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Alison Boggs

Alison Boggs is a reporter for The Spokesman-Review in the Idaho department. She covers general assignment news in North Idaho.

How to contact Alison

Email: alisonb@spokesman.com
Phone: 208-765-7132
Fax: 208-765-7149

Recent stories by Alison

NIC forum addresses bridging the grower-food gap

March 18, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 About a dozen people gathered on a Coeur d’Alene street corner Wednesday afternoon to build a raised bed that will become North Idaho College’s first community garden. The garden project …
Census sends show on road to encourage accurate count

March 17, 2010 in City on Page A5 Ryan Eaton visited the Coeur d’Alene Public Library on Tuesday afternoon during a school field trip to learn more about the 2010 U.S. census. The kindergartener said his family’s census …
Eighth is enough

March 7, 2010 in Business on Page E1 New vacation homes are being built slope-side at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, with three bedrooms, 3 ½ bathrooms, large decks and picture windows offering dramatic views of Lake Pend Oreille, all …
Utility to mine landfill for fuel

March 6, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 For the first time in its 72-year history, the largest electric cooperative in Idaho is planning to generate its own renewable energy. Hayden-based Kootenai Electric Cooperative will do so through …
Kootenai Electric will mine landfill for power

March 5, 2010 in Idaho For the first time in its 72-year history, the largest electric cooperative in Idaho is planning to generate its own renewable energy.
Counties oppose tribal policing bill

March 4, 2010 in City on Page A5 County commissioners throughout Idaho’s Panhandle unanimously agreed Monday to oppose legislation that would give Idaho’s tribal police officers the right to arrest nontribal members and deliver them to state courts … 1
Writing, therapy help Iraq vet cope

February 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 The New Year’s Eve party was at a friend’s Coeur d’Alene home, and Kenny McAnally had gone outside for a smoke. Suddenly, fireworks began exploding all around him, and the … 8
Aryans seek new city

February 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 An Aryan Nations member from Athol visited John Day, Ore., last week, making clear his plan to set up a headquarters compound in that rural town. “They just came by …
District to tap state fund for unsafe school

February 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 Following a failed school bond earlier this month, the Plummer-Worley School District has become the first in Idaho to access an emergency fund set up to replace or repair schools …
Artist finds sculpture inspiration among trees

February 19, 2010 in City on Page A5 The artist creating the 18-foot-high metal sculpture that soon will grace Coeur d’Alene’s eastern entrance found her inspiration high atop Canfield Mountain. That’s where Teresa McHugh discovered the ponderosa pine …
Hoarders have 40-plus more cats

February 13, 2010 in City on Page B1 The couple involved three years ago in Idaho’s worst cat-hoarding case have moved to Bonners Ferry and are attracting complaints from neighbors about their cats. Neighbors have spoken to Boundary … 6
Benewah Co. sheriff’s office, tribe tangled in policing rift

February 11, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 The call came in Tuesday at 12:36 p.m. Some men had been yelling and screaming for about an hour across from the Tensed post office. Four Coeur d’Alene Tribe police … 10
Field of options

February 5, 2010 in City on Page A7 The city of Coeur d’Alene is planning once again to consider changes to one of its most beloved treasures – McEuen Field. The downtown playfield runs from the Coeur d’Alene …
Task force joins hate crime probe

February 4, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations is offering up to $1,000 for tips leading to the solution of any of the hate crimes that have plagued the Inland …
Man reports race-based assault

January 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 A man was racially harassed and assaulted shortly after midnight Saturday in Coeur d’Alene while walking home from the grocery store. The man told police that he was walking along … 1
Tax-Aide volunteers gear up

January 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 In the interest of helping people file their taxes, Gerald Scharrenberger pretended to be a 49-year-old divorced mother of two on Tuesday morning at Silver Lake Mall. Sitting across from …
Organizer ensures Banff film festival has local, global impacts

January 25, 2010 in City on Page A5 Michael Boge, of Sandpoint, has hosted North Idaho screenings of the Banff Mountain Film Festival for 14 years, first bringing the popular tour to his hometown, then adding events in … 1
Smoker’s family helps others quit

January 23, 2010 in City on Page B3 Shirley Wagoner remembers her big brother sneaking out to the woods behind their St. Maries home when he was a teenager to smoke cigarettes. “In the ’50s, it was cool,” … 1
Police are still probing death

January 16, 2010 in City on Page B1 One year ago today, 2-year-old Karina Janay Moore died from injuries she sustained 10 days earlier in her Post Falls foster home. Police received the call at two seconds after …
Vandalism of car in CdA follows racist epithets

January 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 Someone early Friday spray-painted swastikas on a car outside the downtown Coeur d’Alene home of a woman who regularly has African-American friends visiting. In addition, about two weeks ago, some … 5