He was run down by a truck, had his wheelchair crushed beyond repair and was left helpless and in pain in the middle of a dark street.
But 43-year-old Robert Quast has discovered just how nice people can be.
For the second time in a year, a Coeur d'Alene judge has refused to give convicted killer Donald Paradis a hearing to appeal his conviction.
First District Judge James Judd on Thursday denied the death row inmate's request for post-conviction relief.
Robert Quast has lost much of his independence after a wheelchair he uses to travel to his downtown job was destroyed in a hit-and-run accident Tuesday. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review
A big brewhaha
Gary Hetrick, holding beer brewed by customers of his home-brew supply store, was one of six judges at Sunday's contest. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
A 20-year-old Rathdrum man was killed Saturday night when he was hit by a vehicle as he tried to cross a highway near Rathdrum.
Kootenai County sheriff's officials say Keith R. Boyd had waved a gun at a woman only moments before the accident on state Highway 53.
Darlene Caba is unshackled in the Kootenai County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing Thursday. She is accused of killing her husband. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
Two years ago, Kimberly Parfrey died after a fire swept through her fiance's apartment.
On Monday, her father filed a lawsuit against the city of Coeur d'Alene and the apartment landlord, claiming her death could have been prevented.
Aggravated assaults, burglaries and sex offenses are among the crimes the Post Falls Police Department handled more of in 1994.
The reason: There are more people moving to the area and more people willing to report certain crimes, said Police Chief Cliff Hayes.
A 2-year-old boy was found wandering in a motel parking lot early Friday, police say.
The boy told the people who found him that his mother had left him, said Coeur d'Alene Police Capt. Carl Bergh.
Schoolchildren in Rathdrum stop to look at the aftermath of an accident after a train struck a car that did not stop at the tracks. The drive, Alva Smith, 83, was taken to the hospital where he was listed in fair condition. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
A famed American Indian activist announced Tuesday that he will ask national tribal leaders to look into the deaths of three North Idaho Indians.
Dennis Banks, founder of the American Indian Movement, said he believes the drunken driver responsible for their deaths received a light sentence because she is white and her victims are Native Americans.
Tubes snake to and from Nicole Marlin's small body, while a respirator pumps air into her lungs.
Doctors still don't know whether the 2-year-old North Idaho girl will survive. If she does, they don't know how much brain damage she will have.
B.A. Sam never has been taught to retrieve, but the dog proved to be a quick learner Monday.
The 5-month-old pup searched out and helped his owner tug a toddler from the icy waters of Stella Creek Monday afternoon.
Eric Smith and Greer Hambill take advantage of the high water on the North Ford of the Coeru d'Alene River Tuesday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review
An inmate at the Kootenai County Jail tried twice Friday to kill herself in her jail cell, sheriff's officials said.
Paula M. Alban, 24, tried to hang herself with a bed sheet early Friday morning, said Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Karl Thompson.
1. `I want my baby'. Marcella Nomee Monhatwa dries her tears as she answer questions about the December 1993 drunken driving deaths of her husband, Howard, and her daughter, Justina. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review
2. Janice Hess listens to prosecutor Bill Douglas make his closing arguments on Friday.
A former employee of a local funeral home says he felt compelled to give up his goal of becoming a mortician after he watched as the mortuary he worked for mistreated corpses and violated several Idaho laws.
Roger Carver filed a lawsuit against Coeur d'Alene Memorial Gardens Funeral Home on Tuesday asking for up to $25,000 in damages.
A 35-year-old Coeur d'Alene woman accused of leaving her three young children for a week is now facing three criminal charges.
The Coeur d'Alene prosecutor's office charged Victoria Dixon-Knowlton with three counts of injury to a child, a misdemeanor crime. She had her first court hearing Wednesday.
Nine barrels filled with hazardous materials have been discovered in the Fernan area, U.S. Forest Service officials said Tuesday.
The barrels were illegally dumped on Idaho Panhandle National Forest land. They contain a variety of potentially toxic substances, including cyanide, said officials with the Division of Environmental Quality.
Scott Garden is survived by his parents, Michael and Cherylyn, and two children, Jennifer Rose and Christopher. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
A yelp of glee escaped Cindy Simpson as a judge ordered her ex-boyfriend held in jail on $2,000 bail.
Clad in an orange jail jumpsuit, Darrell Heller had just been charged with beating his former lover.
