Newspaper trade magazine does story on my paper's response to the Coeur d'Alene Ambush [View all]

On Sunday, June 29, 2025, Wess Val Roley, 20, ignited a small forest fire on Canfield Mountain, a moderate-size hill to the east of Coeur d'Alene, ID. He did this with the intent of drawing firefighters and other first responders to the area so he could kill them. He succeeded in killing Coeur d'Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, and severely wounded Cd'A Fire Department Engineer David Tysdal.

The Coeur d'Alene Press, where I'm a production supervisor, normally doesn't run Monday papers. Our publisher decided we would. For a couple hours we got promoted to The Most Important Paper in the World - our Acting Managing Editor Bill Buley was taking calls from newspapers worldwide seeking information.

Editor & Publisher Magazine, an important trade magazine for the print journalism industry, wrote up our efforts that night.

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/when-tragedy-strikes-local-journalism-leads-coeur-dalene-press-responds-with-clarity-and,256682