Benewah County News

County voters approved construction of a new hospital and clinic in St. Maries. The request by the hospital board for authority to borrow up to $28.5 million for the new facilities passed with 67.9% approved.

A 67-year-old Plummer man was sentenced Thursday, October 15, 2009 to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of a violent rape.

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $1 million contract to construct a new garbage-transfer station for Benewah County, Idaho.

Kathryn Tacke is the regional economist for the Idaho Department of Labor. Special to In 2004 and 2005, Kootenai County ranked among the top five U.S. metro areas for best performance in job growth.

A police chase in North Idaho Tuesday morning ended with the driver in custody, two cars hit, and no one injured.

TOPICS Democratic Party CNN's John King went out to Idaho's Benewah County last week -- which is a fairly typical logging area which lies within Rep.

TOPICS Democratic Party CNN's John King went out to Idaho's Benewah County last week -- which is a fairly typical logging area which lies within Rep.

Testimony about Christina Haynes' mental state didn't sway a judge today from imposing a 10-year prison sentence on the St.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in Idaho rose half a percentage point in June, to 8.3 percent.

The Idaho Community Foundation recently awarded $176,753 in grants to 77 organizations in 10 counties in North Idaho.

Idaho's unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 percent in May, a 22-year high. Nearly 5,600 workers lost their jobs last month, pushing the statewide total to 58,300, the Idaho Department of Labor said today.

When St. Maries Police chief Fred Cruzan sends an officer to the police academy for certification in October, the officer will drive 8 hours to the state's Meridian academy instead of the 50-minute drive to attend the academy in Coeur d'Alene. Although it is less than an hour away, the Coeur d'Alene Police Officer Standards and Training Academy is ...

The Benewah County Sheriff's Department needs your help finding a 76-year-old man who left St.

Item: Benewah County Inmates swallow razor blades /Ralph Bartholdt, St. Maries Gazette-Record More Info: Two inmates at the Benewah County Jail swallowed razorblades in separate incidents over a three-week period.