![A boat glides past a Kootenai County Sheriff's Office marine patrol unit on the Spokane River on Wednesday.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/05/31/marinedeputy3_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
A boat glides past a Kootenai County Sheriff's Office marine patrol unit on the Spokane River on Wednesday.
June 1, 2023
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June 1, 2023 1:09 a.m.
Boaters up, seasonal deputies down
Marine patrols will number half of what was hoped this summer
KCSO marine deputies on the water this summer