The Army is denying a report from NBC News that Idaho native Beau Bergdahl will be charged with desertion for leaving his base in eastern Afghanistan before being captured and held by the Taliban for five years. Apparently, there's a tug of war going on behind the scenes with the White House, which doesn't want Bergdahl charged. Story here.

• Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press
• Marshawn Lynch to face Media Day/KING
• Bergdahl to be charged with desertion/KTVB
• Flu deaths soar in Idaho/Brian Walker, Press
• Moscow Arby's opens for 1st time since murder/KHQ
• Steelheading improves in Idaho's Clearwater River/Outdoors
• Wanted man caught after episode at G.W. Hunters/CdA Press
• Business Bits: Gerber Collision coming to Lake City/Nils Rosdahl, Press