Spirit Lake shooting inquiry continues after officer fires on vehicle
Spirit Lake police chief SPIRIT LAKE-Ed Campbell and a Sandpoint veteran face scrutiny after firing eight to nine shots at a moving stolen pickup near Split Lake. Rex Johnson, 26, of Moses Lake, was wounded in the shoulder. Bonner County Sheriff Guthrie says officers will be suspended if in Bonner County, and warns against shooting at stolen vehicles. Campbell disputes accounts and notes prior career issues with Sandpoint police.
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Spirit Lake
Ed Campbell
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Mike Guthrie
Split Lake
Bonmer County
Guthrie
Campbell
Rex. Johnson
Moses Lake
Kootenai County
Jim Brown
Brown
Sandpoint Police
Man reports sighting of Bigfoot in Utah mountains
Jay Barker, age 38, describes watching a nine foot Bigfoot-like creature for about four minutes near Pass Lake and Cuberant Basin in the Uinta Mountains. He and two adults and two youths observed the animal walking on two feet with varied coloring, suggesting it could be an older individual or seasonal color change.
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North Ogden, Utah
UPI
Uinta Mountains
Bigfoot
Jay Barker
Weber River
Pass Lake
Cuberant Basin
Barker
Utah
Annexation Sought By City Commission
Sandpoint planning group backs annexing land west and north of town to extend utilities and services. Plan seeks vast new area from Moran Addition to Baldy Road with conditions on water sewer lines and long range zoning. City faces questions on insurance taxes and growth before council vote.
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Moran Addition
Westwood Condominums
Westwood
Highway 200
Chuck Slough
Pine Street
Baldy Road
Sandpont
Jack Leckner
Public Works
Leckner
Doug Ward
Commission
Ed Eitzman
Pinewood
Farmin School
Ward
Women on flag duties shift road work dynamics on bridge
An article notes seven of twenty two flagpersons on Sand Point Long Bridge are women. They earn equal pay, face comments, and sometimes influence co workers' behavior. Supervisors say women may handle flag work better, and drivers adapt with mixed reactions. The piece questions whether signs should read Persons at Work instead of Men at Work.
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Stephen Allen
Bee
Hawaii
Sandpoint Long Bridge
Long Bridge
Leroy Huston
Spokane
Kay Boyland
Maureen Snider
Sharon Nyreen
Lynwood
Wash
Kelly Gissel
Sandpoint
Judy Hawk
Laurie
Donna Butler
Seattle
Sign Stolen From Hole-in-the-Wall Pizza Front
Stan Klassert owner of Hole-in-the-Wall Pizza in Sandpoint reported a sign theft to police. A four by four foot sign attached to cedar posts sunk three feet was taken along with one post, with property value estimated at forty dollars.
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Stan Klassert
Sandpoint
Subdivision Tabled At P Z Meeting
Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission tabled indefinitely a 121 acre subdivision south of Prest Lake near Chase Lake proposed by Tucker Engineering and owned by John Phillips. Other items included several conditional use permits and one 17 parcel subdivision near Sandpoint with final action by county commissioners.
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Bonner County
Tucker Engineering
Sandpoint
Highway 95
Charles A Finney
Pinecrest Cemetery
Elmer Schenck
Baldy Road
Paul Siem
George Cunningham
Frank Stangel
Highwy
Percheron Inn Corp
Priest River
Dan Laux
Planning and Zoning Commission
Newport Crash Kills Two Men
Two Spokane men died when their vehicles collided head on on Highway 200 one mile south of Newport Washington. Ronald E Brisboy 28 and George Hawkins 66 per Washington State Patrol. Passenger Charles Ray Smith 28 of Spokane in Brisboys pickup was in serious condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center with chest injuries possible internal injuries multiple bruises and head cuts.
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Spokane
Newport
Washington State Patrol
Ronald E Brisboy
George Hawkins
Brsboy
Charles Ray Smith
Sacred Heart Medial Center
Brisboy
Hawkins
Pat Boone to Headline Idaho GOP Fundraiser in Coeur d'Alene
Pat Boone will headline a fundraising show next week in the North Idaho College gymnasium Coeur d Alene featuring Congressmen Steve Symms and James McClure. The 7 pm event benefits the Idaho Republican State Central Committee with ticket proceeds sought from precinct officials and party members.
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Steve Symms
James McClure
Pat Boone
Idaho First District
North Idaho College
Nasium
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho Republican State Central Committee
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Larry Sterling
Sterling
First District Court
Dar Cogswell
Brian Moe Bee
Sandpoint’s Planning and Zoning Commission
Preapitaton
W& Vwlc Vty
P&z
Coburn
Paul Cozort
Boyer Slough
Kootenai
Colburn Road
Sterling Rink
Merritt Bros
Pnest River
Oldtown
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