A mantle of autumn leaves frames early morning traffic along Alder Street in Walla Walla, Wash., this week as fall finally makes its colorful presence known in southeast Washington. (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Jeff Horner)

• More Idaho executions likely near/Mike Murad, KBOI
• Scorecard: CdA candidates throw punches/Tom Hasslinger, Press
• Per diem dustup could produce legislation/AP, via Eye On Boise
• Officers say FBI forced incriminating information/Thomas Clouse, SR
• Cougs psyched to face Oregon State at CenturyLink/Vince Grippi, SR
• Wasden honored for working on behalf of Idaho children/Statesman
• 2 alleged Washington car thieves in Kootenai County Jail/Shawn Chitnis, KXLY
• Spokane Indians host families watch former players in series/Derek Deis, KREM
• Idaho took fed money for unemployment insurance but has paid it back/Mitch Coffman, IR
• Ed Board narrowly endorses lifting school cap, but with limits/Betsy Russell, Eye of Boise