In brief: Activist fights citation for rifle at courthouse

The gun activist arrested after he openly carried a rifle on the plaza outside the Spokane federal courthouse will fight a citation in court.

Anthony P. Bosworth, an Iraq War veteran from Yakima, was cited Feb. 25 for failure to comply by Homeland Security officials guarding the Thomas S. Foley United States Courthouse. A video of the encounter posted online shows Bosworth openly carrying an assault rifle before being handcuffed by uniformed guards, who also seized his weapons.

The citation is a misdemeanor. Bosworth has hired attorney David Stevens, a former Spokane County deputy prosecutor and one of the attorneys who successfully represented Spokane homeowner Gail Gerlach in a manslaughter trial last year. Bosworth is scheduled to appear in a bench trial in October.

Kip Hill

Search for boater continues at Idaho lake

The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office continued searching Tuesday for a boater missing on Lake Pend Oreille.

Jeremy R. Heckert, 38, of Sandpoint, was reported missing and presumed drowned July 10 after apparently jumping from a boat without a life vest in Ellisport Bay near East Hope, officials said.

On Sunday, search dogs identified the presence of a scent along the lakeshore, giving authorities a new area to search. On Tuesday, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office team conducted a sonar scan of the lake bottom in water 125 to 150 feet deep.

“I think we’re pretty hopeful that we may find him,” Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler said.

Scott Maben

Wolf’s killing of cow reported near Cle Elum

A cow was killed by a wolf on a grazing allotment near Cle Elum, Washington, wildlife officials said.

The cow’s carcass was discovered Thursday by a Washington State University graduate student doing wolf research. The kill was in the range of the Teanaway Pack.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife experts discovered gnawing and bite marks on the yearling that were consistent with a wolf kill. Wolf tracks, scat and hair were found, and GPS collar locations confirmed that a wolf had been at the site.

The producer is one of seven Washington ranchers partnering with Conservation Northwest to use range riders to help deter wolf kills.

Staff report