HBO’s Inland Northwest — 12.1.09

Investigators work at the site where a car was struck by a train on North Arden this morning. The woman had just dropped her 4-year-old son off at school in Spokane Valley. She was airlifted to the hospital. See story below. (J. Bart Rayniak/SR)

• Cartoon: A conservative’s wish list /David Horsey, P-I
• Mother critically injured in Spokane Valley train crash on 4YO’s birthday /KREM2
• Otter’s call for ideas to streamline government nets 217 responses /Statesman
• Boise State won’t hold BCS announcement event /KTVB
• A Wyoming, a cowboy chocolatier finds a niche /New West
• Roper who beat breast cancer gives belt buckle to doctor /Billings Gazette
• Curtain falls on slowest NW Montana hunt since 1997 /Daily Inter Lake
• Kalispell GM dealership closes after losing dealership /Daily Inter Lake
• Orbusmax Special: Would-be oxycontin robber turns down generic brand here