AM Headlines — 1/31/08

Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review

Jim Marlin, owner of Specialty Dirt Works in Post Falls, offered on The Spokesman-Review’s Huckleberries Online blog on Tuesday to plow driveways for disabled veterans and senior citizens for free if they live in Coeur d’Alene or Post Falls. Story by Alison Boggs/SR.

* Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR

* Documentation now required to cross borders /Marc Stewart, Coeur d’Alene Press — Another reason not to go to the Great White North, eh.

* Here’s the scoop on Obama’s Saturday visit to Boise /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise/SR — I thought only Republicans have coronations in Idaho.

* Easing the overcrowding: Proposed boundary changes in PF District mean some will have to switch schools /Amy Cannata, Prairie Voice/SR — You guys should check out the Prairie Voice today (available free on newstands at Hastings and a bunch of other businesses). Ten pages. Stories galore. And my Huckleberries print column is on the cover. It’s all good.

* Idaho lakes being cleared of milfoil: 300 acres of Hayden Lake treated /Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise/SR — Not a sexy issue. But an important one for water-loving North Idaho.

* Bonner County declares snow emergency /Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee — Don’t be surprised if Kootenai County plays follow the leader today.

Question: Do you know of any other Good Samaritans out there, like Jim Marlin?