HBO’s Inland Northwest — 2.18.10

Wranglers corral bison into livestock trailers at the Slip and Slide containment facility in Corwin Springs, Mont., on Wednesday in preparation for travel to Ted Turner’s Green Ranch along the Madison River west of Bozeman, Mont. The bison, which have tested brucellosis-free, will be kept on the ranch for the next five years as part of a bison quarantine study. Bozeman Chronicle story here . (AP Photo/The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Sean Sperry)

• Cartoon: Just desserts /Milt Priggee, Seattle P-I
• Avista credits lower wholesale costs for 2009 earnings /Becky Kramer, SR
• Clark: Prosecutors’ spat a delightful study in self-defeat /SR
• 2-fer: One of 10 jailed missionaries to appear on ‘Oprah’ Friday /Statesman; and Twin Falls Times News local angle on missionary release
• Pilot walks away from cropduster crash near Colfax /KXLY
• 2-fer: Canyon leaders plan ‘civil disobedience’ over emissions testing /Kristin Rodine, Statesman; and: Idaho Press-Tribune story by Mike Butts
• Kalispell votes 8-1 to put moratorium on marijuana business /Nancy Kimball, Daily Inter Lake
• Drifter charged w/stealing at least one house in Montana /Vince Devlin, Missoulian
• Commission limits deer harvest in NW Montana /Jim Mann, Daily Inter Lake
• Montana, British Columbia agree: No ripping up Flathead River /Joel Connelly, Seattle P-I Blogs
• Orbusmax Special: Tea Party speaker: ‘I want to hang Patty Murray’ here