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.
Through the windows of her business, Brenda Hochhalter can watch the parade of accidents along Appleway.
"There sure are a lot of fender benders," Hochhalter said as a knot of cars and trucks whisked by her business, 3-D Office Systems.
A halfmillion dollars is headed to North Idaho and it's wearing a police badge.
Thousands of dollars in federal money was granted Wednesday to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department, Post Falls Police Department and Spirit Lake Police Department to hire new "community policing" officers.
A teenager with a penchant for calling a phone sex line is responsible for the costly charges that have appeared on numerous North Idaho phone bills, GTE officials said Monday.
The 17-year-old boy, who lives in the Spirit Lake area, charged $15,000 worth of 900 phone line calls to about 50 Hayden-area residents, said GTE and Kootenai County sheriff's officials.
Post Falls police investigators Dick Halligan, right, and Harlan Fritzsche enjoy their new, roomier working quarters. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review
Post Falls Art Council board member Meg Elyard views the opening exhibit of "Art from the Heart and Other Places," compiled by local victims of domestic violence. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review
A 54-year-old man accused of raping a prostitute at his mother-in-law's cabin is now facing two felony charges.
The Kootenai County prosecutor's office filed charges of rape and interstate trafficking in prostitution against John P. Dempster of Spokane.
Domestic violence protection orders are meant to protect victims of abuse.
But police and victims say the orders often do more to frustrate than to protect.
Mike Griffin figures God saved him from drowning 15 years ago so he could do the same for another man.
In a daring rescue last February, the 42-year-old postal worker pulled a snowmobiler from the icy waters of North Idaho's Twin Lakes.
Patrick McFadden will be walking in his father's footsteps when he takes over as the new Benewah County magistrate next month.
The St. Maries attorney was chosen for the judge's position Tuesday - a position his father, Richard McFadden, held before him.
"I think my interest in a career in the judiciary was formed when my dad had the job and I was going to law school and watching him," Patrick McFadden said Tuesday. "I always thought I would like to become a judge one day."
Authorities are looking into a report that a Beauty Bay woman charged with fatally shooting her husband last month had shot him before.
James Caba Sr., 59, of Beauty Bay, died Dec. 15 from a gunshot wound to the chest. His widow, Darlene Caba, now stands charged with second-degree murder in his death.
A man accused of beating his roommate to death last weekend has a history of committing violent crimes, police say.
Kootenai County prosecutors charged James N. Moen, 28, with felony aggravated battery and with being a "persistent violator."
Mark Jones' landlord didn't realize the 46-year-old man was bleeding to death as they sat talking for two hours Saturday night.
"He acted so calm and casual about it," said Louie Box, assistant manager of the State Motel.
Mark Jones' landlord didn't realize the 46-year-old man was bleeding to death as they sat talking for two hours Saturday night.
"He acted so calm and casual about it," said Louie Box, assistant manager of the State Motel. "There were no cuts, no bruises."
