi site to be sold

The road is paved now where a gravel strip once headed north through a forested grove edged by farm fields.

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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.

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Chinook on the hook

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.

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Jurors acquit shooter

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.

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Trial begins in shooting incident

Chris Gunderson has multiple healing bullet holes, but he’s lucky the half-dozen gunshot wounds he received in a Post Falls altercation last year didn’t kill him.

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Lawyers: Morris owes us $111,705.44

COEUR d’ALENE — Jeremy Morris could be on the hook for more than $100,000 in attorney fees, according to a motion filed in U.S. District Court.

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Cd'A gets good news on budget

The city of Coeur d’Alene added more than $1 million to its coffers last year by bringing in more revenue than it spent.

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Man faces lewd conduct charges

COEUR d'ALENE — A 50-year-old Rathdrum man who faces two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under 16 and one count of sexual abuse of a child is in the Kootenai County jail on a $50,000 bond.

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Rape case nets man 30-day jail sentence

COEUR d'ALENE — A 20-year-old Spokane man accused of raping a Hayden teenager in a city park bathroom will spend 30 days in jail.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Long-awaited plan for midtown has mixed-use buildings, green space

COEUR d’ALENE — The city’s urban renewal agency is negotiating with a Coeur d’Alene firm to turn a piece of undeveloped land in the heart of the midtown business district into mixed commercial and residential property.

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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.

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Spawning, feeding fish in North Idaho lakes

The spring weather is one of the things early-season bank anglers must prepare for.

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Bond reduction denied in first-degree murder case

A judge denied a request to reduce the million dollar bond for a Coeur d’Alene man who is in the Kootenai County jail facing a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Michael C. “Topher” Clark.

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Atlas waterfront plans taking shape

How tall should the buildings be along the city’s Atlas waterfront?

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Child enticer earns probation after helping others

After spending eight months in a prison rider program in which he helped the state build a computer program for inmates, a 32-year-old Spokane radiologist was placed on probation Tuesday.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Large-scale projects receive approval

A 63-foot-high apartment complex planned along the pond at Riverstone drew a slew of comments at a Tuesday public hearing before the Coeur d’Alene planning commission approved it.

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Dalton Gardens seeks mayor applications

A judge this week upheld a lawsuit against the City of Dalton Gardens by a citizen group that alleges the city violated its own ordinances when it allowed a backyard subdivision.

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Midtown parking puzzle might have a solution

COEUR d’ALENE — Responding to residents who were unable to park in front of their homes because of spillover from the commercial district, the Coeur d’Alene City Council designated portions of three residential streets in midtown as permit-only parking.

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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.

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Holy $#@!

COEUR d’ALENE — Mike Anderson ate stir-fried squash last summer that excited his palate.

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Turkey hunting is 'rocking fun'

Someone said that elk are where you find them.

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It's prison for former wrestling star

COEUR d’ALENE — When Ian Bolstad won the 2012 state high school wrestling championship, it showed he could set goals and achieve them through hard work and dedication.

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Accused Cd'A teacher makes first court appearance

Bond was set Monday at $250,000 for a longtime Coeur d’Alene School District elementary teacher who is accused of lewd conduct with children.

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Trial set in Post Falls shooting

A Post Falls man pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder for shooting and killing a man in his driveway who he thought was overly aggressive.

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Accused rapist waives probable cause hearing

A Post Falls contractor accused of raping girls over a 12-year period waived his preliminary hearing Thursday and was bound over to First District Court on two counts of felony lewd conduct.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

IDFG uses cell tower ear tags to study mule deer bucks

A small, solar-powered ear tag will help biologists track mule deer bucks to help manage the herds that have decreased over the past decades in Idaho.

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House panel signs on to initiative proposal But bipartisan opposition arises

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.

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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.

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Five felonies net 180-day jail sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — A 35-year-old former volunteer firefighter and Army veteran who punched his girlfriend, breaking her eye socket, and head-butted a sheriff’s deputy after an argument in a boat on Lake Coeur d’Alene will serve 180 days in jail.

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Firefighter gets nod for Dalton council

A Northern Lakes fire chief was chosen by the governor to fill a seat on the Dalton Gardens City Council that was left vacant after this month’s recall election.

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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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Embezzlement trial pushed out

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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Access bill shot down by southern Idaho 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.

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Masked Zip Trip robber receives 20-year sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — After 24-year-old Lance Harden robbed the 15th Street Zip Trip last year wearing a mask, holding a loaded revolver with the hammer pulled back and telling the clerk he wasn’t afraid to use it, he dumped the loaded firearm on the grounds of a daycare.

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Dalton residents ready for a reset

It’s a quiet day at Dalton Gardens City Hall, the day after a recall election that left the city without two of its council members and its mayor.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Cd'A man held on $150K bond after knife incident

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene man accused of threatening to “slice and dice” a Rathdrum property owner, and who, according to witnesses, frightened a woman with a knife before punching her in the face, is in the Kootenai County jail facing four felonies.

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Hayden subdivision: 52 homes this year

HAYDEN — When building starts this spring, the first house in Hayden’s latest subdivision will likely be a model home.

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Driver charged in fatal crash Police: Suspect drunk - and texting

COEUR d’ALENE — A 35-year-old father of two with several prior DUI convictions is in the Kootenai County jail facing manslaughter charges.

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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.

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Crash suspect bonds out of jail

A 75-year-old Athol woman charged with vehicular manslaughter was released from jail Thursday after paying a $5,000 bond.

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Elk hanging in there 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.

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Arson, felony battery charges filed in domestic case

A Rathdrum man accused of dumping kerosene on his girlfriend and lighting her on fire after a Valentine’s Day argument over karaoke at a local bar will face felony charges of aggravated battery, third degree arson and felony domestic battery.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Senior center ready to expand in Hayden

HAYDEN — The bingo machine at the Hayden Senior Center is under wraps, at least until Thursday when Storma Edelbrock and her volunteers will remove the cover, fire it up and give it a test run to make sure it’s working properly before the games begin.

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Idaho child marriage bill fails

The Idaho House has quashed a bill that would have prohibited children under 16 from getting married.

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Lower bond sought in fatal shooting

A preliminary hearing is scheduled this week for the man accused in the fatal shooting of Michael C. “Topher” Clark.

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Kokanee numbers skyrocket in Lake Pend Oreille

Kokanee numbers in Lake Pend Oreille are at record highs.

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IFG offering cash for walleye

In an effort to bolster the Lake Pend Oreille kamloops fishery, in part by limiting predatory species that feed on kokanee, Idaho Fish and Game is giving anglers an incentive to target walleye.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 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.

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Hayden feels small but is a big player

HAYDEN — The city is streamlining to make it easier to live and do business there.

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PF man accused of raping girls

A 57-year-old Post Falls contractor accused of raping teenage girls is behind bars facing two counts of felony lewd conduct, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Montana man faces heroin, meth charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A Kalispell, Mont., man who carried a stolen firearm when he was arrested Monday in Coeur d’Alene has been charged with trafficking heroin and methamphetamine, which carries a mandatory 15-year prison sentence.

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Fed bill keeps Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management lands open

A giant public lands bill that would leave federal lands open to hunting, fishing and trapping was passed by Congress this week.

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Embezzler destined for prison; stole $700K

COEUR d’ALENE — A 63-year-old Coeur d’Alene woman could spend 20 years in federal prison for stealing almost $700,000 from the Coeur d’Alene cabinet business where she worked.

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Fish & Game offers cash for walleye

In an effort to bolster the Lake Pend Oreille kamloops fishery, in part by limiting predatory species that feed on kokanee, Idaho Fish and Game is giving anglers an incentive to target walleye.

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Hayden, residents put plow problems in the past

Since the city of Hayden began earlier this snow season to urge residents move their cars off city streets during snow events, its plow truck drivers have been happier.

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Bond set for suspected shooter in deadly bar 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.

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Video voyeur 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.

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Man who failed to show in court found dead

A St. Maries man accused of soliciting teenagers for sex over the internet, who failed to appear in court Friday in Benewah County, was found dead in his home, according to the St. Maries Gazette.

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Sex sting leads to fed charges

COEUR d’ALENE — Two men from Spokane who drove to Idaho to have sex with girls under 16 will face charges in federal court.

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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.

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Kokanee numbers skyrocket in Lake Pend Oreille

Kokanee numbers in Lake Pend Oreille are at record highs.

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The man with the penis tattoo ... and a fake $50 bill, cops say

COEUR d’ALENE — A 21-year-old Coeur d’Alene man with a penis tattoo on his left arm, along with a tattoo of the mark of Cain, was arrested Monday for using a counterfeit bill to purchase a knife.

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Dalton Gardens lawsuit in judge's hands

DALTON GARDENS — A judge has taken under advisement a request by the city of Dalton Gardens to toss out a lawsuit by residents who accuse the City Council of breaking the law by approving a development on a 5-acre parcel in town.

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One year after death, mystery lives

COEUR d’ALENE — A year ago this week, Larry Isenberg was reported to have drowned after falling from his boat in Lake Coeur d’Alene near Powderhorn Bay, but an autopsy showed the cause of death was a lethal amount of benadryl.

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One year after death, mystery lives

COEUR d’ALENE — A year ago this week, Larry Isenberg was reported to have drowned after falling from his boat in Lake Coeur d’Alene near Powderhorn Bay, but an autopsy showed the cause of death was a lethal amount of benadryl.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Oregon man arrested in sex sting operation

COEUR d'ALENE — A 36-year-old Oregon man who traveled 365 miles to have a sex with a teenage girl is facing a possible 15-year prison sentence after his arrest Wednesday In Post Falls.

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Post Falls man sentenced for abusing a vulnerable adult

A Post Falls man who cared for developmentally disabled adults was sentenced to as many as eight years behind bars for having sex with one of his clients.

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Hearing set for 870-unit apartment complex

After being denied by the city’s planning commission, the developer of River’s Edge, a proposed 870-unit apartment complex on the Spokane River, is hoping the Coeur d’Alene City Council will give his plan a thumbs up.

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Sex sting nets five arrests

A weekend sex sting landed a Rathdrum sex offender and four other men in jail to face charges of enticing children, which can carry a maximum 15 years in prison.

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Cd'A hikes parking, water fees

Coeur d’Alene’s mayor cast the deciding vote this week to accept a new fee schedule for parking and water rates after three council members voted against the increases.

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Cd'A puts brakes on high-speed internet proposal

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene City Council agreed with two local internet providers this week to back off a proposal to subsidize a Wisconsin company that wants to provide high-speed internet to the city.

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Fish and Game open houses to consider game, wolf management

Wolves on the landscape are also on the mind of Justin Webb.

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Cd'A man sentenced to 4 years on heroin charge

R Derek Christensen of Coeur d’Alene is going to prison for four years — fixed.

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Frigid vortex hex is upon us

The polar vortex, western edition, is coming to a neighborhood near you.

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English comes full circle

One of Dan English’s little regrets is losing his North Idaho College letterman jacket.

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Hunting for answers

There are a few things Ed Schriever appreciates as much as a firm handshake, a vertical grained quarter of tamarack and results.

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Suspect sought identity change

COEUR d’ALENE — Jennifer Narvaiz was trying to disappear a day before she appeared on screen in a Kootenai County courthouse video arraignment.

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Sovenski sentence includes jail, fine

COEUR d’ALENE — A Hayden man who was acquitted of a hate crime for an altercation with a group of Spokane teenagers last summer at a Coeur d’Alene McDonald’s was sentenced Tuesday for misdemeanor battery.

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Idaho Fish and Game collecting input for latest 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.

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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.

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Midtown project materializing

COEUR d’ALENE — A chunk of midtown property along Fourth Street, a dozen blocks from downtown Coeur d’Alene, will likely turn into a mixed-residential and retail complex.

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Coin theft spree continues

COEUR d’ALENE — Although charges were filed by police and a suspect was arrested, a Coeur d’Alene coin store robbery last year is an open case that has taken on national significance.

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CASE NOT CLOSED Wylie Hunter is a convicted pot smuggler. He served 10 years in prison. Now he's trying to put North Idaho's legal system on trial

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.

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A road runs through it Dalton residents weigh in on Fourth

COEUR d’ALENE — There’s a street in Dalton Gardens, a remnant really, named after a family whose roots go back more than a century.

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Armed robbery suspect accepts plea deal

COEUR d’ALENE — A 23-year-old Florida man who pleaded guilty Friday to robbing the Best Avenue Zip Trip at gunpoint could be sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

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Chukars on the heels of heroes

There are many reasons to miss a flying chukar with a swinging shotgun, and I find hunters are too hard on themselves.

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IDFG commish decides today on 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.

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Tale of the trails Cd'A focuses on taking care of popular paths

COEUR d’ALENE — With several new walking and bicycle trails being added to the city’s 23-mile trail repertoire, the City Council this month approved a plan for a $75,000 piece of equipment to maintain the public’s paved paths.

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Builder: City blows roof off common sense Garage 10 inches too tall; roof rebuilt

COEUR d’ALENE — A residential garage in Coeur d’Alene’s Sanders Beach neighborhood is being rebuilt after the city’s planning and zoning commission denied a 10-inch variance.

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Inside muscle alleged Zone-change request draws neighbors' ire

A sensitive land area, with drainage into Lake Creek, might be turned into an 84-acre development in southern Kootenai County if a member of the county’s planning and zoning board is allowed a zone change.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Garage to add charging stations

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene will have three new, taxpayer-funded electric car charging stations in its new downtown parking garage by next summer.

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Man who allegedly shot at police charged with 10 felonies

COEUR d’ALENE — A 23-year-old Post Falls man who allegedly shot at Rathdrum police and led deputies on a pursuit that ended in Hayden will have a preliminary hearing within 14 days in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.

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Transformer cost gives Bayview buyer a shock

A North Idaho woman is wondering why a local power company is making her pay almost $3,000 for a transformer to provide electricity to her new construction in a small Bayview subdivision.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Probation for drunk driver in fatal crash

COEUR d’ALENE — A 45-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who was drunk when he crashed into a stalled vehicle, killing a passenger in a snowstorm on Interstate 90, might not serve any prison time.

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Another 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.

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Fish and Game: Helicopter elk surveys begin from North Fork to St. Joe River valley

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.

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Widmyer artful in update of city

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer isn’t upper crust, although he is sometimes accused of it.

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Old tickets don't die, but sometimes they stink

COEUR d’ALENE — Mother of three Kerri Beth Wallace drove from Greenacres, Wash., to Idaho last weekend to help a daughter who was involved in a car crash.

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Dalton residents, pick a path for the future

DALTON GARDENS — Committee members want the public’s guidance in directing how Dalton Gardens grows for the next decade.

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Alleged stabber charged, but he's hurting, too

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene man accused of stabbing another man four times with a folding knife is in the Kootenai County Jail on a $100,000 bond facing charges of aggravated battery and possession of methamphetamine, both felonies.

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Second woman sentenced in body dumping

COEUR d’ALENE — A woman who said she was coerced into dumping the body of her friend into Lake Coeur d’Alene after the friend died of a drug overdose in Spokane Valley was sentenced to five years in prison.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Washington man faces kidnapping, other charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A 51-year old Colbert, Wash., man was arrested at The Coeur d’Alene Resort early Tuesday and charged with second-degree kidnapping and forcible sexual penetration, both felonies, as well as several misdemeanor counts of domestic violence resulting from an alleged attack on his estranged wife in a fifth-floor …

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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.

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Original plungers: Older, sure, but still wild and crazy, too

COEUR d’ALENE — Not much has changed, Bryan Riba said, standing in the sand on Sanders Beach Monday as a frigid breeze rippled across a silvery Lake Coeur d’Alene.

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Cd'A therapist accused of rape faces jury trial in February

COEUR d'ALENE — The trial this month for a Kootenai Health therapist charged with rape and sexual abuse of an underage patient has been rescheduled for Feb. 26 in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.

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Dalton officials stand firm None quit, with recall election now looming

A recall election for city officials in Dalton Gardens will likely be held in March.

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Christmas for the birds, the hunters chasing them and the dogs that bring them back

He hunted with his brothers and dad on Christmas Eve and the next morning, but that was long ago, he said.

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Theme park theft: $1M-plus Authorities say embezzlement took place over decade

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.

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Prisoner dies from apparent suicide

COEUR d’ALENE — An inmate from Coeur d’Alene serving time in an Idaho prison died this week from an apparent suicide.

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Hate crime verdict: Not guilty

COEUR d’ALENE — A Hayden man accused of a felony hate crime was acquitted by a jury Thursday after six hours of deliberation spanning two days.

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Cd'A to look further at creating hospital urban renewal district

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene City Council opted this week to move ahead with a proposal to further investigate whether an urban renewal district around the hospital is the best way to upgrade the facility and its surroundings.

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New IDFG director has worked for the department for 35 years

A former fisheries bureau chief for Idaho Fish and Game, and former deputy director, will take over as department head beginning next month.

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Hate crime trial begins in Cd'A

COEUR d’ALENE — Richard Sovenski sat quietly next to his attorney Tuesday in First District Court as a video rolled, showing the Hayden 52-year-old screaming at a group of Spokane teenagers last summer outside a McDonald’s in Coeur d’Alene.

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Sovenski trial to begin today

COEUR d’ALENE — A jury will use evidence collected on six videos and the testimony from 28 witnesses to decide whether a Hayden man is guilty of a felony for harassing a Spokane youth group last summer.

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Development dilemma In approving projects, school impact ignored

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene School District superintendent wants to partner with the city when it comes to considering future developments.

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Health corridor district considered

COEUR d’ALENE — Updating Coeur d’Alene’s health corridor may come down to the vigor of its transportation system.

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Planning commission sinks River's Edge

COEUR d’ALENE — An hour before midnight Tuesday, after lengthy deliberations in a meeting that had already lasted almost six hours, Coeur d’Alene’s planning commission kiboshed a proposal for an 870-unit apartment complex along Seltice Way near the Spokane River.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS 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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS 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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Commission nixes HOA's plan for gates on Bellerive Lane

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene’s planning commission on Tuesday denied a riverfront homeowners association’s request to gate its streets to prevent nonresidential traffic from clogging the neighborhood in the summer.

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City to help Charter Academy with traffic issues

COEUR d’ALENE — Parents at a charter school in Coeur d’Alene need help following traffic rules.

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Council debates, shoots down urban renewal change

COEUR d’ALENE — A City Council member’s plan to amend Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal process was shot down this week by fellow councilors.

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Hearing set for project along river Builder plans 870 apartment units

COEUR d’ALENE — A public hearing Tuesday will address a zone change allowing for an 870-unit development at the River’s Edge site west of the city’s newly acquired former Atlas Mill property.

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IDFG: Catching poachers requires help from public

An elk shot and its meat wasted on private land near Prichard is among several poaching cases being investigated by Idaho Fish and Game.

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Courthouse lockdown nets a wanted man

COEUR d’ALENE — Police and deputies descended on a locked- down Coeur d’Alene courthouse with their weapons drawn Tuesday morning before arresting a Sandpoint man who allegedly flashed a gun at a driver on Interstate 90 earlier in the day.

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Courthouse lockdown nets wanted man

COEUR d’ALENE — Police and deputies descended on a locked down Coeur d’Alene courthouse with their weapons drawn Tuesday morning before arresting a Sandpoint man who allegedly flashed a gun at a driver on Interstate 90 earlier in the day.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Prison for couple who abused 6-year-old

COEUR d’ALENE — A Post Falls couple whose torture of a six-year-old boy caused his pancreas to rupture almost killing the child will each serve no less than 15 years behind bars.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Dalton Gardens recall possible

COEUR d’ALENE — A petition to recall the elected officials at Dalton Gardens City Hall has gathered more than 420 signatures and has been turned over to the county for verification, while a lawsuit against the city has been simultaneously filed in First District Court.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Long-running land spat headed to court in March

COEUR d’ALENE — The outcome of a March trial will determine if a Coeur d’Alene landowner who is the head of a Kootenai County Republican group may legally use property his neighbor purchased in a tax sale.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Man held following high-speed chase

COEUR d’ALENE — An 18-year-old Naples man who drove a stolen car Tuesday as he led police on a chase at speeds around 120 mph is being held in the Kootenai County Jail on a $120,000 bond.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Man held on $120K bond following two-county, high-speed chase

COEUR d’ALENE — An 18-year-old Naples man who drove a stolen car Tuesday as he led police on a chase at speeds around 120 mph is being held in the Kootenai County Jail on a $120,000 bond.

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Couple sentenced for fighting with police at Kootenai Health

COEUR d’ALENE — A Kootenai County prosecutor asked the court Tuesday to impose a harsher sentence on a Coeur d’Alene couple because they contacted the media after being accused of fighting with police.

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Cd'A snow plow army armed and ready to go

Appleway is the name of a Coeur d’Alene thoroughfare, but it will also be the moniker of the city’s first snow storm, thanks to local elementary school students who have been naming storms for the Coeur d’Alene street department for more than a decade.

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It was a shelluva show

COEUR d’ALENE — The gray plastic shell casings washed up on sands of City Beach in Coeur d’Alene under a stone-colored sky, where they were noticed Monday by passersby who notified the Kootenai Environmental Alliance.

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Free rides are likely going away County considers fares for bus riders

The county-administered public bus service could start charging passengers in the near future.

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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.

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Increasing Idaho's elk numbers 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 …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Purse snatching teens sentenced

Sentencing for one of a trio of teenagers accused of robbing, burgling and beating up their victims last summer in downtown Coeur d’Alene was postponed Monday, although two of the teens have already been sentenced.

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Council gathers URD input

COEUR d’ALENE — Details of a plan to restructure two urban renewal districts and create a third URD at the city-owned former Atlas Mill site were parsed by City Council members and the public Tuesday, in preparation for a decision on the proposals next month.

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More time needed for sentencing in fatality

COEUR d’ALENE — Today’s sentencing hearing for a Coeur d’Alene man who pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated DUI after a crash on the interstate that killed the teenage son of a Kootenai County Sheriff’s sergeant was reset.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Back in the Bunker?

COEUR d’ALENE — The Canadian company interested in buying Kellogg’s Bunker Hill mine has negotiated a new agreement that could lead to re-opening the mine in a limited capacity within four years.

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Firearms thief sentenced to local jail Prison sentence suspended

COEUR d’ALENE — A 22-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who told police he worked for a cartel selling stolen property in California and Canada will spend four months in jail for stealing his girlfriend’s family’s firearms.

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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.

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McArthur faces fraud charges

The former executive director of the Post Falls Senior Center will appear in court this month to face felony fraud charges.

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Police take suicidal man into custody

A 25-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was booked into the Kootenai County Jail after being shot Wednesday by police using rubber-tipped bullets.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO

Conductors sue railroad, 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.

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MOVE OVER! Here's a law too many drivers ignore

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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

'Among the worst domestic violence I have seen'

COEUR d’ALENE — A 28-year-old Post Falls man who threatened to gut a woman with a screwdriver will serve at least five years in prison, a Coeur d’Alene judge ordered this week.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Moving fish, birds to adorn roundabouts

COEUR d’ALENE — A Nevada artist will fill two Seltice Way roundabouts with leaping fish and flying birds.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Oregon bank robber arrested after Ramada SWAT standoff

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 biting K-9.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Proposition 1: Race is over

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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Former Harrison chamber chair, shop owner sentenced

COEUR d’ALENE — A Harrison ice cream shop owner and former chairman of the lakeside town’s Chamber of Commerce was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for fondling children.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Students love the law - and pizza, too

COEUR d’ALENE — The hot pizzas, almost three dozen, arrived at Coeur d’Alene’s federal courthouse in time for lunch Tuesday.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Ex-nurse gets 10 years for fatal heroin injection

COEUR d’ALENE — A former nurse who injected his girlfriend with a lethal dose of heroin was sentenced Monday to 10 years behind bars.

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Powderhorn developers ordered to pay $1.6M

COEUR d’ALENE — A California company with plans to develop a peninsula north of Harrison must pay the bank $1.6 million and almost $200 per day as part of a foreclosure finalized last week in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.

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Midtown residents respond to parking study

COEUR d’ALENE — It is the city’s job to provide parking in midtown and ensure parking problems don’t spill into residential neighborhoods.

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Cd'A man sentenced in Lewiston drug ring case

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene man who transported large quantities of methamphetamine to Lewiston and the Nez Perce Reservation was sentenced this week in Coeur d’Alene federal court to eight years in prison.

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Government Way widening, paving work winds down

COEUR d'ALENE — A construction project to turn Coeur d’Alene’s Government Way into a four-lane north and south route between Harrison Avenue and Prairie Avenue will be completed by Thanksgiving.

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Hunters like Idaho whitetail management, want to see fewer non-residents allowed

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.

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Isenberg 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.

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Tubbs deer killer has criminal record

A 49-year-old man with an extensive rap sheet who admitted to killing a deer on Tubbs Hill last week has now been cited by Coeur d’Alene Police.

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Jury: Magner to pay $600,000

A Spokane advertising executive acquitted on three counts of involuntary manslaughter for a boating crash two years ago that killed three people must pay $600,000 to the families of the victims.

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Tubbs Hill deer hunt infuriates residents

COEUR d'ALENE — A deer harvested on Tubbs Hill by an archer this week is drawing ire from neighborhood residents who wonder why nothing is being done to prevent hunting on Tubbs Hill.

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Midtown parking study up for debate

COEUR d'ALENE — Armed with an $8,500 parking study, the Coeur d’Alene City Council will address parking in midtown at its next meeting.

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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.

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Victim snarls after dog attack

A 69-year-old Coeur d’Alene woman who was attacked by three dogs in The Landings is wondering why city ordinances don’t require the dogs be removed before they bite someone else.

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Hunters log harvest and complaints at check stations as elk season ends

The latest North Idaho elk hunting season was a mixed bag for hunters, and for biologists manning check stations in the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe drainages.

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Father's memory part of the elk hunting experience

Ryan Frank of Hayden wears a silver ring of elk ivory embossed along its edges with mountains and trees and a bugling bull elk in tiny relief.

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Proposition 2 group draws crowd to health provider

COEUR d'ALENE — When Chenoa Crettol's son, a full-time electrician raising a family in North Idaho, needed health care, he couldn’t pay for it.

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Man accused of I-90 crash pleads not guilty

COEUR d’ALENE — A man accused of being drunk when he injured a mother and daughter last summer in an Interstate 90 crash pleaded not guilty Monday to felony aggravated DUI.

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Fatal shooting cites 'stand your ground'

COEUR d’ALENE — Prosecutors said a 41-year-old Post Falls man used undue force when he killed another man last weekend with one shot to the chest at point blank range.

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Bounty hunter found not guilty of trespassing charge

COEUR d’ALENE — A bounty hunter accused of terrorizing a Coeur d’Alene family by threatening to break into their house to find a fugitive who wasn’t there was acquitted by a jury in First District Magistrate Court.

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Man sent to prision for video voyeurism

COEUR d’ALENE — A man who posted a nude image of his former girlfriend on a social media site was sentenced to prison for video voyeurism, but the Coeur d’Alene judge suspended the sentence and ordered a 10-day jail sentence and probation.

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Memorial grandstand project put on ice

COEUR d’ALENE — The grandstands at Memorial Field won’t get the facelift this winter that city administrators had anticipated.

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Fees set for parking in new four-story downtown garage

COEUR d’ALENE — Once it’s completed this year, the city’s downtown parking garage could generate as much as $90,000 annually that may be used to help fund the city’s parking program and maintenance of the city’s parks.

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Fewer hunters, average harvest logged at IDFG check stations

Fewer hunters in the Coeur d’Alenes so far this elk season makes the Idaho Department of Fish and Game wonder.

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Those blasted buggers are back

Nancy Nelson was running in a Hayden neighborhood when she stopped and turned back.

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Cd'A City Council: Annex Atlas site

An ordinance approving annexation of the Atlas Waterfront, a 48-acre former millsite east of the city that is earmarked for development, was approved Tuesday by the Coeur d’Alene City Council.

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Man sentenced after burning ex's clothes

Piling a former girlfriend’s clothes into a Coeur d’Alene yard and setting them on fire along with explosive aerosol cans didn’t play well Tuesday with a First District judge who ordered a five-year prison term for the perpetrator.

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Fish and Game official resigns

Three former Panhandle Idaho Fish and Game Commissioners stood behind a request for Blake Fischer to resign after the commissioner from Meridian bragged about killing a family of baboons.

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Fischer resigns IFG post

Three former Panhandle Idaho Fish and Game commissioners stood behind a request for Blake Fischer to resign after the commissioner from Meridian bragged about killing a family of baboons.

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Political debate stinks to new low

COEUR d’ALENE — Cecil Kelly has dealt with his share of crud.

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Finlay's sentence upheld

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.

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Finlay seeks reduced sentence

A Rathdrum man serving prison time for manslaughter has been returned to the Kootenai County jail to have his sentence reconsidered today in First District Court after accusing a judge of bias in the case.

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Post Falls man lands a boat in fishing derby

Sometimes it takes a whole life to float your boat.

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Biggest fish, biggest payout marks Bayview's OktoberFish

Bayview resident Chad Cadnum pulled off what his friend and Bayview celebrity Ralph Jones had done for more than a decade before passing the torch.

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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.

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Worley man arrested in Connecticut for felony violations

COEUR d’ALENE — A 68-year-old Worley man was arrested in Norwalk, Conn., last week for allegedly violating a restraining order 10 times.

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Idaho Supreme Court upholds conviction

COEUR d’ALENE — The felony conviction of a Spokane man who eluded Coeur d’Alene police was upheld by the Idaho Supreme Court despite objections that prosecutors used old evidence from prior criminal conduct.

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A Lacrosse connection may be coming to Riverstone

COEUR d’ALENE — A plan to alleviate traffic congestion at Riverstone by punching a road into the subdivision’s eastern perimeter has been on the table for more than 13 years.

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Accused wife beater to undergo evaluation

COEUR d’ALENE — A man who is accused of threatening his wife with a Bowie knife, puncturing her car tires and strangling her, will have a domestic violence evaluation before he appears in court this month for sentencing.

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Penkunis sentenced in teen's death

COEUR d’ALENE — Larry Penkunis wept Wednesday and told the court, and the family of Michaela Morton, that he was sorry for the 19-year-old’s death, but he did not cause the overdose that killed her.

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Harvest a few birds today, get a few birds tomorrow

Jim Hagedorn remembers those days.

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Body dumping ruling upheld

COEUR d’ALENE — The decision of a Coeur d’Alene court to dismiss a felony against a Spokane woman who failed to report the death of her friend from a drug overdose withstood the scrutiny of the state supreme court.

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Stocking pheasants slated for youth hunting opportunity

Idaho youths can bang at flying birds starting Saturday in selected areas in the Palouse and near Lewiston.

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IDFG volunteers, technicians band 700 birds in North Idaho WMAs

Idaho Fish and Game volunteers and technicians banded more than 700 birds recently as part of an ongoing state waterfowl study.

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Court upholds murder sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — The second-degree murder conviction of a St. Maries man who is in prison for killing his girlfriend was confirmed by the Idaho Supreme Court after it considered a second appeal in a case that goes back seven years.

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High court upholds judge's decision in Lake Cd'A body dumping case

COEUR d’ALENE — The decision of a Coeur d’Alene court to dismiss a felony against a Spokane woman who failed to report the death of her friend from a drug overdose withstood the scrutiny of the state supreme court.

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Teacher gets 18-month sentence for child porn

COEUR d’ALENE — A former Plummer school teacher was sentenced to 18 months behind bars and given credit for the six months he’s served in jail in exchange for a guilty plea to two counts of having child porn.

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Crash suspect headed to district court

COEUR d’ALENE — A man who is accused of seriously injuring a mother and daughter who had to be extricated from a mangled Subaru that crashed on Interstate 90 will take his case to district court.

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Suspected heroin dealer nabbed

COEUR d’ALENE — A man with blood smears on his hands and pants, who told police he had a gun, was arrested this week at the Huetter rest area along Interstate 90 and charged with trafficking heroin.

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Legal tussle over cleaning cans

COEUR d’ALENE — The city’s garbage collector has sued a startup company that wants to clean curbside garbage cans as they sit at the end of driveways across neighborhoods in Coeur d’Alene.

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Shoring up plans for Atlas property

COEUR d’ALENE — The city added a 46-acre stretch of riverfront to a zone change application that was approved this month and included its 48-acre former mill property.

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If you recycle, beware The Tag

Dirty cans, metal, wood or plastic bags stashed into a blue recycle bin will get you tagged, starting this week.

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Fish and Game officials disappointed in judge's 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.

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Racism case set for trial

COEUR d’ALENE — A three-day jury trial has been set for a Hayden man accused of yelling racial slurs at a Spokane church group.

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Unused swale could help water quality

COEUR d’ALENE — A grassy chunk of undeveloped property near U.S. 95 and Northwest Boulevard in Coeur d’Alene could turn into a collection point for stormwater otherwise headed to the Spokane River.

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Pact keeps endowment lands open to sportsmen

The Idaho Fish Department of and Game is spending a quarter per acre to ensure we have more places to hunt.

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Seawall gets a facelift - for just one day

The last time floodwaters pushed from Lake Coeur d’Alene into the city, Dorothy Dahlgren and her husband took their son down to the parking lot at the Third Street docks for a look.

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No plea deal reached in first-degree murder case

COEUR d’ALENE — A 24-year-old Post Falls man who pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a 7-month-old Rathdrum girl will take his case before a jury after a judge refused to set aside the indictment, or dismiss charges in the case.

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Donation deemed a trail saver

COEUR d’ALENE — A plan to build a row of tract homes on the Centennial Trail at Riverstone was officially kiboshed with the donation Monday of adjacent land to the trail foundation for use as a greenbelt.

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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.

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E. Sherman sampler appears to please

COEUR d’ALENE — The parking on one block of East Sherman Avenue increased by five spots this week as the real estate around Moon Time Cafe and Jimmy’s Down the Street got a splotch of color and some trees.

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That grand ol' stand is about to get spiffy

COEUR d’ALENE — As the bid process for upgrades to the Memorial Field grandstand gets underway this month, Coeur d’Alene City Council has opted to kick in cash for amenities not included in the basic bid.

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Judge to Groene: Get out

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.

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Public has until Oct. 7 to comment on rule changes and management plan

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.

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A big, opening morning bull is reward for Post Falls man

It was a lot of work, Matt Oliver of Post Falls said.

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Are street art mini models worth moolah?

COEUR d’ALENE — They are called maquettes, and they are fun, City Council members agree.

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Dogs get a treat

COEUR d’ALENE — When it is relocated later this year, the Central Bark pooch park will be a smaller version of its current incarnation, but it will be pretty much in the same place.

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All the arts under one roof

COEUR d’ALENE — If Coeur d’Alene had an 800-seat performing arts center it would likely require a $420,000 annual subsidy to keep afloat.

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Couple found guilty of battery on police

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier and his wife were found guilty of battery on police officers Friday by a jury that deliberated three hours before reaching a verdict.

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Hayden man accused of growing pot

COEUR d’ALENE — A 61-year-old man who lives with his mother in Hayden, where he is accused of growing pot, made an appearance while partially dressed and seated in a wheelchair in First District Court Thursday to face drug manufacturing charges.

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Brush up on the lastest 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.

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Accused abuser may face more charges

COEUR d’ALENE — More charges could be pending against a 71-year-old retired aerospace worker from Post Falls who was charged Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court with child abuse.

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Convicted sex offender placed on probation

COEUR d’ALENE — A 30-year-old convicted sex offender who returned from a prison rehabilitation program without having completed an updated psychosexual evaluation was placed on probation despite a judge’s warning that probation was unlikely in his case.

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Heroin dealer sentenced to 13 years

A Spokane man who delivered almost an ounce of heroin to a police informant will serve at least 10 years behind bars, a Coeur d’Alene judge ruled.

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Post Falls man accused of fondling children

COEUR d’ALENE — A 71-year-old retired aerospace worker from Post Falls was charged Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court with fondling children.

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Cd'A City Council amends budget

COEUR d’ALENE — Whether the city should raise property taxes to fund a portion of the latest city of Coeur d’Alene budget resulted in fencing between council members Tuesday, including members who plan to run for election again next year.

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CDA PD getting $1M increase

COEUR d’ALENE — Newly minted Coeur d’Alene police officers can reach the department’s top pay scale after five years on the force. They will also receive a 2.5 percent annual cost of living increase in addition to a 1 percent general pay increase this year.

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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.

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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.

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Fire lights up Sunset in Cd'A

COEUR d’ALENE — A fire at the Sunset Bar, one of Coeur d’Alene’s iconic taverns, shut the business down Monday afternoon as firefighters tore through an outside wall looking for the source of smoke.

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Man sentenced to 5 years for heroin, gun charges

COEUR d’ALENE — The three grams of heroin and two stolen guns police found when they arrested Nicholas J. Doudna in the Ironwood Square parking lot in May netted the 30-year-old a five-year prison sentence.

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On second thought, that's a guilty plea

COEUR d’ALENE — Joy Tamika Anderson pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of injuring a child and two enhancements that could land her behind bars for 60 years at the discretion of a First District Court judge.

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Judge scolds sheriff's deputies; suspect walks

COEUR d’ALENE — Charges were dismissed Thursday against a Coeur d’Alene man who was cuffed and held at gunpoint in Hayden for having a loud muffler and driving 6 mph over the speed limit.

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Attorneys near plea deal in murder case

COEUR d’ALENE — Attorneys must rework a plea agreement in a Post Falls death case after a First District Judge apprised them Thursday that an agreement without clear parameters would not be accepted by the court.

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It's prison for thief who eluded police

COEUR d’ALENE — A man who eluded police in a stolen Jeep last winter when it was struck by a train north of Rathdrum was sentenced to two years in prison for two felonies.

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Horrific case may see plea change

COEUR d’ALENE — A woman who pleaded not guilty to a charge of beating a child so severely his pancreas burst is expected to change her plea today in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court.

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Nold sentenced to life in prison

COEUR d’ALENE — A 65-year-old Hayden man who was arrested a year ago during a police sting operation after driving to a Coeur d’Alene hotel to have sex with a 15-year-old boy will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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Cougar sighted near Tubbs Hill

COEUR d’ALENE — As dusk flushed into daylight Tuesday morning, Gloria Waggoner saw a mountain lion cross a street near Sanders Beach as she headed there for a swim.

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Trapper seeks pet-snatching coyote

COEUR d’ALENE — A private trapper was hired to catch a coyote that has killed two dogs and attempted to drag off another dog in a Hayden neighborhood.

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100-year-old GI colorful, as in green, purple, bronze

COEUR d’ALENE — Earl Hyde Jr. thinks he has a pretty good shot.

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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.

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Judge gives two weeks for closing arguments 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.

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Judge imposes prison sentence for sex offender

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene judge sent a 29-year-old Coeur d’Alene man to prison for molesting a 13-year-old girl.

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Fewer spike and raghorn bulls forecast for upcoming elk season

Elk are where you find them, and in the early season in North Idaho that means think big.

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Steve Groene in court over house given to Shasta

COEUR d’ALENE — Steve Groene had one piece of evidence this week that he hoped would allow him to stay in a house built for his daughter, Shasta Groene, by volunteers who want to evict him.

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Man pleads guilty in death of mom, kids

COEUR d’ALENE — A 47-year-old accused of supplying the drugs that may have resulted in the 2016 death of Misty Phelps and her two children pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement to one count of distributing meth.

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Plea deal accepted

COEUR d’ALENE — One of the co-defendants in a child beating case accepted a plea bargain that calls for his testimony in exchange for dismissing two felony charges against him.

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Grizzly roaming around region

COEUR d’ALENE — A young grizzly bear that has raided chicken coops on both sides of U.S. 95 between Garwood and Athol is in the sights of Idaho Fish and Game.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Man shot dead was ex-employee

COEUR d’ALENE — A man who was shot and killed by a security guard Saturday at Global Credit Union in Coeur d’Alene was a former employee of the financial cooperative.

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Bar fight nets man prison term

COEUR d’ALENE — A drunken altercation in a Post Falls bowling alley last spring resulted in more than $173,000 in medical bills, and a five-year prison sentence for a 28-year-old Post Falls man.

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Teens accused of downtown Cd'A crime spree face stiff penalties

COEUR d’ALENE — One at a time, three Spokane teens charged in a series of downtown Coeur d’Alene robberies funneled into Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court this week to face felony charges of conspiracy, robbery and theft.

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Cd'A man leads group that exposes sex offenders

COEUR d’ALENE — Last week, a 55-year-old St. Maries man was confronted at the Ironwood Plaza in Coeur d’Alene by a slim, scruffy-looking truck driver with a cellphone camera.

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Judge delays sex offender decision

COEUR d’ALENE — A 30-year-old convicted sex offender who returned from a prison rehabilitation program will have to wait another month before learning if First District Judge John Mitchell will place him on probation.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Booth sentenced in Kirk murder

COEUR d’ALENE — Justin Roy Booth, who pleaded guilty to robbing and murdering Coeur d’Alene resident William “Bo” Kirk in October 2016, will spend at least 30 years in prison.

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It's hot and it's about to get hotter

A spate of high temperatures combined with kindle dry forest fuels this week have firefighters across Idaho’s Panhandle on high alert.

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Lori's locked up

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 increased to $500,000. She remained jailed Thursday evening.

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Swastika on field ups 'prank' game

COEUR d’ALENE — Vandals used gasoline or herbicide to burn letters, a swastika and a depiction of male genitalia into the grass of the Lake City High School football field this summer. Administrators have written it off as a prank.

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Lori Isenberg turns herself in

A Coeur d’Alene woman wanted for grand theft and who is under investigation for the murder of her husband turned herself in to authorities Wednesday.

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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.

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Trained response

On a black, winter evening in February a routine traffic stop in Coeur d’Alene tested three police officers as it escalated in a moment from an arrest to a gunfight.

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Cd'A police cleared in fatal 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.

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Mother of boat crash victim testifies

Almost two years ago, on July 30, 2016, three people died and disappeared into the darkness of Lake Coeur d’Alene after their boat, floating in choppy water in the twilight, was struck by another boat.

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Manslaughter trial begins

COEUR d’ALENE — The deaths of three people, whose boat was struck two years ago on Lake Coeur d’Alene, were the result of one man’s negligence as he operated a fast-moving ski boat in the dark while intoxicated, prosecutors said, in opening statements Thursday in the manslaughter trial of Dennis …

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Boat passenger recalls crash that killed three

COEUR d’ALENE — Skye Neversorry thought she would die.

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Man sentenced in heroin case

COEUR d’ALENE — A Montana man with eight previous felonies, who was convicted of transporting more than a half pound of methamphetamine and heroin through North Idaho last year, will serve 30 months in prison.

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Fire season now open

COEUR d’ALENE — 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.

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Man sentenced for robbery, burglary, battery

COEUR d’ALENE — A Hayden man who was blacked-out drunk before his arrest by a SWAT team for breaking into a Post Falls home with an accomplice and beating the residents, including an 11-year-old girl, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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Food trucks won't have to hit the road

A popular culinary centerpiece in Coeur d’Alene was on the cusp of being dismantled Tuesday for failing to comply with city laws.

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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.

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Isenberg's daughter charged with injury to a child

COEUR d’ALENE — The daughter of Lori Isenberg was arrested on a warrant Thursday and charged with injury to a child, a misdemeanor.

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Stage set for Monday manslaughter trial

A Coeur d’Alene judge on Thursday dismissed a conspiracy charge against a Washington man accused in the deaths of three boaters two years ago on Lake Coeur d’Alene.

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State 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.

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Report: Massive OD of Benadryl killed Isenberg

Larry Isenberg didn’t drown.

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Judge to decide boat deaths case

A judge will decide today if the driver in a boat crash that killed three people on Lake Coeur d’Alene two years ago conspired to lie to police.

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Cd'A charts courses for urban renewal

COEUR d’ALENE — As the city adds an urban renewal district and expands two others to defray costs of its 47-acre Atlas waterfront renovations, two additional urban renewal districts may be in the offing.

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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.

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Case alleging incest, child-beating advances

COEUR d'ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene judge said he will not raise or lower the bond for a Rathdrum woman accused of incest and of beating a 6-year-old so severely his pancreas ruptured.

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Convicted killer seeks, doesn't find court mercy

COEUR d’ALENE — A Post Falls drug dealer serving 35 years for killing an associate after forcing him at gunpoint to eat a large quantity of meth must serve out his prison term, a First District Judge ordered Friday in Coeur d’Alene.

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Park purse could close

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene’s 32 parks are a small, green anomaly in the annals of urban development.

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The eagle has landed

Several popular Priest Lake campsites have been closed to protect bald eagles.

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Youth bass tournament Saturday in Spirit Lake

As a kid, Brett Surplus spent late summers in a 14-foot, aluminum Sea King with his grandfather fishing for kokanee in Wolf Lodge Bay.

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Council approves concept to fund Atlas improvements

A plan to expand two existing urban renewal districts to encompass parts of the city’s recently purchased Atlas waterfront, and help pay for initial development, was approved by the Coeur d’Alene City Council.

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Bench warrant issued for former caregiver

A $25,000 bench warrant was issued Tuesday for a former caregiver who failed to appear in First District Court to face two felonies, because she is behind bars in Spokane County Jail facing armed robbery and burglary charges.

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Post Falls man sentenced on assault, domestic battery charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A 35-year-old Post Falls man accused of bloodying his girlfriend with a strike to her head, and threatening neighbors with a folding knife, could spend almost a year in prison.

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Another sex sting culprit gets prison

COEUR d’ALENE — A 32-year-old man who drove from his job in Athol to have sex with a 13-year-old girl in Coeur d’Alene was sentenced Monday to no more than seven years in prison.

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Atlas mill project may expand urban renewal area

Developing the half mile of riverfront at the former Atlas mill site is among the first issues the city plans to address at its new property west of Riverstone.

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Are you ready for Ironman?

COEUR d’ALENE — It may be referred to as a “half Ironman,” but Sunday’s 70.3-mile sweatfest will start wet and end the same way.

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Popular dog park will be unleashed

COEUR d’ALENE — Go dog, go.

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SWAT team arrests man on rape, kidnapping charges

A Coeur d’Alene Police SWAT team arrested a man, who is being charged with rape, kidnapping and intimidating a witness, around midnight Tuesday

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Casual cast nets 25- pound pike for Hayden man fishing from shore

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.

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Cd'A City Council nixes reports for proposed urban renewal districts

COEUR d’ALENE — Council members put the brakes Tuesday on a proposal that included investigating two regions in the city as possible urban renewal districts.

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Radiologist sentenced for Cd'A child enticing incident

A 31-year-old Spokane radiologist was sentenced Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene to up to seven years in prison for child enticing, although First District Judge Richard Christensen retained jurisdiction, allowing Chavis W. Jackson to participate in a rehabilitation program before being considered for probation.

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Enticing a child sentencing delayed

COEUR d’ALENE — A Washington man, who told the court he was trying to outsmart a caller who tried to exploit him, could serve up to 15 years in prison for enticing a child over the internet.

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Biologists asking angler help to collect SL chinook fin clips

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.

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Agreement could open up more waterfront access

COEUR d’ALENE — The city is waiting for a development proposal for land east of Mill River to see whether or not it will continue with a land exchange agreement that includes 4 acres and a riverfront trail along the Spokane River.

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Midtown parking to be studied

Street parking is prime, parking lots are next in line and garage parking is last on the list of where motorists like to keep their cars when they are shopping or dining.

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Habitat wins bid for city lot

COEUR d’ALENE — A triangular piece of land a block west of U.S. 95 in Coeur d’Alene that the city had saved for use as a potential well site could be the future home of an affordable housing project.

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Why wait? Baby arrives in truck

Everything in Berkley Mae Johnson’s life has happened in double-time.

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Big bang just theory

Police transported a man to Kootenai Health for a psychological evaluation for his role in a bomb threat Monday at the Hampton Inn and Suites at Riverstone.

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FINDING LORI

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.

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Forged in fire

COEUR d’ALENE — First-year wildland firefighters this week got to whiff smoke, throw dirt and get blisters on their hands while hoisting wood-handled tools named for forebears of the fire line at a five-day school in Coeur d’Alene.

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Man's bond reduced in child murder case

COEUR d’ALENE — After an adamant plea Thursday by the defense attorney of a Post Falls man accused of murdering a 7-month-old girl, a First District judge reduced the $1 milliion bond to $250,000.

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Sentencing delayed for sex-offender

COEUR d’ALENE — Sentencing for a 65-year-old Hayden man who solicited an undercover police officer for sex was delayed Tuesday because a court-ordered psychosexual evaluation hadn’t been completed.

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Woman's body returned to Cd'A Tribe

COEUR d’ALENE — The body of a 21-year-old killed in a car crash was returned to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe Tuesday after a judge signed a temporary restraining order prohibiting the county coroner’s office from sending the body to Spokane for an autopsy.

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Defense attorney seeks dismissal of murder charges

COEUR d’ALENE — Defense attorneys are asking the court to dismiss murder charges against a Post Falls man accused of killing his girlfriend by allegedly injecting her with heroin.

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Publicity leads to trial being postponed

COEUR d’ALENE — A deputy prosecutor threatened a Coeur d’Alene couple with an additional felony for publicizing a criminal case in which the couple has accused Coeur d’Alene police of being heavy handed.

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NIC teacher faces video voyeurism charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene college instructor and gay rights activist is facing two felony counts of video voyeurism.

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One Lakeside rising on site of Mudge Building

Demolition of the Mudge Building — a brick structure on the corner of First Street and Lakeside Avenue in downtown Coeur d’Alene — is set for Tuesday.

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Rodent raiser incurs wrath; he's arrested

The owner of a Hayden business where rodents are raised as food for larger predators was arrested Wednesday after more than a year of complaints from neighbors who say the business stinks.

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Trial set for couple accused of battery

The felony trial for a Coeur d’Alene couple who are accused of battering a police officer was set for three days beginning June 6.

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Couple faces battery charges after August incident at ER

A U.S. Army combat veteran and Green Beret, and his wife, who are charged with felony battery on police officers for a fracas at Kootenai Health last year, will have a pretrial hearing today in First District Court.

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Where is Lori?

COEUR d’ALENE — A local businesswoman, who is charged with grand theft in a Coeur d’Alene embezzlement case and cannot be located, gave away her properties to her sister last month.

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Winning 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.

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Isenberg no-show in court

A Coeur d’Alene businesswoman accused of embezzling more than $500,000 from a local nonprofit failed to appear in court Monday for her arraignment on grand theft charges.

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Clearcut along Hayden Lake draws flak from some neighbors

A clearcut on private land on the north side of Canfield Mountain overlooking Hayden Lake has raised the hackles of neighbors who think the work is an eyesore, while others defend the logging as a normal aspect of living in North Idaho.

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Moose poacher receives sentence

A Coeur d’Alene millionaire affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine who was convicted of poaching a moose near Mica Bay was sentenced to no more than two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $26,000 in fines and penalties.

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Anglers can borrow gear, get bait at Fish and Game fishing trailers

More than a decade ago, in an effort to get people fishing, Idaho Department of Fish and Game began towing trailers to local fishing holes and handing out poles and bait to anyone who didn’t have equipment.

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One hospitalized after two-car crash on Ironwood

One person was admitted to Kootenai Health and two people were treated and released Tuesday following a two-car crash before noon on a major Coeur d’Alene thoroughfare.

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Sex offender held on bond for rape charges

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

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Cd'A Police to receive grants

Victims of domestic crimes in Coeur d’Alene will have a friendly face at the police department to help them weather the unknown.

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More work ahead for Memorial Field, city skateboard park

Two long-awaited projects at the city’s Four Corners recreation area are headed toward completion with at least one of them slated to be ready this year.

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More charges possible in truck-motorcycle accident

A 24-year-old Lakeside High School graduate accused of being drunk when he collided with a motorcycle resulting in the death of a rider could face more charges.

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Idaho grizzly hunt gets green light

One grizzly bear hunt was approved for southeast Idaho by Fish and Game commissioners this week as part of a bear management plan for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

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Hull arraigned in infant death

A not guilty plea has been entered for a 24-year-old Post Falls man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 7-month-old girl.

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Free press = free country

COEUR d’ALENE — The press is the foundation of free speech and when it is attacked as vehemently as it has been over the past two years, it puts the country on shaky ground, a Constitutional scholar said Thursday at a library lecture series.

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Local mountain caribou herds down to seven, survey shows

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.

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Coffeehouse owner, Bayview backer Ralph Jones remembered

Bayview, Idaho, lost its unofficial ambassador over the weekend.

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SWAT team arrests burglary suspect

COEUR d’ALENE — Thomas W. Gray, a man with a history in Coeur d’Alene’s Fort Grounds neighborhood, is being held in the Kootenai County jail on a $30,000 bond after a judge charged him Friday with burglary, conspiracy, failing to comply with a protection order and for being a persistent …

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A warrior and best friend

COEUR d’ALENE — In his many deployments, Bari found his share of two-legged bad guys and loads of contraband.

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A FATHER'S FIGHT PART 3 'So it doesn't happen to other kids'

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recently paid a $350,000 settlement to Doug Bressie and his kids, but the agency will not admit fault in the case.

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A FATHER'S FIGHT Part Two: A Family Shattered

In the beginning, more than a decade ago, there was just Doug Bressie, a single dad who owned a Post Falls plumbing business as he raised three children between Post Falls and the family retreat — a log cabin near the small logging town of Emida, 30 miles south of …

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A FATHER'S FIGHT

Doug Bressie is gaunt with a cowboy mustache and a baseball cap that sits squarely over a weathered face that wears a grin.

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Memorial to honor lost workers

COEUR d’ALENE — Leslie Dale Gardner was 72 when he died last year from a disease caused by breathing asbestos while he worked more than 50 years for Bunker Hill and Kaiser Aluminum.

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Citizen scientists needed for regional bumble bee study

A new project by several state wildlife groups seeks to map bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, and anyone with a camera and computer can help.

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Reflecting on Panhandle fishing and spring trout on Mirror Lake

Glenn Lefebvre grew up in North Idaho with a fishing pole nearby.

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Another jolt of growth Huge Cd'A neighborhood plan raises alarms

COEUR d’ALENE — A 500-lot subdivision on the northeast corner of Coeur d’Alene Place is raising concerns of residents on the Ramsey Road corridor who worry about traffic congestion and the development’s impact on already filled schools.

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Penkunis pleads not guilty to second-degree murder, other charges

COEUR d’ALENE — Four pleas of not guilty were entered in First District Court Tuesday for a 35-year-old, three-time felon and drug dealer accused of second-degree murder, leaving the scene of an unattended death and two counts of delivering methamphetamine in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Coeur d’Alene …

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Bypass is years away

As the state ramps up for an $8.5 million U.S. 95 improvement project, some residents are waiting for another route that could quickly shunt traffic around Coeur d’Alene, instead of through the city’s heavily used, stop-and-go, north-south corridor.

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Frustration jam on 95 Police want ITD to make highway stretch safer

A state highway project meant to push traffic through Coeur d’Alene faster, safer and more efficiently has met the concern of local police, who wonder why they were not consulted about one of the most crash-prone areas of U.S. 95.

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Booth pleads guilty to murder

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.

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City snuffs out smoking around library, city hall

COEUR d’ALENE — There’s a new smoke-free campus in town.

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Hayden man sentenced to 25 to life for child sex charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A 53-year-old Hayden sex offender who was lauded by friends and family as someone who takes responsibility for his actions, was sentenced Wednesday to more than 25 years behind bars after he tried to convince a Coeur d’Alene judge that his charges had been inaccurately portrayed.

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Spring wake-up call: It's black bear season

There was that one bear that denned 40 feet up a hollow cedar tree.

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Sheep returned to Owyhees in 1960s now a strong population

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.

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Sign of the times: No smoking debated

There may be something new to read at Coeur d’Alene Public Library. “No smoking” signs are destined for outside the library and part of McEuen Park if the City Council approves the measure today.

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Magistrate Judge Payne handles courtroom with care

The Benewah County courthouse in St. Maries once housed the most stately district courtroom in North Idaho in one of the oldest courthouses in the Panhandle.

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Beating, robbery suspects convicted

COEUR d’ALENE — Two men accused of beating up a 10-year-old girl and her dad in a robbery attempt at a Post Falls trailer park were convicted this week in First District Court.

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Fish and Game plans a one-tag fall grizzly bear hunt

Idaho wants to offer a single grizzly bear tag for the fall hunting season.

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Nold pleads guilty

After pleading guilty Wednesday to using the internet to entice a child, Ronald Nold’s request to have his bond reinstated so he could get out of jail was denied.

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Cd'A officer in shooting placed on paid leave

The Coeur d’Alene Police officer who shot a man Wednesday morning — believing the individual had a weapon when he approached police outside an apartment near Interstate 90 — has been placed on administrative leave.

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Sex offender registry snafu

COEUR d’ALENE — David Cobleigh wears a small camera pinned to his shirt.

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Cd'A officer in shooting placed on paid leave

The Coeur d’Alene Police officer who shot a man Wednesday morning — believing the individual had a weapon when he approached police outside an apartment near Interstate 90 — has been placed on administrative leave.

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Parking problems prove prickly

A petition with more than 150 signatures from disgruntled motorists who received parking tickets downtown, or who have come close, reminded city administrators that their work to amend downtown parking rules will be appreciated.

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Moose controlled hunt tags include cow tags for Panhandle

Hunters looking for Panhandle moose population data as they consider applying for controlled hunts this month won’t get a solid answer.

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Child pornography addict sentenced

COEUR d’ALENE — A 43-year-old cook, who admitted to being addicted to child porn, will spend as many as 10 years behind bars.

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Public beats private on Atlas site

The results are in.

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Teamwork trimming forest funding gap

Years of deferred management on national forests in Idaho is slowly being addressed through a partnership between the state, private landowners and the Forest Service.

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Rape trial scheduled for June 19

A jury trial is set in June for a 20-year-old Post Falls man accused of sexually forcing himself on women at parties.

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Cd'A city council OK's containers for now

COEUR d’ALENE — Metal transport containers used as storage units in some Coeur d’Alene neighborhoods won’t be run out of town on a rail any time soon.

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Judge won't delay 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.

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Government Way about to get wider

Warming weather means construction zones are heating up, too.

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Body ID is 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.

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Spring is trout stocking time

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.

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Wife uses CPR to save firefighter

COEUR d’ALENE — Jessica Pichette learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation a decade ago while working at a child care center.

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On the fence

Warren Campbell of Athol used scripture to make his point.

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Share your Atlas vision

Riparian buffer zones, a non-motorized boat launch, limited motorized boat traffic and a bike path are among the options put forward at a meeting seeking input on the future of the Atlas waterfront.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Malek, White say House bill could boost organized crime

COEUR d’ALENE — A North Idaho legislator who is a former prosecuting attorney has teamed with law enforcement to oppose a recently passed House bill seeking to quash mandatory minimum drug sentences in Idaho.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hunters can buy immediate tags with new system

Hunters who apply for a controlled hunt can buy their tickets online if they are chosen for the hunt.

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Suicide attempt postpones Nold trial

COEUR d’ALENE — The trial for a Hayden man accused of soliciting a teenager for sex was vacated Wednesday after the defendant didn’t appear at a pretrial hearing.

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FBI recognizes LaSarte, advocate extraordinaire

Recognition wasn’t on her mind when Bernie LaSarte started an advocacy program more than a decade ago targeting the victims of domestic violence on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation.

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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.

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Eyes on East Sherman

The morning sun makes long shadows on Coeur d’Alene’s East Sherman Avenue.

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Men in car during shooting released

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.

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Teacher held on child porn charges

COEUR d’ALENE — Bond was set Friday at $350,000 for a local teacher charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography.

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PEEVED PARKERS

Despite spending $18,000 last summer on a car with flashing lights and a GPS that records how long vehicles have been parked in one spot on a city street, Coeur d’Alene’s downtown parking enforcement remains a work in progress.

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Grizzly, tundra swan hunts on IDFG commission meeting 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.

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Child rapist to serve 12-25 years

A Rathdrum man accused of repeatedly raping a child starting when the girl was 7 will serve up to 25 years in prison after being sentenced in First District Court for two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16.

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Law change maintains easement

COEUR d’ALENE — A law change coupled by a recent Supreme Court decision will allow a prominent Kootenai County Republican to cross his neighbor’s property.

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Bosanko brouhaha

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.

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Overdose trial set for July

A Post Falls man charged with killing his girlfriend with a drug overdose will have a trial in July.

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Education building's time has finally come

COEUR d’ALENE — A public education building project in Coeur d’Alene that has been discussed for almost a decade could break ground this spring, with completion a year away.

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FREAKIN' BEACONS

COEUR d’ALENE — In an effort to make a street crossing safe at Kootenai Health, flashing beacons were installed this week, allowing pedestrians to scurry to the other side of Ironwood Drive without incident.

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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet coming to fairgrounds

A banquet to raise money for projects and education that benefit elk is planned for later this month at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds Jacklin Building.

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Officer shot, suspect killed

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene police officer underwent surgery Tuesday evening after being shot by a man who was later killed by officers, police said.

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Isenberg's bail set 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.

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Officer shot, suspect killed

COEUR d'ALENE — A Coeur d'Alene police officer underwent surgery Tuesday evening after being shot by a man who was later killed by officers, police said.

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Man sentenced for lewd conduct

COEUR d’ALENE — Sentencing recommendations by attorneys Monday in the case of a Hayden man who had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl ranged from probation to 40 years behind bars.

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Injury to child trial could be postponed

COEUR d’ALENE — The trial of a Post Falls couple who are also half-siblings, and who allegedly abused a 6-year-old boy by starving and beating him, could be postponed, according to a First District judge who said he would consider setting a new trial date.

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Booth trial date won't move

COEUR d’ALENE — A First District judge won’t move the trial date for the co-defendant in a Coeur d’Alene murder case.

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Taylor resigns from Cd'A post

Coeur d’Alene’s deputy city administrator resigned Wednesday in the wake of an allegation that he was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs earlier this week in Rathdrum.

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Ex-teacher gets short jail sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — A former Coeur d’Alene teacher who pleaded guilty to two counts of injury to a child will serve 10 days in jail despite an argument from his defense attorney that the jail term is not warranted, and it wasn’t included in the sentencing agreement.

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'A stick and a string'

To be an archer takes a certain mindset.

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Sex offense case still in limbo

Attorneys continue to negotiate a plea bargain for a Hayden man and repeat sex offender charged in Coeur d’Alene with one felony count of enticing a child.

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Northwest Boulevard hotel hopes to break ground soon

As several high-rise projects push skyward in Coeur d’Alene this year, a planned hotel project on Northwest Boulevard remains grounded.

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Highway dirt to save Cd'A $1 million

Discarded highway dirt could turn into a windfall for the city of Coeur d‘Alene.

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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.

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A sneak preview for Cd'A projects

COEUR d’ALENE — Before a midweek snowstorm temporarily shut down the projects, Coeur d’Alene residents got an early look at a series of building projects slated for the city this year.

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A REAL LIFESAVER

COEUR d’ALENE — When his Coeur d’Alene teachers asked Justin Wearne what he planned to do with his life, he didn’t have a pat answer.

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Pair held on felony drug possession charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A homeless, 22-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who had open sores on his stomach when he was arrested with methamphetamine and heroin will remain in jail on a $30,000 bond, according to reports.

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Murder case plea entered

COEUR d’ALENE — A man accused of killing his girlfriend by giving her the drugs she used to overdose chose to not enter a plea Friday to charges of second-degree murder and drug delivery.

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Former police chief's lawsuit against Home Depot dismissed

COEUR d'ALENE — The lawsuit of an embattled former Idaho police chief who sued Home Depot after falling from a shelf in his garage was dismissed this week in U.S. District Court in Coeur d'Alene.

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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.

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Water tower to get pricey paint job

COEUR d’ALENE — Despite its size and capacity, it has no nickname.

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Access Yes! Could benefit from legislation

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.

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IDFG plans public meetings to set rules, establish 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.

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Trial date for Kirk killing suspect set

The second man accused in the October 2016 killing of William “Bo” Kirk will have a two-week jury trial this spring.

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Retired school teacher arrested for trafficking 58 pounds of marijuana

COEUR d’ALENE — A retired school teacher who authorities say drove from Yakima, Wash. east across North Idaho with a dog, 58 pounds of marijuana, a small quantity of methamphetamine and a loaded handgun, is in the Kootenai County Jail on $100,000 bond.

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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.

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McGovern gets seven years for child porn

COEUR d’ALENE — A 40-year-old registered sex offender from Coeur d’Alene who had an internet relationship with a 12-year-old girl in New Jersey was sentenced to prison Wednesday for child pornography charges.

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Tyler Finlay sentenced in punching death

COEUR d’ALENE — Tyler M. Finlay was let down by the judiciary, by his attorneys and the court, a First District judge said Tuesday at Finlay’s sentencing for manslaughter in Coeur d’Alene.

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Man released after pleading guilty to firearms charge

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene man who was convicted of a felony two years ago for keeping three hand grenades in his basement was released by a Coeur d’Alene judge last week after pleading guilty to an unrelated charge of possessing an illegal firearm.

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Cd'A drug bust starts with a bang

COEUR d’ALENE — Terry Pardue was in his upstairs bedroom after midnight watching television when the police came knocking.

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Pot bust nets more than 30 pounds

COEUR d’ALENE — More than 30 pounds of marijuana was seized by deputies Tuesday and a Washington man was arrested during a morning traffic stop near Fourth of July Pass.

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Pot bust nets nearly 12 pounds

COEUR d’ALENE — A 60-year-old Oregon man, who had nearly 12 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of the Nissan with a Nevada plate he drove east through Idaho in the dark last month, waived a preliminary hearing in First District Court.

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Burglar accepts plea deal

A plethora of burglaries attributed to a 29-year-old Hayden man were parsed to six Wednesday in First District Court, including one count of grand theft and one count of petit theft.

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Cd'A firefighters train at construction site

COEUR d’ALENE — When Mike Sowl works a big job, such as demolition of a hotel, he thinks about what could go wrong.

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Accused child abusers to be tried together

COEUR d’ALENE — A First District judge ruled that a Post Falls couple accused of beating and starving a 6-year-old boy will be tried together, but one of the charges will be peeled away into a separate case.

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Airbnb takes off in Idaho

COEUR d’ALENE — There was a time when Rob Frazer’s friends rented rooms in the house he purchased eight years ago in a Ramsey Road neighborhood not far from the fire hall.

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Cd'A all ears on busking request

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene musician Jesse Warburton is hoping for change.

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Midtown misfortune

COEUR d’ALENE — A plan to revitalize a part of Coeur d’Alene that has been in a funk for decades took a nosedive Wednesday when officials made public that just one developer showed interest in investing in a half-acre chunk of property along Fourth Street north of downtown.

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Traffic signals get green light

A city plan to replace 11 traffic signals in downtown Coeur d’Alene could take an $84,000 chunk out of the city budget.

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Rental fee schedule adopted

The fees imposed on the owners of vacation rental properties in Coeur d’Alene are not going up. They are, however, being ushered in.

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Christmas hangover

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.

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Footprints in snow, K9 help officers make arrests

COEUR d’ALENE — Three men were persuaded by a police K9 to give themselves up to officers Thursday evening after a burglary near downtown Coeur d’Alene.

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No rehab for this pistol whipper

COEUR d’ALENE — A 33-year-old Hayden man who pistol whipped a victim for $50 and was convicted by a jury of robbery, burglary, theft and drug possession will serve at least 10 years behind bars.

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Fine line defines weather

It’s a matter of degrees.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Fine line defines weather

It’s a matter of degrees.

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Veteran who fought with police sentenced to prison

COEUR d’ALENE — A 27-year-old combat veteran from Hayden who told the court he was self-medicating with methamphetamine last autumn before fighting Coeur d’Alene police downtown, will serve up to a year in a prison rehabilitation program.

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Strong arm burglary defendants to stand trial together

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene judge signed a request Tuesday by prosecutors to combine two strong-arm burglary cases into one jury trial.

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Cd'A shines in rearview mirror

COEUR d’ALENE — The last remaining undeveloped Spokane River frontage, a 47-acre swath of sloping ground west of Coeur d’Alene with a well-traveled boulevard at its upper perimeter, has for a decade been a question mark in the book of developers.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

A big year in water rights

COEUR d'ALENE — The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is looking for a resolution to the North Idaho water adjudication process.

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Ex-teacher guilty of misdemeanor

COEUR d’ALENE — A former Coeur d’Alene teacher accused of molesting a child outside of school pleaded guilty Friday in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court to injuring a child, a misdemeanor.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Woman allegedly harassed, arrested

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene woman who was assaulted by the man she was beating when police arrived to arrest her on New Year’s Eve on Sherman Avenue was released from jail on a $2,000 bond.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

City, highway district will get, maintain lakeside road

COEUR d’ALENE — A piece of road in Coeur d’Alene that was being maintained by the state will revert to the city’s care this year, according to an agreement signed Tuesday by council members.

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Bond reduction request denied for man accused of failed home invasion robbery

COEUR d’ALENE — A Hayden man who was arrested by a SWAT team, after allegedly breaking into a Coeur d’Alene home with an accomplice and injuring the residents, will remain in jail on a quarter million dollar bond.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Fort Grounds lots up for bid

COEUR d’ALENE — The city’s economic development company is selling residential lots in one of Coeur d’Alene’s oldest neighborhoods to raise money to support its ongoing projects.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Fatal 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.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Solitude on the steelhead rivers

When winter hits, Mike Beard doesn’t fret a lot about ice conditions. He knows what parts of his waters to stay away from, and where the getting is good.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Solitude on the steelhead rivers

When winter hits, Mike Beard doesn’t fret a lot about ice conditions. He knows what parts of his waters to stay away from, and where the getting is good.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Mill site's future in focus

COEUR d'ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene is organizing stakeholders to help plan the use of a 47-acre former mill site along the Spokane River.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Road rage case ends with fines, probation

COEUR d'ALENE — A 30-year-old man who threatened to shoot a motorist in Coeur d’Alene with a gun last summer will serve two years on probation and pay $1,100 in restitution and fines.

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Cd'A OKs building codes

COEUR d'ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene distanced itself from a recent Kootenai County decision when it adopted the universal building codes after a public hearing at last week’s council meeting.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Fundraisers see tax bill differently

COEUR d’ALENE — The new federal tax law will likely put more money in the pockets of most working Americans, but one aspect of the law may impact local organizations that rely on charitable giving to stay afloat.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Rathdrum man to spend holidays in jail

A Rathdrum man with a propensity to scrum and run from law enforcement will spend the holidays behind bars as he awaits sentencing next year on a series of charges, including two felony counts of battering police officers.

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Transit center still has sore spots

COEUR d’ALENE — City Council member Dan English wants the proposed county transit center at Riverstone to provide the public with amenities becoming of its name.

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Fish on ice

During most winters in North Idaho, good ice is hard to find.

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Worley angler lands $85K derby raffle boat package

Worley angler Gary March didn’t do well in this year’s salmon derby on Lake Coeur d’Alene.

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Apples aren't always good for you

COEUR d’ALENE — Delivery of an eastbound load of apples was delayed early Tuesday when the fruit ended up in the westbound lane of Interstate 90, according to Idaho State Police.

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Pesticides may have poisoned Canada geese

Dead geese found in Hayden and on the Rathdrum prairie this year died from ingesting rodent pesticides, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

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Principled pursuit

Troy Pottenger is a master of self-talk.

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Post Ride: Bikes and brews in Cd'A

Bicyclers drink beer.

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KCSO: Stay in your jurisdiction

COEUR d’ALENE — City police have been denied a green light by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office to venture outside their jurisdiction for follow-up police investigations.

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Cd'A man sentenced for lewd conduct

COEUR d’ALENE —A Coeur d’Alene judge threatened to send a 28-year-old Coeur d’Alene man to prison for a long time if he failed to exceed expectations of counselors at the rehabilitation program he must complete for molesting a 13-year-old girl.

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Ex-teacher agrees to plea hearing Jan. 5

COEUR d’ALENE — A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for a former Lake City High School teacher accused of molesting a child.

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Atlas a done deal

COEUR d’ALENE — Work at a west Coeur d’Alene interchange that had prevented motorists from using Atlas Road was completed Friday morning, relieving rush-hour traffic on neighboring streets.

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I-90 ladder crash leads to felony charge

COEUR d’ALENE — A ladder that fell from the back of a pickup truck on Interstate 90 — sending a man to the hospital — has resulted in a felony charge against the driver, who said he wasn’t aware that his cargo had caused an injury.

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Prison for man found with heroin, meth, pills, firearms and blowtorch

COEUR d’ALENE — A 29-year-old Spokane Valley man who goes by “Texas” and was arrested for trafficking heroin and having a bagful of guns was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Cd'A City Council approves short-term rentals

COEUR d’ALENE — Despite an earful of testimony from investors, property owners and members of the real estate community, Coeur d’Alene City Council members approved a resolution this week to regulate short-term rentals in the city.

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From tag soup to cutting a tag

Even the meanest of meals taste good when they are served at camp.

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Cd'A, Department of Lands reinstate firefighting mutual aid agreement

COEUR d’ALENE — When the city of Coeur d’Alene and the state lands department drafted an agreement to help each other in times of fire, it was the first time an Idaho municipality and the Idaho Department of Lands established a mutual aid agreement.

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Skate park, arise

COEUR d’ALENE — Funding for a new Coeur d’Alene skate park is coming down the half-pipe.

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Bail increased for woman in injury to child case

COEUR d’ALENE — The bond for a 30-year-old Post Falls woman accused of beating and starving a 6-year-old was increased Monday after prosecutors added new charges.

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Parking garage construction set to begin

COEUR d’ALENE — Work on a four-deck parking garage in downtown Coeur d’Alene will begin in time for the holidays.

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New life for old grandstand

COEUR d’ALENE — Jack Bloxom remembers playing slowpitch softball at Memorial Field in the 1960s on a team that was good enough to draw a crowd to the grandstand on summer nights.

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Doctor receives prison sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — A Silver Valley physician who was found guilty of more than 60 counts of illegally dispensing opiates will serve 16 years in prison, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene.

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Family escapes devastating blaze

COEUR d’ALENE — Chuck Mendoza stood in the gray morning Tuesday looking over the charred remains of his Sky Harbor Drive home, recalling coincidences.

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Disabled adult's caretaker charged with sexual abuse

A Post Falls man who takes care of developmentally disabled adults is accused of having sex with one of his clients.

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Renfro experts' bill: $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.

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Cd'A PD gets OK for victim advocate

COEUR d’ALENE — In times of crime, victims often fall through the cracks.

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Coeur d'Alene now owns warehouse

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene is the new owner of a big, blue building.

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Idaho seeks to reduce drunk-driving deaths

Last month, five people died in Kootenai County because of drunk drivers, bolstering the number of local alcohol-related fatalities in a county where the number of fatal crashes usually hovers around eight annually.

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Finlay pleads guilty

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.

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Miracle on 15th Street? Almost

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene is moving ahead with a 15th Street reconstruction plan that would shore up a mile-long section of the thoroughfare between Harrison and Best avenues.

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From projects to paradise

POST FALLS — Alex Barron doesn’t like talking to the media and he’ll tell you why.

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Cd'A police push cross-jurisdiction proposal

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene police want to be allowed to chase criminals who are holed up in other jurisdictions.

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Size doesn't matter at 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.

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Court upholds Cd'A Tribe's jurisdiction in dock case

COEUR d’ALENE — Docks on tribal waters of the St. Joe River fall under tribal jurisdiction, according to a ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court.

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Rapist receives life sentence

COEUR d’ALENE — A Post Falls man who drove his former girlfriend to work after raping her, keeping her car keys and promising to pick her up after her shift, will spend the rest of his life in prison.

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A PLAN for PLOWS

COEUR d’ALENE — Tim Martin isn’t drifting off into dreams of massive snowfall this winter.

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Judge sentences Renfro to death

First District Judge Lansing Haynes sentenced Jonathan D. Renfro to death Monday for the 2015 murder of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore.

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Jury: 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.

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Death penalty for Renfro

COEUR d’ALENE — A 12-member jury panel has decided Jonathan D. Renfro deserves the death penalty for killing Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore.

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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.

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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.

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Couple charged with child abuse

COEUR d'ALENE — The parents of a 6-year-old boy, who police say was beaten, tied to his bed and stepped on, sending him to a Spokane hospital with life-threatening injuries, are behind bars facing felony child abuse charges.

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Judge looks to wrap trial this week

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.

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Prosecutors: Trial by ambush

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.

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Poacher fined $10,000 for illegally taking moose

Thomas Gill made sure to take the head and antlers of the trophy North Idaho bull moose that he killed illegally three years ago.

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Medical evidence debated

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.

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In no hurry to leave

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.

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State has half million 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.

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Defense team focuses on Renfro's home 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.

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Pleading for Renfro's life

COEUR d’ALENE — Jonathan D. Renfro was a good kid, high strung, with a propensity to make others laugh.

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Murder case's final phase starts

COEUR d’ALENE — Jonathan D. Renfro was a good kid, high strung, with a propensity to make others laugh.

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Domestic violence sweep nets five arrests

COEUR d’ALENE — Police in Coeur d’Alene arrested five people on domestic violence charges Thursday as part of a sweep that coincided with similar efforts across the nation.

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No more offshore

COEUR d’ALENE — Offshore businesses got the boot this week from a Coeur d’Alene board whose members unanimously elected to sink any new proposals.

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Cd'A City Hall upper entrance closing Monday

COEUR d’ALENE — Beginning Monday, visitors to Coeur d’Alene City Hall must use the newly-completed downstairs entrance.

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Former Spirit Lake police chief jailed

COEUR d’ALENE — A former Spirit Lake police chief is in the Kootenai County jail facing a felony charge of aggravated battery for allegedly ramming his Dodge pickup truck into the car of his pregnant ex-girlfriend in Coeur d’Alene.

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Tight lines: Fish and Game opens steelhead harvest

Evelyn Kaide’s gardenia is doing well, thank you.

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Would he kill again?

COEUR d’ALENE — From the maximum security pod at the Kootenai County jail where Jonathan D. Renfro has lived for the past 29 months, the convicted murderer has threatened jailers and inmates, refused to follow rules, made weapons and confided that he purposely shot Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore …

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RENFRO GUILTY

COEUR d’ALENE — After deliberating for little more than four hours, a jury Friday in Coeur d’Alene found Jonathan D. Renfro guilty of murder.

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Kelly gets 35 years for charges related to friend's death

COEUR d’ALENE — A stammering Shaun P. Kelly apologized to the family of Evan Larkin Thursday, telling them he provided the drugs that caused his friend’s deadly overdose two years ago in Post Falls.

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Renfro jury enters deliberations

COEUR d’ALENE — After deliberating for four hours Thursday, jurors in the Jonathan D. Renfro murder trial took a break and retired to their hotel rooms to start the process again at 9 a.m. this morning.

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Renfro rests

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.

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Defense: Moore shooting an 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.

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Lawsuit: House a 4-BR litter box

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene couple with a compulsion for cats is being sued by a landlord for what happened when the couple’s affection for felines crept south.

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TIMELINE: 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.

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Renfro timeline

May 4, 2015

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What's next in Renfro murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — After more than six days of testimony in Jonathan D. Renfro’s murder trial, the state rested its case Tuesday, setting the stage for public defenders to present evidence.

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Study: Cd'A pay best in state

COEUR d’ALENE — City employees are paid more and have more generous benefits packages than their peers in Idaho’s other metropolitan areas, according to a study contracted by the city.

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Renfro trial focuses on gun

The firearm that shot and killed Sgt. Greg Moore could not have accidentally discharged in Jonathan D. Renfro’s pocket.

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Prosecutors detail search for suspect

COEUR d’ALENE — Dirt fields in an industrial area near Stateline that lies pressed between the interstate and a trunk road were the object of testimony on the second day of Jonathan Renfro’s murder trial in Coeur d’Alene.

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Attorneys: Renfro didn't intend to kill

COEUR d’ALENE — Attorneys for Jonathan Renfro said their client shot Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore in the face from 2 feet away, but he didn’t intend to kill him.

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Arrest made in Jordan's robbery

COEUR d’ALENE — A 20-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who reportedly ditched his robbery clothes after allegedly sticking up Jordan’s Grocery in Coeur d’Alene Wednesday is in jail on a $75,000 bond.

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Taken by force or fear

COEUR d’ALENE — The person who robbed Jordan’s Grocery Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene may have used an air gun, but police are not certain of that yet.

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Man sentenced in toddler death

COEUR d’ALENE — Two days after a plea for his acquittal and new trial were thrown out by a Coeur d’Alene judge, Joseph J. Davis was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing 17-month-old Maliki Wilburn.

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All's well that ends well

COEUR d’ALENE — The hot and dry weather last month that pushed the city’s wells to capacity has officials more fervently hunting for a new well site.

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City buys $7.8 million property; no warranty

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Coeur d’Alene is officially on the hook to buy the former Atlas mill site.

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Child molester gets 45 years

COEUR d’ALENE — After hearing testimony Tuesday in a child sex case, a District Court judge took several minutes before sentencing a Post Falls man to 45 years in prison for molesting a 9-year-old boy.

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Hauser pays gun club award

The city of Hauser dug into its coffers last week and paid the local gun club a wad of cash for losing a lawsuit filed five years ago.

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Land deal is on hold

COEUR d’ALENE — The city and owners of the former Atlas Mill site will decide Wednesday on the fate of $100,000 of earnest money the city anted up to buy the 47-acre property along Seltice Way and the Spokane River.

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Is mail theft on the rise?

A pile of stolen mail recovered Sunday on a lawn in Coeur d’Alene was the second batch of pilfered mail recovered in Kootenai County in less than a week.

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More info 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.

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Woman suspected of mail theft

COEUR d’ALENE — A woman who was carrying a pile of mail in her car when she was stopped Thursday morning by deputies while driving near Mica Peak was arrested for grand theft.

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Jurors come, go for Renfro

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.

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Three finalists vie for $45,000 city art contract

COEUR d’ALENE — Mock orange is another name for syringa, Idaho’s state flower.

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Cd'A mulls mill site

COEUR d’ALENE — The city opted to move ahead Wednesday with a plan to purchase and develop the Atlas Mill site despite hesitation from ignite cda, its business partner, and a city staff report that warned buying the land may not provide the brisk financial return the city expected.

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A mean right hookah

COEUR d’ALENE — A hookah lounge brawl cost a man $800 after he allegedly punched a woman, ran from police and struggled with an officer last spring in Coeur d’Alene.

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City, ignite cda plan land swap

COEUR d’ALENE — A brown privacy fence separates the acre-and-a-half building site from a city parking lot near the southeast base of Tubbs Hill.

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Many called, few chosen for Renfro jury

Jurors who failed to pass muster on the first day of the Jonathan Renfro murder trial walked from the Kootenai County Courthouse one at a time Monday as they were released from jury duty.

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A shrinking pool

Jurors who failed to pass muster on the first day of the Jonathan Renfro murder trial walked from the Kootenai County Courthouse one at a time Monday as they were released from jury duty.

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Cd'A City Council approves budget

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene City Council gave final approval to a budget this week that calls for no property tax increases while improving services over the next fiscal year, and stuffing away money in its rainy day fund.

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Judge: Speed it up

A First District Judge ordered attorneys to speed up the case of a convicted killer from Lewiston who violated his parole when he was captured in February near Bayview after a brawl with a police dog and a deputy.

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Sides set for murder trial

Jonathan Renfro pleaded guilty Thursday in First District Court to two felonies, but the first-degree murder charge stemming from the shooting death of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore is still pending.

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Sides set for Coeur d'Alene murder trial

Jonathan Renfro pleaded guilty Thursday in First District Court to two felonies, but the first-degree murder charge stemming from the shooting death of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore is still pending.

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Grouse wings and hunting dogs

It’s wing season time in North Idaho.

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Renfro weighs guilty pleas

Jonathan Renfro, the Rathdrum man accused of killing Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore, was stopped short Wednesday of pleading guilty to three felonies associated with the murder charge.

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Renfro weighs guilty pleas

Jonathan Renfro, the Rathdrum man accused of killing Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore, was stopped short Wednesday of pleading guilty to three felonies associated with the murder charge.

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Moore Memorial ceremony Thursday

COEUR d’ALENE — When the Sgt. Greg Moore Memorial is completed this year, its waters will run deeper than the splashing falls and gurgling fountains reveal.

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Moore Memorial ceremony Thursday

COEUR d’ALENE — When it is completed this year, the water at the Sgt. Greg Moore Memorial will run deeper than the splashing falls and gurgling fountains reveal.

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Early season heat bad for wild meat

When it comes to elk hunting in North Idaho, Scott Fencl has been there and done that.

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More steelhead starting to show up

The steelhead that are starting to show up at Bonneville Dam are making anglers and biologists antsy.

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Trio won't testify against Renfro

COEUR d’ALENE — A judge denied a motion Friday for three inmates to be transported from prison to testify against Jonathan Renfro in this month’s murder trial in Coeur d’Alene.

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Alleged boat driver facing charges

More than a year after a boat crash killed three people on Lake Coeur d’Alene, the alleged driver of one of the boats is now facing manslaughter and criminal conspiracy charges.

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Manslaughter, conspiracy charges filed in 2016 fatal boat collision

COEUR d’ALENE — More than a year after a boat crash killed three people on Lake Coeur d’Alene, the alleged driver of one of the boats is now facing manslaughter and criminal conspiracy charges.

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Man threatens suit over warrant mix-up

COEUR d’ALENE — A Washington man is threatening to sue Kootenai County over an incident that resulted in his arrest and, he says, left his son traumatized.

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Drug witness OK for murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — A judge signed off Thursday on a request by prosecutors to have a state inmate shipped to Kootenai County to be a witness in this month’s murder trial.

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Walmart shoplifter receives sentence

A 24-year-old woman arrested for wheeling almost $3,000 worth of merchandise out the front doors of Walmart without first stopping at a cash register could serve five years behind bars.

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Drug witness OK for murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — A judge signed off Thursday on a request by prosecutors to have a state inmate shipped to Kootenai County to be a witness in this month’s murder trial.

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Walmart shoplifter receives sentence

A 24-year-old woman arrested for wheeling almost $3,000 worth of merchandise out the front doors of Walmart without first stopping at a cash register could serve five years behind bars.

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Longtime real estate pro Dan Davis dies

When North Idaho real estate broker and developer Dan Davis died Sunday morning, he left a legacy of transactions from southern Washington to North Idaho that were locked in with a handshake.

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Early season heat is bad for wild meat

When it comes to elk hunting in North Idaho, Scott Fencl has been there and done that.

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Avista employee allegedly shot at

COEUR d’ALENE — An Avista employee may have been inadvertently shot at as he headed to a power pole in rural Kootenai County Friday morning east of Coeur d’Alene.

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Woman bitten breaking up dog fight

COEUR d’ALENE — A dog fight between two pit bulls in Coeur d’Alene resulted in injuries to one of the dog’s owners and a puncture wound on the lip of one of the dogs.

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Attorneys: Dismiss case vs. ex-teacher

COEUR d’ALENE — Attorneys for a former Lake City High School teacher accused of lewd conduct with a minor are asking the court to dismiss the charges.

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Child injured, attraction shut down at North Idaho State Fair

COEUR d’ALENE — A carnival attraction was shut down Saturday after a girl received six stitches for a laceration she received while in a fun house at the North Idaho State Fair and Rodeo at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.

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Warrant mix-up leaves a mess

COEUR d’ALENE — A Washington man is threatening to sue Kootenai County over an incident that resulted in his arrest and, he says, left his son traumatized.

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Sign spat resurfaces; game on to find a home

COEUR d’ALENE — A wooden sign removed from a city thoroughfare during a construction project has become a sliver of contention for committee members who want to see the sign returned prominently — and promptly.

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'Dollar Store Grandpa Robber' indicted

A Connecticut man infamous for wielding firearms while robbing Dollar Stores across the country including a Coeur d’Alene store last Memorial Day faces a robbery charge in Coeur d’Alene federal court.

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Going back to prison after all

COEUR d’ALENE — Chad E. Tipton told his friends he was not going back to prison.

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Police see no trouble in shadow of eclipse

It was business as usual Monday for local law enforcement despite what appeared as a large number of people in greater Coeur d’Alene standing along streets wearing funny sunglasses, their chins tilted toward the sun.

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Judge: Rape cases 'remarkably similar'

COEUR d’ALENE — Despite an objection from his defense attorney, evidence from an earlier rape case will be allowed at Billy Joslin Jr.’s trial next week in First District Court.

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Changing lanes

COEUR d’ALENE — These days, Seltice Way is wrapped in orange.

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Former sheriff's deputy sentenced to probation, fines for domestic violence

COEUR d’ALENE — A former deputy sheriff who spent more than 100 days in jail on charges of domestic violence and no-contact order violations was placed on probation Tuesday as part of his sentence in First District Court.

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Cd'A to pay more for insurance

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene City Council will pay more for insurance this year despite opting out of terrorism coverage, and getting added liability coverage for drone crashes.

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Renfro to appear in court 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.

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Woman sentenced for heroin trafficking

A Montana woman who transported a bag of heroin inside her vagina will spend three years in prison on a trafficking conviction, according to a ruling by a Coeur d’Alene judge.

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Flowerdew pleads guilty

Combining the penalties for the charges against Tanner D. Flowerdew would add up to 25 years behind bars, $160,000 in fines and 25 years probation.

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Judge weighs heroin plea deal

COEUR d’ALENE — Instead of pleading guilty to trafficking heroin, a 23-year-old Hayden woman who was arrested after a motorist watched her shoot up drugs in a grocery store parking lot, will be sentenced for possession with intent to deliver heroin.

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Trial date set in fatal altercation case

COEUR d’ALENE — A trial date was set Tuesday for a 21-year-old Rathdrum man charged with manslaughter after an altercation in downtown Coeur d’Alene turned fatal.

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'Victim' bashes attacker

A 33-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who allegedly head-butted a deputy and punched his girlfriend, blackening her eyes, during a ruckus Sunday at a waterfront restaurant, is in the Kootenai County jail on $65,000 bond.

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Disclosing cost of expert witnesses for Renfro trial debated

Both the attorneys for Jonathan D. Renfro, and prosecutors, must disclose how much taxpayers are dishing out for expert witnesses in next month’s murder trial, a Coeur d’Alene judge ruled Friday in First District Court.

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Man reports being attacked, harassed in downtown Cd'A

COEUR d’ALENE — Police are looking for at least one assailant in a robbery attempt Tuesday in downtown Coeur d’Alene that left a man injured and bloodied.

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Repeat DUI offender could spend life behind bars

A 54-year-old Rathdrum man with a history of drunk driving and eluding convictions could stay in prison for the rest of his life depending on how well he adjusts to life behind bars.

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Post Falls man sentenced for lewd conduct

Ronald V. Herrera turned stammering in the Coeur d’Alene courtroom Tuesday to apologize to his wife.

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With Press carrier Wolf, honesty's the only policy

Mike Wolf has five titanium rods in his back.

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Judge picks rehabilitation for heroin dealer

COEUR d’ALENE — The 10-year acquaintance between a First District judge and a Post Falls heroin dealer could be coming to a close.

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Blazes keep 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.

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Lacking new officers, Cd'A PD motors on

COEUR d’ALENE — Using money from unfilled police officer positions, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department plans to add a squad car and three unmarked cars to its patrol and detective divisions as part of an earlier- than planned upgrade.

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Woman pleads guilty to felonies

COEUR d’ALENE — With little discussion Monday, a First District judge refused to release a Nine Mile Falls, Wash., woman, or to set a bond for the 29-year-old who failed earlier to appear at her preliminary hearing.

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County OKs tweak in officer pay

COEUR d’ALENE — A sheriff’s office plan to provide promotion incentives between the ranks was approved Monday by commissioners.

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Enhanced sentence conviction upheld

COEUR d’ALENE — A Kootenai County judge’s enhanced sentence for a man convicted of using a knife in an assault was upheld this week by the Idaho Court of Appeals.

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Long-haul driver has long list of violations

A 40-year-old long haul truck driver who has failed since last year to appear for his First District Court hearings on a plethora of commercial vehicle violations will be sentenced next month as part of a plea agreement.

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Eastwood receives Otter nomination

COEUR d’ALENE — It wasn’t his crowning achievement, but Doug Eastwood remembers adding the horseshoe pits to Winton Park.

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Toddler critical after being struck by car

COEUR d’ALENE — A 2-year-old girl is in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center after being struck by a car Wednesday in a Wilbur Avenue parking lot.

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Make way for a 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.

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Hundreds of failing manhole covers vex Cd'A drivers, challenge city's streets department

COEUR d'ALENE — When he drives to work on his usual route, Jim Hammond swerves in the usual places.

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Have engine, will train

It’s a fire engine to most people.

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Bear, cubs spotted on Canfield Mountain

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.

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Council debates 9-inch fail

COEUR d’ALENE — Less than a foot of encroachment from a newly built concrete ramp onto a Coeur d’Alene city sidewalk has caused some kvetching among City Council members who blame building inspectors for turning a blind eye to construction violations.

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Permit allows Fernan gun club to remain on federal land

Darrin Fesler held his breath.

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Jury vetting process determined

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.

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Woman sentenced in body dumping

COEUR d’ALENE — A 29-year-old Spokane Valley woman who helped dump a body into Lake Coeur d'Alene at Fuller's Bay two years ago will attend a prison rider program before she is given a chance at probation.

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Crash suspect sent to prison

A man accused in a fatal crash near Spirit Lake was sent to prison this week on unrelated charges.

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High Court overturns battery conviction

A 47-year-old Wallace man who is serving up to 10 years behind bars will be released from prison after the Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated his felony conviction.

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Grocery store robber gets chance at rehab

COEUR d’ALENE — A Post Falls man accused of robbing Jordan’s Grocery Store in March with a BB gun, netting about $600, may earn 15 years in prison if he fails a rehabilitation program.

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2015 flag-burner gets 10 days in jail

COEUR d’ALENE — A 31-year-old Coeur d’Alene man who was recorded in a surveillance video setting fire to a U.S. flag that hung in front of a store, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and two years probation.

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Blood-draw program to target habitual offenders

COEUR d’ALENE — Who will draw the blood and where it is drawn, is the only difference.

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Fish and Game considering fishery management options for Priest Lake

Since the introduction of mysis shrimp in Priest Lake almost a half century ago, the big lake in the most northwestern tip of Idaho’s Panhandle has been in transition.

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Social media and shotguns

A Hayden teen was placed on probation Monday after a Facebook fracas ended in gunplay and an aggravated assault conviction.

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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.

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Man faces kidnapping charge

A 33-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was arrested Friday in Coeur d’Alene for violating a no-contact order, and on several warrants, after police found him hiding in a house with the woman whom the order protected.

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Whizz, bang, it's patriotic pyrotechnics time

In a small pole shed, neatly perched against an expanse of green swales and somber blue sky near Worley, Randy Adrian sells stuff that explodes.

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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.

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Commercial zoning approved for land near Cd'A Charter Academy

COEUR d’ALENE — A chunk of land along U.S. 95 zoned for warehouses can now be put to commercial and industrial uses after a zone change was approved by the City Council.

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Judge denies bond for accused rapist

COEUR d’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene judge refused to reduce bond for a 35-year-old Coeur d’Alene man charged with raping a 19-year-old who was staying at his home.

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Theft suspect said he just wanted to go back to jail

COEUR d’ALENE — Robert M. Fisher stole a box of shoes from a woman’s car in Hayden because he wanted to go to jail, but his attorney at a Tuesday hearing in First District Court was opposed to the idea.

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Taking a taste is OK

COEUR d’ALENE — Wine and beer makers have a new avenue to entice passersby to sip their wares.

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Late bloomers

In the mountains of North Idaho this spring, June showers have resulted in ... late June flowers.

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Judge rules beach area privately owned

COEUR d’ALENE — A local highway district was given a hands-off order by a Coeur d’Alene judge who said the highway district had no right to charge launch fees on property it did not own.

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City considers cat conundrum

COEUR d’ALENE — In a quiet Coeur d’Alene neighborhood in a house with a yard, a garden and flower beds, birdsong pipes from the shade trees that line the street like a boulevard where Howard Kuhns considers cats.

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Man with the dragon tattoo arrested

COEUR d’ALENE — A Springdale, Wash., man with a dragon tattoo and a goatee, accused of loading stolen items from a Rathdrum shop into the back of his GMC pickup truck, is in jail facing charges of grand theft, burglary, drug possession and eluding.

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Seattle man sentenced for stealing F-350

COEUR d’ALENE — A stolen vehicle chase in the night, on a snowy road earlier this year near Hayden Lake, ended in a prison term for a Seattle man.

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Seattle man sentenced for stealing F-350

COEUR d’ALENE — A stolen vehicle chase in the night, on a snowy road earlier this year near Hayden Lake, ended in a prison term for a Seattle man.

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Kokanee forecast: Populations continue to flourish in area lakes

Gary Gill was out this week pulling kokanee into his boat with his grandkids.

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Kelly pleads to amended charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A Spokane man pleaded guilty Wednesday to recklessly endangering the life of a Post Falls 22-year-old by making him eat the methamphetamine that caused him to die.

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Late bloomers

In the mountains of North Idaho this spring, June showers have resulted in ... late June flowers.

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Car thief gets prison in crash case

COEUR d’ALENE — A 21-year-old Post Falls woman faces a five-year prison term for stealing her neighbor’s Mercedes, crashing it in Spokane and trying to cover up the theft.

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Cd'A amends Ironman agreement

COEUR d’ALENE — A billboard at Riverstone used to berate the mayor for the Chamber of Commerce’s decision to eliminate an Ironman race in Coeur d’Alene has run afoul of council member Ron Edinger.

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Car thief gets prison term in crash case

COEUR d’ALENE — A 21-year-old Post Falls woman faces a five-year prison term for stealing her neighbor’s Mercedes, crashing it in Spokane and trying to cover up the theft.

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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.

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Second lawsuit 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.

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Woman arrested after shooting heroin in car

A 23-year-old Hayden woman who was arrested by police after a motorist watched her shoot drugs into her arms with a needle while riding in a car, is in the Kootenai County Jail on a heroin trafficking charge.

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Thomas found guilty of murder a second time

COEUR d’ALENE — Before jurors delivered their verdict Friday in the murder trial of a former Nez Perce County Deputy, the judge presiding over the Coeur d’Alene courtroom told the audience he expected them to follow etiquette.

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Cd'A crime rate continues decline

COEUR d’ALENE — When Lee White talks about his department, he gushes.

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Hauser under the gun to pay attorney fees

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Hauser must reimburse its local gun club for attorney fees the club accrued fighting the city in a lawsuit over a code violation.

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Judge denies probation, sends dealer to prison

COEUR d’ALENE — Jon J. Wallace thinks he can do probation again, and stay clean.

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Hauser under the gun to pay attorney fees

COEUR d’ALENE — The city of Hauser must reimburse its local gun club for attorney fees the club accrued fighting the city in a lawsuit over a code violation.

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Judge orders prison for heroin trafficker

COEUR d’ALENE — A 28-year-old Post Falls woman who had seven grams of heroin hidden in her vagina when she was arrested by police, will go to prison for dealing drugs a 1st District judge ordered Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene.

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Man sentenced for illegal possession of firearm, meth

COEUR d’ALENE — A man with droopy eyes and slow speech, according to police, who rode his bicycle in downtown Coeur d’Alene, allegedly with an illegal firearm in his backpack, may go to prison for two years for being a felon in possession of a gun.

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It's official: Full Ironman checking out

COEUR d’ALENE — The Ironman is leaving the Lake City.

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Conkling Marina sued after man takes a spill

COEUR d’ALENE — A 58-year-old Spokane man who said he fell on a dock at Conkling Marina is suing the resort owners for not maintaining the floating platform.

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Jury can't reach verdict in Lewiston strangling case

After more than two weeks of testimony, 12 Kootenai County jurors could not reach a verdict Tuesday in the murder trial of a former Nez Perce County deputy sheriff.

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Shhhh! Cd'A addresses NOISE

COEUR d’ALENE — A city ordinance that once targeted blue-collar noise in working class Coeur d’Alene neighborhoods is being amended to reflect the changing times.

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You'll flip when you see what Cecil is doing now

If necessity is the mother of invention, then desire, according to Travis Lopes, is the mother of reinvention.

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Rumors raised on Ironman's future

A hallmark summer event that has been estimated to bring millions of dollars annually to the Coeur d’Alene economy may be at risk.

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Cd'A police target teen fights

COEUR d’ALENE — City police said they are getting closer to identifying antagonists in a teenage brawl at Tubbs Hill and plan to press charges once the investigation is complete.

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Government Way project will wait

COEUR d’ALENE — A robust work environment this spring has resulted in back-burner status for a major city road project.

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Cab company sued over collision

COEUR d’ALENE — A St. Maries man who was struck by a cab while walking along Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d’Alene after dark is suing the cab company and its driver.

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Benewah's cramped jail cited in lawsuit

ST. MARIES — Four inmates of the Benewah County Jail have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the sheriff, jail staff and county commissioners, alleging civil rights violations.

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Is Ironman limping?

A hallmark summer event that has been estimated to bring millions of dollars annually to the Coeur d’Alene economy may be at risk.

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Accused drug trafficker on the lam

A Butte man charged in Coeur d’Alene with trafficking heroin and methamphetamine is on the lam after being released from jail on his own recognizance.

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Rapper-landscaper accused of bilking $50,000 from customers

COEUR d’ALENE — The case of a Coeur d’Alene landscaper and part-time rapper who faces more than 20 years in prison for allegedly ripping off customers may be reset if mediation between the defendant and his clients fails to bring results.

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Fire, smoke damages Cd'A home

No one was injured in a fire that appears to have started Tuesday in the garage of a downtown Coeur d’Alene residence.

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What lurks in the lake

Jordan Smith knows lake health dictates the quality of the fishery he relies on for his livelihood.

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Cocaine, marijuana, LSD found

COEUR d’ALENE — Almost a half-pound of cocaine and a half-dozen LSD tabs were among illegal drugs seized by police in an early morning traffic stop Thursday near the Ironwood shopping center.

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Two found dead in Cd'A apartment

Two people were found dead by police Thursday in an apartment near Lowe’s in Coeur d’Alene.

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Mining claims may pay off - in a way

The federal government may have to return nearly a half-million dollars to mine claim holders in Idaho if a federal class-action suit is successful.

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Two found dead in Cd'A apartment; possible murder suicide

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Victim in crash seeks $10M in damages

An Alaska servicemember who was involved in a wreck near Rathdrum is seeking more than $10 million in damages from a car company and the Oldtown woman he blames for the crash.

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Retrial of Lewiston deputy's strangling case comes to Cd'A

A Lewiston sheriff’s deputy whose murder conviction in the strangling death of his ex-wife six years ago was overturned by the Idaho Supreme Court appeared Wednesday for his retrial in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court as part of a venue change.

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Swim at your own risk

COEUR d’ALENE — Memo to swimmers: It’s up to you. For the second year, City Beach, Coeur d’Alene’s premier all-weather summer bathing destination, will be devoid of lifeguards.

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The '100 deadliest days'

COEUR d’ALENE — The number of crashes has increased and so have the deaths.

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Driver of boat in fatality is 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.

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Tapp sentenced for rape

COEUR d’ALENE — A First District Judge has seen enough of Taylor N. Tapp.

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Judge sentences man for delivering heroin

COEUR d’ALENE — Delivering heroin while on probation is not a charge that lends itself to being placed on supervised release, a judge said Wednesday, and it erases the likelihood of a rider.

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Trial set for LCHS ex-teacher

A late summer trial is scheduled for a former Lake City High School science teacher who faces lewd conduct charges.

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CDA PD Geriatric Division

Rain splats on the windshield and the petals from flowering trees stick to the pavement as Jim Strinz wheels a white Impala through a Coeur d’Alene neighborhood near Sherman Avenue.

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Bolder bike trail envisioned

Jeremiah Miller rides his bicycle.

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Remembering Linda

COEUR d’ALENE — Wayne Longo repeats the names rapidly.

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Bond increased for Shaun Kelly, hits $1M

COEUR d’ALENE — The bond for a Spokane man charged with second-degree murder was increased substantially Thursday after he allegedly stole a van and eluded police after bailing out of jail.

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BROWNFIELDS of DREAMS

COEUR d’ALENE — Beyond the neatly groomed yards and apartments on John’s Loop, past the groaning of tractors and trucks with diesel stacks fluttering, and from over an expanse of lumpy ground seeded with clover, Mike Gridley took pause.

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No more second chances; rape charge stands

A 25-year-old Coeur d’Alene man with a history of sexual encounters with teenage girls will serve at least five years in prison for rape.

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Nutritional supplement seller sued

A North Idaho nutritional supplement seller was sued in federal court this week by an Arizona-based competitor with a reputation for brawny behavior.

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The proper use for land

MEDIMONT — In his lifetime, Larry Donohoe has watched a spate of land deals come to pass near his home at Medimont.

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Ready to kiss the ground

COEUR d’ALENE — When Vikki Moormann returns home tonight, she doesn’t plan to write a glowing report about how she spent her spring vacation.

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Accused mail theft ringleader's bond reduced

The bond for a Post Falls man, who faces 70 felony charges and is accused of being the ringleader in a regional mail theft case, was reduced this week as the case moves closer to a probable cause hearing.

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A hot ride

POST FALLS — Not much remained of a Honda hatchback after it burned in the median of Interstate 90 Wednesday, leaving two traveling teens without transportation.

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North Idaho nutritional supplement seller sued

A local nutritional supplement seller was sued in federal court this week by an Arizona-based competitor with a reputation for brawny behavior.

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Hermit files scratch and 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.

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Logging company accused of timber theft in civil suit

Two Kootenai County men and an associated logging company are accused of stealing timber valued at more than $60,000 on land they did not own south of Post Falls.

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Stepdad guilty of killing boy

A jury late Friday found Joseph J. Davis guilty of murdering his 17-month-old stepson.

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Heroin trafficker could get more rehab, less prison

A Spokane Valley man arrested on drug charges in December on Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene may spend up to a year in a prison drug rehabilitation program before being placed on probation.

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SCAMS:

The cases are varied, but the lessons are the same.

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Dust contention in Davis trial

Dust on the surface of the coffee table from which 17-month old Maliki Wilburn supposedly fell has become a point of contention in the Coeur d’Alene murder trial of Joseph J. Davis.

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Judges give repeat DUI offender another chance

A 54-year-old Coeur d’Alene man whose fifth drunken driving charge made national news four years ago was back in court this week facing another drunk driving felony and a probation violation.

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Davis takes stand, faces pointed questions in murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — Joseph J. Davis, the man accused of killing his 17-month old stepson last summer, told friends he did not like to be alone with the child because he was afraid something could happen.

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Cd'A moves forward on riverfront property

The city of Coeur d’Alene will enter into an agreement to purchase 47 acres of riverfront property at the old Atlas Mill site, council members decided Tuesday.

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Davis trial prosecution rests, defense begins

COEUR d’ALENE —The defense asked the court for a second time Tuesday to end the murder trial of Joseph J. Davis, this time because prosecutors supposedly failed to show the defendant was guilty of causing the injuries that led to the death of 17-month old Maliki Wilburn.

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Mother testifies in murder trial

COEUR d’ALENE — When Dacia Cheyney returned home from the Best Avenue vape store to find her 17-month-old son lying motionless and rigid on the floor, she felt a large bump on the back of his head. Then she tore away a blanket that covered him, revealing his stiff arms …

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Doctors: Injuries weren't an accident

COEUR d’ALENE — A fall from a five-story balcony, a cliff, or a car backing over the skull of a child could cause the kind of head injuries sustained by 17-month old Maliki Wilburn, doctors said Friday at the Coeur d’Alene murder trial of Joseph J. Davis.

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Trial of accused child-killer continues

COEUR d’ALENE — Joseph J. Davis, the Coeur d’Alene man accused of killing his 17-month-old stepson last year, said he and the boy had a good relationship and he did not know how the toddler died.

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Land of opportunity?

A quarter-mile of Spokane River frontage may become a public beach if a plan by the city of Coeur d’Alene to purchase the property reaches fruition.

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Cd'A may purchase 47-acre Atlas Mill site

More than a half-mile of river frontage along the Spokane River owned by a Mega Millions lottery winner may be purchased by the city of Coeur d’Alene for recreation, river access, and development.

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Trial of accused toddler-killer begins

When Coeur d’Alene paramedic John Morrison made his way through the basement of a Fifth Street apartment one evening last summer, he was met with a sight he had not seen before.

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Cd'A may fork over funds for different types of public art

The forks are not named for a waterway or a highway intersection.

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Booth charged in 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.

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Judge: Release Nault records

A judge’s ruling this week brings the family of a Coeur d’Alene High School athlete who drowned in Lake Coeur d’Alene a step closer to closure.

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Ex-deputy pleads not guilty to four felonies

A former Kootenai County sheriff’s deputy accused of kidnapping and battering his estranged wife maintained his innocence this week in First District Court.

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Heroin charge leads to rehab program

A Kentucky woman arrested at the Huetter rest area west of Coeur d’Alene was found guilty of trafficking heroin and will serve up to a year in a prison rehabilitation program before being eligible for probation, according to an order from a Kootenai County judge.

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Neighbors grateful for police action at Cd'A apartment complex

They are still talking about it.

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Parking to go electronic

COEUR d’ALENE — The chalk stick is going the way of the steamers in Coeur d’Alene.

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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.

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Man smacks, shames 5-year-old boy

A 24-year-old Post Falls man who struck a 5-year-old, forced him to strip, then photographed him naked with a handwritten sign covering his genitals will serve 50 days in jail as part of a sentence for two misdemeanors including a count of battery and one count of injury to child.

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'Vulnerable adult' beaten by caregiver

A 23-year-old, self-described MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter from Rathdrum may spend 10 days in jail after pleading guilty in Coeur d’Alene Magistrate Court to one count of abusing a vulnerable adult.

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Businesses OK with Cd'A 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.

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Freedom, or just speeding?

You can call Kirby G. Kiehle a constitutionalist, call him mad, or crazy.

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Church or no, the junk's got to go

A rural property the owner calls a haven for the homeless, but which Kootenai County has deemed an illegal RV park and junkyard, was ordered shut down last week by a First District Court judge.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Life for killer

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.

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Cash, critters are basis of market program

SANDPOINT - Hunter Hendrix wears a green mask with red plastic eyes as he strolls across the Bonner County fairgrounds among a troop of boys with toy machine guns.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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