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Fire destroys Hayden Lake home
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (585+ words) Northern Lakes Fire District firefighters spray water on a Hayden Lake home that was destroyed in a fire Friday evening. BILL BULEY/Press A firefighter sprays down the hillside above Waverly Loop where a Hayden Lake home was destroyed in…...
Three sentenced for deer "poaching spree
4+ day, 28+ min ago (448+ words) Three St. Maries residents have been sentenced for their roles in a 2024 "poaching spree" that included the killing of seven deer, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Lucas B. Mitchell and William D. Clark were charged last year with…...
Former Troy contractor sentenced in fraud scheme
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1855+ words) Michael Alan Hubbard appeared Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Lincoln County District Court. (Paul Sievers/The Western News) The families bilked out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a local contractor spoke of the ensuing affects they suffered at his June…...
Troy woman gets suspended sentence for stabbing husband
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (101+ words) Hagadone News Network Troy woman gets suspended sentence for stabbing husband SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 23 minutes AGO Mikealla Leeann Newton appeared April 13, 2026, in Lincoln County District Court. (Paul Sievers/The Western News) A Troy woman accused of stabbing…...
Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it's not a crime for marijuana users to have guns
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (621+ words) The justices decided unanimously in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who regularly uses illegal drugs violates the Second Amendment. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that his opinion narrowly limits…...
Former Idahoan sentenced for fraud scheme participation
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (249+ words) COEUR d'ALENE " A former Idaho resident who was named as a money mule in a fraud scheme was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. " Susan White, a. k. a. Susan Milne, was sentenced for participating in a fraud scheme…...
Shoshone County jail bookings
5+ day, 33+ min ago (40+ words) Hagadone News Network Shoshone County jail bookings Shoshone News-Press | UPDATED 3 hours, 54 minutes AGO Shoshone County Sheriff's Office logo Arlen Christopher Cook, 55, of Kellogg, was arrested and booked for failure to appear....
'A story of greed and vengeance': Lawrence sentenced to 50 years for Ed Loder's murder
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1150+ words) Greg Loder reads from his family's statement during last Friday's District Court hearing, appealing for a tougher sentence for James Lawrence, the man who admitted murdering his father, Ed Loder, a popular Ronan resident and grandfather of seven. (Kristi Niemeyer…...
Firefighters reflect on loss, healing a year after ambush; memorial set on June 29
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (549+ words) Coeur d'Alene Fire Chief John Fugitt and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Pete Holley spoke Thursday about the upcoming memorial for fallen firefighters John Morrison and Frank Harwood. CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press Kootenai County Fire and Rescue trucks now…...
Evacuation orders lifted as Gold Run Fire holds at 235 acres
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (588+ words) Evacuations orders have been lifted for residents of Elizabeth Park and Big Creek, who have had to stare at these road closed signs for the past two days as firefighter battled the Gold Run Fire burning on the hillsides to…...