HBO’s Inland Northwest — 12.18.09

A cyclist serpentines his way through the remnants of Monday’s snowfall in Riverfront Park Thursday afternoon. (Colin Mulvany/SR)

• Iupati becomes UIdaho’s 1st FBS consensus all-American /Idaho Statesman
• Cartoon: Atlas considers climate change /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Time profiles teen bandit who stole North Idaho plane /KING5
• Liquor Control Board investigates 2 bars in triple fatal /KXLY
• Students write letters to Bill Gates, Oprah to save school /Annie Bishop, KXLY
• Mariners trade Silva for problem child Milton Bradley /Seattle P-I
• Idaho Falls man sentenced for chaining daughter in garage /Associated Press
• 5 Homedale pre-teens suspended after bringing sack of pot to school /KTVB
• Feds may OK chopper landings in Frank Church Wilderness /Nate Poppino, Twin Falls Times-News
• Bighorn sheep becoming a nuisance /Missoulian
• Bartender who served DUI driver drink in crash that killed trooper pleads /Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Autistic boy’s rights violated when aides put head under water here