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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015


Labrador Joins Fed Lands Fight 25 

Congressman Raul Labrador joined the effort to transfer land management to Western states, who believe they can handle the duties in more fiscally responsible ways. Labrador’s spokesman, Dan Popkey, confirmed to IdahoReporter.com this week that Labrador, a two-term U.S House veteran, joined the Federal Land…

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"If a single image could capture the emotion and reality of this time for our local peace officers,' Facebooks Kerri Thoreson, "it would be this one. A Post Falls officer and his young son stood on the overpass to show their respect." (Kerri Thoreson)

Slide Show: Post Falls Honors Moore 

On her Facebook wall, Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson provides 6 photos of police officers and firefighters on Post Falls at the temporarily closed Idaho Street overpass in honor of Greg Moore, the first Coeur d'Alene police officer killed in the line of duty. You can see Kerri's photos in slide show via link below.

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Renfro Case Gag Order Sought 17 

Kootenai County Public Defender John Adams has filed 2 motions in defense on behalf of Jonathan Daniel Renfro, 26, of Rathdrum, who is suspecting of killing Coeur d'Alene police officer Greg Moore early Tuesday morning. Adams is seeking a gag order to limit the information...

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Court Documents In Officer Slaying 10 

You can read the affidavit from ISP Senior Detective Michael A. Van Leuven, establishing probably cause to charge Jonathan Daniel Renfro, 26, of Rathdrum in the slaying of CPD officer Greg Moore, as well as official list of charges against Renfro. Links to both documents are provided by SReporter Scott Maben in link below.

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Update: Docs Detail Officer Slaying 10 

Jonathan Daniel Renfro told investigators Tuesday that he shot Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore with his 9 mm Glock pistol because he had the gun in his pocket and knew the officer was going to find it, court records say. The suspect in the...

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Chief White Addresses Vigil

The crowd at the candlelight vigil at Candlelight Fellowship for fallen Officer Greg Moore reacts after listening to a brief statement by Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White Tuesday evening. White, who had been with Officer Moore's family most of the day, didn't know that…

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Poll: Leave 'Of Mice & Men' Alone 

In one of the most lopsided votes on this blog, Hucks Nation says the Coeur d'Alene School Board should reject an ad hoc committee recommendation to remove John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" from 9th-grade required reading list. Today's Poll: Has the slaying of Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore changed your perception of law enforcers?

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KHQ: Renfro Admits Shooting Officer 

According to a police affidavit, perused by Victor Correa/KHQ, Jonathan Daniel Renfro, 26, of Rathdrum, repeatedly admitted to police that he shot Coeur d'Alene police officer Greg Moore in Coeur d'Alene early Tuesday morning. Officer Moore died at Kootenai Health last evening

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Honor Moore By Honoring Profession 

Darrell Kerby, former mayor of Bonners Ferry, offers a solid way that we all can honor the memory of fallen Coeur d'Alene police officer Greg Moore: "In a small but meaningful way we can all honor Officer Moore's service by honoring Officer Moore's profession."

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AM Headlines -- 5.6.15

Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press Warm winter weather cuts into Avista's power sales/SR Some states say no to federal land transfer bills/Outdoors Sheriff Knezovich: 'Daddy, don't let the bad guy get you'/KHQ CdA community honors Sgt. Moore with blue-lit homes/KXLY 4

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Slide Show: Candlelight Vigil 

Huckleberries Online has prepared a slide show from 6 photos that Duane Rasmussen provided of the candlelight vigil for fallen CPD officer Greg Moore last evening. You can see the rest of the slide show by clicking on the link below. Above, Pastor Bub Lawson of Candlelight Fellowship prays for the officer's family.

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Twitterverse Re: Officer Moore

Huckleberries Online will be following Twitterverse to give you breaking tweets re: fund-raising efforts for the family of fallen CPD officer Greg Moore, as well as other developments in this tragedy. For example, KXLY tweets that $25,635 from 503 donors has been raised for the family in 20 hours ...

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Casino Prostitution Stings Nets 9

A two-night law enforcement operation targeting prostitution at the Coeur d’Alene casino last week ended with nine arrests, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Casino management has seen an upswing in activities indicating prostitutes were operating within the casino and attached resort over the...

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100s Remember Fallen Officer

Hundreds of people gathered in a Coeur d’Alene parking lot Tuesday evening to pray, sing “Amazing Grace,” shed tears and show their support for police following a deadly attack on a highly respected and decorated police officer. Here's SReporter Scott Maben's report on the candlelight vigil last evening for fallen CPD officer Greg Moore.

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Henderson: Public Servant, Leader

In this op-ed article for the Coeur d'Alene Press, Sandy Emerson, former manager of the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce, remembers the impact that the late Frank Henderson made on community leadership and economic development, long before their was a Jobs Plus.

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TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015

Wild Card/Tuesday -- 5.5.15 

SReporter Scott Maben is en route to listen to a brief presentation in moments by Police Chief Lee White to the Coeur d'Alene City Council re: the shooting of CPD officer Greg Moore early this morning. Then, Scott will cover the candlelight vigil at Candlelight Ministries, scheduled for 7 o'clock this evening. I'll try to post them here tonight.

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Parting Shot -- 5.5.15 

"He ís still very critical, still fighting for his life," said police Sgt. Christie Wood Coeur d'Alene Police Department, center, while she and Stu Miller of the Kootenai County Sheriff's office answered questions following a police involved shooting early this morning. Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt.…

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LATimes Spotlights 'Of Mice' Fight 

An attempt by Mary Jo Finney & Co. to demote John Steinbeck's classic, "Of Mice and Men," to secondary status is one of two battles over high school books, spotlighted today by the Los Angeles Times. Seems parents in Asheville, N.C., are targeting Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner." You can read all about it via the link below.

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Court-appointed public defender Mayli Walsh sits next to Jonathan Daniel Renfro, who is charged with first-degree murder in the May 5 shooting of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

$2M Bond For Renfro, 5 Charges 19 

A Kootenai County magistrate judge set bail at $2 million for Jonathan Renfro, who is suspected of shooting Coeur d’Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore early this morning. Renfro is facing five felony charges in connection with the shooting: attempted murder, stealing a police car, stealing...

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