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Spokane medical examiner axes contract with Kootenai County because of a disgruntled former employee 'working against' the office
Spokesman-Review · January 2026 (archive)
- Spokane ended a 30-year contract after accusing a Kootenai deputy coroner of trying to "destabilize" their office.
- Johnson said he was "blindsided." The county was left with no place to send bodies for autopsy.
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Spokane County ends medical examiner contract with Kootenai County Coroner's Office
Coeur d'Alene Press · January 2026 (archive)
- The county sends 70 autopsies a year to Spokane. Now it has nowhere to send them.
- Emergency funds were authorized to build a makeshift autopsy lab.
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Spokane County ends medical examiner contract with Kootenai County Coroner's Office
KREM · January 2026 (archive)
- The county received just 15 days' notice to replace a 30-year relationship.
- $40,000 in emergency funds were immediately issued.
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County commissioners approve autopsy lab project
Coeur d'Alene Press · January 2026 (archive)
- Taxpayers are now paying $1.7 million to build a lab because the 30-year contract was lost.
- The cost and timeline were dramatically accelerated by the sudden termination.