Slain Chief Perkins Autopsy Pending In Idaho Shootout
McCall Idaho Police Chief James D. Perkins, 47, was killed in a high speed chase and shootout with state police and county deputies along Highway 55. An autopsy in Cascade is complete but findings await further tests. Perkins fired on officers before being shot down after a 25 mile pursuit ending in Grand Junction Stavast truck collision.
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Ralph Wakley
Cascade
Idaho
UPI
McCall Idaho
James D. Perkins
Valley County
Burton Walker
Perkins
Colorado
McCall
James Stavast
Grand Junction
Colo
Victor Barfuss
Stavast
Cascade County
DECS Board Sets Priest Lake Meeting Dates
Idaho officials announce the State Board of Environmental and Community Services will meet June 20 and 21 at Priest Lake. Actions include water quality standard changes for water below the proposed American Falls dam and updates to pool and sewer grant rules, air plan revisions, and five industry compliance schedules. Board members listed include Lester Petersen Rexburg Marvin Wittman Culdesac John Squires David Barton Lyle Stanford and Robert Doolittle.
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Boise
John van Orman
Jerome
State Board of Environmental and Community Services
Priest Lake
van Orman
American Falls Dam
Idaho
D.E.C.S
Idaho Lakes
Lester J. Petersen
Rexburg
Marvin J. Wittman
Culdesac
John Squires
Pocatello
David M. Barton
Lyle Stanford
Caldwell
Robert Doolittle
Priest River
Burglary Report Hits Multiple Cabins in Idaho Neighborhood
Bonner County deputies received a Saturday report of a cabin burglary on Cocolalla Loop Road and found two more cabins hit. Screens were cut and windows broken in the first, with only a bottle of alcohol reportedly taken. Damage to the others is unknown as owners remain sought.
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Bonner County
Sandpoint Bypass Plan Stalled Over Historic Depot
The proposed Highway 95 bypass through Sandpoint sits on hold after Burlington Northern’s 1920s depot was placed on the national historic register. State highway officials say the depot must be removed before any bypass can proceed, forcing community leaders to choose between preserving the depot or advancing the project.
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Sandpoint
Burlington Northern
National Historical Register
Merle. Harding
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Harding
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Bill Watkins
Chamber
Sand Creek
Bud Moon
Bonner County
Moon
Historical Society
Federal Register
Burlington Northern Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Watkins
Idaho Officers Capture Escapee In Spokane River
Carl Cletus Bowles 33, sought for a month after escaping Oregon State Penitentiary, was shot and arrested while kneeling in the Spokane River near Coeur d Alene Idaho. He was listed in critical but stable condition at Kootenai Memorial Hospital after an off duty officer wounded him above the belt during a lengthy chase. Bowles, serving a life term for murder, fled May 17 on an unsupervised pass. authorities linked his escape to a string of crimes across three states.
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Bowles
Lane ‘County
Carlton Smith
OSP
Hoyt Cupp
Cupp
Tom McCall
Salem
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DECS
Joan Coberly
Monrovia
Calif
Eugene
Kootenai County
Harry Button
Mike Howell
Christopher Howell
Willis Reed
Pack River
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