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Youngsters hang out on Sherman Avenue in record numbers in 1986.

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Local riot
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.