Slow surfing in Idaho • Getting the boot in Sun Valley • E. Idaho charity taking its knocks this year • Comedian gets laughs in Seattle competition • NY Times to Sali: Don't let the door hit you... • Ghost Adventures crew looks at the Old Penitentiary

More on book banning in Coeur d'Alene • H-Bowl speculation • Energy projects still powering through despite sour economy • Scariest avalanche terrain? The backside of Sun Valley's Mt. Baldy • Thanksgiving murder in Bonner County • At home with the Armchair Survivalist

Blaine County's arms race • Tough times for U of I as prez announces more cuts • Montana church prepared for the end • Unemployment hits highest level in three years in Bonner County • Ski resorts feel the pinch of tight economy

Idaho metropolitan areas rank well on crime list • Lewiston cold case brings up painful memories for family • Canned Fish & Game supervisor appeals his own muzzling • Is North Idaho ready for a black president? • Yellowstone Club has its day in court • Sewage spill won't threaten water in Hayden

On environmental friendliness, Idaho ski areas get an F • Nurses still wanted • Chronic Wasting Disease threatens Idaho deer and elk • Plant life debate almost over in Bonner County • Click it or get a more expensive ticket?

State unemployment tax to shoot up in '09 • Shorn in Stanley • Bidding adieu to a disgraced Senator ... from Alaska • Washington readies for first lethal injection since 2001 • Twin hasn't dropped the hammer on daredevil yet • Sandpoint's got parking problems

Hunting accident leaves Washington man dead • Truck driver has joyful reunion with his lapdog • PETA gets sassy to save the turkeys • One of the biggest superfund sites is about to get bigger • Man gets heat for cougar killing • Time to ski at Grand Targhee

Idaho nuke prospects dim • Nuttiest House seat in country just got a lot tamer • Tobacco settlement up in smoke • Expect less traffic over Thanksgiving • Counties band together for Forest Service advisory committee

Wanted women dead in apparent suicide pact • Minnick gets a taste of life on the Hill • Sheathing the silos in Twin Falls • Get on your pony and ride in Burley • So long, Ski Tour • Coeur d'Alene to get a tummy tuck

School garden trend catches on in Idaho • Pedestrian safety comes to the forefront in Rexburg • A proposal for better football in the West • Wilderness bill down and out for now • Police merger could make sense in Sun Valley • Twin Falls reckons with shady massage parlor