In brief: Plans for sheriff’s shooting range stall

YAKIMA – A Yakima County land-use official is holding up plans by the Sheriff’s Office to build a new shooting range.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that Hearing Examiner Gary Cuillier on Friday rejected an environmental review for the shooting range, saying potentially adverse environmental impacts, such as noise, were not considered when county planners recommended approval.

The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office had proposed to build the shooting range on a 17-acre county-owned for use by deputies and county corrections officers to qualify their weapons.

Idaho soldier dies in Afghanistan

BOISE – The Department of Defense has announced that a soldier from Idaho has died in Afghanistan.

The military on Saturday said 20-year-old Pfc. Shane G. Wilson, of Kuna, died Thursday in Khost. The cause wasn’t given.

He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, based in Fort Campbell, Ky.