Jim Aiken of The Pend Oreille Barbershop snips Don Childress' top as the men contemplate fishing. Ralph Bartholdt/Skookum Photography writes of his visit to the old-fashioned barbershop here. (Skookum Photography: Ralph Bartholdt)

• Voter ID bill passes Senate, heads to guv/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Bald Idaho senators back barber licensing bill/Dan Popkey, Idaho Politics
• Benewah County hunters kill wolf on Lindstrom Peak/Chris D'Angelo, St. Maries Gazette-Record
• Sandpoint among 'Coolest Small Towns'/Ralph Bartholdt, Bonner County Bee
• Hoax bombs in Idaho could result in hard time/Associated Press
• Denney sits on 'ham and eggs' bill/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• NIC to celebrate American Indian Heritage Week/Stacy Hudson, Press Room
• Mercury spills causes 40 to 50 students to be quarantined/Scott Evans, KTVB
• Ex-Boise cop indicted for lewd conduct w/babies/KTVB
• Longer maximum sentence for child abuse not coming this year/Brad Iverson-Long, Idaho Reporter