Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 4/6/07

AP Photo/Sparks Tribune, Debra Reid

Murder suspect John Delling, 21, waits in the Washoe County Jail before his video arraignment in Reno, Nev., earlier today. Delling, 21, is accused of killing a University of Idaho student and under investigation in the killing of a Boise State University student.

Breaking: Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney will meet with the news media at 1 p.m. (PDT) this afternoon to announce a major development in the John Joseph Delling murder case .

1. UI Murder 3-fer (from Argonaut staff): Murder suspect has history of questionable mental health here , UI students remember fallen friend here , and Argonaut Editorial: Moscow police deserve thanks for solving case so quickly here .

2. 12 UIdaho students arrested for trespassing while they were checking out rumors about a haunted hospital in Colfax, Wash., say police went overboard here .

3. Bill Condon of Moscow has another life stored on his computer under the name “Other Bill Condon.” Moscow’s Bill Condon is the director of writing programs at Washington State University. The other Bill Condon, who he is often mistaken for, is the Academy Award-winning writer and director of movies, including the recent “Dreamgirls” here .

4. House Republicans lambasted trial lawyers during raucous debate Thursday. But when one lawmaker singled out the Democratic House majority leader’s husband for scorn, the place erupted in shouts. An eventual apology was angrily rejected here .

5. After a three-year campaign that included platoons of determined school kids, a political deadlock with miffed potato growers and free onion-flavored sausages handed out at the state Capitol, the Legislature has declared an official state vegetable: the Walla Walla sweet onion here .

6. IMHO-NW: Tecla Markosky /UI Argonaut ( Cancer scare brings perspective ), Missoulian ( Take pride in grizzly story ), Idaho Statesman ( Craig links immigration reform to economy ), Jim Fisher /Lewiston Tribune ( Denney’s ethics caught in revolving door ), and Karl /Leaning Straight Up ( PC, white privilege & racist furniture ).

Online Poll: 52% of 543 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll say Sanjaya should be the next to be cut from “American Idol.”

*Police “bust” tomato grow operation in Pullman apartment here .

*Missing Great Falls, Mont., man found living in a cave here .

*Boisean attacks kids with baseball bat (w/mug shot) here .

*Sharing famous name leads to interesting e-mails for North Idahoan/WSU prof here .

*Walla Walla kidnap suspect waives extradition here .

Orbusmax Special: Vallivue (Idaho) High school student lights schoolmate on fire, police say here .