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Saturday, June 6, 2009
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Volunteers improve trails
June 6, 2009 in Outdoors Dozens of volunteers traded their hiking poles for picks, shovels, pruners and chain saws on Saturday.
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CdA condos head for auction block
June 6, 2009 in Idaho The owners of two condominium developments along the Spokane River in Coeur d’Alene have deeply discounted more than 50 units to get potential buyers down from the fence.
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300 turn out for leisurely bridge stroll
June 6, 2009 in City Nearly 300 people turned out Saturday for the first ever Spokane River Bridge Walk, which took participants across 17 pedestrian and traffic bridges from Monroe Street eastward to the Gonzaga …
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Thunderstorms drop heavy rain, hail west of Spokane
June 6, 2009 in City, Idaho A strong thunderstorm bringing flash floods, funnel clouds and large hail moved across rural of Lincoln County, northeast Adams County and northwestern Whitman County this afternoon.
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Summer Bird spoils Borel’s day
June 6, 2009 in Sports Summer Bird has won the Belmont Stakes, rallying past Mine That Bird to spoil jockey Calvin Borel’s attempt at winning all three legs of the Triple Crown.
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Another woman reports prowler in CdA
June 6, 2009 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene woman awoke to a man she didn’t know lying next to her in bed today, the fifth report of suspicious activity in the town since Thursday night.
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Wise words from Kent Hoffman
June 6, 2009 in Features This is the complete transcript of Kent Hoffman’s “Wise Words in Troubled Times.” 1
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Couple charged as Cuba agents
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – For nearly 30 years, a now-retired U.S. State Department official and his wife conspired to provide classified information to the Cuban government, starting with secrets squirreled away in …
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One soldier’s story
June 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 Two things Ray Batten remembers about D-Day: It was postponed a day, and when he finally did get to France, he spent his initial time up in a tree. “I … 1
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Accuracy watch
June 6, 2009 in City on Page A2 For 06-06-2009
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Uranium found in Syria
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – U.N. inspectors probing allegations of a clandestine nuclear program in Syria have discovered traces of uranium at a second location, fueling concerns among nuclear experts that the country …
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Brazil says debris wasn’t from jet
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BOGOTA, Colombia – Brazilian officials Friday retracted assertions that debris spotted in the Atlantic Ocean was wreckage of Air France Flight 447, and experts warned that the possibility of locating …
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Obama invokes lesson of Buchenwald deaths
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WEIMAR, Germany – President Barack Obama absorbed the horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, subjugation of …
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Byway jeopardizes Amtrak’s depot use
June 6, 2009 in City on Page A4 SANDPOINT – Construction of the Sand Creek Byway here could cause Amtrak to stop using the historic Sandpoint depot as a stop on the Empire Builder passenger route, a company …
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Mexico day care fire kills at least 29
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 MEXICO CITY – Flames engulfed a day care center in northern Mexico on Friday, killing at least 29 children and injuring dozens as neighbors and teachers ran through thick, black …
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Britain’s Brown refuses to resign
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 LONDON – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled desperately Friday to keep his job, ignoring demands to quit amid a flurry of Cabinet resignations and a swelling rebellion in the …
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Stimulus pace to accelerate
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to announce Monday how his administration is speeding up implementation of his $787 billion economic stimulus plan, Vice President Joe Biden said Friday. “On …
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City braces for protests at funeral
June 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 WICHITA, Kan. – Authorities are bracing for a large crowd – including protesters – for the funeral of slain abortion provider George Tiller today at College Hill United Methodist Church …
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Jobless rate sees spike
June 6, 2009 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – With companies in no mood to hire, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of layoffs …
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Mattel settles lead paint case
June 6, 2009 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Toy maker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead. The …
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GM’s dismantling opens new roads
June 6, 2009 in Business on Page A6 DETROIT – Roger Penske is inventing a new business model on the ruins of General Motors Corp. The auto racing magnate and mega dealership owner is snapping up Saturn and …
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Wal-Mart says keeping new customers a priority
June 6, 2009 in Business on Page A6 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s new president and CEO Mike Duke pledged to shareholders Friday that the world’s largest retailer will speed efforts to improve its operations, from offering …
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Gas tax grab raises ire
June 6, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – More than 30 years ago, Idaho’s boaters, snowmobilers, dirt-bikers and ATV riders made a deal: They’d give up their gas tax refunds for gas burned off-road if the …
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Bad economy has silver lining
June 6, 2009 in City on Page B1 Once, I sat through an excruciating orchestral rendition of “The Nutcracker Suite.” You know the famous part that goes, “Dah-da-da-dah-dut-dah”?
