Kyle Mills/Lewiston Tribune, AP
Jaxon Smith, 9, carries a large pumpkin back to the bus as third and fourth-graders from Asotin Elementary pick pumpkins Thursday, near Anatone, Wash. Story here.

*No federal charges for spilled soda/Idaho Statesman
*Hanford workers don't like plan to send N-waste to Idaho/Idaho Statesman
*Lapwai school bond fails for 3rd time/Idaho Statesman
*Minnick's campaign warchest double Sali's/Lewiston Tribune
*MPC lays off employees at Nampa plant/KTVB
*Idaho reorganizes virtual prison program/Idaho Press-Tribune
*Tourism flattens in Montana/Billings Gazette
*'Robinson Crusoe' star from small Montana town/AP
*CDA tribe trying to save language/KXLY

Orbusmax Special: Alaska beluga whale added to endangered species act here.

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