HBO’s Inland Northwest — 12.22.09

Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor gives a briefing today, near the home where two Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies were shot Monday night in rural Pierce County near Eatonville, Wash. Seattle Times stories here and here . (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

• Cartoon: Message from climate change summit /David Horsey, P-I
• Thiel: UW-Zags snit merely reinforces our hoops hotbed /Seattle P-I
• Guv candidate Rammell calls meeting for LDS elders only /Rexburg Standard Journal
• Police recover stolen pickup, van for military family, but goods gone /SR
• Refusal to sell beer results in severe beating /Mike Prager, SR
• Angry guy rams Spokane Valley church with pickup /Rob Kauder, KXLY
• Idaho inmate gets 2 life sentences for prison rape /AP
• Meridian teacher, GOP hopeful, faces burglary charge /KCBI
• Chopper landings OK for Church wilderness /Nate Poppino, Twin Falls Times-News
• Shots fired into Gooding cop’s home /Blair Koch, Twin Falls Times-News
• Great Falls man returns $6K found diamond ring /Billings Gazette
• Agents hunt for wolves from 6 NW Montana packs /AP
• Orbusmax Special: Robber hits Oregon bank to fill gas tank here