Magistrate interviews scheduled Thursday

| June 18, 2014 9:00 PM

Several local attorneys, including former Coeur d'Alene City Administrator Wendy Gabriel, are running to fill Kootenai County Magistrate Judge Penny Friedlander's position. Friedlander will be retiring in August 2014.

The First District Magistrate Commission convened Monday and chose the following candidates to be interviewed:

Kootenai County Magistrate Candidates

* James Combo, Attorney, Law Offices of Charles F. Bean, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

* James Craig, Assistant Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Orlando, Fla.

* Barbara Ann Duggan, Ada County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Boise, Idaho

* Anna Eckhart, Coeur d'Alene City Attorney, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

* Wendy Gabriel, Private Practice, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

* Timothy Van Valin, Rathdrum City Prosecutor, Rathdrum, Idaho

The applicants will be interviewed Thursday beginning at 9 a.m. in Room 1A and 1B of the Kootenai County Administration Building, 451 Government Way, Coeur d'Alene. The interviews will be open to the public, but the deliberations will not.

For more information, contact Karlene Behringer, First District Trial Court Administrator, 501 N. Government Way, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814, (208) 446-1221, [email protected].