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• Man fleeing cops damages CDA airport fuel pump

  March 1, 2013 in Idaho An Athol man has been accused of crashing his car into a fuel pump at the Coeur d’Alene Airport and fleeing the scene. 2

• Spokane River drowning victim ID’d

  July 14, 2012 in Idaho A 55-year-old man is dead after an apparent drowning in the Spokane River at Corbin Park in Post Falls.

• 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

• Kellogg softball players under investigation

  May 11, 2011 in Idaho The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an alleged incident in which students on the Kellogg High School softball team may have stripped the clothing off a teammate earlier this … 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

• Pendleton pair hurt in crash with Kootenai deputy

  October 26, 2010 in Idaho Two 19 year olds from Pendleton, Ore., were injured in Coeur d’Alene early today when their vehicle collided with a Kootenai County sheriff’s deputy vehicle.

• North Idaho crash injures Spirit Lake man

  October 26, 2010 in City, Idaho A Spirit Lake, Idaho, man was critically injured on Monday evening when he went off an Idaho roadway in a vehicle and struck a tree, according to Kootenai County sheriff’s … 2

• Sandpoint man injured in Hauser Lake boat accident

  September 4, 2010 in Idaho A Sandpoint man was badly injured today Saturday at Hauser Lake when he was thrown off an inner tube being towed by a ski boat.

• 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.

• Documents reveal extent of Kootenai jail drug thefts

    June 20, 2009 in Idaho They’re paid to guard and care for inmates. But some Kootenai County Jail employees saw the facility as their personal drug store, taking advantage of such lax controls over inmate …

• Deputies must work overtime

  July 24, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies will work mandatory overtime and 12-hour shifts beginning Aug. 5 as the department’s deputy shortage approaches “critical mass,” Sheriff Rocky Watson said Monday. “A 12-hour shift …