Huckleberries Local AM Headlines — 12/22/05

KC Duley, right, and her husband Dan Duley, left, have just opened Bada Bing’s Deli in Hayden at Fourth St. and Prairie. KC holds a plate of cannolis, an Italian dessert delicacy made of ricotta cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, pistachio nuts and chocolate chips wrapped in a pastry. The recipe for the cannoli and sauces used for pasta are from KC’s family. Nils Rosdahl discusses the new business and other’s in his weekly Handle On Business column here .

* Liberty Lake, Post Falls vie for Cabela’s: Cities create incentives to woo outdoors megastore / Melodie Little , Spokesman-Review — My money’s still on Post Falls because Mayor Clay Larkin’s a civic promoter extraordinaire.

* Chance for White Christmas melts: Predicted lows expected to be above freezing / Brian Walker , Coeur d’Alene Press — Mother Nature has her timing all messed up this Christmas holiday season.

* Judge bans groomed trails to help caribou: Ruling aims to keep snowmobiles off federal land near Priest Lake / James Hagengruber , Spokesman-Review — Wasn’t there a study released recently that said snowmobiles had little to no effect on the big game animals of Yellowstone National Park? This may be a case of enviro hysterics that is going to hamper the winter survival of Priest Lake area businesses.

* Huetter moves closer to hooking into sewer: Town must secure grant before beginning $1.2 million project / Erica Curless , Spokesman-Review — Huetter residents are sitting on some of North Idaho’s top property and this move just made it more valuable.

* Arrest made after false return of vacuum /Spokesman-Review — The bad guys are getting a little more creative.