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News >  Idaho

Man Injured After Car Swerves Off Road, Flips End Over End

Idaho State Police Cpl. Todd Brownlee was trying to find a drunken driver Saturday afternoon when the suspect turned up seriously injured on the roadside near Rathdrum. Albert Harris, 33, was westbound on Highway 53, when he swerved off the road and his car flipped end over end, according to witnesses of the 1:20 p.m. accident.
News >  Nation/World

Counting On The Wind Hobie Teams Hone Skills For Nationals On Lake Cda

Summer sails 1. In the thick of a race last week, David Cohen, a Hobie 33 owner, scans the water ahead for signs of wind that will help his boat, the Eye Eye, slip ahead of another Hobie, the Spirit. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Three Hobie 33s work their way down the downwind leg of last Wednesday night's race.
News >  Idaho

Father Tries To Save Son From Palouse River, Both Drown Tragedy Occurred As Family Was Taking Evening Stroll

A Harvard, Idaho, father and his teenage son drowned in the Palouse River Wednesday evening after a walk from the town park, according to the Latah County Sheriff's Department. Gary Gilliam, 56, apparently was attempting to save his son, 16-year-old Gary Chip Gilliam Jr., when they drowned in a 12-foot-deep hole at about 7 p.m., said Sheriff Joe Overstreet. The hole is about 1-1/2 miles southeast of Harvard, eight miles east of Potlatch.
News >  Nation/World

Judge Orders Suspect To Stay Away From Wife Family Relieved That Man Won’t Be Able To Visit Victim

The daughters and ex-wife of a man accused of nearly beating his wife to death on Lake Coeur d'Alene expressed relief that he won't be allowed near her. The attorney for James Gordon Loss, 46, asked the court Thursday to lift a no-contact order preventing him from visiting his current wife, Jerrene Loss, 49, who has been in the hospital for almost two weeks.
News >  Nation/World

Health Study Planned For Cda Basin

Health workers will be going door to door from the Idaho-Montana border to the Chain Lakes this summer, collecting blood and urine samples from hundreds of people. The sampling is for a study of health in the Coeur d'Alene Basin, which has been polluted with heavy metals during a century of mining.
News >  Nation/World

Mining Industry Study Rebuts Metals Threat Latest Report Contradicts Health Risks Associated With Lake Cda Contamination

The stability of heavy metals on the bed of Lake Coeur d'Alene is still an open question, according to a critique published in journal Northwest Science. The critique's author, Tom Pederson, was hired by Hecla Mining Co. and others in the industry to review a controversial 1993 study by U.S. Geological Service scientist Art Horowitz. That study suggested that metals trapped on the lake bottom could eventually pose a health hazard.
News >  Nation/World

Wallace Braces For New Flurry Of Hollywood Flakes It’ll Be A Flashback To Mount St. Helens When Filmmakers Fill The Streets With Fake Volcanic Ash

Longtime residents of Wallace are no strangers to ash. Most folks can't forget the day 16 years ago when the sky grew dark and the air filled with a warm, gray snow. So when "Dante's Peak" filmmakers fill the streets with fake ash this month, most people should recognize the difference between Hollywood ash and the real thing.
News >  Idaho

Batt: Quit Eyeing Idaho’s Water Governor Fights Efforts To Divert Water To Washington, Oregon To Save Salmon

Gov. Phil Batt called on Oregon and Washington Tuesday to share the burden of "Draconian measures" required to save the threatened Snake River salmon. "We find the representatives on the Northwest Power Planning Council increasingly looking to Idaho and Montana to help downstream fish," Batt said. "If we're serious about recovery, we ought to not be looking jealously at each other's water."
News >  Nation/World

On A Short Pier Lots Riding As State Considers Ways To Profit From Its Priest Lake Property

1. Confidence eroded. Dale and Sandy Peringer sold their farmhouse in Rosalia, Wash., to live year-round at Priest Lake. The Peringers, holding their granddaughter Gina, now fear they may be driven out. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 2. Some Priest Lake users worry they shoreline will be spoiled by wealthy newcomers. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Idaho

City May Help With Oversized Sewer Line Blackwell Island Connection Would Exceed Rv Park’s Needs

The city of Coeur d'Alene may pay for part of an oversized sewer line to serve a proposed 220-unit RV park on Blackwell Island, according to the latest version of an annexation agreement for the island. The City Council may vote tonight on whether to approve the agreement. Opponents of the controversial project still object to the document despite a new clause that would allow the city to de-annex the property if the development is not constructed according to the agreement.