AM Headlines — 1.7.13

A Washington State Trooper tries to stand up barrier posts after a car slid off of eastbound I-90 Monday morning in Spokane Valley, at approximately 9 o’clock this morning. Most of the region woke up to 3-5 inches of new snow. There have been a number of slideoffs & crashes this morning on both sides of the border. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Otter facing battles within GOP /Betsy Russell, SR
• Edit: Dispassionate look needed re: school buses /CdA Press
• Athol family asks help on stolen dirt bike /Coeur d’Alene Press
• Middleton girls team pays tribute to sisters killed in crash /KTVB
• Snow expected to continue through morning /Chelsea Bannach, SR
• North Idaho flu season off to less-than-sniffling start /David Cole, Press
• Edit: Hospice of North Idaho fine costly lesson re: health data security /SR
• Idaho wrestling team raffles 52 guns in 52 minutes /Stephanie Smith, KBOI
• AG Wasden seeks high court review of Bonner County case /Bonner Daily Bee
• Caldwell mayor rushes into burning building to help /Stephanie Zepelin, KTVB