A June 25 court date is set for a convicted felon from Lewiston who was arrested last week after Nez Perce County sheriff’s deputies found six firearms in his home.

William MacLachlan, 51, faces six counts of felony unlawful possession of a firearm after authorities found the weapons during last Friday’s search of his Grandbea Lane residence - five of the weapons were loaded.

MacLachlan, a registered sex offender, is barred from owning firearms following his 1994 conviction in Linn County, Ore., on charges of kidnapping, rape, sexual abuse, and burglary.

He’s being held in the Nez Perce County Jail on $10,000 bond.

A Lewiston woman accused of stabbing a female acquaintance in the arm will appear in 2nd District Court next week.

Authorities say Nikki Pablo, 31, stabbed Michele Pinkham, 45, in the left arm with a butcher’s knife early Friday morning. Lewiston police responded to the 400 block of 14th Street at about 2:45 a.m. after a neighbor reported seeing the knife and blood on a porch.

Pinkham was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center where she was treated and released.

Pablo was booked into the Nez Perce County Jail on one count of felony aggravated battery. She posted bond Friday afternoon and is scheduled to be in court June 18.

Nez Perce County Jail officials say their new $17 million facility in north Lewiston should be completed by the end of 2008.

The county contracted a Montana company to build the 61,000-square-foot jail complex last year, and broke ground on the site in late June 2007. County officials say the project should be completed by Dec. 15.

The jail is expected to hold 156 inmates, the county sheriff’s office and a driver’s licensing office.