3+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) Deneice Hastings chats with Chief of Police Michael Morlan at Spirit Lake's first "Coffee With the Chief." David Bernauer SPIRIT LAKE — Residents got a new opportunity to speak directly with local law enforcement this week during Spirit Lake’s first Coffee…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) WALLACE — The Shoshone County Sheriff's Office is investigating a swatting incident reported Wednesday evening. Swatting is the act of making a false report of a serious emergency to trigger a large law enforcement response, often involving a SWAT team, to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (789+ words) A Eureka man is accused of animal cruelty and neglect following an investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Ilya Petrovich Kovalenko, 41, faces dozens of counts, including several felonies, of failing to properly feed, house and care for more than…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) A column of smoke from the Cherry Peak Fire is visible from the area of the Thompson Falls airport on the afternoon of Aug. 18. (Courtesy InciWeb) Smoke was first spotted rising above Cherry Peak just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday. An initial…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (121+ words) POST FALLS — A standoff with a wanted man in Post Falls ended peacefully Wednesday night. A press release said police officers and detectives were conducting surveillance on Curtis Moreland, 42, who had a felony warrant for robbery and grand theft in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (357+ words) Kootenai National Forest officials recently signed off on the Getner Salvage Project. It's the second that will target blowdown from the storms last winter in Lincoln County. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News) The Kootenai National Forest recently approved another blowdown…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (508+ words) Linda Rohlinger and her son Kyle give away free books to children outside the Cd'A Boys and Girls Club through Books for Tots. AUDREY HERRIN/Press As children left the Coeur d’Alene Boys and Girls Club on Friday afternoon, they…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (375+ words) HOPE —A Kootenai County man is alive, thanks to a borrowed life jacket, after running into large waves and high winds on Lake Pend Oreille late last week. Bonner County Sheriff’s Office officials emphasized the importance of water safety equipment…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) MULLAN — A 38-year-old Mullan man was arrested Friday and charged with enticement of a child through the use of the internet or other communication device after investigators alleged he engaged in sexually explicit communications with someone he believed was a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (980+ words) Aleisha Rust holds a handful of huckleberries outside Mama B’s Jubilee in Bigfork on Tuesday, Aug. 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Tom Corl has “high hopes for high up hucks” as the season for the region’s most famous…...