AM Headlines — 10.24.11

“We need to put these assets to work. They shouldn’t sit during the summer just because people aren’t skiing,” Phil Edholm, CEO of Lookout Pass, said Friday. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Act, which passed both houses unanimously, would allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue permits to ski resorts for additional year-round activities on U.S. Forest Service land. More here.

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Fog reduces visibility this morning /Mike Prager, SR
• 20YO female driver dies in I-90/Sprague Lake crash /KHQ
• Hospice House in works for Post Falls /Brian Walker, Press
• Seat 3: Gookin, Sayler lead crowded field /Alison Boggs, SR
• Lake City wins 5A regional volleyball /Greg Lee, SR
• Bishop Kelly nips Sandpoint for 4A girls soccer title /SR
• Vestal: Check your non-ideology at Bonner County door /SR
• Vandals destroy downtown art ‘Blue Heron’ /Tom Hasslinger, Press
• Family Promise reopens to help area’s homeless /Maureen Dolan, Press
• Mountain West sues company seeking Camp Easton /Alecia Warren, Press