AM: Mine Families Coping w/Closure

“I would prefer to stay here,” said Mark Miller, of Kingston, Idaho, along with his wife, Heidi, and their baby daughter, Naomi, during a job fair at Wallace Junior/Senior High School on Thursday. Miller works in Lucky Friday Mine’s milling operation. Becky Kramer/SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• John Blanchette: Turns out, VIPs not only BMOCs /SR
• Wet, warm Round 3 of winter storm headed our way /KHQ
• New US stamp pays tribute to Glacier Park /Jim Mann, DIL
• Storms leave school closures, power outages in wake /SR
• Shawn Vestal: Verner’s defense of pay request cruelest cut /SR
• Helena urges caution after mountain lion sightings /Piper Haugan, HIR
• Retrial begins in 2006 Kootenai County road rage death /Meghann Cuniff, SR
• Idaho unemployment falls for 5th straight month /Tom Sowa, SR Office Hours
• Spokane, federal authorities arrest dozens in gang sweep /Chelsea Bannach, SR
• Exxon settles with Montana over oil pipeline spill /Matthew Brown, Associated Press
• Montana regents to discuss sex assault issues throught system /Chelsi Moy, Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Utah school fears “Cougars” mascot will offend women here