Mayor Les Brown Dies of Heart Attack in Sandpoint
Sandpoint mayor Les Brown died around 9 30 this morning from an apparent heart attack while at his Colburn shake mill. He collapsed at the mill and was pronounced dead on arrival at Bonner General Hospital. He served on the City Council from 1964 and as mayor since 1972 with a 1973 election term to 1977. He is survived by wife Karen and three sons Eddie, Bob, and Tom.
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Sandpoint
Les Brown
Colburn
Brown
Bonner General Hospital
Karen
Eddie
Bob
Tom
NORML Idaho seeks funds for Kincaid defense in marijuana case
Idaho NORML asks donors to support Brian Kincaid in his appeal after a nine month jail sentence for marijuana possession. A fundraising meeting is set for 7 p.m. tomorrow at the University of Idaho in Moscow to back his defense with target around $2,000 for the Idaho appeal and $600 by October 6. Checks can be sent to NORML Moscow or donations via a benefit concert by Brian Davis.
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Idaho
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
University of Idaho Student Union
Moscow
Brian Kincaid
Kincaid
Latah
Brian
Jim Calvert
U.S
NORML
Calvert
Idaho Supreme Court
US Supreme
Oregon
Alaska
California
Colorado
Maine
Minnesota
Ohio
South Dakota
West
False flood alarm in Teton Valley stirs Rexburg residents
In Rexburg Idaho a false dike break alarm near the Teton Dam prompted sheriff Ford Smith to warn several hundred families about rising water. The event followed a prior dam collapse on June 5 that killed 11 and caused $1 billion in damage as authorities scrambled to reassure residents and monitor river flow.
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Rexburg
Idaho
Smith
Panhandle Water Plan draft prompts public hearings across six Idaho cities
Idaho Department of Water Resources prepares a Panhandle plan coordinating planning construction and operation of water across five northern counties. Public meetings in Coeur d Alene Kellogg St Maries Sandpoint Priest River Bonners Ferry review a draft report and hear statements on the plan's strategy, scope and implementation timetable.
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Mike Dalen
Idaho
State Department of Water Resources
Panhandle
Coeur d’ Alene
Water Department
Kellogg
St. Maries
Sandpoint
Priest River
Bonners Ferry
Water Resource Board
Kootenai Valley
Arrested man Kerry Carpenter escapes from Sandpoint officers
Police seek 22 year old Westmond man Kerry Carpenter who bolted from Bonner County Sheriff's Office during questioning about a robbery of $70 and a wrist watch from Joseph Pagenburg. Authorities believe Carpenter may use an alias and be wanted in Texas on burglary charges. In a separate case Leo Adkins, 23, was jailed for carrying a concealed weapon and discharging a firearm outside a downtown tavern.
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Westmond
Bonner County
Sandpoint
Kerry Carpenter
Chuck Schoonover
Steve Feldhausen
Carpenter
Joseph Peter Pagenburg
Schoonover
Feldhausen
Pagenburg
Roger Hanlon
Court House
Larry Serling
Texas
Sterling
Priest River
Leo E Adkins
Adkins
Boy Paralyzed By Stray Bullet In Nampa Park Incident
Six year old Richard E Foreman Jr was permanently paralyzed after a stray bullet struck him on a Nampa park merry go round. Doctors say the slug lodged in his spinal cord and was not removed. Local police suspect a small caliber bullet fired within city limits with no identified shooter.
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Nampa, Idaho
UPI
Nampa Park
Richard E. Foreman Jr
Nampa
St Alphonsus Hospital
Boise
L. Ashcraft
Ground
Dennis Crandall
Crandall
Wanda Crandall
Mercy Medical Center
Caldwell Memorial Hospital
Crandalls
St. al
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