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News >  Idaho

Sandpoint Students Stuffed Into School High School Built For 1,000 Now Overflowing

Wed., Sept. 20, 1995

Traffic in a narrow hallway flows around freshman Adam Kedish on Tuesday morning at Sandpoint High School. Hallways such as this one, originally designed without lockers, are jammed as the school deals with overcrowding. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Nation/World

Feeling Pinch, Sandpoint Fights Its Racist Image

Tue., Sept. 19, 1995

A Jewish couple pulled into town last week to ask about buying property. The woman refused to get out of the car, saying she feared for her safety because of the area's neo-Nazis. A Hispanic travel writer from a Dallas newspaper recently toured North Idaho by bike. He said he feared for his life the entire time.

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Crime Ring Suspects Arrested

Sat., Sept. 16, 1995

When Bonner County deputies stopped a suspicious vehicle Thursday, they ended up nabbing two suspects wanted by the Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S. Postal Inspectors and Washington police. "It turns out they are part of a major crime ring near Tacoma," said Det. John Valdez. "It appears they were on the lam and somehow ended up here in Bonner County."

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News >  Idaho

Foes Blast Sewage Lagoon On Island Developer Seeks Permit To Build Lagoon Along Clark Fork River

Fri., Sept. 15, 1995

A plan to build a 2.5-million-gallon sewage lagoon on an island in the Clark Fork River is an environmental disaster in the making, opponents of the project said Thursday. About 25 people, including an environmental group and handful of Derr Island residents, protested the lagoon at a public hearing before Bonner County planners.

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School Levy Now Goes To Voters Boundary County Hopes To Outpace Overcrowding With Building Project

Wed., Sept. 6, 1995

An ambitious $14.7 million plan to build a new high school and renovate four elementaries is headed to Boundary County voters Thursday. It's the first major building project and bond levy put to residents in nearly 25 years, said Superintendent John Schwartz.

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Rare Caribou Herd Dwindling Only About 13 Of The Animals Remain In Idaho Habitat

Sun., Sept. 3, 1995

The number of transplanted caribou living in the Selkirk Mountains are dwindling, biologists say. File/The Spokesman-Review

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Bomb Threat Interrupts High School’s Day Phone Call Believed To Be Prank, But Search Of School Carried Out

Thu., Aug. 31, 1995

A bomb threat on the second day of school sent more than 550 Bonners Ferry High School students scurrying outside Wednesday. A man telephoned the high school about 7:50 a.m. and told a secretary he had planted a large amount of explosives in the building.

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Sandpoint Councilman Runs For Mayor

Thu., Aug. 31, 1995

City councilman David Sawyer said Wednesday that he wants to be Sandpoint's next mayor. With the election still four months away, Sawyer, 37, is the first to announce his candidacy for the post.

News >  Nation/World

Fuhrman Moved Out After Media Moved In

Wed., Aug. 30, 1995

Mark Fuhrman was back in Los Angeles on Tuesday, far from his new north Idaho home, on the day his racially explosive tape recordings were played at the O.J. Simpson trial. A friend whisked Fuhrman, his wife and two kids away from their home Aug. 13, and he hasn't been back. His home on the west end of Sandpoint remains locked tight with the shades drawn.

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Missing Man Found Buried Was Shot Murder Charge Expected Against Unnamed Suspect, Who Knew 53-Yearold Retired Teacher

Tue., Aug. 29, 1995

A man who was missing for nearly two years and found dead last week was shot several times before being buried under his own home, an autopsy revealed Monday. Bonner County authorities haven't positively identified the murdered man, but believe he is 53-year-old Paul Gruber.

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Salary Fund Would Give City Options Mayor: Put $60,000 Aside, Make Decision After Election

Tue., Aug. 29, 1995

The city is mulling over the idea of setting aside $60,000 to hire a city administrator next year or boost the meager mayoral pay. Mayor Ron Chaney pitched the idea to council members Monday. He said he was neither for it nor against it, but wanted council members to have some options next year.

News >  Nation/World

Sandpoint Has Had Enough Of Media

Fri., Aug. 18, 1995

CNN called the mayor's office. A crew from the TV tabloid show "Extra" interviewed City Council president Ray Miller. And a Boston Herald reporter wanted to know what bar Mark Fuhrman frequents. It's Fuhrman fever - a feeding frenzy by the national media searching for new tidbits about the former Los Angeles detective who moved here several months ago after becoming a focal point in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

News >  Nation/World

Highway Projects Paved In Red Ink Poorly Written Contracts, Unforeseen Soil Erosion Bedevil Sandpoint-Area Improvements

Thu., Aug. 17, 1995

An erosion of trust Naomi Landon of Northstar Enterprises flags traffic around the Highway 2 project near Priest River. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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Erosion Blamed On Expansion Schweitzer Shoring Up As Rains Muddy Waters

Wed., Aug. 16, 1995

FOR THE RECORD: Idaho Edition; Saturday, August 19, 1995 CORRECTION: In 1991, Schweitzer Mountain ski area was fined $500, and required to pay Bonner County $3,000, for failing to control erosion during construction. A story Wednesday stated otherwise. As summer rains hit Schweitzer Mountain Resort, construction on the new condominum complex has brought runoff down Sand and Schweitzer creeks. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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Deputies Feel Loss Of Canine Colleague El Oso Was Brave, Lovable And Excellent At His Job

Fri., Aug. 11, 1995

Bonner County deputies lost a fellow officer this week with the death of El Oso - a four-legged crime fighter and father of the county's canine unit. "People are taking it pretty hard," said Lt. Doug Harris. "The way we look at it, he was a fellow deputy and you get pretty attached."

News >  Nation/World

It’s Not Music To All Their Ears Festival At Sandpoint Works To Appease Upset Neighbors

Fri., Aug. 11, 1995

Sylvia Durand swears her bed was vibrating the night the Beach Boys played the Festival at Sandpoint. The 74-year-old lives directly across from Memorial Field. When festival performers take the stage, the music pours through her walls loud and clear.

News >  Nation/World

Federal Agents Recover Stolen Explosives Most Of The Stick Powder Taken From Mine Accounted For

Thu., Aug. 10, 1995

Late Wednesday, ATF agents recovered 400 of the 500 pounds of explosives stolen from the Lucky Friday mine. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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Jury Hears How Hunter Shot His Pal Defense Says Change Of Coat, Path Played Role In Fatality

Tue., Aug. 8, 1995

Dennis Miner sat silently, his head slightly bowed as the tape recorder in the courtroom blared his 911 call to the Boundary County Sheriff's Department. "I shot my partner," Miner told a dispatcher. "I put my jacket over him. He's shot through the middle. Please hurry."

News >  Nation/World

Fire Lookouts Suffering Towering Blow Of Nearly 300 Towers Once Staffed In Panhandle Mountains, Only 11 In Use Now

Sat., Aug. 5, 1995

Lookout towers once topped nearly every mountain peak in North Idaho, standing silent guard over vast forests. But after more than 60 years of service, the wooden sentinels and those who manned them have met an enemy worse than any wildfire: technology.

News >  Nation/World

Searching The Wilderness Art Professor Spends His Summers Watching For The Occasional Forest Fire

Sat., Aug. 5, 1995

1. On the lookout With a breathtaking view from his perch at Indian Mountain Lookout, John Agars washes his face in teh early morning. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. John Agars spends his time with his dog and his watercolors. 3. The lookout tower at Indian Mountain. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review,

News >  Spokane

Loretta Lynn Cancels Show Festival At Sandpoint Loses Two Headliners; Lucky Dube Grounded By Exhaustion

Fri., Aug. 4, 1995

Country crooner Loretta Lynn and reggae singer Lucky Dube, two of the Festival at Sandpoint's headline acts, have canceled their concerts next week. Lynn's husband, Mooney, is dying of heart disease. The singer has canceled all her upcoming performances to stay with him at the hospital. Lynn's sister, Crystal Gayle, will perform instead at the Aug. 10 show.

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School Problems? He’s Ready Bonner County’s New Superintendent Optimistic

Sun., July 30, 1995

In the past four years, the Bonner County School District has gone through three superintendents and plenty of troubles. It's still saddled with a $400,000-plus budget deficit and a credibility problem for, among other things, never building an elementary school voters anted up money for seven years ago.

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Higher Lake Level Ok’d To Help Fish

Fri., July 28, 1995

Bonner County has won another battle in the war to revive the dwindling kokanee population of Lake Pend Oreille. The Northwest Power Planning Council agreed earlier this month to raise the winter lake level during the next three years to help the fish.

News >  Nation/World

Donation Means Concert Is Free

Wed., July 26, 1995

Thanks to an anonymous donation, The Festival at Sandpoint's Susannah McCorkle concert will be free. Organizers received the donation Tuesday and agreed with the contributor to make the July 30 show free to everyone.

News >  Nation/World

Fest Rents Giant Stage For Beach Boys Show

Wed., July 26, 1995

For two days, 22 workers have pieced together a monstrous stage at Memorial Field, but it will stand for only one concert: the Beach Boys. The band won't fit under the Festival At Sandpoint's traditional tent and stage, so organizers rented a separate stage.