| Woman accepts plea deal in animal cruelty case
THOMPSON FALLS - A 73-year-old Thompson Falls woman charged with 29 counts of animal cruelty has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.Aleta Rogers was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail and a fine of $1,000 on each of the counts, with all jail time and fines suspended if she pays restitution, donates to the Thompson River Animal Care Shelter and pays surcharges.The total, including the shelter donation, is $6,176.Shelter officials helped Sanders County authorities rescue dozens of dogs from four dilapidated mobile homes and camp trailers owned by Rogers last month. Authorities found 54 dogs living in 2 to 3 inches of their own feces and urine. .
Oil Lamps Return To Iraqis' Lives
April 17, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Below RFE/RL presents a transcript of the last broadcast report of Khamail Muhsin Khalaf, a Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Baghdad who was found killed on April 5. This report was part of a program called "Generations" that was aired on April 4. .
New high school on the way
Nye County school board trustees, faced with projected 9.75 percent annual increases in high school enrollment, decided unanimously Thursday to build one large, new high school, with the probable location on Gamebird Road just west of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. The existing high school on Calvada Boulevard will then be turned into a second middle school, according to the plan. The school board received the 80-acre high school site near the west end of Gamebird Road from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management a year ago after paying $54,654 in mitigation fees for desert tortoise habitat and going through the necessary environmental and cultural reviews. "Our high school was built for 650. Right now we have about 1,370 (students)," school board clerk Tracie Ward said.
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