PM Headlines — 12.14.10

On his superb Snaps & Frames blog, SR colleague Colin Mulvany writes of this photo: “An unusually dense fog descended on Spokane Monday evening just as I was headed to an assignment to photograph holiday light displays in nearby neighborhoods. I chucked the idea when I found that most houses were so shrouded in fog that it made getting a decent photo impossible. As I made my way back downtown, I started to see the photo possibilities.” More here .

• Idaho F&G chief pleads guilty in trespassing case /AP
  
• Washington trying to collect pot sales tax /Associated Press
• More singles in Spokane, more marrieds in Kootenai /Jim Camden, SR
• Spokane Valley firefighters knock out fire at own station /Rob Kauder, KXLY
• WSU student with bacterial meningitis improving /KREM
• Transportation Board wants $162M in GARVEE funding /Jay Patrick, IReporter
  
• NIC instructor Stevens honored w/arts, culture award /Stacy Hudson, Press Room
  
• Medical Lake woman seeks freedom after killed daughter a decade ago /KHQ
• Mother who left 7YO son alone at festival gets 6 months /Patrick Orr, Statesman