Coeur d'Alene News Archives

Idaho education officials are bracing for a raft of waiver requests from school districts that have seen student attendance suffer from the flu - and don't want the drop in attendance to hurt their district's state funding.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says a 62-year-old northern Idaho man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for child pornography possession.

A trio of county taxpayers filed a lawsuit in First District Court Tuesday alleging that North Idaho College's lease of the former DeArmond Mill property is unconstitutional and should be voided.

COEUR D'ALENE -- The executive director of Hospice of North Idaho says the organization has received a $1 million anonymous donation.

Authorities say they have arrested a Rathdrum woman suspected of embezzling more than $450,000 from a medical clinic in Post Falls.

Idaho U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI Personnel Accept Prestigious Award With Murder Victims in Mind It was a killing spree that took the lives of four residents of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; a random and deadly rampage that left a young Idaho girl without her mother, her mother's fianc, and two of her brothers.

She's still a gardener; that hasn't changed. Snap peas, green beans, cherry tomatoes, and winter squash fill her yard on Mullan Avenue in Coeur d'Alene. Red petunias reach across her lawn like a sea.

Law enforcement officers in Twin Falls and Twin Falls county in southern Idaho in the next month will start using a new system that will allow them to print citations from patrol cars.

COEUR D'ALENE -- A North Idaho woman was charged with the burglary of a food bank in 2007.

Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest is offering a cash reward in exchange for information leading to the arrest of those behind a pair of recent Coeur d'Alene-area church burglaries.

COEUR D'ALENE -- Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects responsible for two recent church burglaries in the Coeur d'Alene area.

Coeur d'Alene School District officials say the district will rely on teachers and parents to help pick books to be used in classrooms.

Western larch seeds sit in a bin at the nursery, one of six in the national forest system.

Republican Lt. Gov. Brad Little will be touring Idaho Oct. 30, part of a series of campaign events in three cities where the Emmett rancher will formally announce he's running to win his current post.

COEUR D'ALENE -- A single North Idaho mom had her car stolen several weeks back and authorities are saying the thief was a local murder suspect.

COEUR d'ALENE -- Police are searching for a man they say robbed a Dairy Queen in Coeur d'Alene at gunpoint late Sunday night.

A 21-year-old man who moved to Coeur d'Alene from Zuni, New Mexico, has been identified by the Idaho State Patrol as the person who stepped in front of a moving train at 5 a.m. Friday.

Kerrie Scott, called Coach Spud by his junior tackle players and others in Post Falls youth sports, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning after collapsing at a friend's home, The Coeur d'Alene Press reported.

COEUR D'ALENE -- A northern Idaho man convicted of raping a woman in June has been sentenced to life in prison.

I don't know what to make of the campaign finance reports provided by the challengers for Coeur d'Alene City Council races, especially Dan Gookin's. Conventional wisdom says that a good war chest with many contributors underscores a candidate's strength - and electability.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Timberline Resources shares rallied sharply higher Tuesday on heavy volume after the company increased its gold mineralization estimate on a joint venture project.

Violet Bishop nearly ate her hearing aid. How we missed this headline last week I will never know.

The executive director of Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho has been dismissed.

Sinead Shrae Ambro, 18, of Plummer, Idaho, entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge of maliciously conveying false information, a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

They are more like family. Chris Lowe on electric guitar and Jason Oliveira on drums are actual brothers.

The Oregon State Police says a motorcyclist from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, died Monday from injuries sustained in a Sept.

COEUR d'ALENE-- North Idaho and Eastern Washington will see windy conditions developing Saturday and lasting through Sunday.

COEUR D'ALENE -- Kootenai County sheriff's deputies say they were forced to shoot a pug on Interstate 90 after they were unable to catch the dog during rush hour traffic.