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Judge rules extended traffic stop violated rights

Submitted by KXLY Web Staff
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, 9:56am

A northern Idaho judge has ruled that evidence supporting meth and marijuana drug charges against a Ponderay woman can't be used because a police traffic stop turned into a 28-minute interrogation that violated Idaho case law and the U.S. Constitution.

The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that 1st District Judge Barbara Buchanan in April ruled the traffic stop in October was lawful but that the continued detention of Doris Nepa Hays was unconstitutionally extended.

Buchanan ruled that during that time Hays made incriminating statements without first being advised of her constitutional rights.

Buchanan also ruled that Hays' confession was more the result of coercion than free will.

Prosecutors are appealing Buchanan's decision to the Idaho Supreme Court.

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Authorities rescue boaters from Lake Pend Oreille

Submitted by Robyn Nance, Good Morning Northwest Anchor
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 10:51am
Authorities rescue boaters from Lake Pend Oreille

A canoe outing didn't end up as planned. It ended with authorities rescuing two people and a dog from Lake Pend Oreille. Their canoe capsized is the frigid water.

Bonner County Sheriff's Lt. Ror Lakewold says a third person managed to swim to shore while the two others clung to U.S. Highway 95 bridge pilings.

Lakewold says a cyclist saw or heard the boaters Sunday afternoon and called police.

Authorities say high winds caused the canoe to capsize. The boaters, who were not identified, were wearing life jackets.

The Bonner County Daily Bee reports they were taken to the hospital and checked for hypothermia. They were later released.

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Girl Scouts asking for support during Idaho Gives

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Monday, April 29th, 4:49 pm
Girl Scouts asking for support during Idaho Gives

Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho is hoping the region will jump on board and donate during the first ever Idaho Gives campaign.

 

Idaho Gives is a 24 hour giving campaign sponsored by the Idaho Nonprofit Center. The event gives donors the opportunity to give to any of the 531 participating non profits across Idaho. For every $10 donation made groups will be entered to win a Golden Ticket prize. The more donors that GSEWNI gets, the more chances they have to win prize money.

 

Groups have also been divided by size into three separate scoreboards. Each scoreboard carries an additional $5,000 worth of prize money that will be divided between the top five money raisers at the end of the day. Idaho Gives also features an Everybody Wins Award, this award takes a general pool of money and divides it by the percentage if the total raised. For example, if Girl Scouts raises one percent of the total for the entire campaign, then they receive one percent of the Everybody Wins Award.

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National Drug Take Back Day

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Friday, April 26th, 1:01 pm
National Drug Take Back Day

On Saturday, April 27th, police departments across the region will be hosting drug collections as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's fifth National Drug Take Back Day.

 

The DEA has collected over 1,000 tons of unused and expired prescription drugs over the last three years. The take back day was started to get the public more involved in the prevention of prescription drug abuse.

 

Unused prescription drugs in homes are considered a public health and safety concern by the DEA. According to the DEA this is because the drugs are “highly susceptible to accidental ingestion, diversion, misuse and abuse”.

 

A survey done by the DEA found that the majority of abuses get their prescription drugs through friends and family. Often times it's as simple as raiding the medicine cabinet. Americans currently abuse more prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined.

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Leap of faith for four little geese

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, April 25th, 12:43 pm

Spring is in the air in more ways than one. Yesterday morning four goslings took their first leap from the nest.

 

The gosling eggs were laid in the osprey nest at Memorial Field. The osprey cam caught the mother goose laying her first egg on March 19th. She then returned over multiple days until she had laid an entire clutch. The goslings hatched live on osprey cam on Monday, April 22nd.

 

Yesterday morning the little geese bravely followed their parents and made the 100 foot drop off the nesting landing. Unfortunately, as they made their way to water, they were attacked by another male goose and one little gosling didn't survive. It was, however, recovered and given a proper burial by a lady who lives near the field.

 

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Tuition increases coming to Idaho public universities

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, April 18th, 11:05 am
Tuition increases coming to Idaho public universities

The cost of public universities in Idaho is about to go up. Yesterday, the state Board of Education voted to increase tuition by up to 6.9 percent.

Boise State University will see the 6.9 percent hike which would up annual tuition by about $400. Tuition at University of Idaho, Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College would see an increase of four to five percent. This would raise tuition at those schools by about $300 a year. 

University officials say the increase in tuition will help fund scholarships and faculty benefits.

 

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Go fly a kite, in Hayden

Submitted by Brian Neale, Producer
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 11:16am
Go fly a kite, in Hayden

The city of Hayden is hoping you'll go fly a kite.

The annual Hayden Kite Festival is scheduled for Saturday, April 27th. Kite fliers will compete in Best of Show, High Flyer and Best Homemade kite.

The festival will take place at Broadmoore Park from 12:00p.m. – 2:30p.m. The festival is free and open to all ages.

For more information, please call 209-1080 or visit www.cityofhaydenid.us or www.haydenchamber.org.

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