PM Headlines — 9.6.12

Erica Neff, public information officer at Kootenai Electric Cooperative talked about the brazen thieves that are stealing copper ground wires from utility poles along Huetter Road in Hayden on Thursday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Former Idaho senator Boatright dies /SR
• Parasite blamed for killing fish in Snake River /AP
• Wind gusting today in North Idaho /Mike Prager, SR
• New photos of injured bear cub released /Statesman
• Broken wire caused SE Idaho irrigation ditch deaths /AP
• Hearing reset in crash that killed cop from Post Falls /Bee
• North Idaho College trustee candidates finalized /CdA Press
• Ponderay to vote on local-option tax /Cameron Rasmusson, Bee
• School reform foes respond to Luna /Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise
• KAYU, DirecTV spat won’t affect Seahawks TV Opener /Office Hours
• Wolf answers bowhunter’s elk call, archer wins /Rich Landers, Outdoors
• Friend: Man shot by police in Spokane Valley unarmed /Thomas Clouse, SR