Region in brief: Pair arrested after standoff
Police arrested two people on suspicion of burglary after a standoff involving the SWAT team early Sunday in north Spokane.
Cody J. Wolk, 24, and Peta N. Shimanski, 24, were arrested Sunday morning and jailed on charges of first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery, the Spokane Police Department said. The investigation is ongoing, and more charges may be filed, police said.
Officers answered a report of a burglary in the 1100 block of East Nora Avenue about 2 a.m. The homeowner there told police that he got into a physical fight with a burglar, who claimed to have a gun. Police found a suspect at 922 E. Ermina Ave., but the people in the apartment refused to cooperate.
A standoff of several hours ensued, but Wolk and Shimanski were eventually arrested around 6:30 a.m.
Hanford may become park site
DAYTON, Ohio – The government is exploring national park status for sites involved in the World War II-era Manhattan Project nuclear bomb research effort, including the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington.
Other sites being examined are Los Alamos National Laboratory and town site in New Mexico, Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, and assorted sites in Dayton.
The Manhattan Project operated from December 1942 until September 1945 and employed 130,000 workers at its height.
Congress directed the park site study in consultation with the Department of Energy.
Kokanee efforts are paying off
SANDPOINT – Officials in North Idaho say efforts to bolster the kokanee population in Lake Pend Oreille are producing results.
A survey last fall found that juvenile kokanee survival was the highest since 1996.
The survey found that more than 70 percent of 1-year-old kokanee survived to become 2-year-olds.
Jim Fredericks, regional fishery manager with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, said a program to collect eggs from the prized sport fish for spawning collected more than 8 million last fall.
Officials in the region have been trying for more than a decade to increase the kokanee population by managing the lake level and reducing predatory lake trout and rainbow trout.