Winds Leave Behind Damage Across County
Gusty northeast winds up to 35 mph lashed Sandpoint area causing scattered damage. Downed trees reported at City Beach. Priest Lake and Trout Creek areas saw some problems though no major outages. Forecast calls for variable clouds and a high around 60 with a low near 40 tonight.
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Sandpoint
Walt Williams
Williams
General Telephone
Bob Larrimer
Newport Exchange
Larrimer
Joe Bush
Northern Lights
Priest Lake
Trout Creek
Bush
Jack Leckner
Jim Tabler
Pacific Power and Light
Pp&l
Welfare fraud investigator post sought for Bonner County
Samuels seeks CETA funds to hire a full time welfare fraud investigator for Bonner County through the State Employment Office in Coeur d Alene. State approval is needed. Beecher notes access to confidential records and possible deputization under the attorney general. If funded, the county will have a dedicated investigator to pursue civil overpayments and criminal fraud.
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Bonner County
Henry Samuels
Samuels
Coeur d’ Alene
Twin Falls
Ron Beecher
Banner
Boundary
State Health and Welfare
CETA
H&w
Attorney General
Attorney General’s Office
Beecher
a_ county
Small Claims Court
Truby Urges Competency Tests For Idaho High School Graduation
Idaho Superintendent Truby calls for review of graduation requirements and proposes competency tests to measure basic skills. He suggests starting tests in grade nine with remediation and optional retakes in later grades, noting Denver plan results and ongoing funding challenges.
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Truby
Boise
UPI
Idaho
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Senate Health, Education and Welfare Committee
Denver
Daugherty Enters Zone 4 School Board Race Beliefs Highlight
Reverend Ralph Daugherty, longtime Sandpoint pastor and former Kansas City Bible Institute co founder, filed for the Bonner County School District 82 Zone 4 trustee seat. He notes he may serve only if not conflicting with church work and criticizes local education for limiting religious discussion.
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Ralph Daugherty
Daugherty
Bonner County
Board of Trustees
Gordon Cordes
Andrew Bain
Sandpoint
First Baptist Church
Kansas City Bible Institute
California
Supreme Court
Two Men Survive 17 Hours On Upside-Down Boat In Lake Pend Oreille
Ken Kellogg and Don LaMoreaux spotted the men at a beach near Bayview after a long ordeal on Lake Pend Oreille. Ron Shaffer and Fey Koffman were rescued early Monday morning, having been stranded on the bow of their capsized cabin cruiser for 17 hours following an engine fire and rapid flooding.
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Ken Fhowed
Cape Horn
Pend Oreille
Ron Shaffer
Sandpoint
Shaffer
Fey Koffman
Moscow
Navy
Bonner County
Garfield Bay
Bayview
Koffman
Kootenai Memorial Hospital
Auditor Opposed To Interest Proposal
Idaho auditor Joe R. Williams urges the congressional delegation to oppose a House bill on tax exempt status of state and municipal bond interest. He warns changes would raise tax costs, surrender sovereignty, and hinder smaller bond issuers, opening federal control and bureaucracy. He calls the tax exemption a constitutional right being traded for a federal subsidy.
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Boise
API
Joe R. Williams
Idaho
Williams
Washington, D.C
One-Way Traffic Due On Main Sixth To Boyer
Sandpoint police chief Larry Sterling announced that starting Thursday April 29 at 8 am Main Street from Sixth to Boyer will be one way westbound. Stop signs at Boyer Main will be removed and relocated to Boyer and Cedar. The council approved a 60 day trial to test the safety impact amid heavy ski season traffic.
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Sandpoint
Larry Sterling
Main St
Sixth
Boyer
Main
Cedar
Gene Holt
Schweitzer Basin
Les Brown
Sterling
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