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SKELETON FOUND
Idaho County officials trying to identify skeletal remains
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in north-central Idaho are trying to find the identity of skeletal remains found by beachcombers along the Salmon River.
The Idaho County Sheriff's Office says the beachcombers found a few small pieces of bone in September that were under the high-water mark of an eddy and nearly covered under sand and silt.
The sheriff's office says the site was excavated earlier this month and nearly an entire skeleton was found of an adult was found. The remains have been turned over to anthropologists from the University of Idaho for testing.
Officials don't yet know how long the remains were there.
FATAL BOISE FIRE
Woman, dog dead after Boise house fire
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a 64-year-old woman's death in a small Boise house fire is under investigation.
The Ada County Coroner's office identified the woman as Janet Finney. A dog also died in the fire late Thursday morning.
Crews were sent to the home just after 11 a.m. They found Finney's body and the body of the dog in a bedroom with the door closed.
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire, but say it was contained to the bedroom and burned out on its own.
ONION FARM-FATAL ACCIDENT
Sheriff releases name of man who died in farming accident
(Information from: Argus Observer, http://www.argusobserver.com)
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the man who died in an accident at an eastern Oregon onion farm is 42-year-old Theodore Frahm of Ontario.
Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe says Frahm died Tuesday night when he was pulled into a piece of equipment used to harvest onions.
The Argus Observer newspaper in Ontario says several agencies from the region responded to the accident to help extricate the victim when the accident was reported just after 10:30 p.m.
Wolfe says the death was accidental and no charges are pending. He says the farm workers were just trying to get the crop to harvest before bad weather hit.
This was the county's second farming fatality within the past month.
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AIRCRAFT CRASH
Washington man hospitalized after aircraft crash in Idaho
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a Washington state man was injured when the aircraft he was piloting crashed during takeoff at a northern Idaho airport.
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office says 51-year-old Thomas Stotts of Spokane, Washington was taken to a regional hospital for serious but non-life threatening injuries after the crash Friday afternoon.
The sheriff's department says it appears the aircraft overturned during the low-level stages of takeoff, ending up in a field just off the runway.
The Federal Aviation Administration and local authorities are investigating the incident. The sheriff's department did not release any information about the type of aircraft involved.
FRED MEYER-BOYCOTT ENDS
Grocery worker union ends Fred Meyer boycott
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A union representing grocery workers from across Oregon and southwest Washington has reached a contract agreement with local grocery stores after 16 months of negotiations.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 ratified the new 3-year labor contract on Friday with Fred Meyer, QFC, Albertsons and Safeway regional grocery stores. The agreement ends the union's boycott of regional Fred Meyer stores, which began Sept. 22.
The new contract includes a 20-hour weekly guarantee, some wage increases, additions to health and welfare benefits and improved vacation requests.
MONTANA GRIZZLY BEARS
6 grizzly bears killed in single week in northwest Montana
(Information from: Missoulian, http://www.missoulian.com)
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Early snowstorms in northwest Montana have contributed to the deaths of five grizzly bears in one week on the Rocky Mountain Front.
The Missoulian reports that a sixth grizzly was put down east of Rogers Pass for killing cattle, pushing the one-week death toll to six and the unofficial annual mortality count to 38 in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.
Last year, a record 46 grizzly bears died in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, which includes Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness complex and surrounding areas.
Grizzly bear specialist Mike Madel of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says five grizzly deaths last week all involved bears that were feeding on cattle killed by snowstorms.
Two bears were hit by a train and three were hit on a nearby highway.
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