An aware student's observation led to the discovery of a handgun, ammunition and a knife in another student's backpack this morning at Fort Colville Elementary School.

A student witnessed a boy in possession of a knife on the school bus this morning and reported it to a staff member nearly immediately after getting off the bus. After removing the suspect from the bus, the staff member searched his bag in an adminstrative room, where they found a knife as well as an unloaded handgun and ammunition, according to Colville School District Superintendent Michael Cashion. 

The fifth-grade boy then implicated another student as being involved with the alleged crime.

"It sounded like they had some kind of plan in mind directed toward some classmates," Cashion said. They did not have an explicit list, but the students identified some potential targets.

A coffee shop in downtown Colville has been a hot-spot for police activity lately.

First, Talk-n-Coffee owner Scott Sanders' giant coffee cup was stolen shortly after Christmas. Then, Sanders' shop was used for its warmth by a murder suspect before Colville Police removed her for questioning.

Deena L. Bailey, who is currently being held by Stevens County on the charge of second-degree murder with a $1 million bond, spent a few hours in Talk-n-Coffee trying to secure a bus ticket to Plummer, Idaho on Thursday afternoon after police had responded that morning to a report of a dead man at 2072 ½ West Second Street.

Police say Bailey, 49, is related to victim David Barr, but did not specify how.

A stolen laptop with patient information is going to cost the Hospice of North Idaho $50,000 in a settlement with the  federal government.

The Coeur d'Alene Press reported Friday the hospice agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' office of human rights after the facility realized an employee's car was broken into and the laptop was missing. The hospice said in a news release that patient information was unlikely to be compromised.

"In the summer of 2010, an employee's vehicle was broken into, and their laptop was stolen," Spokeswoman Amanda Miller said. "While the thief was apprehended, the laptop was never recovered, hence all the steps Hospice of North Idaho took in case of malicious activity.

Potentially vulnerable patients were reached and offered credit monitoring, according to the hospice.