Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Former Kootenai County deputy prosecutor claims age bias

  June 3, 2012 in Idaho on Page B7 A former deputy prosecutor in Kootenai County claims he was asked to take a psycho-sexual examination as part of a plot to get rid of him because of his age. … 2

• Huckleberries: Is Hagadone having his hydroplane dream again?

  March 25, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Huckleberries hears that the Hagadone Corp. and allies are working behind the scenes to bring a small hydroplane regatta to the north shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene late this summer. … 5

• Idaho man pleads guilty to murdering neighbor with hammer

  March 10, 2012 in City on Page A7 A North Idaho man who bludgeoned four people with a hammer in a brutal murder in Bayview last year has pleaded guilty. Larry Ward Cragun, 32, faces a mandatory life …

• NW today: Boy’s shooting death under review

  November 30, 2011 in Region Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh says he is reviewing the death of a 7-year-old Coeur d’Alene boy who was shot and killed during a hunting trip.

• Couple held in death of Post Falls toddler

  November 4, 2011 in City on Page A7 Post Falls police arrested a Post Falls couple in the January 2009 death of 2-year-old Karina Janay Moore, who was fatally injured while in the couple’s foster care. Jeremy and …

• North Idaho assessment appeal denied

  July 11, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 A person can’t appeal the property assessment on land the person doesn’t own, the Kootenai County prosecutor has determined. Prosecutor Barry McHugh said he made his decision after analyzing Idaho … 2

• Board to weigh alleged assault

  May 19, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 The mother of a Kellogg High School student who was allegedly stripped by other girls during a bus ride earlier this month said she’s angry that her daughter’s assailants might … 2

• Post Falls man sentenced to 10 years for breaking boy’s leg

  January 14, 2011 A Post Falls man was sentenced today to ten years in prison for felony injury to a child for breaking the leg of his fiancée’s child, according to the Kootenai … 12

• Woman finds support, new puppy after dog poisoning

  December 27, 2010 in City on Page A1 An Athol woman whose dog died in April after a suspected poisoning has found a new puppy. Kathleen Callahan turned 58 on Dec. 4. The day before, she brought Aussie, … 3

• BNSF suing Kootenai County over new regulations

    November 2, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 BNSF Railway Co. is suing Kootenai County over new regulations proposed for the railroad’s Hauser diesel refueling depot. The railroad – which refuels an average of 30 trains at the … 3

• Brothers guilty of racially harassing man

  October 29, 2010 in City on Page A1 Following the third trial in eight months, two Coeur d’Alene brothers were found guilty Thursday of racially harassing and threatening a Hispanic man in August 2009. Sentencing was set for … 1

• Defendant has tattoos linked to Aryan beliefs

  October 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 The tattoos on a man accused of racially harassing a Hispanic man last summer are common symbols representing Aryan neo-Nazi beliefs, the Idaho Department of Correction’s top official on gang …

• Boy’s fatal injury recounted

  October 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Post Falls baby sitter accused of murdering a 3-year-old boy told police after failing a polygraph test, “I hurt a poor little defenseless boy … And it was all … 8

• Post Falls man sentenced for theft

  October 4, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Post Falls man was sentenced to six years in state prison Wednesday for taking money from a Kootenai County real estate firm. Jerry A. Hill, 52, was convicted in …

• Sex with minor nets at least 8-year term

  October 3, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page B1 A Coeur d’Alene man will spend at least eight years in prison for five counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a 14-year-old girl. 1

• Prosecutor says fatal stabbing was self-defense

  September 30, 2010 in City on Page A8 No charges will be filed against a Rathdrum man in the Sept. 24 stabbing death of his daughter’s boyfriend, Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh announced Wednesday. Based on the … 1

• No charges in fatal Rathdrum stabbing

  September 29, 2010 in Idaho No charges will be filed against a Rathdrum man in the Sept. 24 stabbing death of his daughter’s boyfriend, Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh announced today. Based on the … 1

• Officer accused of using divorce to hide assets

    May 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. divorced his wife to shield his assets and force taxpayers to foot the bill for his criminal defense, the federal prosecutor in the … 16

• Prosecutor calls for third trial in hate crime case

  April 29, 2010 in Idaho Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh said today that he will re-try two Coeur d’Alene brothers on malicious harassment charges. 2

• Man sentenced for heroin crime

  April 29, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 A Coeur d’Alene heroin dealer will spend four to 15 years in prison after being sentenced in Kootenai County District Court.

• Medication thefts prompt jail firings

  April 7, 2009 in City on Page A5 Stolen inmate medications led to the firing of three employees at the Kootenai County Jail in an investigation that began more than a year ago, Sheriff Rocky Watson said Monday. …