Judge Predicts July Jury End In Hofmeister Case
Grand jury to be empaneled April 7 by order of Special Prosecutor Thomas Frost in the Hofmeister homicide investigation. Judge Dar Cogswell says the panel will sit until about July 1 and may probe matters beyond the case if in the public interest. Voir dire will be led by Cogswell with help from Weiss and Frost. names to be released.
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Hofmeister
Sunless
District Court
Dar Cogswell
Cogswell
Thomas Frost
Frost
Cindy Weiss
Doris Kenney
Northern Lights Project Poised for Kootenai Falls
Northern Lights Inc weighs a $50 million hydro dam on the Kootenai River 3.5 miles east of Troy Montana at Kootenai Falls to meet 1983 load growth. Two units, 140000 kilowatts per hour, could cost as little as one cent per kilowatt hour vs 1.7 to 2 cents for steam or nuclear plants. General Manager William T. Nordeen says savings benefit the community and private enterprise with added property tax and potential industrial demand. BPA previously supplied power. future growth requires Northern Lights to own generation.
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Northern Lights, Inc
Kootenai River
William T. Nordeen
Northern Lights
Federal Power Commission
Troy
Mont
Kootenai Falls
Nordeen
Bonneville Power Administration
BPA
Bhat
Brand S
Laclede
Doctors Plight over Malpractice Insurance
In Sandpoint 12 doctors face loss of malpractice coverage as Argonaut withdraws. Nationwide risk rises as premiums surge and insurers pull back. Doctors warn without coverage they will not practice, affecting hospitals and public care.
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Malcolm Hall
Sandpoint
Idaho
Argonaut Company
New York
Maryland
Michigan
Argonaut Insurance
Argonaut
Bill Crouse
Bonner Medical Lab
Hugh Leedy
Leedy
Ed Draper
Crouse
Bonner General
Fred Marienau
Malpractice Insurance Bill Aims to Bridge Coverage Gap
Idaho Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to hear a bill forcing Argonaut Insurance Co to continue malpractice coverage for two more years to prevent a summer surgery service disruption. Sponsors Sen. Mike Mitchell and Sen. Vernon Brassey say the measure buys time while insurers reevaluate. Argonaut cites large losses from court settlements as reason for withdrawal.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
The
Daily Bee
Mike Mitchell
Menlo Park
Calif
Argonaut
Mitchell
Commerce & Labor Committee
PACS System On Trial In Idaho Communities
General Telephone tests the Preferred Area Calling Service in Sandpoint Clark Fork and Hope with IPUC input. The plan offers 180 minutes monthly for 3 60 dollars and 5 cents per extra minute in a 32 mile radius. Evaluation covers economic feasibility customer impact and needs alignment.
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General Telephone
Sandpoint
Clark Fork
Hope
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
IPUC
Bill Watkins
Watkins
PACS
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Marienau
Insurance Information Institute of Seattle
Zephire
Coeur d’Alene
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