AM Headlines — 1/30/08

Heavy snow fall over the weekend turned the Pend Oreille River in Oldtown, Idaho into a winter postcard Monday. (Spokesman-Review/Jesse Tinsley)

* Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR

* Power outages linger for nearly 2,000 area residents /Jody Lawrence-Turner And Thomas Clouse, SR — At times like these, I’m glad I have a wood stove to go with backup heat. A wood stove, a candle, and thou — what better way to hunker down when the lights go out?

* Extra snow? Fairgrounds tubing hill needs 150 truckloads /Becky Kramer, SR — Ah, I think there’s a surplus this year. Of course, they’re going to have to come and get it.

* Storms send LPOSD skyward to shovel roofs: District doesn’t want repeat of 1995-‘96 when SHS roof collapsed /Marlisa Keyes, Bonner County Daily Bee — Nice to see school districts can learn lessons, too.

* Pita Pit Inc. climbs national rankings: Entrepreneur Magazine lists company as No. 195 /Rick Thomas, Coeur d’Alene Press — It’s only 10:20. But I’m already thinking of lunch, thanks to this article.

* Post Falls I-90 projects move along: Beck interchange, Greensferry project key to area’s mobility /Brian Walker, Coeur d’Alene Press — This’ll give Post Falls as many freeway interchanges as Coeur d’Alene, right? Post Falls continues to grow up.

*Election Day liquor sales bill passes 11-7/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise — If the mission of the state liquor system is to promote temperance and sobriety, as Rep. Raul Labrador contends, someone’s missed the boat. That ship sailed in the 20th century.