Heavy snow fall over the weekend turned the Pend Oreille River in Oldtown, Idaho into a winter postcard Monday. (Spokesman-Review/Jesse Tinsley)

*Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR

*Power outages linger for nearly 2,000 area residents/Jody Lawrence-Turner And Thomas Clouse, SR -- At times like these, I'm glad I have a wood stove to go with backup heat. A wood stove, a candle, and thou -- what better way to hunker down when the lights go out?

*Extra snow? Fairgrounds tubing hill needs 150 truckloads/Becky Kramer, SR -- Ah, I think there's a surplus this year. Of course, they're going to have to come and get it.

*Storms send LPOSD skyward to shovel roofs: District doesn't want repeat of 1995-'96 when SHS roof collapsed/Marlisa Keyes, Bonner County Daily Bee -- Nice to see school districts can learn lessons, too.

*Pita Pit Inc. climbs national rankings: Entrepreneur Magazine lists company as No. 195/Rick Thomas, Coeur d'Alene Press -- It's only 10:20. But I'm already thinking of lunch, thanks to this article.

*Post Falls I-90 projects move along: Beck interchange, Greensferry project key to area's mobility/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press -- This'll give Post Falls as many freeway interchanges as Coeur d'Alene, right? Post Falls continues to grow up.

*Election Day liquor sales bill passes 11-7/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise -- If the mission of the state liquor system is to promote temperance and sobriety, as Rep. Raul Labrador contends, someone's missed the boat. That ship sailed in the 20th century.

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