Huckleberries NW Roundup 1/8/09

Thu., Jan. 8, 2009

Sandy and Ron Swenson rescue one of their three dogs and two puppies after the flooding today in Tacoma, Wash. They evacuated late Wednesday night returning for their pets in the morning. More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as snowmelt and rain swelled rivers and caused mudslides and avalanches that engulfed neighborhoods and roadways. Story here. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) (John Froschauer / The Spokesman-Review)

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

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* PETA seeks to rename Whitefish school Sea Fish /Missoulian

* White supremacists try to polish image /Billings Gazette

* Buck floats down Yellowstone River on ice chunks /Billings Gazette

* Montana, Alaska lead states w/double-digit increases in birth rates /Billings Gazette

* Thieves steal Coeur d’Alene thrift-store plow /KXLY

* Montana judge refuses to toss assisted-suicide ruling /Missoulian

* Ill Minority Leader Stennett will miss start of session /Twin Falls Times-News

* Otter supports cell tower shaped like a tree /AP

* Teacher who reportedly hit people charged with DUI /KTVB

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog