North Idaho Briefs April 3, 2012

Two more days to submit

trustee questions

There are two days left for Kootenai County residents to recommend interview questions for Coeur d'Alene School District trustee candidates.

The county commissioners, who will interview candidates for the vacant Zone 1 trustee seat on April 26, are accepting public suggestions for questions until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4.

Folks can deliver questions at the county administration building at 451 Government Way in Coeur d'Alene, or mail them to: Board of County Commissioners/P.O. Box 9000/ Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-9000.

The commissioners are charged with appointing the new trustee because the seat has been vacant more than 120 days.

The commissioners have stated they will determine which questions are asked with the four incumbent trustees.

Driver injured

in Post Falls

accident

POST FALLS - A vehicle accident in Post Falls on Sunday morning left a Coeur d'Alene man in critical condition.

Christopher Gregerson, 23, suffered serious head trauma during the accident on Maplewood. He was being treated at Kootenai Medical Center on Monday.

According to law enforcement, Gregerson was on Maplewood in a 1977 GMC truck and missed the corner at a park east of Riverside Harbor Drive about 2:30 a.m. The vehicle struck a cement barrier, tree and telephone pole.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor. Gregerson was not wearing a seat belt.

Post Falls police and the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department responded.

The accident was just outside city limits in the county.