In brief: Climate change forums planned

Climate change forums will be held today in Sandpoint and Post Falls. The session in Sandpoint runs from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Panida’s Lil’ Theatre in downtown Sandpoint.

In Post Falls, the meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Red Lion Templin’s Resort, 414 First Ave.

The meetings focus on the impacts of global warming to Idaho. They are organized by the Idaho Conservation League and Conservation Voters for Idaho.

Second crash victim identified

Idaho State Police have identified the passenger in an Aug. 11 fatal crash on Highway 41 and Seasons Road as 33-year-old Roberto Salazar-Garcia, of Mexico.

The 28-year-old driver, Francisco Michel-Chapula of Las Vegas, was also killed.

Michel-Chapula was northbound on Highway 41 in a 1997 Chrysler Sebring when he lost control at a curve near Seasons Road, according to ISP. The vehicle went off the road and rolled.

Both men were ejected from the car. Neither was wearing seat belts, police said.

Spokane

Geiger inmate reported missing

A Geiger Corrections Facility inmate went missing Wednesday after working clean-up in downtown Spokane.

Lauri A. Piper, 46, was assigned to a work crew downtown when she was reported missing about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a Geiger news release.

“The people who were down there are not what you would call dangerous,” said spokeswoman Martha Lou Wheatley-Billeter.

Piper was booked on July 13 for DUI, hit-and-run and first-degree driving with a suspended license, Wheatley-Billeter said.

Piper is 5-foot-5, has short brown hair and blue eyes, and was last seen in a navy-blue polo shirt, white T-shirt and black shorts. She was wearing a black baseball cap with “Downtown Spokane” written on the front, the release states.

Anyone who comes in contact with Piper is urged to call 911.

Geiger had an inmate go missing earlier this summer, but that inmate was quickly found, Wheatley-Billeter said.

Sandpoint

Basin commission meeting Friday

The Pend Oreille Basin Commission will meet Friday in Sandpoint to consider several issues facing Lake Pend Oreille, including a waterfront development in Bayview and a regional wastewater treatment plan.

The meeting runs from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Panhandle Health District facilities, 322 Marion St. The public is welcome.

Among the topics at the session will be a proposal from the Southside Sewer and Water District to construct a wastewater treatment plant in Sagle, Idaho. The plant would discharge treated waste into the lake.