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Organizers of Bloomsday say they won’t let terrorists keep the community from something that many look forward to every year.

Five-year-old Chloe will be in a cast for two months. Her owner, Angela Jeffrey, is a disabled veteran. She’s afraid she’ll never get back her service dog.

“It’s nothing new in this neighborhood. Everyone tries to say they’re fire crackers, but they’re not,” neighbor Cindy Champagne said.

GET is a savings plan that helps parents start saving for college when their children are little.

A local plant sits not far from elementary school and Tekoa High School, where Principal Dan Hutton is also a volunteer firefighter. Hutton says the threat of a massive explosion like that in Texas is highly unlikely in Whitman County.

Officials say because this is a viral infection, rather than bacterial, the case poses little risk to others.

Major Crimes detectives arrested Tvar L. Jackson, 33, Barry J. Gardner, 34, and Israel L. Jones, 34, charged them with witness tampering in the John Castro’s trial.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says Kinkade lost control of his car and struck a concrete irrigation ditch.

Chris Cornell from Soundgarden will present Heart for induction. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains will perform at the event with Heart. Usher will perform for Jones.

Northern Idaho authorities say an 8-year-old Lapwai boy has died after being shot in the chest on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.

One person was treated at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Fire investigators said the fire appears to be arson.

Day one of testimony opened with accusations of threats from both the victim’s and Castro’s camps. Castro’s friends say they’ve received threats since the shooting happened, including on Wednesday.

The homeowner put that man in a headlock. The couple who lives in the home says they weren’t about to stand by and let the suspected thief get away easily.

He spent several days in critical condition, but was recently upgraded to serious.

The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that prosecutors in an updated charging document filed late last month contend that 27-year-old Jeremy Keith Swanson meant to inflict extreme and prolonged pain on his wife.

Police stopped Brian Douglas Sheldon, 39, after a pursuit through Kootenai County Friday. They say he’s behind robberies at Wells Fargo on North Market, Wells Fargo in Spokane Valley and two at the Bank of Fairfield in Rockford.

Murphy is now charged with second-degree possession of child pornography. Court documents say the content showed minors engaging in sexual activity.

The coroner says died in their sleep from carbon monoxide created from a slow burning fire then seeped into the house.

First District Judge Barbara Buchanan sentenced 20-year-old Austin Blake Thrasher of Cocolalla Tuesday.