Thu., Jan. 8, 2009

HBO’s PM Headlines — 1/8/09

ORG XMIT: IDMC103 Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter addresses a group of reporters on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 in Boise, Idaho. Otter, speaking at the annual AP Legislative preview, addressed topics from transportation to rising unemployment rates. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley) (Matt Cilley / The Spokesman-Review)

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter addresses a group of reporters today in Boise, Idaho. Otter, speaking at the annual AP Legislative preview, addressed topics from transportation to rising unemployment rates. Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise story here. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)

*Best of Spokesman.com PM blogs/Andrew Zahler

Eye On Boise: Dover Bridge; Jockeying for leadership; and Pickens pledge

*Seattle PI to be sold or shut down/King 5

*Idaho's Simpson to lead GOP on enviro spending panel/AP

*Polygamist leaders arrested near Idaho-Canada border/KTVB

*Leaky roof closes Sandpoint chamber office/Bonner County Bee

*Major ice jams threaten Calder/KREM2

*North Idaho seeing worst of weather/Jody Lawrence-Turner

*Judge: Abused girl was treated like POW/KREM2

*Common Interest asks for higher wine, beer tax/AP

*Weather forces Lake Pend Oreille schools to close for 4th time/Bonner County Bee

*Calder residents get precautionary flood warning/Shoshone News-Press