INW: New Bank Enters Region

Rick Melanson crosses the Riverside Avenue skywalk as a new sign on the front of the former Bank of Whitman building in downtown Spokane announces the change to Columbia Bank on Monday. The Tacoma bank is seeking to be stabilizing influence after Whitman’s seizure by FDIC. John Stucke SR story here.

• Canyon County GOP to consider McGee resolution tonight /Mike Butts, IPT
• Opinion: Wyoming declares war on wolves /Brodie Furquhar, New West
• Coldwater Creek shutters West Virginia call center /Spokesman-Review
• Report: 7M visitors spend $400M in Idaho forests /Rock Barker, Statesman
• Redistricting plans pile up as talks continue /Ben Botkin, Twin Falls TN
• Mayor re-evaluating Spokane stance on Zehm /Jonathan Brunt & Thomas Clouse, SR
• Glacier trail remains closed after hiker attack, hiker continues on vacation /Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Washington woman: ‘I was murdered in 1996 … I don’t feel dead here