Cd'A had top score for state crisis center

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho won, yet lost.

Coeur d’Alene was frontrunner — by a slight margin — for a mental health crisis center, according to committee evaluations obtained by The Hagadone News Network through a public records request. But despite the overall high score, a lack of legislative support killed Coeur d’Alene’s chance to land the first state-funded mental health crisis center, Gov. Butch Otter’s office confirmed Tuesday.

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