Noon: Fighting Creek Showdown

Shawn Dolan, manager of engineering for Kootenai Electric Cooperative, talks about the day-to-day operations of the new gas-to-energy power plant at Fighting Creek landfill south of Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. Betsy Russell story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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• WSU footballer cited for allegedly punching man /KXLY
• Idaho gets first Nordstrom’s /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Diamond wedding ring found 18 months after flushing /AP
• Suspect allegedly steals coins, jewelry from CdA shop /KXLY
• Missoula mulls culling urban deer /Betsy Cohen, Missoulian
• Whitefish man strips, moons cops during arrest /Jesse Davis, DIL
• Occupy Boise offers to move to non-grassy area /Katy Moeller, Statesman
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