General manager Tim Newhart of Wild Waters poses near the entrance to the “Black Hole” slide in 1996.
June 7, 2026
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June 7, 2026 1 a.m.
Local riot
‘A wild mob of several hundred were busy smashing anything that wouldn’t burn’
It was Kootenai County’s version of Woodstock. But the opening day of Nor’wester 1976 at State Line started almost five hours late. Then, on Day 2, promoters abruptly cancelled the three-day event and vamoosed.