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Posted on: February 25, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff Warns Public of Recent Telephone Scam

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Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The callers ...

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Posted on: February 25, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff Warns Public of Recent Telephone Scam

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Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The callers ...

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Posted on: September 20, 2023

SAVE THE DATE: Sheriff Norris to Host Coffee with the Sheriff

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Harrison, Idaho: Sheriff Robert B. Norris welcomes members of the Harrison community to attend KCSO’s “Coffee with the Sheriff” event October 19, 2023 at 10:00am located at the Harrison Community Ambulance Center. Th...

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Posted on: September 18, 2023

Coeur d’Alene Man Drowns in Lake Coeur d’ Alene

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation.  Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

Kootenai County, Idaho – On September 16th, 2023, ...

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Posted on: August 31, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit Conducts Traffic Emphasis

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Between March and August of 2023, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit has investigated nine fatal collisions. Between 2019 and 2022, the KCSO Traffic unit investigated eight fatal collisions. This equates to a 450% increase over th...

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Posted on: August 9, 2023

Coeur d'Alene Driver's License Office Closure

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Starting on August 18th, 2023, the Driver’s License Office located in Coeur d’Alene will be closed on Friday of each week for the near future.  The closure is due to current staffing shortages at that location.  The P...

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Posted on: July 29, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Traffic Unit Responds to Major Injury Traffic Collision

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On 7/27/23 at approximately 0910 hours, the Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received a call of a vehicle collision between a van and a John Deere Tractor near the intersection of N Meyer Road and Emmanual Avenue. KCSO Deputies along with members o...

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Posted on: July 26, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Traffic Unit Responds to Major Injury Vehicle Collision

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On 7/26/23 at approximately 0730 hours, the Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received a call of a vehicle collision between a semi-truck and small passenger car at the intersection of W. Hayden Avenue and N. Meyer Road. KCSO Deputies along with mem...

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Posted on: July 17, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Traffic Unit Responds to Fatal Vehicle Collision

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On 7/16/2023 at approximately 4:44 p.m., The Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received multiple 911 calls regarding an injury collision near the intersection of Hayden Avenue and Greensferry Road. Initial reports indicated a motorcycle struck a pic...

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Posted on: July 10, 2023

ABLE 1 Helicopter Assists in Locating Forest Fire

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Kootenai County, Idaho –On July 5th, 2023, at around 3:15 PM, Central Dispatch aired a smoke check to local fire units in the area east of Hayden Lake in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest.  At the time, the Kootenai County Reg...

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Posted on: July 3, 2023

Spokane Valley Man Drowns In Spokane River

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation.  Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho:  In the afternoon...

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Posted on: June 22, 2023

Traffic Stop Results in Arrest of Juvenile and Seizure of Multiple Controlled Substances

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation.  Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

Post Falls, Idaho- In the early morning hours of 06...

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Posted on: June 21, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Shooting Suspect

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation.  Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

On 06/20/2023 at approximately 1840 hours, multiple Kootenai...

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Posted on: June 13, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Sex Offender

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation.  Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

On June 10th, 2023 at approximately 9:45 pm, Deputies with t...

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Posted on: May 23, 2023

Suspicious Vehicle Contact Results in Seizure of Methamphetamine, Handgun and Paraphernalia

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation. Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

Post Falls, Idaho – In the early morning hours of Tuesday, M...

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Posted on: May 22, 2023

KCSO Responds to Fatal Traffic Collision

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Please see the corrected press release regarding the fatal collision on Fernan Lake Road. The victim’s name was misspelled in the original release. The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is curren...

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Posted on: May 4, 2023

KCSO Apprehends Wanted Suspect in Hayden

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation. Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

Hayden, Idaho – In the early morning hours of Thursday, May ...

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Posted on: April 25, 2023

Traffic Stop Results in Seizure of Methamphetamine, Marijuana, Firearms and Ammunition

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The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation. Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses.

Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Monda...

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Posted on: April 25, 2023

K9 Luuki from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Community Heroes

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Kootenai County, Idaho –The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Non-Profit Keeping K-9s in Kevlar hope to fund bullet resistant vests for K9 Luuki. Coeur d'Alene, ID:  Bullet-resistant vests for K-9s are not in the b...

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Posted on: April 12, 2023

Suspicious Vehicle Results in Seizure of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine and Wanted Person

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Post Falls, Idaho – In the late hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of the Stateline Walmart. The deputy observed two males exit the vehicle and enter th...

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Posted on: April 3, 2023

Fatal Collision Being Investigated

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Post Falls, Idaho- In the late afternoon hours of April 1, 2023, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of Interstate 90 (I90) and Greensferry Road for a reported major injury traffic collision. 

The Idaho State Police ...

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Posted on: March 20, 2023

Suspicious Person Contact Results in Seizure of Handgun, Cash and Methamphetamine

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Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Sunday, March 19, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious person in a vehicle near the area of Highway 95 and Appleway Avenue in Coeur d’ Alene, Id...

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Posted on: March 2, 2023

Is Idaho Inching Towards California, Oregon and Washington?

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Idaho Senate Bill S1081, if passed, will provide a special “Restricted Driver’s License” that a United States Citizen could not have received, but people here illegally could.  

Sheriff Robert B. Norris stated that mu...

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Posted on: February 28, 2023

High Risk Traffic Stop Results in Arrest and Shooting

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Kootenai County, Idaho - On the afternoon of Friday, February 24, 2023 the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Special Investigations Unit (SIU) assisted by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department’s Community Action Team (CAT...

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Posted on: February 9, 2023

Underfunding County Sheriffs is Playing into the Liberal Playbook to Defund Law Enforcement

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An open letter to the Governor, Lt. Governor, members of the Idaho House and Senate: Stop weakening Idaho Sheriffs and Sheriff Operations in Idaho.

While the state of Idaho sits on hundreds of millions of surplus dollars, county sheriffs across this state ...

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Posted on: February 2, 2023

SWAT Team Apprehends Wanted Suspect Barricaded with Firearm, Drugs and Warrants

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Hayden, Idaho- On February 1, 2023 at approximately 10:55 AM, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit located Sara E. Beebe, a 41 year old female from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Beebe had active warrants for possession of met...

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Posted on: January 3, 2023

Suspect Fires Several Rounds into Neighboring Apartments in Hayden

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Hayden, Idaho:  On January 2 at approximately 2:32 PM the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Mathews Apartments in Hayden for a weapons offense. An apartment resident called 911 and stated that Josh Cottrell, a 40 year ol...

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Media Releases
Posted on: December 28, 2022

Kootenai County Sheriff Warns Public of Recent Telephone Scam

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Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s ...

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Posted on: October 24, 2022

Stabbing South Cedar St in Post Falls

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Post Falls Idaho-  On October 23rd, 2022 shortly after 11 P.M. Post Falls Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a person in the 100 block of South Cedar in Post Falls.  The caller stated a person had broken into their ...

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Posted on: October 19, 2022

Starting November 4 CdA Driver’s License Office to be Closed Friday's Through January 27

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Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Driver’s License Office in Coeur d’Alene will be closing on Fridays starting on November 4th, 2022 through January 27th, 2023.  Additionally during this time, the availability of walk-in s...

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Posted on: September 26, 2022

Male Dies in Hayden Residential Fire

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Hayden, Idaho:  On September 24th, 2022 at approximately 10:14 pm, Central Dispatch received a report of a residential structure fire, located in the 2100 block of W. James Crowe Dr. in the City of Hayden, ID.

Kootenai County Sheriff Depu...

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