"Sometimes," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho, "the most extraordinary beauty of North Idaho plays second fiddle to simple scenes such as this horse enjoying a drink from the Coeur d'Alene River on a hot summer day."

• Energy institute for lawmakers launched/Eye On Boise
• Otter: Feds should 'get the hell out of the way'/Eye On Boise
• Bear found, and it's OK/Eye On Boise
• Washington state may have its second wolf pack/SR
• NIC workforce enrollment up 8.9%/Press Room
• Boise State's Kustra to sign three-year extension/Statesman
• Wildlife groups to split $1M in bird deaths case/AP
• Western states to lose control over transmission line siting/New West
• Moving van stolen from Spokane Valley motel lot/SR
• Seattle man enters guilty plea in '04 Pullman rape/KXLY