KAYE THORNBRUGH
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College.
Recent Stories
Idaho judges will get pay boost
Idaho judges will see a pay increase beginning this summer.
Private security guards charged in Coeur d’Alene town hall dragging
City prosecutors have filed criminal charges against six men involved in a chaotic legislative town hall, including the private security guards who dragged a Post Falls woman out of the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium.
Library consortium reorganization talks continue
Members of the region’s library consortium agreed Wednesday to continue working toward rebranding as Inland Northwest Libraries under a new joint powers agreement, with a tentative deadline set for this fall.
Coeur d’Alene police recommend criminal charges for town hall security team
Police recommend that Coeur d’Alene city prosecutors file misdemeanor charges against security personnel who dragged a woman out of the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium and allegedly battered others during a chaotic legislative town hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.
McGrane talks Idaho election security
Idahoans are turning out to vote in record numbers and reporting increased confidence in election security, said Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane.
Cd'A surgeon gets 40-year prison sentence for voyeurism
An orthopedic surgeon who pleaded guilty to secretly recording women and girls in the bathroom of his medical office will spend decades in prison.
Community Library Network’s new policies could fracture regional library consortium
For decades, the Community Information Network has enabled libraries in North Idaho and eastern Washington to share their collections and broadened patrons’ access to materials. Now a restrictive policy for minor library cardholders in the Community Library Network, unlike any other in the library consortium, could mean that patrons across the region lose access to library materials.
Details emerge in security company’s license revocation
Days after plainclothes security guards dragged a woman out of a legislative town hall, a letter from the city of Coeur d’Alene revoking the business license of LEAR Asset Management said the private security company posed “an immediate danger to the safety of the public.”
Idaho Fish and Game gathers strategic plan feedback
Crowding on public lands amid population growth and predator management were among the hottest topics discussed by outdoorsmen and Idaho Fish and Game officials Tuesday night.
Woman dragged from town hall hires attorney
A woman who was dragged from a legislative town hall at Coeur d’Alene High School by plainclothes security guards as hired legal representation.