News Digest:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:25 AM PDT
GOOD AFTERNOON
IDAHO
Nez Perce County
leaders name new
sheriff
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Nez Perce County has a new sheriff.
County commissioners appointed Dale Buttrey to the post Monday. Buttrey replaces Jim Dorion, who was placed on medical leave in May. Earlier this month, the commission declared the post vacant after failing to reach Dorion several times.
Buttrey, a sheriff department officer since 1987, was the top pick of the county’s Democratic Central Committee to replace Dorion.
Plans off for $3 million remodel of Idaho guv’s place
BOISE (AP) — For now, a $3 million remodel of Idaho’s would-be governor’s mansion perched atop a giant north Boise lawn has been called off.
Instead, the state is spending $250,000 from roughly $475,000 in private donations to paint, remodel and buy furniture from R.C. Willey Home Furnishings so the place can be at least used for receptions and other events. Billionaire J.R. Simplot, who donated the 7,400-square-foot house to Idaho in 2004, died in May.
OREGON
Klamath County
reinvestigates murder cases
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — The Klamath County district attorney’s office says the county major crime team has begun a ‘‘cold case’’ review of six unsolved homicides dating back 40 years. Klamath County Chief Deputy District Attorney David Groff says the books are never closed on an unsolved murder. Groff said the review is an effort to bring fresh ideas, new techniques and recent leads to light.
Gresham names new chief of police
GRESHAM (AP) — A police captain from Huntington Beach, Calif., has been selected to be Gresham’s new police chief. Craig Junginger is expected to join the Gresham Police Department in December. City Manager Erik Kvarsten says Junginger was selected from a nationwide search. The Gresham Police Department says he has served in Huntington Beach since 1985.
