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Kootenai sheriff may drop Boy Scouts charter - Sun, 26 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 07:00
Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger says he’s compelled to drop the department’s Boy Scouts of America charter after the organization opened its ranks to gay Scouts. Wolfinger said the organization is promoting a lifestyle that’s against Idaho law. The sheriff said he sent a copy of the state law banning sodomy to the Inland Northwest Council of Boy Scouts, according to a Coeur d’Alene Press report.

Eye on Boise: Crapo addresses losing campaign funds - Sun, 26 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 07:00
BOISE – Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is defending his former campaign manager who lost $250,000 in campaign funds in a risky investment, while also calling the incident “discouraging” and “distressing.” Crapo’s then-campaign manager, Jake Ball, loaned $250,000 in campaign funds in 2008 to a longtime friend’s now-defunct investment company, Blueberry Guru LLC, which invested it into real estate ventures in Nevada and California that promised a quick profit. Instead, the money disappeared.

Woman dies after falling into a hole near Copper Creek - Sat, 25 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Sun, 05/26/2013 - 04:27
A woman in her late 30s apparently drowned after falling in a hole near Copper Creek in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest on Saturday afternoon, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department reported.

Cheaper state parks passports selling in Idaho - Fri, 24 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 07:00
BOISE – Idaho has sold more than $500,000 of new, lower-priced state parks passports in the first six months of the program, giving parks officials hope that the program will take off big and help fund the park system. “The process is a little more complicated, but I think Idahoans have been so receptive,” said Jennifer Okerlund, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation spokeswoman. “I think sales are on track.”

Stormwater work to close downtown Coeur d'Alene streets - Thu, 23 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:58
A major intersection in downtown Coeur d’Alene will be closed to traffic for about three weeks beginning Monday night for a stormwater construction project.

Idahoans snap up cheap parks passes - Thu, 23 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:47
Idaho's sold more than $500,000 worth of its new $10 state parks passports in the first six months of the program, and state parks officials have high hopes the low-priced passes tied to Idahoans' vehicle registrations will take off big and help fund the park system.

Vandals damage dozens of classic cars near Coeur d’Alene - Thu, 23 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:00
Don Martin surveyed the damage and could only shake his head in disgust. Late one afternoon last week, he heard what he thought were gunshots on his rural property near Coeur d’Alene.

Idaho records - Thu, 23 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:00
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Idaho State University fined for breach - Thu, 23 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:00
BOISE – Idaho State University is paying $400,000 to the federal government to settle allegations it improperly exposed confidential medical records. In August 2011, ISU told the U.S. Department of ...

World War II veteran finally gets his diploma - Thu, 23 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:00
BOISE – World history conspired to keep George Jones from getting his high school diploma. Bailey Jo Bartlome and other Kuna High seniors conspired to make sure he got it.

Big cat attacks, kills dogs in fenced Boise back yards - Wed, 22 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 23:35
Three next-door neighbors in east Boise have had their small dogs attacked by a mountain lion in their fenced back yards in the past two weeks, and two of the dogs have died.

Priest Lake cabin owners can request new appraisals - Wed, 22 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 07:00
BOISE – Priest Lake cabin owners who object to skyrocketing appraisals on the state-owned land under their lake homes can request new appraisals, the state Land Board decided Tuesday. If they object to those, they can appeal. The catch: Once the new values are set, the leases for the cabin sites again would be offered up for potential bids from others. And for owners who are already part of pending land exchanges with the state so they can gain ownership of the land under their cabins, new appraisals might not be ready in time.

GOP candidates lose key races in Coeur d'Alene - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 05:18
Candidates backed by a group of Republican activists were defeated Tuesday night in unusually lively races for the nonpartisan Coeur d’Alene School Board and Kootenai Hospital District board.

CdA police: Bottles in parking lot intended as explosive - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 03:05
Suspicious bottles found Tuesday morning in a Coeur d’Alene parking lot were intended to be an explosive, police say.

Woman killed in crash near Priest River - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 01:00
A 19-year-old Oldtown woman died early Tuesday in a head-on collision on Highway 41 south of Priest River.

Winds gusting with arrival of cold front - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Tue, 05/21/2013 - 23:22
The National Weather Service is warning about gusty winds out of the west and southwest to 40 mph through about 6 p.m.

Priest Lake cabin owners can get new appraisals - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Tue, 05/21/2013 - 20:52
Priest Lake cabin owners who object to new Idaho appraisals that showed the state-owned land under their lake homes ballooning in value this year by an average 84 percent can request new appraisals, the state Land Board decided today, and if they object to the new values, they can appeal. The catch: Once the new values are set, the leases for the cabin sites again would be offered up for potential conflict bids from others.

She took the money and ran: Woman left Idaho after lottery win - Sun, 19 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Sun, 05/19/2013 - 07:00
Holly Lahti won one of the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history then seemed to disappear from the face of the Earth. She actually moved to the California coast. Lahti, ...

Groups want sheep station shut down - Sun, 19 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Sun, 05/19/2013 - 07:00
BOISE – Four environmental groups are asking a federal judge to order the temporary shutdown of a sheep research station on the Idaho-Montana border that they say is harming the region’s grizzly bear population. The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Boise against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contends the Sheep Experiment Station is operating under a biological opinion that states no known grizzly bear deaths have occurred in the recent past near the station.

Judge mandates joint talks on lynx - Sun, 19 May 2013 PST

thefirearmblog - Sun, 05/19/2013 - 07:00
BILLINGS – A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to consult with wildlife officials to ensure the agency takes adequate measures to protect Canada lynx in portions of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen said in Thursday’s order that the Forest Service violated federal regulations by not revising its management plans for 11 national forests to take lynx habitat into consideration.

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