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• Girl presumed drowned in Columbia at Wenatchee

  May 29, 2012 in Region WENATCHEE — A 13-year-old girl is missing and presumed drowned in the Columbia River at Wenatchee.

• Angler drowns in Stevens County lake

  April 30, 2012 in Region COLVILLE — An angler died on the opening day of the lowland lakes trout season in Washington when he jumped into a lake in northeast Washington to save his fishing …

• High, cold water deceptively dangerous

  July 19, 2011 in City on Page A1 Nearly two dozen people in Washington and Idaho have died from drowning since the start of May, many of them in the turbulent, cold waters cascading out of the mountains …

• Autopsies show men drowned

  July 8, 2011 in City Three Bhutanese refugees found dead in the Spokane River drowned in their submerged vehicle, officials said today. 6

• Bhutanese community mourns the loss of three of its own

  July 8, 2011 in City on Page A1 Finding the bodies of the three missing Bhutanese men brought some closure to their loved ones, but on Thursday the families were confronting the finality of their loss. “I’m speechless,” … 3

• Men’s family, friends devastated by loss

  July 7, 2011 Finding the bodies of the three missing Bhutanese men brought some closure to their loved ones, but on Thursday the families were confronting the finality of their loss. “I’m speechless,” …

• Woman dies when SUV ends up in Hayden Lake

  March 19, 2011 in City on Page A5 Kootenai County sheriff’s officials Friday said alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the apparent drowning death of a woman who passed by barriers and drove into Hayden … 1

• Another driver dies off Hayden Lake boat ramp

  March 18, 2011 in City, Idaho Kootenai County sheriff’s officials today said alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the apparent drowning death of a woman who passed by barriers and drove into Hayden … 15

• No answers on remains found in Priest Lake

  September 28, 2010 in Idaho The mystery of the remains at the bottom of Priest Lake will be left unsolved for now.

• Girl’s drowning death under investigation

  August 17, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Spokane County medical examiner is investigating the apparent drowning death on Sunday afternoon of a 9-year-old girl in the Indian Trail area of Spokane. 1

• Girl reportedly drowns in private swimming pool

  August 16, 2010 in City The Spokane County Medical Examiner is investigating the apparent drowning death on Sunday afternoon of a girl in the Indian Trail area of Spokane. 1

• Spokane man drowns near Coulee Dam

  July 29, 2010 in City, Region A Spokane man drowned Sunday afternoon in Lake Roosevelt near Grand Coulee, the National Park Service said today.

• Autopsy: Diver drowned in Lake Coeur d’Alene

  July 28, 2010 in Idaho A diver found floating facedown in Lake Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday died of drowning, an autopsy today showed.

• Economics shouldn’t jeopardize kids’ safety in the water

  July 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 The reminders come every year, sometimes as tragedy, sometimes as relief. A child drowns, or almost does. Last week, there were two near misses – a 3-year-old girl at Witter … 1

• Near drownings reported in Coeur d’Alene, Spokane

  July 9, 2010 in City Two young children were saved from drowning by witnesses in separate incidents in the Inland Northwest on Friday. 1

• 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. …

• Sheriff releases name of North Idaho drowning victim

  June 24, 2010 in Outdoors, City, Idaho A man whose body was recovered from the Spokane River shortly before 7 a.m. today after he was tossed from a canoe near Post Falls was identified this afternoon as …

• Woman drowns at Glacier Park

  June 21, 2010 in City, Region on Page A6 A 62-year-old Missouri woman drowned after she fell from a bridge and was carried away by a fast-flowing creek in Glacier National Park.

• Rock Creek running dangerously high again

  June 17, 2010 in News, Sports, Outdoors Anglers headed to Montana’s popular fishing streams are warned that rain has been causing flows to spike to dangerous levels in some areas.

• Teens who died in creek identified

  May 19, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Police on Tuesday released the names of the two Nine Mile Falls teens who drowned Saturday in North Idaho.

• 2 men who drowned in Sprague Lake identified

  April 19, 2010 in City The Spokane fishermen who drowned in Sprague Lake have been identified as 72-year-old James Kindlespire and 53-year-old Virgil Phillips. 4

• Man found dead in Lake Coeur d’Alene ID’d

  January 19, 2010 in Idaho A man found dead in Lake Coeur d’Alene has been identified as Ira L. Loudenback, 76, of Coeur d’Alene.

• Body found in Lake Coeur d’Alene

  August 15, 2009 in News, Idaho The body of Post Falls resident Robert J. Meadows was recovered from Lake Coeur d’Alene near Arrow Point at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Meadows, 49, had been missing since July …

• Lake CdA drowning victim identified

  July 7, 2009 in News, City, Idaho The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department has identified the man who appears to have drowned Monday night on Lake Coeur d’Alene, north of Arrow Point.

• Man feared drowned in Lake Coeur d’Alene

  July 6, 2009 in Idaho A search for a missing man in Lake Coeur d’Alene was called off at dusk Monday. The man, who has not been identified, is presumed drowned, said Capt. Ben Wolfinger, …

• Man drowns in Columbia River near Bridgeport

  July 6, 2009 in News, City A man drowned while swimming with friends in the Columbia River near Bridgeport sometime late Friday or early Saturday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s office reported.

• Man feared drowned on St . Joe

  May 30, 2009 in Idaho A 54-year-old man is believed to have drowned Friday after a kayaking accident on the St. Joe River in Idaho, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office.

• Missing man presumed drowned in Priest River

  May 24, 2009 in Idaho A Kootenai County man is presumed drowned after falling from a log into the Priest River on Friday night.

• Two American Divers Left Behind By Tour Boat

  January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 A scuba diving instructor apologized Friday for returning from a Great Barrier Reef tour without two Americans who had specifically asked to dive by themselves. The search for Thomas and …

• Boy, 8, Dies After Falling Through Ice

  December 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 An 8-year-old boy died Sunday after he and two other children fell through ice into the frigid water of a flooded sand and gravel pit. Authorities said Garrett Tuttle II …

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