AM Headlines — 1.3.11

On the first day of the new year, Don Sausser spotted this message painstakingly written in the snow of the Coeur d’Alene Resort front lawn: “I (Heart) Brandon.”

• Idaho Records , and: Building Permits , and: Bankruptcies /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Arctic chill continues but with clouds /Mike Prager, SR
• Idaho Highway 3 to stay closed until Tuesday night /Spokesman-Review
• Critics seek to investigations of state Tax Commission /Kevin Richert, Statesman
• Otter to be sworn in for 2nd term today /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• KMC reports first baby of 2011 /Nick Rotunno, Press
• Gonzaga shakes off quick turnaround, beats Wake Forest /Spokesman-Review
• A new school in Plummer-Worley means a new tax /Maureen Dolan, Press
• Kootenai County pollution numbers decrease /Alecia Warren, Press

Question: Have you ever carved your initials & a sweetheart’s initials in wood? Or written your love for another in the sand of a beach or elsewhere publicly?