Rescue workers help an unidentified man, wearing white shirt, from his vehicle after it left a road, rolled and ended up in the Portneuf River near Pocatello, Idaho, Tuesday. The man was not seriously injured, according to authorities. (AP Photo/The Idaho State Journal, Doug Lindley)

Eye On Boise: Demo LaRocco sez Idaho Gov. Risch takes voters for granted here.

1. A higher percent of drivers buckle up in Washington than in any other state in the nation. The state’s drivers got a seat-belt use score of 96.3 percent, surpassing those in Hawaii, whose seat-belt usage dropped to 92 percent. The national average was 79 percent here.

2. A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family doctors in Idaho and at least four other states by 2020. Population growth and rising numbers of elderly people in Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Texas and Idaho will make the need in those states most critical here.

3. The Hepworths knew the house in Wilford, Idaho, would require some maintenance. But they never thought they'd need a snake charmer. Shortly after Lyman and Jeanine Hepworth began working on a rundown property outside of town, they experienced a trauma more fit for Samuel L. Jackson's character in "Snakes on a Plane" than a pair of eastern Idaho do-it-yourselfers here.

4. Bridgette Teunissen was a homecoming princess as a freshman at Fruitland High. Now she’s a football player. Teunissen, a 5-foot-11 junior, made her varsity football debut last Friday against Weiser. She kicked three extra points in a 31-28 victory here.

5. The insurance company representing Spokane's River Park Square garage has reached a settlement with the family of a woman who died when her Subaru fell from the structure's fifth floor in April here.

6. IMHO-NW: Idaho Statesman (Debating candidates deserve our thanks), David Horsey/Seattle PI (Brilliant strategery), Amelia Veneziano/WSU Evergreen (WSU search policy violates privacy rights), G. George Ostrom/Bigfork Eagle (Laughs with Lederer), and Kalispell Daily Inter Lake (Roadless rule not about wilderness).

Online Poll: 75% of 167 respondents to a Lewiston Tribune poll say Gov. Jim Risch was justified in authorizing the hunting of escaped farm-raised elk in southeastern Idaho in order to prevent genetic contamination and possible disease.

*Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer announces plan to freeze college tuitions for two years here.

*A veteran policeman was critically injured Tuesday when his motorcycle slid into a van here.

*A former employee has been awarded $114,000 after he successfully sued Mister Carwash Co., claiming he had been the victim of racial discrimination here.

*UI prof vies to create newest Ben & Jerry's flavor here.

Orbusmax Special: Oregon theater manager sez fire related to "Jackass" movie opening here.

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