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• Five rivers at flood stage in region

  April 28, 2012 in City on Page B1 Emergency management officials in North Idaho on Friday said the rush of water from mountain rain and snowmelt was stopping short of serious flooding. Levees and sandbags were holding at …

• St. Maries woman, 18, shot to death on Christmas

  December 26, 2011 in News, Idaho An 18-year-old woman was shot and killed on Christmas Day in Benewah County, Idaho, officials confirm. 6

• Unemployment in Idaho drops

  October 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Idaho’s jobless rate went down two-tenths of a point to 9 percent in September, the first time it’s been below the national rate since last November, the Idaho Department of … 2

• Tribe, county battle over hunting rights

  September 24, 2011 in Idaho The Benewah County prosecutor was incorrect to say the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in North Idaho does not have the right to hunt or fish on reservation land owned by non-tribal … 2

• Federal officials giving tribal police more authority

  September 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Law enforcement is being hampered in Indian Country by what federal authorities describe as jurisdictional gaps. So they’re working with three Idaho tribes, including the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, … 46

• Benewah coalition promotes tolerance

  May 4, 2011 in City on Page A5 A fledgling human rights organization in Benewah County has formed with a goal of promoting better relations between members of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and nontribal residents. “If you live …

• Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s casino expansion honors land, tradition

  April 28, 2011 in Business, Idaho on Page A5 The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has spent about $75 million on a major upgrade of its resort and casino in Worley, Idaho. Most of the investment went into a 15,000-square-foot spa … 10

• Romantic tie figures in murder case

  April 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 Jealousy may have led to the fatal stabbing of a Spokane man in Plummer, Idaho, on Sunday, a friend said. Victim Antowyn D. “Tony” Swiney, 37, was with his girlfriend …

• Deputies arrest four in connection with North Idaho homicide

  April 17, 2011 in News, Idaho Sheriff’s deputies seize and hold four on suspicion of North Idaho murder

• Idaho House kills tribal policing bill by one vote

  February 17, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho House has rejected the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s policing bill by one vote, after a tense debate that stretched for two hours. 18

• Idaho panel endorses tribal policing proposal

  February 10, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – After a six-hour hearing that stretched long into the evening, an Idaho House committee on Wednesday endorsed the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s legislation to let its police officers enforce … 1

• Woman trapped overnight in car

  June 28, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 A 72-year-old woman is recuperating at Kootenai Medical Center after spending the night trapped in an overturned car along a North Idaho highway.

• Survivor of crash pleads not guilty

  June 23, 2010 in City on Page A5 A North Idaho man is in federal custody on a manslaughter charge for a crash last summer. Joseph Michael Matt Jr., a member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, was charged …

• Policing dispute flares in North Idaho

  April 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 The Coeur d’Alene Tribe on Wednesday accused Benewah County of reneging on an agreement, backed by state lawmakers, to cross-deputize tribal police officers. Tribal officials said they received this week …

• Rural Idaho counties see population decline

  March 25, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 The number of people moving out of rural Idaho increased between mid-2008 and mid-2009 as the recession reached into every corner of the state.

• Benewah, tribe solve policing stalemate

  March 18, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Benewah County and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe have reached a deal on policing on the reservation, just in time to head off state legislation that was up for …

• Lawmakers want county, tribe to negotiate

  March 11, 2010 in Idaho Idaho lawmakers are stepping up the pressure on Benewah County and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe to reach a cross-deputization agreement, after a four-hour hearing Thursday that left some appalled. “I … 7

• 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

• 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

• Policing bill gets panel’s support

  February 10, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Controversial legislation proposed by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe on state-tribal law enforcement won a unanimous vote in committee Tuesday, clearing a key first hurdle. The Idaho House Judiciary …

• Benewah sheriff calls rights group’s letter ‘stupid’

  February 4, 2010 in Idaho BOISE - A Kootenai County human rights group sent an open letter to the Idaho Legislature on Thursday saying criminals are going free in Benewah County because the sheriff there … 2

• Police seek charges against official’s wife

  July 24, 2008 in City on Page B1 Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police are asking federal authorities to charge the wife of a Benewah County commissioner with felony assault on a police officer after she allegedly struck a tribal …

• Counties protest tax shift

  April 19, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 Kootenai and Benewah counties are objecting to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s request to remove nearly 2,810 acres from the tax rolls. The Kootenai County commission said the annual tax loss …