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• Six vie for the job of sheriff

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 There’s a new sheriff coming to town. Voters in Kootenai County are electing the first new top law enforcer in 13 years because Sheriff Rocky Watson is retiring. Three Republicans …

• Kootenai County sheriff candidates

  May 3, 2012 in Idaho on Page A7 John Green AGE: Not given

• Kootenai County sheriff to retire

  March 21, 2011 in Idaho Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson will not seek re-election next year and will leave office after serving a total of 17 years. 1

• Fake bomb found near Kootenai County sheriff’s office

  January 30, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 A bomb scare closed part of Government Way in Coeur d’Alene for several hours Saturday, before the Spokane bomb squad was able to determine the device was a fake. The …

• Stabbing victim grandson of candidate

  September 29, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 A 22-year-old Rathdrum man stabbed to death by his girlfriend’s father Friday night in what investigators say was self-defense is the grandson of Kootenai County Deputy Coroner and Democratic candidate …

• 200 guns stolen from Kootenai County home

  August 18, 2010 in City on Page A6 Authorities say more than 200 guns have been stolen from a Kootenai County woman’s home. The woman reported the robbery on Friday. On Monday, Kootenai County sheriff’s officials were still … 1

• Diver found dead near floating green

  July 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 A diver died near the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course’s Floating Green on Lake Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday afternoon. Golf course employees saw Mike McCullough, of Rexburg, Idaho, floating facedown …

• Man tossed from canoe found dead

  June 25, 2010 in City on Page A7 A man whose body was recovered from the Spokane River shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday after he was tossed from a canoe near Post Falls was identified as Michael W. …

• Human-rights conference gets hand from Hattiesburg

  November 1, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 That cross-the-border press conference staged to oppose local racists circulating hate literature was felt all the way down in Mississippi. Seems Jackie Bland and her family from Hattiesburg, Miss., visited …