Photo: Elk smash

The front windshields of a school bus belonging to Lincoln's D&L Bussing show the damage caused by the impact of an elk Tuesday morning.

Doug Richards was carrying the Lincoln High School track team, en route to a track meet in Thompson Falls, when they hit the elk just west of Lincoln, near the rodeo grounds. Laurie Richards said Doug saw the herd of elk near the highway and had begun to slowdown...