PM Headlines — 8.23.10

The Idaho 2nd District courtroom at Lewiston was full today as Judge John Bradbury heard arguments on both sides of permitting large truckloads of oil refining equipment to traverse scenic, winding U.S. Highway 12 from Lewiston across Lolo Pass to Montana. Bradbury says he will take a day before deciding whether ConocoPhillips can begin hauling massive loads of oil equipment along U.S. Highway 12 in northern Idaho. Story below.  (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune photo: Barry Kough)

• Spear: Boise State has contacted Idaho re: future games /Brian Murphy, Statesman
  
• Apply 2 Save settles claim with Idaho attorney general /Bert Caldwell, SR
• Judge to decide case in oversized Highway 12 loads /Associated Press
• Suspended firefighter pleads innocent in 2nd DUI arrest /Tom Clouse, SR
• CdA artist/illustrator Muzik to become artist in residence /Coeur d’Alene Press
• Boise camper killed by falling tree identified /KTVB
• Laughing Dog builds on award-winning brews /David Gunter, Bonner County Bee
• Student reps appointed to Coeur d’Alene committees /Coeur d’Alene Today