August 19, 2009

Guildhall, Vt. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man charged in a hunting mishap that cost a Granby man part of his leg is scheduled to change his plea on Tuesday. Forty-six-year-old John Boppel of Ashland, Pa., has been charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Oct. 22 shooting of Calvin Noble during moose season. […]

St. Johnsbury, Vt. (AP) – A man who accidentally shot his 17-year-old son to death while they were turkey hunting pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter Tuesday under a plea agreement that calls for a three-year deferred sentence. That means Kevin J. Kadamus, 45, will not serve jail time unless he violates probation over the

Billings, Mont. (AP) – A Saco-area ranch family snared in an illegal hunting scheme is getting ready to appear in federal court in Billings for sentencing. U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom is expected to sentence Wednesday 74-year-old Leo Bergtoll, his 68-year-old wife Anna Lou Bergtoll and the couple’s 44-year-old son, Darrel Bergtoll. All three pleaded

Idaho Falls, Idaho (AP) – Idaho fishery managers expect more than 28,000 fall chinook to cross Lower Granite Dam in neighboring eastern Washington on their return from the Pacific Ocean, which would make it the largest fall chinook salmon run back to Idaho in four decades. The news comes as fall chinook fishing on the

Packwood, Wash. (AP) – A Lewis County sheriff’s deputy remains in the intensive care unit Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in critical condition with injuries suffered when his patrol car hit an elk. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown says the 34-year-old deputy was responding to back up another deputy on a domestic violence call