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Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong, 23, of Kennewick, Wash., appears Monday during preliminary hearings in Benton County Superior Court in the stabbing death of pregnant Araceli Camacho Gomez, 27, of Pasco. Sisouvanh is being held on investigation of aggravated first degree murder. Court documents allege Synhavong also cut the unborn baby from Gomez's womb. Story here.

Medical Copter Crash: One of the people killed in a fiery crash of two medical helicopters near Flagstaff, Ariz., on Sunday was a firefighter from western Montana. Michael McDonald, 26, was from Browning and also had attended school at the University of Montana. McDonald was working on the Chief Mountain Hotshots, a fire crew out of Browning, on the Walla Valley fire in Grand Canyon National Park, fire information officer Punky Moore said Monday/Missoulian. More here.

*Man who shot 3 Lineman College students sent to prison for life/IStatesman
*Nampan accused of having sex with young teen boy/IStatesman
*New Washington online sales tax goes into effect today/KREM
*Sheriff: Some Gooding County jail staff suspended/Twin Falls Times-News
*Idaho probation officer cited for unlawful touching/Twin Falls Times-News
*Ex-Idaho city clerk plans to change plea in embezzlement case/Lewiston Tribune
*Plum Creek conservation deal in Montana biggest in US/Missoulian

Orbusmax Special: Ex-UOregon football coach Brooks survives after boat capsizes here.

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