INW Headlines — 11.23.10

Motorists make their way along Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive earlier today. Gov. Otter’s transportation task force delivered its long-awaited recommendations for how to fund roads in Idaho. Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise is covering the announcement on her SR blog here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Cartoon: A little snow goes a long ways /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
  
• Idaho transportation needs total $543M /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
  
• Court halts sea lion killing at Columbia River dam /Associated Press
• Wider Northwest region feels sting of wintry storm /Associated Press
• Missoula raises fees for oversized loads /Keila Szpaller, Missoulian
• Boisean w/cystic fibrosis gets double-lung transplant /Katy Moeller, Statesman
  
• Biz groups sue Montana over campaign finance laws /Mike Dennison/Missoulian
• Montana’s jobless rate drops to 7.3 percent /Associated Press
• Former Montana sheriff gets 5 years for intimidation /AssociatedPress
• Orbusmax Special: Another fight spurs lockdown of units at Walla Walla prison here