June 11, 2010 in City A 9-year-old girl was declared brain dead Friday night, from injuries she suffered in a collision at Monroe Road and Hazard Road Thursday. 5

June 11, 2010 in City A proposed new regional animal-control shelter got a scratch behind the ears and a pat on the shoulders Friday. Elected officials from Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake and Spokane County …

June 11, 2010 in City Eastern Washington University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony Friday celebrated a lot of firsts. More than half of Eastern’s freshmen are the first in their family to go to college. Keynote speaker … 1

June 11, 2010 in Business, City A four-year medical school in Spokane would support more than 9,000 new jobs by 2030, and generate $1.6 billion in new economic activity, a new study says. 27

June 11, 2010 in City OLYMPIA – Last week, Eastern Washington Democrats were scrambling to find one candidate to challenge Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers for her fourth term. This week, they have four – … 2

June 11, 2010 in Sports Golf columnist Steve Bergum reflects on the life of former Spokane Country Club pro Gene Carbery, who died on May 31.

  June 11, 2010 in City A 5-year-old boy rescued from a burning home in northeast Spokane has improved from critical to serious condition this afternoon at Sacred Heart Medical Center. 4

June 11, 2010 in City Spokane’s Police Ombudsman has a new tool to make it easier for people to file complaints against officers. 7

  June 11, 2010 in Idaho The IRS has filed nearly $300,000 in new federal tax liens against Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart in the past year, five years after Hart said he’d reached an agreement … 4

June 11, 2010 in Sports MOSCOW, Idaho – Reverberations from the conference realignment shake-up reached the Western Athletic Conference on Friday, and they were most definitely felt at the University of Idaho. 1

June 11, 2010 in Sports Boise State has decided to join the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Western Athletic Conference and fellow state school Idaho. 9

June 11, 2010 in Business A big drop in May retail sales has raised new concerns about the durability of the economic recovery. Retail sales plunged 1.2 percent last month, the Commerce Department said today. …

June 11, 2010 in City, Idaho Clouds and some light rain showers are expected today as the weather gets ready for a shift back to warmth and sunshine.

June 11, 2010 in Nation/World Stocks traded in a narrow range today after a report showed consumers are gaining confidence in the economy, even if they aren’t returning to stores.

June 11, 2010 in Nation/World A 16-year-old sailor on a round-the-world journey was adrift in the frigid southern Indian Ocean on Friday as rescue boats headed toward her yacht, damaged by 30-foot waves that knocked … 3

June 11, 2010 in Sports The Spokane Shock are rarely boring and they’ve proven as much with an interesting ride through the first half of their inaugural Arena Football League season.

June 11, 2010 in City on Page A1 Two years ago, when gas was more than $4 a gallon and before a BP oil operation began spewing thousands of barrels of oil daily into the Gulf of Mexico, … 6

June 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – An Army investigation has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation’s … 2

June 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s 13-year-old great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash on the way home from a concert in Soweto on the eve of the World Cup, his office … 1

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