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News >  Idaho

Judge declines to lower bond for defendant in shooting of church pastor

Kyle Odom’s attorney asked a judge Thursday to lower the bond for the man charged with shooting Pastor Tim Remington six times outside a Coeur d’Alene church. The bond, set at $500,000, is excessive for the charge of aggravated battery, argued Kootenai County Deputy Public Defender Lisa Chesebro. It also is set just high enough to require the county jail staff to keep Odom in maximum security at the county jail, which isn’t necessary, Chesebro told 1st District Judge James Stow.
News >  Idaho

Attempted murder charge dropped in pastor’s shooting

The man accused of shooting Coeur d’Alene Pastor Tim Remington in March no longer faces a charge of attempted murder. The Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office dropped that charge Wednesday and instead has charged Kyle Andrew Odom with aggravated battery.
News >  Idaho

Two new magistrate judges named in North Idaho

Mayli Walsh, an attorney with the Kootenai County Public Defender’s office, has been named a magistrate judge for the 1st Judicial District. Walsh will fill a vacancy in Kootenai County created by Judge Scott Wayman’s appointment to Shoshone County District Judge.
News >  Idaho

Priest River teacher marks 25 years of astronaut visits

Someone once told teacher Chris Naccarato he’d never get an astronaut to visit his students at Priest River Elementary School. He didn’t get one. He got over 20 astronauts – and one cosmonaut – to travel to the small town west of Sandpoint in the past 25 years. The latest guests of honor were at the school Thursday for what has become an annual highlight for Naccarato’s fifth-grade class and the entire school.
News >  Idaho

State ceremony honors Sgt. Moore, memorial planned in CdA

At the 18th annual Idaho Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony on Thursday in Meridian, the name of the late Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore was unveiled on the Idaho Peace Officers Memorial, the 71st name to be added. Moore’s son Dylon and daughter Gemma, in her bright-red coat, helped remove the black ribbon that hid the newly carved name.
News >  Idaho

Modern Theater proposes 300-seat venue in Coeur d’Alene’s Midtown area

After years of looking for the perfect spot for a larger performance venue in Coeur d’Alene, The Modern Theater believes it has found it. The nonprofit company proposes building a 300-seat theater with adjoining retail space in the Midtown neighborhood just north of Capone’s Pub & Grill. The 31,000-square-foot facility would cost an estimated $12 million and open by 2022, according to a conceptual proposal released Wednesday.
News >  Idaho

Wolfinger fends off challenge for Kootenai County sheriff

Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger survived a challenge from the hard right of the Republican party in Tuesday’s Idaho primary. Wolfinger prevailed with 63 percent of the vote to defeat Rathdrum attorney John Green, who is part of the “constitutional sheriffs” movement that pushes back against federal government overreach.
News >  Idaho

Warrant issued for North Idaho doctor guilty of selling narcotics

A federal warrant has been issued for a North Idaho doctor found guilty Tuesday of selling prescriptions for narcotics, including oxycodone and hydrocodone. Rafael L. Beier, 62, an osteopathic physician in Kingston, was present for his trial but failed to appear in U.S. District Court for the verdict. A jury found him guilty of all 66 charges, including conspiracy to dispense a controlled substance and four counts of distributing drugs to people under 21 years old.
News >  Idaho

Land use, property rights top issues for Kootenai County commissioner candidates

Kootenai County voters in Tuesday’s Republican primary are considering six names for two of the three county commissioner seats. Their backgrounds and experience may be what separates them most, as all six share fairly similar views on the issues that come up most, especially the steady push by the Board of Commissioners to strengthen the hand of property owners in rules governing land use and development.
News >  Idaho

Justice Department says indigent defendants have right to sue Idaho

The U.S. Justice Department is supporting the right of criminal defendants to sue Idaho over inadequate public defense in a case that involves two North Idaho prosecutions. Attorney General Loretta Lynch filed a brief this week supporting the ability of indigent defendants to sue over violations of their constitutional right to legal representation.
News >  Idaho

Coeur d’Alene woman sees second abductor sent to prison

A Coeur d’Alene woman was in an Oregon courtroom this week for the sentencing of a man who kidnapped, raped and tortured her in the 1980s and spent over two decades as a fugitive. “I think it sends a good message to survivors everywhere to come forward. That’s my mission,” said Michaelle Dierich, who first told her story to The Spokesman-Review in 2007.
News >  Idaho

Coeur d’Alene wedding chapel suit ends in $1,000 judgment

A federal lawsuit claiming the city of Coeur d’Alene infringed on the religious rights of a small wedding chapel has ended with the city paying the owners of the business $1,000 and one cent. Donald and Evelyn Knapp, the ministers who own the Hitching Post next to the Kootenai County Courthouse, sued to challenge a city ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. Once same-sex marriage became legal in Idaho, the Knapps said they would not perform those wedding ceremonies, but they argued their refusal would subject them to penalty under the non-discrimination ordinance.
News >  Idaho

Driver of car involved in child’s death arrested on drug charges

The driver of a car involved in a collision that killed an 8-year-old bicyclist in Post Falls on Monday was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant and for possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. Chadd W. Webster, 22, of Post Falls could face additional charges in the investigation, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.