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• Bars cited for over-serving driver

  February 25, 2010 in City on Page A5 Two downtown bars were cited by the state Liquor Control Board for over-serving a man who, while allegedly intoxicated, caused a fatal accident on Interstate 90 in December. 4

• DUI suspected after child walks away from mother’s crash

  January 29, 2010 in News, City A Spokane Valley mother faces criminal charges after police say her toddler walked away from a drunken car crash as she tried to free her vehicle. 6

• Family of hit-and-run victim wants bars held responsible

  January 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 The family of a Canadian woman killed in a hit-and-run crash in downtown Spokane wants two bars that reportedly served the suspected driver alcohol that night held responsible for her … 7

• Flurry of accidents, one fatality

  October 24, 2009 in City on Page B1 A driver involved in an injury accident near Springdale, Wash., on Wednesday has a long history of driving under the influence and other offenses, including habitually driving with a suspended …

• Driver in injury accident has history of DUIs

  October 23, 2009 in City A driver involved in an injury accident near Springdale, Wash., on Wednesday has a long history of driving under the influence and other offenses, including habitually driving with a suspended … 1

• Police sergeant in DUI crash on paid leave

  September 24, 2009 in City A Spokane police sergeant accused of driving under the influence and possible hit and run has been placed on paid administrative leave. Bradley N. Thoma, who has been with the … 8

• Federal DUI program has Idaho cops drawing blood

  September 14, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – When police Officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he’ll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, … 1

• Wash. court: Police can force blood-alcohol tests

  September 10, 2009 in City Suspected drunken drivers who refuse a voluntary blood-alcohol test can still be forced to submit blood or breath samples under a judge’s warrant, the state Supreme Court ruled today. 1

• Rollover injures two

  August 28, 2009 in City Two Spokane-area residents were injured Thursday night in a one-vehicle collision on Interstate 90 just east of the Geiger Boulevard interchange. 1

• Retired firefighter back in jail for driving offenses

  June 19, 2009 in City A retired firefighter with a history of driving arrests is back in jail after a judge learned he’d caused two car crashes and received one speeding ticket since his last … 3

• Spokane teen accused of DUI in rollover crash

  June 5, 2009 A Spokane teenager was arrested on an aggravated DUI charge in Coeur d’Alene Thursday night after a two-car crash that sent the other driver to the hospital. Coeur d’Alene police …

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  Officers honored for DUI ticketing

  March 15, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Keeping drunken or drugged drivers off North Idaho roads takes the combined vigilance of all the area law enforcement agencies. And to honor their efforts, the top DUI-ticketing officers in …

• Idaho lawmaker targets multiple DUIs

  February 20, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – A North Idaho lawmaker wants to ban repeat drunken drivers from buying, consuming or possessing alcohol. Rep. Jim Clark, R-Hayden Lake, proposed legislation Thursday that would impose bans … 1

• Troopers watching Super Bowl partiers

  January 30, 2009 in City State troopers will be keeping an extra eye on Super Bowl XLIII partiers who imbibe then drive in Washington, Idaho and Montana.

• Crime lab reveals faulty breathalyzers

  August 10, 2007 in City on Page B2 For the second time in two months, Washington State Crime Lab officials have publicly acknowledged an error in operations. State authorities announced Thursday that a breathalyzer machine in Spokane County …

• LC coach cited with DUI in early morning stop

  July 31, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 Lake City High football coach Van Troxel was cited for driving under the influence early Saturday after passing a breath test but failing field sobriety tests. Drug tests are pending.