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News >  Idaho

Murder suspect found dead

The ex-fiance and lone suspect in the death of a 37-year-old nursing student apparently killed himself Thursday afternoon. Steven T. Denson, 61, Post Falls, was being sought on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Kelly A. Pease, of Coeur d’Alene. Ryan Collingwood/Press reports ...
News >  Idaho

Duane Jacklin, Jacklin Seed & Post Falls booster, 72, RIP

Duane Jacklin's generosity toward community efforts will be felt forever. Jacklin, whose name is synonymous with the region's grass seed roots, economic development and giving in Kootenai County, died Thursday morning at Kootenai Health. He was 72. Brian Walker/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
News >  Idaho

Idaho doesn’t do St. Paddy’s Day well

Maybe Idahoans just aren't into green beer. The Gem State is on the bottom of Candystore.com's "Rowdiest States for St. Patrick's Day" list, along with 14 other states. Montana and Washington, however, are among those that achieved rowdy status. Devin Heilman/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
News >  Idaho

Update: CdA murder suspect Denson found dead

The man accused of killing a Coeur d’Alene resident Wednesday was found dead in a car on Bruss Road near Highway 53 Thursday afternoon. Police had been searching for 61-year-old Steven T. Denson after his former fiance, 37-year-old Kelly A. Pease, was found shot dead in her car in a parking lot outside Kootenai Health Wednesday afternoon.
News >  Idaho

Parting Shot — 3.9.17

Little David Goodman got more than he bargained for when he ventured next door to Grandpa Phil Tumminello's yard. Dressed in pajama bottoms and snow boots, he asked his mother, Angela, to build a fire from the wood nearby. His mother and he were suffering cabin fever. As he waited for the fire that didn't happen, David's world got topsy turvy.
News >  Idaho

Wild Card/Thursday — 3.9.17

I'm starting to enjoy my Thursday work days more. By 5 p.m. Wednesday, I'm through with my writing of four columns for the week. My next deadline will be 5 p.m. Friday (for Mondays paper). My decision to drop a 5th column per week was a good one. The Thursday break allows me to come up for air for a day without the deadline pressure.
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 3.9.17

Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (11 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 11 more items) includes possible sighting of murder suspect Steve Denson's vehicle @ H53/Bruss Road, Hauser area. Someone either shot himself to death or found dead at scene by officer.
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — time2vote

The Cutline Contest today features polo players riding elephants chasing the ball in an elephant polo match in Bangkok, Thailand. Wednesday Winner: DFO.
News >  Idaho

Senate backs emergency road bill

The Senate has voted unanimously in favor of SB 1141, the emergency road-repair bill that shifts $52 million to weather-related repairs in the current budget year. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports ...
News >  Idaho

For Summer’s sake

Cindy Hval has new business cards that read "Spokane County Court Services, Cindy Hval CASA/Guardian Ad Litem." She now a CASA program special advocate. She's already been assigned a case. But it was another child who prompted her to become a CASA in the first place -- Summer Phelps, 4, who died of severe domestic abuse.
News >  Idaho

TSA Pat Down

Remember The Bard has a rhyme that advocates killing two birds with one stone, by combining TSA pat downs at our airports with medical check-ups.
News >  Idaho

Did Mary forget about other districts?

Huckleberry Friend Sara Meyer is wondering why state Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d'Alene, is so interested in turning out more voters for school trustee elections. But she's not as interested in turning them out for highway districts, water & sewer districts, library districts and the hospital board. Hmm?
News >  Idaho

Stuff his students say …

If you're not feeling old, talk to a high schooler. Instructor Bruce Twitchell brings us another edition of #stuffmystudentssay.
News >  Idaho

Gonzaga’s Few Coach of the Year

Gonzaga’s Mark Few on Thursday was named Sporting News’ Coach of the Year. The fourth-ranked Zags (32-1) won the WCC regular-season and tournament titles in Few’s 18th season as head coach. The Zags have clinched their 19th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.
News >  Idaho

Souza still targets trustee elections

Coeur d’Alene Sen. Mary Souza’s bill to move school board elections from May of odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years – to coincide with big elections like those for president and governor – was the target of multiple amendments in the Senate today. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports ...
News >  Idaho

Trump to keep torture records secret

The Trump Administration will keep secret scores of records pertaining to the government’s relationship between the CIA and two former Spokane psychologists who were the architects of controversial torture techniques used against terrorism suspects. Thomas Clouse/SR reports ...
News >  Idaho

Did Genesis Prep win title w/ringers?

Genesis Preparatory Academy in Post Falls should be celebrating its first Idaho state high school basketball championship. Instead, it's answering questions re: why a tiny school in Post Falls is using players from Nigeria, Uganda and Rwanda to win in Idaho's smallest school classification. Thomas Clouse/SR reports ...
News >  Idaho

Scanner Traffic — 3.9.17

Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (11 items & counting) includes serious fall suffered by 59YO woman at Hayden business and car port fire on N17th St ...
News >  Idaho

NIC statement re: student’s murder

As police search for 61-year-old Steven Denson, the man they believed murdered 37-year-old Kelly Pease, North Idaho College issued a statement on the murder of Pease. Pease was a nursing student at the school, and after learning of her death, NIC issued the following statement. KHQ reports ...
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Victim Facebooked re: domestic abuse

Kelly Pease, 37, of CdA, message on her Facebook wall on Monday, two days before she was found shot to death in a vehicle in a Kootenai Health parking lot. Coeur d'Alene police are looking for Steven T. Denson, 61, of Post Falls, who is suspected of killing the former Bonners Ferry woman. Denson, according to KXLY, has history of domestic violence.
News >  Idaho

Poll: Favorite woman? Wife

In the International Day of Women poll Wednesday, "wife" was listed as the favorite female of Hucks Nation, with "mother" a distant second. Today's Poll: Which form of national health care do you prefer?
News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 3.9.17

AM Headlines begins with story re: the problem and mess caused by Spokane County residents not observing dog leash laws. Also: Public Records (March 9)/Press, FBI still searching for CdA tribe member/SR, Post Falls planning pedestrian improvements/Press, Candidate deadline nears for spring elections/Press ...
News >  Idaho

DMV doesn’t want toothy smiles

The Idaho Department of Motor Vehicles is no longer allowing people to flash a big grin when they get their pictures taken for a new driver's license. DMV spokesman Jake Melder told the Idaho Statesman the change is due to a new facial recognition software designed to help stop identity theft. Q: Are you smiling in your driver's license photo?
News >  Idaho

Spence: Boise’s ‘Theater of the Absurd’

In a column for the Lewiston Tribune today, William L. Spence comments on the silliness now occurring in the Idaho House of Representatives. Legislators forced to listen to a 90-minute reading of an entire bill by an upset Far Right rep were treated to the Theater of the Absurd Wednesday.