Headlines @ Closin’ Time — 8/18/08

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho
“A pair of osprey fledglings seem unsure about trying their wings. As we watched, the mama osprey encouraged her youngsters from a nearby piling on the Spokane River,” posts Kerri Thoreson.

* Kempthorne joins Jonas Brothers /Idaho Statesman
* Idaho health agency finds high mercury levels in bass /Idaho Statesman
* Idaho pilot injured in cropduster crash /AP
* Auger operator electrocuted /KREM2
* Seattle Times, PI to raise price 75 cents /PI
* Bag fee brings changes to checkout stand /PI
* ISP releases name of officer involved in fatal shooting /Idaho Statesman