Rain Douses Idaho Panhandle Fires Flushing Sandpoint Flooding
Heavy August rainfall ending a long heat wave brought flash floods in Sandpoint Idaho with 8 to 10 inch depths on some streets. Foresters hope the downpour curbs more than 100 forest fires and reduce future blaze risk. University station logs show daily rainfall totals across the week. City works chief Jack Leckner noted clogged catch basins but no property damage.
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Jack Leckner
Sandpoint
Daily Bee
South Third Street
Dearborn
Superior
Leckner
Unarmed Moses Lake Man Shot After Police Chase
Rex M. Johnson twenty six, suspected of stealing a pickup, was shot in the shoulder by Spirit Lake Officer Ed Campbell after a high speed chase. Johnson, found in Edgemere, was stabilized at Kootenai Memorial Hospital and held on auto theft charges as investigators review why a gun was believed present.
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Moses Lake Area
Sprit Lake
Rex M. Johnson
Edgemere
Spirit Lake
Ed Campbell
Campbell
Sheriff’s Office
Johnson
Kootenai Memorial Hospital
Mike Guthrie
Guthrie
Three Young Men Arrested in Suspected Drug Sale Case
Seass Eas Sale charged Kevin L. Haffner 20 Samuels Gary L. Bailey 19 Colburn arrested by city police about 3 30 am Sunday charged with sale of a controlled substance Bond set at 5000 each
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Kevin L. Haffner
Samuels
Gary L. Bailey
Colburn
Motorcycle Crash Injures Hope Man on Main Street
Martin C. Kiebert, 21, of Hope, was injured Friday afternoon when his 1972 Honda slid 70 feet after he collided with a left turning 1974 Volvo driven by George J. Sutherland, 31. Kiebert received cuts and bruises and was taken to Bonner General Hospital. he was cited for speeding for the location and no liability insurance.
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Martin C.kiebert
Hope
Main Street
Kiebert
Bonner General Hospital
Honda
Volvo
George J. Sutherland
Two Arrested After Noxon Burglary Theft
A Clark Fork juvenile and a Spokane man were arrested about 1 a.m. Sunday after a pickup they drove, stolen in Spokane during a Carlson Metal Company burglary, was linked to a Noxon Montana burglary. Riley, 20, faces auto theft charges while the juvenile is charged with assaulting a police chief. Bond for Riley未 set. juvenile released to parents.
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Clark Fork
Spokane
Noxon
Montana
Timothy J. Riley
Riley
Carlson Metal Company
P&Z Commission Sets Tonight Meeting for Annexation Talks
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission meets at 10 a.m. in City Hall to discuss city annexation west of the current limits toward Westwood and Baldy Road rail line. A variance request by Joseph Wythe for a building at First Avenue and Lake Street is also on the agenda with a two month decision outlook.
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Sandpoint
Joseph Wythe
First Avenue
Lake Street
Ex-Legislator Summers Pleads No Contest in Tax Evasion
Boise businessman and former Idaho lawmaker H. Dean Summers pleaded no contest to three felony counts of income tax evasion. A one year suspended jail term and a $5,000 fine per count were imposed plus three years probation and a civil tax repayment plan. The judge noted questions about willfulness but stated the acts violated IRS code and Summers is barred from holding trust positions. Counts involving banking regulations were dismissed. U.S. Attorney Karl Shurtliff cited unreported personal expenses totaling $8,202 over three years. Summers faced defeat in the last election, with ally James Risch attributing the probe to his loss.
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Boise
H. Dean Summers
William W. Schwarzer
San Francisco
Shurtiff
Shurtlliff
Summers
Shurtliss
Idaho
James Risch
Internal Revenue Service
Schwarzer
Crash Claims Local Youths on U S 95 Near Garwood Junction
Two Sandpoint youths Linda Wilkinson 12 and Susan Wilkinson 9 died in a three car head on collision on U S 95 north of Coeur d Alene near Garwood junction. Wanda Robinson 66 pass ing to pass another vehicle struck both northbound vehicles driven by Norman Arthur 43 and involving Arthur LaFrance 46 of Palmer Alaska.
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Sandpoint
U.S. 95
Coeur d’ Alene
Garwood Junction
Linda K. Wilkinson
Susan
Bert and
Carold Wilkinson
Idaho
Wanda C. Robinson
Norman R. Arthur
Athol
Arthur R. LaFrance
Palmer
Alaska
Robinson
Kooenai Memorial Hospital
Arthur
Peggy Wilkinson
Sandpoint Wins Water Line Grant From EDA
Washington reports Idaho's Sandpoint received a 395,480 grant from the Economic Development Administration to fund water line and dam repairs. The funds come under the Public Works Employment Act of 1977 as part of the EDA stimulus program, with local planning targets guiding approvals.
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Washington, D.C
Idaho
Jim McClure
Sandpoint
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Variable clouds with showers chance and cool winds
Weather forecast notes variable cloudiness with a small shower chance and cool conditions. Winds from the southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts, precipitation odds 30 percent today, 2 percent tonight and Tuesday.
Hog Fire in Klamath National Forest Threatens Region
A two week old Hog Fire in Klamath National Forest, started by lightning, covers 53 300 acres and prompts 1 200 responders with 11 bulldozers 23 ground tankers and 10 helicopters. Crews fight to contain by midweek and control by week’s end amid a near miss when a fuel truck crashed near the fire.
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Yreka
Calif
Tables Turned Area Lawyers Judge The Judges
Idaho lawyers rated district court judges as above average to superior in a statewide confidential survey. Ten of 27 district judges received high marks, while two were below average and the Idaho Supreme Court faced the most criticism for delays and perceived incompetence.
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Bee
Idaho
Supreme Court
High Court
Lewiston Morning Tribune
District Court
Dar Cogswell
Willard C. Burton
Rexburg
Roy E. Mosman
Moscow
Burton
Mosman
the Tribune
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Albert H. Parisot, Jr
Coeur d'Alene
D.K. Worden Jr
Lewiston
Frank H. Josephief
Weiser
Charles G. Shaw
Great
Daniel B. Meehl
Twin
Blaine Anderson
Ray McNichols
Anderson
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chambers
Boise
McNichols
Fred M. Taylor
Newst
Federal
U.S
Marion J. Callister
State District Court
Callister
Taylor
Idaho Supreme Court
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