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IDAHO-PRISONS AUDIT
Report: Idaho could save money by building state prison
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State auditors say Idaho's prisons are overcrowded and dilapidated, the inmate population is rapidly growing and taxpayers could save millions by building a new prison. The findings came from the Office of Performance Evaluation's report on managing the state's correctional capacity. The report found that the Idaho Department of Correction could save as much as $17 per inmate, per day by building a state-run minimum security prison in Idaho. Idaho currently has more than 9,400 inmates, but only enough prison beds to house about 6.970 of them. That means thousands of inmates are shipped out of state to privately run prisons or housed in already crowded county jails.
BC-ID-DRONE RESTRICTIONS
Legislation adds additional restrictions for drones in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Restrictions on using drones for surveillance on individuals and private property would be increased under proposed legislation. The House Transportation and Defense Committee on Tuesday voted to clear the way for a hearing on the measure put forward by Republican Rep. Doug Ricks. The new legislation adds commercial and industrial property to agricultural areas where drones wouldn't be allowed without permission. The legislation allows law enforcement agencies and fire departments to use drones without a warrant for such things as traffic management with large crowds and to assess damage following a natural disaster. There's also an exception for utility companies checking their equipment.
WOLF POPULATION-IDAHO
Idaho agency wants to spend $408,000 a year to count wolves
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State wildlife officials are requesting authorization to spend $408,000 to count wolves that will become part of an annual expense going forward. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Ed Schriever told the Legislature's budget-setting committee Tuesday that knowing whether wolf numbers are increasing or decreasing is needed to make management decisions. The agency last week made its first wolf population estimate since 2015. It said there are 1,000 wolves in Idaho based on information from 600 cameras scattered around the state. Some lawmakers voiced concern about spending that much money to count wolves. The committee won't start setting budgets for several more weeks.
AP-US-MISSING-WOMAN-COLORADO
Woman who helped man who killed his fiancee gets 3 years
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A woman who was having an affair with a Colorado man and helped him after he beat his fiancee to death has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports 33-year-old Krystal Lee was sentenced Tuesday after admitting she cleaned up the bloody crime scene after Patrick Frazee killed Kelsey Berreth. The killing happened in Berreth's townhome in Woodland Park in November 2018. She also told investigators she took Berreth's phone to Idaho at Frazee's request to make it look like Berreth had left the state. Frazee is serving life in prison for first-degree murder.
VACATION RENTAL-CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Carbon monoxide leak at vacation rental sends 25 to hospital
DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say 25 people were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a vacation rental home in an Idaho mountain town. Donnelly Rural Fire Protection Chief Juan Bonilla says firefighters were called to the vacation home in Donnelly about 6:30 a.m. Monday, where they found the occupants complaining of headaches and nausea. All 25 residents were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, and 21 were released later that day. St. Luke's Hospital spokeswoman Laura Crawford says two adults and two kids were transferred to a Boise-area hospital for specialized treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. Bonilla says it's not yet known what caused the carbon monoxide leak, though the home has a propane heating element.
GONZAGA PRESIDENT-OBIT
Gonzaga's longest serving president, Bernard Coughlin, dies
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The longest serving president in the history of Gonzaga University has died.The Rev. Bernard J. Coughlin, who is credited with saving the Spokane, Washington, institution from financial collapse during his tenure, died Tuesday at 97.The school announced that Coughlin arrived at Gonzaga in 1974, when the university was in deep financial trouble, and served as president until 1996. The school said Coughlin set the stage for the rise of the basketball program, which burst onto the national stage in 1999 with its first Elite Eight appearance.
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