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News >  Idaho

Workers Want King Holiday Off Staffers Say Holiday Needed To Combat Image

Tue., March 7, 1995

The city of Sandpoint has never honored Martin Luther King Day, an official holiday for state and federal workers. City Clerk Helen Newton wants to change that. She and several other department heads want the City Council to declare Human Rights Day an official holiday for city workers.

News >  Nation/World

Cooking Up A Business Bonner Center Provides A Certified Kitchen Where Amateur Chefs Can Try To Create Money-Making Foods

Sun., March 5, 1995

Recipe for success Terry Stranahan creates his special garlic concoction. "Nothing needs to be hotter than these," he says. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

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Transportation Agency Hit For Polluting Sand Creek

Wed., March 1, 1995

An environmental group has attacked the Idaho Department of Transportation for a highway project here that has polluted Sand Creek and destroyed nearly four acres of wetlands. The Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Coalition and five residents filed a complaint with highway officials this week. It says the state has repeatedly violated water quality laws while building a new section of U.S. Highway 95 north of Sandpoint.

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Virus Puts Bug In School’s Budget Bonner County District Could Lose $150,000 For High Absentee Rate During Whooping Cough Outbreak

Wed., March 1, 1995

The whooping cough outbreak that hit Bonner County in November has left the school district with an ailing budget. The virus kept an average of 940 students out of school for two weeks. Since state funding for schools is based on average daily attendance, the district stands to lose about $150,000 in state money.

News >  Nation/World

`Our Lady Of The Snow Ski Club’ Nuns On The Runs They Pray On The Way Up And Pray On The Way Down, And They Like The Closeness They Feel To Heaven

Sat., Feb. 25, 1995

Reverend Mother Mary Katrina says that her skiing is a continuation of her missionary work because people feel comfortable to approach her. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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Deputy Accused Of Eavesdropping Suit For $10 Million Says Phone Calls Were Monitored, Recorded

Thu., Feb. 23, 1995

Sandy Hoskins of Clark Fork says that her scanner gives her a connection to what is going on in the community. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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Mandatory Ban On Wood Burning Hits Sandpoint New Law Brings City One-Year Delay Before Epa Changes Air Quality Designation

Thu., Feb. 23, 1995

To ward off the air quality police, the city has enacted a mandatory wood burning ban. The new law, passed by the City Council this week, replaces a voluntary program to keep wood smoke from polluting the air.

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Some Valentines May Wind Up Feeling Crummy Heart-Shaped Cookies Sold By Club Packaged By Worker With Hepatitis A Virus; Shot Suggested

Wed., Feb. 22, 1995

Some good-hearted residents may have unknowingly given their sweethearts a case of hepatitis for Valentine's Day. Health officials here fear about two dozen heart-shaped cookies sold by a community group may have been contaminated with the hepatitis A virus.

News >  Nation/World

Police Optimistic They Will Crack Unsolved Murders Patience, Evidence Needed In Bonner County Homicides, Sheriff Says

Sun., Feb. 19, 1995

Chip Roos, Bonner County sheriff

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Man Will Stand Trial On Molestation Charges Sandpoint Man Accused Of Abducting 8-Year-Old Boy

Thu., Feb. 16, 1995

An 8-year-old boy pointed out a gray-haired man in court Wednesday and told a judge the man had threatened to mutilate him if he didn't take off his clothes. "I did what he said. I only had my socks on," the Sandpoint boy testified after identifying 66-year-old Ronald J. Nordland as his attacker.

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Resident Appeals Weaver Inquiry Boundary County Man Says Local Investigation Of ‘92 Standoff A Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money

Wed., Feb. 15, 1995

A Boundary County man has challenged a county decision to spend $100,000 for an ongoing investigation of the 1992 standoff between Randy Weaver and federal agents. Longtime resident Vernon Mace says the local investigation is a waste of taxpayers' money. He has filed a letter of appeal at the courthouse and wants a District Court judge to overturn the county commissioners' decision.

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Art From Heat And Wonder Sandpoint Artist’s Tiles To Get National Exposure In Catalog

Mon., Feb. 13, 1995

1. Gail Lyster in her downtown Sandpoint studio. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 2. (Photo of a fish tile)

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Cameras Coming To Courtrooms High Court Ruling Allows Photographers In Court On A 1-Year Experimental Basis

Sat., Feb. 11, 1995

For 16 years Idaho's courtrooms have been closed to cameras, but that will change next week. The Idaho Supreme Court has voted to allow camera crews and photographers in the courtroom on a one-year experimental basis. The ruling goes into effect Wednesday.

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Ranchers Blame Wolves; Experts Disagree

Thu., Feb. 9, 1995

A Priest River rancher is crying wolf after finding a dead burro and two dead cows on his property. "We know it's wolves. We have no doubt," said Carol Henderson, who owns and operates a 580-acre ranch with her husband, Orlin.

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Neighbors Singing The Blues About Festival Expansion Residents Want Solutions To Problems Of Noise And Crowds

Tue., Feb. 7, 1995

Some residents who live near Memorial Field are readying to battle expansion plans by the Festival at Sandpoint. A petition signed by 200 residents was delivered Monday to City Hall before a workshop between the festival and city officials.

News >  Nation/World

Every Dog Has Its Day At Priest Lake Sled Race Event Draws 75 Mushers And Their Teams From Across The West

Mon., Feb. 6, 1995

The 65 spectators hunkered around a snowpacked track here Sunday couldn't help but chuckle at Susie Malcolm. This was a weight-pulling contest for dogs. Hefty Alaskan malamutes and huskies waited in the wings ready to tug a sled full of concrete blocks.

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County Builds A Back Road To Electronic Age It’s Not The Information Superhighway, But Bonner County Goes On-Line Sunday

Sat., Feb. 4, 1995

Bonner County, all 1,900 square miles of it, is about to become one electronically linked community. After a year of dabbling, the Panhandle Free-Net will be up and running Sunday. It's a computer network billed as one-stop access to county budget information, city council minutes, job listings, school and health information and more.

News >  Nation/World

County Goes In Hock Over Weaver Probe Boundary Officials Will Borrow $100,000 To Pay For Investigation Of 3 Killings On Ruby Ridge

Sat., Feb. 4, 1995

Boundary County commissioners will borrow $100,000 to pay for an ongoing investigation into the 1992 standoff between federal agents and Randy Weaver. "Money for the investigation was not in our regular budget. The cost of it will far exceed what the sheriff's office can cover," said Commission Chairman Bob Graham.

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Fifth-Grader Caught With Guns Bonner County 10-Year-Old Suspended After Weapons Found

Wed., Feb. 1, 1995

A Bonner County fifth-grader was suspended Monday after teachers found two knives, a pellet gun and a loaded .22 caliber pistol in his backpack. "Apparently he was taking the weapons out to show his buddies and someone saw them," said Sandpoint Police Det. Andy Anderson. "The boy said he was conned by his friends into bringing them to school so they could look at them."

News >  Nation/World

Wolf Dies In Coyote Trap Near Priest River

Wed., Feb. 1, 1995

A wolf was accidentally killed in a trap north of Priest River Friday by animal control officers exterminating coyotes. "They were out doing predator control for ranchers and accidentally took a wolf," said Ted Koch, a Boise-based wolf recovery biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Town Will Have Fast-Talking Mayor Sandpoint’s Chaney Will Do The Honors When City Hall Is Auctioned

Sun., Jan. 29, 1995

Sandpoint Mayor Ron Chaney stands near the City Hall building that will be auctioned this spring. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Nation/World

Many Ex-California Cops Retire To Idaho

Fri., Jan. 27, 1995

Los Angeles detective Mark Fuhrman wants what a hundred other ex-California cops already have found in Idaho. Clean air, quiet neighborhoods and an escape from big city crime and stress.

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Timber Group Pushes Grizzly Plan Proposal Focuses On Enhanced Enforcement, Education Instead Of Road Closures

Wed., Jan. 25, 1995

Instead of bitterly opposing the Priest Lake grizzly bear protection plan, Idaho's timber industry is trying a new tactic.

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Highway 2 Work Puts Truckers, Mills In Low Gear Unpredictable Road Closures Complicate Travel As State Searches For Alternate Route Between Sandpoint And Priest River

Fri., Jan. 20, 1995

Area lumber mills and trucking companies are fed up with a U.S. Highway 2 construction project. About 20 industry representatives complained to state highway officials Thursday, saying their businesses are suffering from the daily, unpredictable road closures.

News >  Nation/World

Wolves Introducing Themselves They Quietly Roam North Idaho Amid Uproar About Transplants

Sun., Jan. 15, 1995

Tim Layser, a U.S. Forest Service biologist at Priest Lake, says a pack may be established in the next few years.