AM: Celebrating Aryans Bankruptcy

Norm Gissel, a Coeur d’Alene attorney who assisted Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Morris Dees in the legal case that bankrupted the Aryan Nations, receives applause after addressing the crowd at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. Alison Boggs’ SR story here . (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Tuesday Scanner Traffic /DFO, Huckleberries Online
  
• Cloudy with a chance of showers all day today /Spokesman-Review
• Rathdrum trucker claims $250K Idaho Lottery prize /Alison Boggs, SR
• Plea in North Idaho murder-for-hire case postponed /Meghann Cuniff, SR
• 2-fer: Police detail Hirzel account of shooting that killed pastor /Thomas Clouse, SR; and: Creach family now call pastor’s death murder /KREM
  
• Canyon County Libertarian Smeed dies at 88 /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
  
• Eastern Washington excited about Big Sky’s new teams /Steve Bergum, SR
  
• Blanchette: Teens age well with Spokane Indians /Spokesman-Review
• Kootenai County gets OK to remove pilings from river /Alecia Warren, Press
• CdA council OKs budget with 1.5 percent tax increase /Alecia Warren, Press
• Coeur d’Alene Tribe provides free backpacks for school kids /KREM
  

Question: Would the Aryan Nations still be a significant presence in Kootenai County, if Richard Butler and his organization hadn’t been sued into bankruptcy?