Kootenai News

New Idaho programs to combat quagga and zebra mussels will be explained at two public meetings Wednesday in North Idaho.

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office says a 10-year-old boy in northern Idaho lost control of an all-terrain vehicle and crashed into a power pole, seriously injuring himself and his 11-year-old passenger.

A 30-year-old former bookkeeper for a northern Idaho excavation firm must spend 30 days behind bars and pay $46,000 in restitution for embezzling thousands from her employer.

Deputies from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department Recreation Safety Section and personnel from the Northern Lakes Fire Department responded to the Hayden Lake Marina on Hayden Lake for an injury Personal Watercraft collision that occurred around 12:45 Sunday afternoon.

They're paid to guard and care for inmates. But some Kootenai County Jail employees saw the facility as their personal drug store, taking advantage of such lax controls over inmate medications that the Idaho State Police would eventually launch a yearlong investigation involving hidden cameras, lie detectors and interviews with more than a dozen ...

Panco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a nearly $5 million contract to expand two elementary schools near Sandpoint, Idaho, for the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

The Blackfeet Tribe is one of a group of tribes developing enhanced tribal identification cards to get in line with the new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho. - According to the Coeur d'Alene Police, charges are pending against one burglary suspect and two others remain on the loose following a Coeur d'Alene burglary late Monday night.

People crossing the U.S.- Canada border are now required to show a passport or enhanced driver's license, but American Indian leaders are encouraging tribal members to continue using their tribe-issued identification cards instead.

9:42 a.m. Motorist reports he has hit a deer on Highway 95 @ Kootenai/Bonner County line.

The sunny weather brought lots of people out on Inland Northwest waters Saturday, and Sgt.

Boise Police are looking for two armed burglary suspects after they broke into an apartment on Phillipi Street.

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - Friends and members of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe are remembering the 21-year-old victim of Saturday's fatal shooting fondly, describing him as a caring young man who was devoted to his family and love his infant daughter.

A bicyclist was hit by a sport utility vehicle Friday night about 11 p.m. at Post Street and Cora Avenue, and Spokane police are asking for help finding the driver.

A motorcyclist is in fair condition this morning after crashing his bike at a high speed into a large rock off Lower Pack River Road in Bonner County on Tuesday evening, officials reported today.

Some of the Tamiflu antiviral medication being shipped to the Northwest. Story Published: May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM PDT Story Updated: May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM PDT IDAHO/WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed swine flu infection in a Kootenai County woman, the first confirmed case of swine flu in Idaho.

COUER D'ALENE, Idaho. - A case of road rage resulted in $2,000 in damage when a man, frustrated when someone pulled into a parking spot he was waiting on, rammed that car.

TV TODAY'S 6 NEWS State Health Officials Report Probable Swine Flu Case KOOTENAI CO., IDAHO-- Idaho State Health and Welfare officials are reporting a probable swine flu case here in the Gem State.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho- At 7:00 Tuesday morning, polls open at NIC College , Kootenai Medical Center , and Mica Flats Grange Hall for a new Coeur d'Alene school district levy.

The Kootenai Alliance for Children and Families has awarded the Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene police departments $5,000 each to pay for increased patrols to check on young people attending parties this spring and summer.