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News >  Idaho

Fake bomb found near Kootenai County sheriff’s office

A bomb scare closed part of Government Way in Coeur d’Alene for several hours Saturday, before the Spokane bomb squad was able to determine the device was a fake. The device – a cell phone strapped to a road flare with a battery stuffed inside – was found in a drain pipe on the southwest corner of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department campus, 5500 N. Government Way, near the boundary with the county fairgrounds.
News >  Idaho

SCRAPS seizes 123 animals from Idaho Road home

Animal control officers on Saturday raided the home of a convicted animal hoarder and seized an estimated 123 animals. The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service executed a search warrant at 6204 N. Idaho Road, near the state line. Among the animals seized were 27 goats, 15 cats, nine guinea pigs, six rabbits, and dozens of ducks and chickens, said Nancy Hill, SCRAPS director. A sheep was euthanized at the scene, and there were 76 dead animals on the property.
News >  Spokane

SCRAPS seizes 123 animals from Idaho Road home

The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service today executed a search warrant near the state line and seized 123 animals. Among the animals taken from the home at 6204 N. Idaho Road were 27 goats, 14 cats, nine guinea pigs, six rabbits, and dozens of ducks and chickens, said Nancy Hill, SCRAPS director.
News >  Spokane

KHQ inks deal with DirecTV

KHQ-TV and DirecTV reached an agreement today that will keep Spokane’s NBC affiliate on the satellite provider’s channel lineup.
News >  Spokane

Assault suspect chase locks down school

The search for a man wanted on assault and weapons charges briefly locked down Liberty Lake Elementary School on Wednesday. Liberty Lake police were looking for Jason B. Brioso, 26, in the 200 block of North Kelsea Court, where Briosolives with his wife and mother. Briosotried to leave the house in a Honda Civic; when he saw police, he jumped out of the car and took off, said Sgt. Clint Gibson of the Liberty Lake Police Department.
News >  Idaho

Suspicious briefcase in CdA contained explosive

A suspicious briefcase found near the Kootenai County Fairgrounds this evening contained some kind of explosive device. The briefcase was reported at 5:50 p.m. by passersby who spotted it while they were heading to the North Idaho Fair a couple blocks away, said Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood.
News >  Spokane

8-year-old missing girl last seen at campground

Stevens County officials scoured the area around Flodelle Creek Campground on Saturday searching for a girl missing since Friday afternoon. Paige Wilson, 8, was last seen at the campground, where she’d been staying with her family, at 4 or 4:30 p.m. Friday. She was reported missing at 7:33 p.m.
News >  Spokane

Former Spokane firefighter Chism arrested

Former Spokane firefighter Todd Chism was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Chism was stopped about 2 a.m. Saturday after he allegedly drove the wrong way on Ash Street near Euclid Avenue, according to Spokane police. Chism was cited and released.
News >  Spokane

One killed, three injured in I-90 crash

A 37-year-old Silverdale, Wa., man died Saturday in a single-car rollover accident that closed eastbound Interstate 90 east of Moses Lake for several hours. Robert H. Goodwin was a passenger in an eastbound 2008 Mazda minivan driven by Bridget A. Singletary, 36, of Silverdale. Shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, 6.5 miles east of Moses Lake, Singletary fell asleep at the wheel, Washington State Patrol said. The minivan left the road to the right and when Singletary awoke, she overcorrected, sending the minivan back into the eastbound lanes. The vehicle rolled off the right side of the road, crashing through a fence, WSP said.
News >  Spokane

Have trailer, will travel … in grand style

The sign on the front of one vintage travel trailer camped out at Riverside State Park Saturday read: “I am fairly certain that given a cape and a nice tiara I could save the world.” Maybe the members of Sisters on the Fly aren’t about saving the world, but they are about restoring old trailers and putting the glamour in camping – or “glamping.”
News >  Spokane

Lysacek back as whirlwind slows

In the four months since Evan Lysacek was last in Spokane, he’s had quite a time of it. An Olympic gold medal in Vancouver, B.C. A second-place finish on the popular TV series “Dancing With the Stars,” which ended Tuesday. Performing at 26 of 41 stops on the Smucker’s Stars on Ice tour.