AM Headlines — 1.2.14

Crowds gather at Sanders Beach before the annual Polar Bear Plunge in Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday, New Year’s Day. Story & another photo here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins
• Gonzaga hosts St. Mary’s tonight /SR
• Idaho human resources chief retires /Eye on Boise
• SR’s most read stories of 2013 /David Wasson, SR
• Sandpoint woman ID’d as victim in train accident /KHQ
• Ross Point Bible Camp undergoes $1M expansion /KTVB
• Pay for Idaho state workers continues to fall /Betsy Russell, SR
• Facebook reveals possible child abuse /Kevin Cousins, CdA Press
• Woman was preparing dinner at time of fatal Priest Lake area fire /KHQ
• Hartgen ‘a lot better,’ will serve on CEC committee /Betsy Russell, EOB
• ‘Potato Drop’ founder talks about changes to next year’s event /Justin Corr, KTVB