SR Morning headlines

* Supreme Court won’t hear field-burning case: Farmers claim victory; clean-air advocates vow to fight on / Nicholas K. Geranios , AP — I have only three words to say to the US Supreme Court: Hack, cough, wheeze.

* The road hardly traveled at all: Doug Clark found himself turning into, gasp, a Bloomie /Spokesman-Review — You didn’t really think Clark was going to follow through with this Bloomsday nonsense did you?

* Both sides claim win in pretrial rulings: Washington governor’s race heads for court showdown / Jim Camden , SR — As Yogi Berra used to say: This one ain’t over until it’s over.

* Idaho urges more tests on BNSF refueling depot: Railroad cites lost revenues; state cites holes in liners protecting aquifer / James Hagengruber , SR — If you can get greenie Barry Rosenberg to wear a tie to a court hearing, anything’s possible — even a safe BNSF refueling depot. Ah, mebbe that’s a bit too far.

* Contentious Times hits the stands: 15-year-old hopes to reach out, make difference in the world / Rob McDonald , SR — The future of journalism is promising as long as youngsters like Nina Neff are waiting in the wings.