Best Of The INorthwest — 1/15/09

A just -born lamb gets cleaned up by its mother in a pasture near Roseburg, Ore., on Saturday. (AP Photo/The News-Review)

• Bonner County drops battery charges against 8YO girl /Bonner County Bee
• Montana OKs Helena’s plan to kill 150 deer /Helena Independent-Record
• Computer maker Dell to pay restitution to Idaho customers /Idaho Statesman
• US Senate passes bill to protect Idaho’s Canyonlands /Idaho Statesman
• Racists paper Montana neighborhood with flyers /Billings Gazette
• Orbusmax Special: Salem’s Statesman-Journal workers face furlough here .

• Otter’s hit list: Guv’s top priorities in chartreuse /Boise Weekly
• Idaho roads, schools to get $38.7M from USDA /Idaho Statesman
• Boise grad among ‘Obama’s People’ featured in NYTimes mag /Idaho Statesman
• Forbes: Micron considers merger for bailout cash /KTVB
• Murder charges dropped against father, cousin in girl’s snowy death walk /Twin Falls Times-News
• Montana wants to shut down state broker of Canadian drugs /Missoulian