Headlines @ Closin’ Time — 7/30/08

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Firefighters worked to secure a brush fire off of Red Neck Road North of Blanchard on Wednesday. Story here .

A man who shot a horse near DeSmet won’t be fined for killing the stallion with a shotgun slug. Charges against Chad Chittenden were dropped after witnesses verified that the horse he killed last month was a public nuisance, according to the Benewah County Prosecutor’s Office. “I got letters and phone calls from a host of neighbors complaining that this horse was loose and dangerous,” said Benewah County Prosecuting Attorney Doug Payne. “I had a stack of them”/ Ralph Bartholdt , St. Maries Gazette-Record. More here

* Wolf seasons on hold in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming /Idaho Statesman
* State investigating legitimacy of BYU-Idaho police /Idaho Statesman
* Ex-Canyon County worker pleads guilty to child porn charge /KTVB
* Centennial High coach remains hospitalized /KTVB
* $37M BSU Bronco Stadium expansion nearly complete /KTVB
* Athol residents blast rock quarry plan /Bonner County Bee
* Shoshone County P&Z director leaving after 9 years /Shoshone News-Press