2 sought in stabbing at Exxon gas station

Two men are wanted in connection with a Tuesday night stabbing at Freya Street and Francis Avenue.

They are Trinidad R. Jones, 34, and Timothy A. Banks, 28, said Spokane County sheriff’s Lt. Earl Howerton.

The victim was beaten and stabbed in his chest about 7:30 p.m. at an Exxon station, Howerton said. He was taken to Deaconess Medical Center but did not have serious injuries.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the suspects should call 911 or 532-9266, Howerton said.

Post Falls man injured in accidental shooting

A Post Falls man was injured Wednesday afternoon in an accidental shooting, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department reported.

Chad P. Vanbrunt, 29, was removing a rifle from his vehicle near Rockford Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene when the gun went off, said Sgt. Barry Allenman.

Vanbrunt was shot in his left arm and taken to Kootenai Medical Center about 3 p.m. by a private vehicle, Allenman said. He was in surgery Wednesday night and his condition was not available.

Plan commission to hold public hearing

The Spokane Plan Commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a series of proposals to change the city’s residential zoning regulations.

The public is invited to an open house beginning at 4 p.m. in the lower level of City Hall to review the proposals. A public hearing before the commission begins at 6 p.m. and is set to end at 8:30 p.m.

Changes include new zoning for some neighborhoods, including proposals to change some multifamily areas to single-family designations. Other portions of the proposal involve changes in how individual lots can be used, the dimensions of garages and layouts for newly platted developments.

More information is available on the city planning department’s Web site at www.spokaneplanning.org.

Doctor pleads innocent to robbery

Rexburg, Idaho A doctor charged with negligent homicide and drug counts in a Montana patient’s death has pleaded innocent to bank robbery charges in Idaho.

James S. Bischoff, 47, entered his plea in 7th District Court on Monday to charges of burglary and robbery, with a weapons enhancement. He is accused of robbing U.S. Bank in Rexburg on March 16, wearing ski goggles and brandishing a gun.

Prosecutors say Bischoff robbed the bank while free on bail on the Montana charges. He is jailed on $750,000 bail while awaiting trial Feb. 1 in the bank case.

In Montana, Bischoff pleaded guilty in September to negligent homicide and a drug charge for administering medication to Kathryn Dvarishkis, 85, that apparently caused her fatal heart attack in 2000. He also pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining thousands of doses of amphetamines for himself.

Bischoff, who had been treating Dvarishkis at Madison Valley Hospital in Ennis, Mont., is scheduled for sentencing in that case Jan. 9. Under terms of a plea deal negotiated with prosecutors, he would serve 2 1/2 years of a recommended 20-year sentence.

Presentation will cover Farragut naval station

If you ever wanted to learn about Farragut Naval Training Station, which prepped 293,281 recruits during World War II, head over to NIC on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.

Robert Singletary, a North Idaho College instructor and history performer, will give a presentation about the training station in Athol, using photographs and artifacts. Singletary will portray Commodore Frank Kelley, the Farragut commander from 1943 until 1945, when the station closed.

Singletary has written a series on Farragut and appeared in a documentary called America’s Landlocked Navy.

For more information, call (208) 769-3355.