NIC alumni name group’s president

The vice president of the North Idaho College Alumni Association has been elected president of the organization.

A 1980 graduate of NIC, Tom Daugherty has been involved in the organization for eight years.

After completing his associate’s degree at NIC, he earned a bachelor’s degree in management from Lewis-Clark State College and went on to open a chain of video stores in North Idaho, which he owned for 14 years, according to an NIC news release.

A failed state Senate candidate in 1996, Daugherty has served as president of the Chateaux Water Association and currently serves as president of Blue Water Technologies, a Coeur d’Alene water treatment company.

Daugherty will lead a board of 16 members during his one-year term.

Post Falls

Road work today on Mullan

One lane of Mullan Avenue will be closed today and Monday in Post Falls, just east of Highway 41.

Flaggers will direct traffic around the road construction, which is scheduled from 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days.

Crews are installing curbs and gutters.

Spokane

Charges sought in man’s death

Spokane police requested first-degree murder and first-degree arson charges Wednesday against a man who allegedly set fire last month to a homeless man in a wheelchair.

Police are seeking charges against Matthew B. Trammell, 23, in connection with the death of Doug Dawson, 50.

Police are not considering charges against Sean P. Knold, 23, who was reportedly with Trammell at the time of the incident.

Trammell and Knold are in Spokane County Jail on suspicion of robbing another person shortly before Dawson was set afire.