A tow truck stops to help a stranded motorist on US Highway 95 Thursday in Genesee, between Moscow and Lewiston. High winds and icy roads closed the Highway for most of the day. Area roads remained closed today here. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Steve Hanks)

*Idaho Records, Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review

*Wolves kill deer at bus stop: 3 predators involved in St. Maries area attack/Ralph Bartholdt, St. Maries Gazette-Record -- The reintroduction of wolves into the Idaho wilds is one of the dumber things the federal government has done.

*Hayden company scores federal contracts: LA Aluminum Casting to build military equipment for Iraq/Rick Thomas, Coeur d'Alene Press -- Every little bit helps the North Idaho economy.

*Riverbanks project keeps soil, pollution out of water/Becky Kramer, Spokesman-Review -- A win-win project for property owners and boaters.

*Transportation budgets feel strain of record snowfall: for winter materials costs/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene Press -- Don't look at me. I didn't use studs this winter.

*Judge to decide Valley Vista Care lawsuit: Sandpoint nursing home faces negligence charges in sexual assault/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee -- Relax, the trial won't happen for more than a year. The wheels of justice grind slowly.

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