Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho

Ice on North Idaho roadways and driveways and sidewalks is never a good thing. But viewed as Nature's art suspended from the porch roof, it's beautiful to behold.

1. The governors of Washington and Idaho declared emergencies in the Inland Northwest on Thursday as communities wrestled with abundant snow from three major storms in less than a week here/SR.

2. Love won't be delayed by the funeral of Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley. Twenty-five weddings will take place tomorrow at the Mormon temple, some at the same time as the funeral across the street at the church conference center here/KTVB.

3. A lobbyist for the state's largest utility, who was appointed by Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter to a committee that determines how much lawmakers are paid, has resigned from the committee following the inquiries of a newspaper here/Twin Falls Times-News.

4. SR Blogosphere: The proper term is 'snow-mergency'/Daily Briefing; Paul draws a crowd in Spokane/Spin Control 2.0; Traveler IQ Challenge better than Where's Waldo/TXT; Ahern, lobbying teens clash over abortion/Eye On Olympia; Out To Lunch: The Steer In/Taste Of The Town.

5. IMHO: Attention, Dittoheads, heed Rush and stay home/Tom Henderson, Lewiston Tribune; Tired of Billary/Robert Herold, Inlander; 'Forget it, it's Spokane' strikes chord/Paul Turner, SR; Words you will never hear in the spin room/David Horsey, PI; and They're dying up there/Ed Symkus, Inlander.

6. News Roundup: Spokane judge's son charged with heroin possession/SR; Washington Sen. Cantwell to campaign for Clinton in Boise/Statesman; Microsoft offers $44.6B for Yahoo!/Statesman; Snoqualmie Pass closed all day/KREM2; and Middleton High rises from ashes/KTVB.

Orbusmax Special: Monkey boiled alive at Washington research center here.

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