In brief: 3 nominated for Hall of Fame

Three people who distinguished themselves by their leadership in Spokane are the first historic inductees into the new Citizen Hall of Fame.

• Chief Spokane Garry was a Native American leader who spent his life trying to establish a reservation for the Spokane tribe on their homeland. He died in 1892.

• May Arkwright Hutton, who died in 1915, advocated for women’s suffrage in Eastern Washington.

• King Cole, who died in 2010, helped transform downtown Spokane through his work on Expo ’74.

Nominations are open for other inductees until Feb. 16. Visit www. spokanelibraryfoundation.org for information and to nominate someone.

The Spokane Citizen Hall of Fame, a project that raises money for the Spokane Public Library, recognizes people who’ve made significant contributions to the city in one of six categories.

Fire razes North Monroe building

An early morning fire caused extensive damage to a vacant building on North Monroe Street.

Spokane firefighters responded to 2614 N. Monroe St. around 3 a.m. Thursday.

The building, which was built in 1946, was formerly the home of Northwest Video, a video production company, according to newspaper records.

The property is owned by Gene and Janice Colburn, of Greenacres, according to county property records.

Five tunnel workers fall 25 feet

SEATTLE – Five men working on a concrete wall at the site where a highway tunnel is being built under downtown Seattle fell about 25 feet when a wall of rebar gave way, a transportation department spokesman said Thursday.

Two Seattle firefighters walked about a half mile into the tunnel and carried out one of the injured men while the four others walked out, according to Kyle Moore, department spokesman. One of the men was not injured, while others were taken to Harborview Medical Center, he said. Harborview spokeswoman Susan Gregg said the injuries were nonlife-threatening. The cause of the accident was under investigation.

Wolf captured near Ione, Wash.

OLYMPIA – State wildlife officials say a gray wolf that had gotten too comfortable around people has been captured in northeast Washington and taken to a wolf sanctuary south of Olympia.

The female was captured on Wednesday near Ione, where she had been living.

Wildlife officials have been trying to trap her for months. She is the last known member of the Ruby Creek Pack.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Dave Ware said they were worried she would breed with a domestic dog and produce wolf-dog hybrids in the wild.

The wolf was spayed and taken to the Wolf Haven International sanctuary in Tenino.

Man gets 70-year sentence

MISSOULA – A Montana man was sentenced Thursday to 70 years in prison for fatally shooting a German high school exchange student who was trespassing in his garage.

“Here you have a 12-guage shotgun, not to protect your family but to go after someone. And go after someone you did,” District Judge Ed McLean said sternly in sentencing Markus Kaarma for deliberate homicide in the April 27 killing of 17-year-old Diren Dede of Hamburg, Germany. In sentencing Kaarma, the judge made clear there are strict limits to residents’ rights to use force while claiming self-defense.

Dede, an exchange student at Missoula’s Big Sky High School, was unarmed.