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updated: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:50 am

Kootenai County News

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13 hrs ago | 2NEWS.TV

N. Idaho inmates could staff recycling center

COEUR d'ALENE - Kootenai County Commissioners are talking with a Washington state recycling company about building a regional facility in northern Idaho that might use inmate labor.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID, Lewiston, ID

Sun Jul 06, 2008

43rd State Blues

News From The North

Abortions go up under Republicans. Business is better under Democrats. Pass it on.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID

Fri Jul 04, 2008

KXLY-TV Spokane

Kootenai County voters to decide on new jail

COEUR D'ALENE -- Voters in Kootenai County will once again decide if the county jail should be expanded to relieve overcrowding.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Families sue over explosion at CdA Casino

The families of two men killed in a fireworks explosion at the Coeur d'Alene Casino in 2006 have accused the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and Casino and several companies of negligence.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Kootenai Co. jail project estimated at $147 million

Kootenai County voters may decide in November whether to approve a nearly $147 million jail expansion that includes improvements to the entire Sheriff's Department complex and 911 center.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID

Sun Jun 29, 2008

KHQ-TV Spokane

Child safe after near-drowning at Triple Play

Witnesses and employees say an 8-year old boy is safe after a near-drowning incident at the Triple Play indoor amusement center Thursday afternoon.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

KTVB Boise

Inmate denied kosher food

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Kootenai County Jail officials say a prisoner is not being given kosher food because he has failed to provide information to prove he is Jewish.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID, Religion, Judaism, Idaho

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Board delays decision on CdA education corridor

Coeur d'Alene's dream of an education corridor is on hold as the state postponed until September a $1.3 million lease guaranteeing the University of Idaho's presence in North Idaho for at least 99 years.

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Related Topix: Idaho Falls, ID, Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Post Falls, ID

Mon Jun 23, 2008

KHQ-TV Spokane

Zip Trip employee injured in gas rip-off

Kootenai County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 27-year old man who tried to steal about $90 of gas from a Zip Trip Friday afternoon, dragging an employee about 20 feet and crashing his jeep into another car ...

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Related Topix: Hayden, ID

Sat Jun 21, 2008

KHQ-TV Spokane

Joseph E. Duncan: The Archives

Duncan asks judge for permission to represent himself Updated: BOISE, Idaho - Joseph Edward Duncan III has asked a federal judge to allow him to act as his own attorney during his death sentencing hearing.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Forgiveness comes quickly, but healing takes time

Kaye, Pat and Christian Frisbie talk about the loss of their 10-year-old son/brother Sawyer Frisbie, 10, in a car accident two weeks ago Friday, June 6, 2008 at a motel in Coeur d'Alene. A drunk driver ran a ...

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID

Tue Jun 17, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Kingston man killed in crash

A Kingston man died Sunday after he failed to negotiate a curve and rolled his truck down the bankment in the Curran Saddle area in Idaho.

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Sun Jun 15, 2008

PostFallsPress

Man faces stabbing, burglary charges

A 20-year-old Rathdrum man was arrested early Monday for allegedly entering a Rathdrum home and stabbing a 17-year-old boy during an apparent confrontation.

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Related Topix: Rathdrum, ID

Fri Jun 13, 2008

PostFallsPress

More of this story

RICK THOMAS/Press file The Car d'Lane show downtown on Father's Day will be accompanied by a smaller show, plus a swap meet and other events in Hayden the same weekend.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID, Post Falls, ID, Hayden, ID

Wed Jun 11, 2008

KREM.com

Suspect stabs homeowner during burglary

Police arrested a man who they say tried to enter a home at the 7100 block of Manchester Street.

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Related Topix: Rathdrum, ID, Spokane, WA

Mon Jun 09, 2008

PostFallsPress

Kootenai County, Idaho : Movers & Shakers

Coeur will keep Nevada mine Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. said Thursday it has decided to retain ownership of its Rochester silver and gold mine in Nevada after reviewing strategic alternatives for the mine.

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Related Topix: Coeur D Alene Mines, Mining

Sat Jun 07, 2008

PostFallsPress

Group: Don't forget prairie option

Possibility raised for joint high school facility on site COEUR d'ALENE -- A group is working to keep the idea of a professional-technical education complex on the Rathdrum Prairie from falling by the wayside ...

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Related Topix: Post Falls, ID, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Rathdrum, ID

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Newstalk 590 KQNT

Authorities have captured a North Idaho inmate who ran away from his jailors early Wednesday morning.

Authorities have captured a North Idaho inmate who ran away from his jailors early Wednesday morning.

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Tue Jun 03, 2008

2NEWS.TV

Early polling suggest lowest Idaho voting turnout since 1970s

Early polling results show only about 15 percent of Idaho's registered voters showed up for the primary election in what could be the lowest recorded turnout in a state primary contest since the 1970s.

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Related Topix: Idaho, Butte County, ID, Ada County, ID, Eagle, ID

Mon Jun 02, 2008

2NEWS.TV

Inmate escapes South Idaho Correctional Institution

A minimum custody inmate has escaped from South Idaho Correctional Institution, officials said Monday.

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Related Topix: Boise, ID

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