PM Headlines — 9.14.11

Kaleigh Livingston, left, and Brad Hilty, graduate students in the Speech and Hearing Sciences program at Washington State University’s Spokane Riverpoint Campus in Spokane, study for a class Tuesday. Chelsea Bannach/SR reports that despite the nation’s continuing economic woes, the cost of higher education usually pays off. Story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

• Spokane County OKs bike helmet ordinance /KHQ
• Inmate, CCA reach settlement in prison suit /Rebecca Boone, AP
• Trio seeks Sandpoint mayor’s position /Cameron Rasmusson, Bee
• Many races uncontested in Silver Valley /Zak Failla, Shoshone NP
• Vestal: Mayor’s FAQs on Zehm case short on real answers again /SR
• Nampa woman upset after mug shot goes public /Brian Morrin, KBOI
• Bonner County commissioners reject gravel mine near Athol /KEA Blog
• Sandpoint’s streets go green with new construction /David Gunter, Bee
• Tickets to home Boise State football games nearly sold out /Natalie Podgorski, KTVB
• Boise teens help Utah rescue: ‘God led my eyes to the fingers’ /Adam Balinski, KTVB