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Dorion alleges he was injured while in jail
Nez Perce County's former sheriff Jim Dorion has filed a notice of tort claim for $500,000 against his former employer, alleging he suffered injuries while in Idaho jails. The claim does not specify how Dorion was injured after being taken into Nez Perce County Jail custody Aug 10, nor when ...
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Bound for Portland
A Tidewater barge and tug make their way to Portland, Ore., after picking up a barge loaded with 100,000 bushels of wheat Monday afternoon. The trip from the Lewis-Clark Grain Terminal to Portland will take three days to deliver the nearly half-million dollars worth of wheat. ...
Town hall meeting to discuss new high school
The Lewiston School Board supports a recommendation to build a new high school and run a bond to fund it. But before any formal decision is made, board members want the community to weigh in at a town hall meeting. At a meeting Monday night, Chairman Dan Rudolph said the ...
Several pieces of legislation aim at Idaho economy
BOISE - Tax credits, tax breaks, easing limitations on public debt and changing the commercial lease requirements on state lands are some of the bills proposed this session regarding economic development and job creation. Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, is generating some interest with his green energy bill. In 2008, Anderson ...
Clarkston council supports community garden project
After several months of pruning a proposal for a community garden in Clarkston, city councilors approved its development in the port area Monday. The issue was tabled in January so an agreement between the city and the nonprofit garden committee spearheading the campaign could be clarified. Concerns had been raised ...
Lewiston council helps skate park
Fundraisers for a new skateboard park near Snake River Avenue have about $53,000 left to raise to complete the match for a $193,000 grant. The Lewiston City Council agreed Monday night to front the money while fundraising continues. Skate park supporters already have $27,000, Lewiston Parks and Recreation Director Lynn ...
Transportation task force gets study update
BOISE - A $200,000 study that could help Idaho allocate highway maintenance costs to different categories of users is scheduled for completion this summer. The study, which began in December, should help determine whether passenger-car owners and heavy-truck drivers are paying their fair share of highway maintenance costs, according to Patrick ...
Happenings 2/9
A quick look at what's going on in our region: WSU faculty memberswill give readings Washington State University creative writing faculty members Peter Chilson, Chris Arigo, Linda Russo and Andrea Mason will perform readings at 7 TONIGHT in Room 203 of the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education in Pullman. UI ...
Records 2/8
Of Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 Divorces Nez Perce County Granted Cynthia J. Parker Sweeney and Terrance Sweeney. Dissolutions Asotin County Filed Vanessa L. Denham against James D. Denham. Granted Kimberly Newlands and Wade Newlands. Traffic Accidents A Juliaetta man is alleged to have hit a power pole at about 2 p.m. ...
Educational trailblazers
KAMIAH - What started as a book of teachers' memories has turned into a major history project. The Upper Clearwater River Retired Teachers Association has been placing signs at old school sites and they may print an updated version of "Pioneer Schools of Idaho County," which was published in 2004. ...
Idaho Legislature briefs
Senate backs bill to kill tax check-off BOISE - A three-decade-old provision that's allowed Idaho residents to chip in a buck of their taxes to their favorite political party is a step closer to falling victim to a tough economy. The Idaho Senate Monday voted unanimously to dump the check-off box ...
BPA expects $6M revenue loss from dry weather
PORTLAND, Ore. - The winter forecast for the Bonneville Power Administration is for light snow and possibly even lighter revenue. The federal power marketing agency on Monday cut its revenue forecast for the fiscal year by about $240 million - from nearly $232 million in net revenue by the end of ...
Henpecked men a favorite theme of Super Bowl ads
NEW YORK - So you're a guy? Poor you! You get slapped on your bottom at birth, then spend the rest of your life being shoved around by wives and girlfriends who make you mow the lawn, listen to their friends, return their phone calls, eat fruit at breakfast, shop ...
Clarkston nurse's license suspended following narcotics possession case
A Clarkston nurse who pleaded guilty last year to possessing narcotics she allegedly stole while working at a Colfax boarding home has had her nursing license suspended. Lisa A. Nixon, 46, was arrested in June on charges of selling methamphetamine and prescription drugs. She allegedly acquired prescription drugs through patients while ...
Reubens could switch to mail-only voting
NEZPERCE - The Lewis County Commissioners are expected to approve next week moving the Reubens precinct to a mail-only ballot precinct. The deadline for public comment on the measure ended Monday. Lewis County Clerk Cathy Larson said she has received no negative reaction from the proposal, and in conversations the commissioners ...
Underpass project will affect traffic on Snake River Avenue this summer
Traffic will be limited to a single lane when construction of a pedestrian underpass starts on Snake River Avenue this summer. The underpass will be south of the on-ramp to Bryden Canyon Road and Southway Bridge and north of KOZE radio station, Douglas R. Moore, head of the Nez Perce County ...
Annual Styling Women event is Wednesday
The Tri-State Hospital Foundation will present its second annual Styling Women event Wednesday at the Quality Inn in Clarkston. The event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. in the hotel's Mahogany Room. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit the foundation. The guest speaker will be ...
Attempted assault report still unsolved
Lewiston police are continuing to investigate an alleged attempted sexual assault of a woman in downtown Lewiston last week. The woman told investigators she was walking in a parking lot on the 1000 block of Main Street at about 4:30 p.m. Friday when she was accosted by three men. Police said ...
Group sues to force decision on pygmy rabbits
SPOKANE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service improperly failed to make a decision about protecting the rare pygmy rabbit in eight Western states, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court by an environmental group. Western Watersheds Project's lawsuit, which was filed last week, wants the agency to make a ...
Storm water ordinance approval draws protests
ASOTIN - Asotin County commissioners approved a storm water construction ordinance Monday amid protests from residents who claim the ordinance sets standards above what Washington state requires. The ordinance addresses different levels of construction projects and what guidelines must be followed for compliance with the regional storm water program in the ...
Idaho eyes California egg industry
BOISE - Idaho is among several states watching to see if a California animal cruelty law drives flocks of big egg farms there to fly the coop. California voters in 2008 approved Proposition 2, banning cramped cages for laying hens by 2015. Neither Idaho nor Nevada, where officials are aggressively courting ...
Boeing's 747-8 completes first flight
EVERETT, Wash. - Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter - the biggest plane the company has ever built - successfully completed its first flight Monday, a year later than originally planned. The huge plane took off from Everett's Paine Field shortly after noon and returned to Paine at 4:18 p.m. after an ...
Two teens are sentenced for roles in Clarkston robberies
ASOTIN - Two juveniles were sentenced Monday for their involvement in two December robberies in Clarkston. Mark A. Penny, 16, pleaded guilty in January to charges of second-degree robbery and second-degree assault for the Dec. 28 robbery of Douglas D. Young, 52, at his mobile home in the Sonary Crest park ...
Clarkston woman pulled from smoke-filled house
Some alert passersby pulled a Clarkston woman from a smoke-filled house Monday night, possibly saving her life. Firefighters from the Asotin County No. 1 Fire District were called to a report of smoke coming from a house at the corner of Libby and Boston streets around 8:30 p.m., according to Asotin ...
Correction
God's Mountain Movers will play host to a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lewiston Community Center, where a presentation will be made explaining why the United States is a Christian nation. The wrong date was published in Sunday's Lewiston Tribune because of a Tribune error. ...
On this date 2/9
Stories published in the Lewiston Tribune on ... Feb. 9, 1970 WASHINGTON - The withdrawal of troops from Vietnam is causing a housing pinch at some U.S. military bases and making it tough for returning servicemen to live with their families. --- WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee staff proposed Sunday ...
Lewiston council seat applicants now total five
A Lewis-Clark State College professor has applied for appointment to the Lewiston City Council, bringing the total to five with another week to go for applications to be submitted. Michael G. Collins is a 13-year resident of Lewiston who also coaches track and cross country at the college. He joins John ...
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