Glacier National Park facility manager John Kilpatrick, right, and park worker Gary Danczyk walk past a washout on the Going-to-the-Sun Road about half a mile below the East Side Tunnel on Thursday. Heavy rains earlier this week caused extensive damage in the Montana national park here. (Robin Loznak/Glacier Park, AP Photo)

Stapilus 3-Fer: The Cantwell expansion, Boise blue: The Fischer take, Next up: 2008.

1. Fred Russell, the renegade accused of killing three fellow WSU students while driving drunk five years ago and then disappearing, is back on the Palouse and he's so, so sowwy here.

2. Despite his arguments that citizens have the right to say "No" to their government, a local attorney was convicted of criminal trespassing for saying "No" to the war in Iraq in a National Guard recruiting office on North Division here.

3. Dave Tester's little brother helped tip the scales of power in Washington, D.C., and he couldn't be more proud. The Coeur d'Alene veterinarian can't wait to be in the halls of the Capital Building next January when Jon Tester becomes a U.S. Senator for Montana here.

4. A report released by a Connecticut-based research group estimates that the war in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost Montana taxpayers more than $578 million since 2003, including $17 million in Helena and $33 million in Missoula here.

5. Montana State University will offer officials a security escort to their vehicle after a few football fans, upset with a fourth-quarter call, intimidated the officials and vandalized their vehicle after MSU's 13-10 win over Northern Colorado last weekend here.

6. IMHO-NW: Jill Kuraitis/New West Boise (The State of Ada), Rebecca Nappi/Spokesman-Review (The hard work begins), Frank McGovern/UI Argonaut (Let the vengeance and healing begin, plus Noah Kroese cartoon), Jamie Kelly/Missoulian (Marijuana initiative: How Cheetos is that?), Bud Withers/Seattle Times (Hawaii not exactly joy trip to paradise).

61% of 355 respondents to a Lewiston Tribune poll say Potlatch Corp shouldn't charge outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy its lands in central Idaho.

*Adam Morrison expected to make his first start against Sonics tonight here.

*Twin Falls father who killed his three children handed three life sentences here.

*4 more radical enviros plead guilty to string of firebombings here.

*Idaho vampire man sentenced to 8 years in prison here.

*Repub U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas of Wyoming is fighting aggressive form of cancer here.

Orbusmax Special: 9th Circuit sez Boise can't lease property to rescue mission here.

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