List of winners in the 2008 UISAPA contest

A A A A A SALT LAKE CITY —

The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City, Utah, The Spectrum & Daily News in St. George, Utah, and the Bonner County Daily Bee in Sandpoint, Idaho, were recognized for general excellence in the Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association's annual news contest.'s annual meeting, held this year at The Spokane Athletic Club in Spokane, Wash.

DIVISION I

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE

BEAT REPORTING

1st - Rich Greene, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Minidoka and Cassia County School Districts"

2nd - Sven Berg, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Bedke - BLM Dispute"

3rd - Marlisa Keyes, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE

EDITORIAL

1st - Matthew Flitton, STANDARD JOURNAL

FEATURE PHOTO

1st - Cory Murdock, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Happy Hogmanay"

2nd - Marlisa Keyes, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "I Love Dirt and Dirt Loves Me"

3rd - Rich Greene, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Celebrating Independence"

FEATURE STORY

1st - Bob Gunter, David Gunter, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Memories Etched by Fire"

2nd - Bob Gunter, David Gunter, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Haunted Sandpoint: Ghost Stories Swirl Around Historic Landmarks"

3rd - Keith Kinnaird, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "From Loose Ends to Family Ties"

GENERAL NEWS PHOTO

1st - Caroline Lobsinger, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Look Ma, No Hands"

GENERAL REPORTING

1st - Joyce Edlefsen, STANDARD JOURNAL, "Judge Sides with Grube"

2nd - Conor Christofferson, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "A Hometown Hero"

3rd - Gwen Albers, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Hope in Clark Fork"

HEADLINE WRITING

1st - Caroline Lobsinger, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

1st - David Gunter, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Cycle of Debt"

2nd - David Gunter, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Red Tape Tangles Progress at Sandpoint Airport"

PERSONAL COLUMN

1st - Matthew Flitton, STANDARD JOURNAL

2nd - David Keyes, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE

PICTURE STORY/PHOTO ESSAY

1st - Caroline Lobsinger, Bee Staff, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Fourth & Fabulous"

PORTFOLIO

1st - Laurie Welch, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS

PORTRAIT

1st - Caroline Lobsinger, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "A Saturday Snooze"

SERIES/SPECIAL PROJECTS

1st - David Gunter, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "The Education Dilemma"

2nd - Laurie Welch, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "A Second Look at Low Unemployment Rates"

3rd - David Gunter, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "The High Price of Being Discovered"

SPORTS COLUMN

1st - Zach Kyle, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Fourth and Long"

2nd - Chuck Nunn, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Jazz Session"

3rd - Eric Plummer, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE

SPORTS FEATURES

1st - Eric Plummer, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Swimming into Nothing"

2nd - Zach Kyle, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Shades of Glory"

3rd - Eric Plummer, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Charlie Baseball"

SPORTS PHOTO

1st - Mark Jones, STANDARD JOURNAL, "Eastern Idaho Lionz Football"

2nd - Chuck Nunn, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Jazz Magic Boozer"

3rd - Mark Jones, STANDARD JOURNAL, "Upper Valley Baseball"

SPOT NEWS PHOTO

1st - Cory Murdock, BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE, "Hay Fire Stops Traffic"

2nd - Sven Berg, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Fire"

SPOT NEWS STORY

1st - Sven Berg, SOUTH IDAHO PRESS, "Incident Prompts BHS Lockdown"

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DIVISION II

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st - Staff, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS

BEAT REPORTING

1st - Kendel Murrant, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE, "Crime"

2nd - Jimmy Hancock, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Crime & Courts"

3rd - Kim Burgess, HERALD JOURNAL, "Agriculture"

EDITORIAL

1st - Marty Trillhaase, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER

2nd - Randy Wright, DAILY HERALD

3rd - Vickie Holbrook, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE

FEATURE PHOTO

1st - Mario Ruiz, DAILY HERALD, "Bulldog"

2nd - Christopher Onstott, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS, "Bee"

3rd - Joe Kline, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Cherubs"

FEATURE STORY

1st - Lance Frazier, HERALD JOURNAL, "In Sickness and in Health"

2nd - Casey Santee, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Still Saying Goodbye"

3rd - Ariel Hansen, TIMES-NEWS, "Decision to Die"

GENERAL NEWS PHOTO

1st - Joe Kline, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Derby Night"

2nd - Meegan M. Reid, HERALD JOURNAL, "One Survivor's Recovery"

3rd - Jerome A. Pollos, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Prayer Day"

GENERAL REPORTING

1st - Logan Molyneux, DAILY HERALD, "Parents, Officials Struggle over Right to Refuse Vaccines"

2nd - Brian Walker, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, Teens take 2nd Amendment Seriously"

3rd - Kendra Evensen, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "The Mystery Remains: Why?"

HEADLINE WRITING

1st - Doug Fox, DAILY HERALD

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

1st - Casey Santee, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Cold Cases"

2nd - Kate Carpenter, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "The Brink of Change"

3rd - Corey Taule, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "Searching for Answers"

ONLINE - BREAKING NEWS

1st - Grace Leong, DAILY HERALD, "Clean Film Business was Front for Porn"

2nd - thespectrum.com staff, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS, http://www.thespectrum.com

3rd - Vickie Holbrook and Staff, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE,

ONLINE - GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st - thespectrum.com staff, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS, http://www.thespectrum.com

2nd - Staff, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "ISJ Online"

3rd - Vickie Holbrook and Staff, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE

ONLINE - SPECIAL PACKAGE

1st - Craig Dilger, Doug Fox, Ashley Franscell, Jason Larsen, Rich Lewis, DAILY HERALD, "Brady: The Greatest Gift"

2nd - Jenny Wixom, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Thejhub.com"

3rd - Ian H. Fennell, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Rail Dreams Online"

PERSONAL COLUMN

1st - Bill Corbett, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

2nd - Martin Hackworth, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

3rd - Todd Seifert, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS

PICTURE STORY/PHOTO ESSAY

1st - Jerome A. Pollos, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Life is Good"

2nd - Ashley Franscell, DAILY HERALD, "Brady Thompson"

3rd - Amanda Smith, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "Craig"

PORTFOLIO

1st - Jerome A. Pollos, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS

2nd - Eli Lucero, HERALD JOURNAL

3rd - Meegan M. Reid, HERALD JOURNAL

PORTRAIT

1st - Greg Kreller, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE, "Darrell Flores"

2nd - Jerome A. Pollos, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Shooting Victim"

3rd - Doug Lindley, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Willi Evans"

SERIES/SPECIAL PROJECTS

1st - Doug Fox & Ashley Franscell, DAILY HERALD, "Brady: The Greatest Gift"

2nd - John O'Connell, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Bringing Back the Bear"

3rd - Corey Taule, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "Pandora's Boxxx"

SPORTS COLUMN

1st - Tim Flagstad, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

2nd - Eric Larsen, TIMES-NEWS

3rd - Dan Thompson, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO

1st - Eli Lucero, HERALD JOURNAL, "Logan Jubo"

2nd - Christopher Onstott, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS, "Bench"

3rd - Greg Kreller, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE, "Nampa-Twin Football"

SPORTS FEATURES

1st - Tom Greene, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Iron Will"

2nd - Kelvin Ang, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Long run to Glory"

3rd - Michael Lycklama, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "Champ Fighting Back"

Honorable Mention - Rod Harwood, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Built by Golfers for Golfers"

Honorable Mention - Dan Thompson, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "School Ties"

SPORTS PHOTO

1st - Jason Hunt, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Diving Miss"

2nd - Charlie Litchfield, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE, "Prep Football"

3rd - Robert Bower, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "Taking the Lead"

SPOT NEWS PHOTO

1st - Christopher Onstott, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS, "Crash"

2nd - Jerome A. Pollos, COEUR d'ALENE PRESS, "Train Wreck"

3rd - Ashley Smith, TIMES-NEWS, "Wall of Flames"

SPOT NEWS STORY

1st - Staff, THE SPECTRUM & DAILY NEWS, "County Left in the Dark"

2nd - Grace Leong, DAILY HERALD, "St. Francis of Assisi Church Razed Despite Protests"

3rd - Kendel Murrant, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE, "Nampa Teen Dies in Police Shooting"

SPOT SPORTS STORY

1st - Dave Southorn, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE, "One 'Four' the Ages"

2nd - Kellis Robinett, IDAHO STATE JOURNAL, "Fallout Leads to more Point Guard Woes"

3rd - Michael Lycklama, IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER, "I.F. Grad Josten picked in MLS Draft"

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DIVISION III

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st - Connie Coyne, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

BEAT REPORTING

1st - Matthew D. LaPlante, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Military"

2nd - Lee Davidson, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Car Beat"

3rd - Elaine Jarvik, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Religion"

EDITORIAL

1st - Casey Jones, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

2nd - Vern Anderson, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

3rd - Don Porter, STANDARD-EXAMINER

FEATURE PHOTO

1st - Brian Plonka, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "Dog Days of Winter

2nd - Tom Smart, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "First Day of Legislature"

3rd - Christopher Anderson, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "Foggy Day"

FEATURE STORY

1st - Heather May, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Saying Hello, Saying Goodbye"

2nd - Lois Collins, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "The Voice"

3rd - Tim Woodward, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Pinto Bennett, Idaho Icon"

GENERAL NEWS PHOTO

1st - Jeffrey Allred, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Final Farewell"

2nd - Scott G. Winterton, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Spit it Out"

3rd - Tom Smart, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Deported"

GENERAL REPORTING

1st - Dawn House, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "A Gift for the Wealthy"

2nd - Steven Oberbeck, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Shadow Wages"

3rd - Lee Davidson, Jennifer Toomer-Cook, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Mythbusting"

GRAPHIC ARTIST

1st - Todd Adams, Rhonda Hailes Maylett, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

2nd - Robert Noyce, DESERET MORNING NEWS

3rd - Mike Miller, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

HEADLINE WRITING

1st - Richard Stewart, STANDARD-EXAMINER

2nd - John A. Davis, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

3rd - Tami Martinez, STANDARD-EXAMINER

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

1st - Dan Popkey, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Craig Investigation"

2nd - Robert Gehrke, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Crandall Canyon Mine Disaster"

3rd - Lisa Rosetta, Pamela Manson, Kirsten Stewart, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Whose Children are They?"

Honorable Mention - Joe Bauman, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Roots of Murder"

ONLINE - BREAKING NEWS

1st - Staff, IDAHO STATESMAN

2nd - Tim Fitzpatrick, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, http://www.sltrib.com

3rd - Ryan Pitts, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, spokesmanreview.com

ONLINE - GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st - Tim Fitzpatrick, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, http://www.sltrib.com

2nd - Amorie Pickett, STANDARD-EXAMINER, "StandardNET Live!"

3rd - Staff, IDAHO STATESMAN

ONLINE - SPECIAL PACKAGE

1st - Tim Fitzpatrick, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Sherpas Rising"

2nd - Tim Fitzpatrick, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Sundance Film Fest"

3rd - Ryan Pitts, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "Storm Stories Interactive Map"

Honorable Mention - Staff, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Northwest Ski Map"

Honorable Mention - Ryan Pitts, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "2008 Spokane Campaign Visits"

PERSONAL COLUMN

1st - Charles Trentelman, STANDARD-EXAMINER

2nd - Robert Kirby, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

3rd - Doug Robinson, DESERET MORNING NEWS

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

1st - Tom Smart, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Cancer Recovery"

2nd - Francisco Kjolseth, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Doping"

3rd - Christopher Anderson, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "Millie"

PICTURE STORY/PHOTO ESSAY

1st - Laura Seitz, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Offering Refuge: Veronique Mosess"

2nd - Nick Short, STANDARD-EXAMINER, "Windsor Motel"

3rd - Jeffrey Allred, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Immigration Baptism"

PORTFOLIO

1st - Tom Smart, DESERET MORNING NEWS

2nd - Laura Seitz, DESERET MORNING NEWS

3rd - Dan Pelle, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

PORTRAIT

1st - Beth Schlanker, STANDARD-EXAMINER, "Rollerboy"

2nd - Leah Hogsten, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Double Wheelie"

3rd - Nick Short, STANDARD-EXAMINER, "Windsor Motel"

SERIES/SPECIAL PROJECTS

1st - Stateman Staff, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Continuing Coverage of Senator Craig"

2nd - Loretta Tofani, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "American Imports, Chinese Deaths"

3rd - Salt Lake Tribune Staff, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "The Aftermath of Trolley Square"

SPORTS COLUMN

lst - Brad Rock, DESERET MORNING NEWS

2nd - Kurt Kragthorpe, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

3rd - Brian Murphy, IDAHO STATESMAN

SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO

1st - Trent Nelson, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Turn on the Lights"

2nd - Rajah Bose, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "Preps Prep"

3rd - Joe Jaszewski, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Hawaii Loss"

SPORTS FEATURES

1st - Michael C. Lewis, Nate Carlisle, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "No One is Watching"

2nd - Kurt Kragthorpe, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "The Longest day of his Life"

3rd - Scott Taylor, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Brouhaha Haka: Pregame Ritual"

SPORTS PHOTO

1st - Beth Schlanker, STANDARD-EXAMINER, "Xterra 1"

2nd - Robert Johnson, STANDARD-EXAMINER, "Rodeo Kid"

3rd - Jeffrey Allred, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Boozer"

SPOT NEWS PHOTO

1st - Darin Oswald, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Black Friday"

2nd - Joe Jaszewski, IDAHO STATESMAN, "River Rescue"

3rd - Scott G. Winterton, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Clogged Drain"

SPOT NEWS STORY

1st - Stateman Staff, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Craig Investigation"

2nd - Staff, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, "Deadly Shooting Spree"

3rd - Patrick Orr, IDAHO STATESMAN, "3 Counties, 2 Bodies"

SPOT SPORTS STORY

1st - Sports Staff, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Standing Tall"

2nd - Sports Staff, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Moving Fourth!"

3rd - Chadd Cripe & Staff, IDAHO STATESMAN, "Un-4-Gettable"

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REVIEWS

1st - Sean P. Means, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Entertainment Reviews"

2nd - Logan Molyneux, DAILY HERALD, "Dining Reviews"

3rd - Jeff Vice, DESERET MORNING NEWS, "Movie Reviews"

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BEST OF SHOW

Jerome A. Pollos, COEUR dA?ALENE PRESS, Portfolio

WILLIAM H. COWLES III MEMORIAL AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

Doug Fox, DAILY HERALD, "Brady: The Greatest Gift"