A sign at Ali Salem Air Base in Kuwait less than 40 miles from the Iraq border depicts the distance to Kalispell, Mont. Gov. Steve Bullock is on a three-day trip to Kuwait and Afghanistan to visit with the Montana troops deployed there. Story here. (AP Photo/Montana Governor's Office)

• Idaho Records/Sherry Atkins, SR
• Pullman arson suspect pleads not guilty/SR
• BPA adopts new wholesale power rates/SR, AP
• Feds ask judge to toss suit over UI barbecue fire/KTVB
• Investigation sheds light on fatal Lookout pass shooting/SNP
• Bridge jumper breaks Missoulian's legs as he floats Clark Fork/AP
• Rapist Coe takes Washington to court over computer access/KXLY
• WSU's Leach calls new rules 'ridiculous'/Christian Caple, SportsLink
• Documents: Othello teacher told family re: kissing fifth-grader/KREM2
• Sandpoint bridge death ruled drowning/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Bee
• Coeur d'Alene Resort No. 1 in state for booze, liquor bottles bought/Statesman
• Warm water restricts angling on Bitterrroot, Clark Fork rivers/Rich Landers, Outdoors

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