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Jet Boaters Roar Back At Canyon Limits Forest Official Calls Group’s Ads About Hells Canyon Plan A ‘Fear Campaign’

A media blitz to gain sympathy for jet boat operators is raising the ire of rafting outfitters, Hells Canyon preservationists and the U.S. Forest Service. Members of the Hells Canyon Alliance, which represents power boat interests, traveled through North Idaho this week to drum up opposition to a plan that limits power boats in the most popular section of Hells Canyon.
News >  Nation/World

A Day Of Dragging Away Trees

1. Dan and Jana Evans pile their destroyed bushes at the Spokane incinerator. "They were flattened" by Tuesday's ice storm, Jana Evans said. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Paul Lanning, right, and Ken Smith get supplies from the Spokane Food Bank. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 3. Eve Vines steps over her son Timothy, 3, as she tries to get the family's wash done at an East Sprague laundry Saturday. "I haven't done this since I was in college," said Vines, who lost her electricity Tuesday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 4. Richard Heinzen clears a tree from his house in the 1000 block of West Shannon on Saturday. The locust tree fell against the roof during the ice storm. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Idaho

Prosecutor Rules Assessor’s Shift To Republican Party Invalid

Assessor Tom Moore's deathbed political conversion does not hold legal weight, according to a written opinion issued Monday by Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas. Moore, who was serving his fourth term as Kootenai County assessor, died Nov. 12 after a long battle with cancer.
News >  Idaho

Board Refuses To Add More Streams To Protected List Idaho Conservation League Appeal Included Eight Additional Streams

The Board of Health and Welfare on Friday rejected an appeal from the Idaho Conservation League to add eight more streams to a list of 18 nominated as "outstanding resource waters." Among the streams rejected for special protection were North Idaho's upper St. Joe River, White Sand Creek, a tributary of the Lochsa River, and Kelly-Cayuse Creeks.
News >  Idaho

Putting On Airs Rescue Workers Train On Hovercraft

Decked out in rain slickers from head to toe, rescue workers from Harrison looked like overgrown children as they took turns playing with a Hovercraft Thursday. The red Hovercraft, with its ballooning neoprene nylon skirt, resembled a big bumper car as emergency medical technicians zoomed around the parking area of the Rainy Hill boat launch.
News >  Nation/World

Suspect Leaves Card, 24 Of Them, At Scene

Suspected burglar Stephen D. Foraker apparently thought his victims were an easy target. The newspapers on the doorstep of Michael J. Smith's Post Falls home were a "dead giveaway" that no one was home, Foraker told Post Falls Police Detective Dave Beck recently, according to police.
News >  Spokane

Status Quo Rule Of The Day In Idaho

Idaho races The faces in Idaho's statewide political landscape changed little Tuesday, and voters appeared reluctant to change much else, judging by the failure of most ballot initiatives. Sen. Larry Craig handily trounced challenger Walt Minnick, who failed to overcome Craig's strong GOP support.
News >  Idaho

Revenue Sought To Protect Vulnerable Water System

The motto of the Central Shoshone County Water District is "From snowflakes to pure water via dependable distribution systems." Overall, the district lives up to the motto. The water, which is filtered from Big Creek and McFarren Creek, normally is quite good.

Shoshone County Elections Vergobbi Vs. Waters: Incumbent Commissioner Rejected Primary Defeat

November 2, 1996, page B3, Idaho edition: CHALLENGERS ATTACK SHOSHONE SHERIFF In the race for Shoshone County sheriff, most of the campaign revolves around the record of incumbent Dan Schierman. While his challengers question his management, Schierman says he's improved relations with other law enforcement agencies and improved the tools and training for deputies. Write-in candidate Larry Irvine blames most of the department's turnover on Schierman's poor management. Independent candidate Tim Castle also questions whether employees are happy with Schierman. "He is spending a tremendous amount of money training officers who wind up working for other police agencies," Castle said. Those criticisms of Schierman were attributed inadvertently to county Commissioner Jim Vergobbi in an article that appeared in Thursday's Election '96 voters guide.
News >  Idaho

Work Begins On River Road Closed By Slide

Work on the St. Joe River Road started Monday after Shoshone County officials received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put fill material on the river's flood plain. About 1,000 people who were worried that conservation groups might stop the work signed a petition urging the county, the Corps and other agencies to move forward with the project.