Rollover and Crash Toll on Bonner County Roads
A string of one and two vehicle accidents reported by the Bonner County sheriff over the weekend left Lynn E Hawkins 58 of Lakeshore Drive Sandpoint dead from a spinal injury after a 6:30 a.m. rollover on the Dover Highway. Mathew J Carr escaped unharmed from a Pack River Bridge rollover. Other collisions involved Meegan Woods 24 with mother Holly Janene Woods 26 of Sandpoint on Bottle Bay Road. Dallas Howell 26 of Dover and Robert H Phillips 54 of Newport escaped injury in separate incidents. Two vehicles collided on U.S. 95 at Colburn injuring none. vehicle left details.
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Lynn E. Hawkins
Lakeshore Drive
Sandpoint
Dover
Hawkins
Bonner General Hospital
Pack River Bridge
Mathew J. Carr
Bonner County
Meegan Woods
Holly Janene Woods
Bottle Bay Road
Steve J. Erickson
Dallas M. Howell
North Boyer
Howell
U.S. 2
Robert H. Phillips
Newport
Idaho State Police
U.S. 95
Colburn
ISP
Thomas A. Thornton
V. Samuels
Kenneth M. Ewing
Daily Bee subscription rate increase to $2.50
Postage rate hikes effective March 1 raise Daily Bee mail subscriptions to two dollars and fifty cents. The change affects all mail subscribers and reflects updated postal costs.
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The
Daily Bee
Weather in Sandpoint Cloudy with Showers Then Cooler
Mostly cloudy conditions in Sandpoint with a few rain or snow showers. Showers end tonight and again late Wednesday as cooler air moves in. Gusty southerly winds with a 50 percent chance of precipitation tonight and 40 percent Wednesday. low 30 tonight, high 40 Wednesday.
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Sandpoint
Idaho Senate OKs Stoicheff bill to cap state pay
The Idaho Senate voted 18 to 17 to bar any state employee from earning more than the governor. Sponsored by Sen. James Stoicheff the measure would freeze high earners including university presidents and top department officials until Gov. Cecil Andrus’s salary is matched. Critics warn of a potential “straightjacket” impact and possible staffing gaps.
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Boise
Senate
James Stoicheff
Sandpoint
House of Representatives
Cecil Andrus
Department of Environmental and Community Services
Stoicheff
Idaho
Dick Smith
R-Rexburg
Utah
Seattle Hears Wilcox On Posse
Bonner County Sheriff Robert Wilcox spoke by phone with Seattle radio station KTW about the posse comitatus. He said some members intend to restore constitutional rights but warned of radical elements and potential civil liability for false arrests. He denied the group has official arrest authority and noted statewide formation efforts and possible risks of a lynch mob.
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Posse Comitatus
Bonner County
Robert Wilcox
KTW
Seattle
Skip Brown
Wilcox
Brown
Posse
Sandpoint
Spokane
Virgil Gunning
Washington State
National Association To Keep and Bears Arms
Idaho
John Birch Society
Daily Boék
Bob’ Dixon
South
Pend Oreille Angler Wins Magazine Fishing Prize
Coeur d'Alene angler Larry B. Mills wins Field and Stream 63rd Western Rainbow Division for a 26 pound 2 ounce Kamloop trout caught on Lake Pend Oreille near Whiskey Rock last fall. His fly design aided the catch. runners up were steelhead in the Kispiox River, BC.
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Coeur d’Alene
Larry B. Mills
Field and Stream Magazine
Mills
Lake Pend Oreille
Whiskey Rock
Kispiox
British Columbia
Emergency Use of DDT Approved
UPI reports Idaho Rep. Orval Hansen announced EPA granted a one time emergency use of DDT by the Forest Service to combat the Tussock Moth. An EPA Seattle 2 p.m. PDT briefing was promised. Officials vow continued testing of safer chemicals.
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Washington
UPI
Orval Hansen
Idaho
Environmental Protection Agency
Forest Service
Hansen
EPA
Seattle
U.S. Forest
Vice
Northwest
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Levat
Pont
Osear
FIR
Lynn Hawkins
Pend Oreille Kamloops
Magazine Prize
John Martin
Forest Products Industries
Martin
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