Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 9/21/06
Dead fish are shown as fish biologists and research scientists with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife survey fish populations and collecting dissolved oxygen readings in the Sund Rock Marine Conservation area near Hoodsport, Wash. Wednesday here/AP photo.
Hard 7: Commissioner Phil Harris is the Spokane County primaries second biggest loser here.
1. In the contentious aftermath of the escape of up to 160 domestic elk from a 200-acre game farm near Rexburg, Idaho, on the west edge of Yellowstone National Park, hunters in the Gem State have decided this is the time to go for a ban on these "shooter bull operations" here.
2. A Post Falls man accused of shooting at motorists near Darby last week was arrested with an arsenal of weapons, including two sniper rifles and a silencer in his vehicle here.
3. A federal court in California has overturned a Bush Administration rule governing America's 58 million acres of roadless areas. But Governor Jim Risch, who unveiled Idaho's plan for the state's 9.3 million acres of roadless area today, says Idaho will move ahead anyway here. Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise story here.
4. WSU has been named by the Advocate College Guide as one of the 100 best colleges in the U.S. for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students here.
5. A television commercial slamming Sen. Conrad Burns for cursing at a firefighting crew could be too vulgar for broadcast television, the Montana Broadcasters Association is warning its members here.
6. IMHO-NW: Doug Clark/Spokesman-Review (Mail-in ballots kill election night drama), Ted S. McGregor Jr./Inlander (Reviewing the Review), Idaho Statesman (Schools suit grows murkier), Brielle Schaeffer/WSU Evergreen (More women needed in sciences), and Rich Landers/Spokesman-Review (Losing hunter access).
Online Poll: Given three choices, 51% of the respondents to a poll by the St. Maries Gazette-Record said they already have their minds made up re: who they will vote for. In second place with 41% were respondents who picked "what election?"
*8-time Washington rapist cleared for release with tight monitoring here.
*Central Washington linebacker stabbed after compying with request to leave party here.
*Almost every Alaskan to get $1,106 in oil royal checks here.
*Boise woman not chosen as finalist for "Biggest Loser" here.
Orbusmax Special: Woman who ran away with a Beaverton softball coach at age 15 is suing for severe emotional duress here.
