INW Headlines — 12.12.11

Sgt. 1st Class Reynario Leija, left, shows his friends Joshua Hail, center, and Darian Westrick a flag he flew during a deployment to Iraq that he was presenting to the landscape architecture department before the start of the University of Idaho 2011 Fall Commencement in Moscow. Leija, of Gooding, had to suspend his studies at the UI for his deployment with the Idaho National Guard. Had he not been deployed, he would have been graduating in this ceremony with his friends. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Dean Hare)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Sun later today, snow later this week /SR
• Trial delayed in Kootenai County child abuse case /KREM
• 3 Nez Perce officers on leave amid shooting investigation /KHQ
• Man in Elmer Fudd hat borrows Missoula officer’s vehicle /AP
• Bozeman’s Gallatin airport new name to include Yellowstone Park /AP
• Twin Falls WalMart accuses manager of stealing $100K /TF Times-News
• Sandpoint anti-prejudice measure moves forward /Cameron Rasmusson, Bee
• Orbusmax Special: Should Idaho cigarette taxes more than triple? here