Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• 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

• Cross-deputization bill will be introduced

  January 21, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Benewah County reneged on a policing deal with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe last spring, the tribe told lawmakers Thursday, so it’s time to just let tribal police officers …

• Benewah County, tribe reach deal on policing

  March 17, 2010 in Idaho 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 a vote … 1

• Comments on Benewah sheriff brought Payne to surface

  February 28, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Prosecutor Doug Payne didn’t appreciate the criticism leveled at Sheriff Bob Kirts and Benewah County by outsiders including me recently. In a Handle Extra comment, I said the issue of …

• Benewah sheriff’s take on tribal cops wrong

  February 7, 2010 in Opinion on Page B8 In a reasonable world, a public-safety measure like one the Idaho Legislature should see in the coming days would not be necessary. But sometimes the world is decidedly unreasonable – … 21

• Sheriff’s tribal policy protested

  February 5, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 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 …

• 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