AM Headlines — 9.8.14

Rupert Butler, who is retired and moved to the Inland Northwest last year from Texas, has a lush, green lawn. Butler lives in the Modern Water District. One of Modern’s water towers looms nearby. On Sunday, the Spokesman-Review’s took a look at the region’s sole-source aquifer. See Scott Maben’s two stories below. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Luna defends big pay raises for staff /Betsy Russell, EOBoise
• Priest Lake cabin sales bring in nearly $27M /Betsy Russell, EOBoise
• State declining Medicaid expansion may miss aid dollars /McClatchy-Tribune
• Post Falls student population down, Lakeland SD sees increase /Brian Walker, Press
• 2-fer: Liquid Asset: Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer , and: Rising demand has officials looking ahead /Scott Maben, SR