PM Headlines — 11.16.09

Idaho’s first-ever female transportation director was fired, in part, simply for being a woman, a lawsuit filed today charges. Pam Lowe, who last week filed a “whistleblower” complaint against the state alleging that she was fired for resisting political pressure to favor a big campaign donor to Gov. Butch Otter, filed an amended complaint today bringing in six additional claims for violating her rights under both the U.S. and Idaho constitutions. Eye On Boise story .

• Bonner County Dispatch 911 /SR
• Men accused of beating, robbery in Post Falls /Meghann M. Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels
• Wasden: Idahoans could share in Vonage settlement /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Texas Southern hands Vandal cagers first loss /AP
  
• Man killed in fall from Spokane Valley cliff /KHQ
• Citizen trio sue NIC over DeArmond Mill purchase /Eshelle Lechot, Sentinel
• LaRocco joins D.C. lobbying firm /Idaho Statesman
• DUI arrests, parking violations skyrocket due to BSU-Idaho game /KTVB
• Boise State keeps No. 6 spot in BCS /KTVB
• Montana wolf hunt over, quotas filled early /Amy Linn, New West
• 2nd Books for Christmas to feature McManus, Reynolds /Coeur d’Alene Today