June 16, 2010 For the third year in a row, more than 90 percent of high school seniors passed Washington’s reading and writing assessment tests required for graduation.

June 16, 2010 in News A once-prominent Spokane land developer pleaded not guilty to several felonies related to an alleged drug and stolen property ring investigators believe he ran from his Long Lake home.

June 16, 2010 in Sports North Idaho anglers have to be scratching their heads over the unofficial world-record 9.67-pound kokanee caught in northeastern Oregon’s Wallowa Lake on Sunday. This fish, the latest in a series …

June 16, 2010 in Sports The Pac-10 Conference announced Wednesday it has invited the University of Utah to join, bringing to a close a week that saw the University of Colorado accept an invitation and … 2

June 16, 2010 in Nation/World, Region The five soldiers accused of killing three Afghan civilians over a period of months earlier this year allegedly threw grenades at them and shot them with rifles, according to charging … 3

June 16, 2010 in Region The Washington State Patrol says speeding was a factor in a crash that killed a Grant County Sheriff’s deputy in January.

June 16, 2010 in City A Spokane jury found a former civilian survival instructor at Fairchild Air Force Base not guilty of rape and assault today. 11

June 16, 2010 in City Spokane police detectives were searching a vehicle today to gain evidence in a brazen robbery on Tuesday in which one of three robbers fired a shot in the air as …

June 16, 2010 in City The city has closed its pools today because of cooler temperatures and precipitation.

June 16, 2010 in City A student set another student’s hair on fire with a cigarette lighter at East Valley High School on Tuesday, police said. 4

June 16, 2010 in Business Stocks mostly fell today after home construction and applications for building permits slumped in May following the end of a homebuyer tax credit. The housing report and a disappointing profit …

  June 16, 2010 in City, Region Ninety percent of Washington’s 12th graders passed the statewide reading and writing tests before graduating, but state officials said Wednesday that math results show that subject is going to be … 4

June 16, 2010 in Business Apple Inc. said Wednesday that it and its phone company partners took orders for more than 600,000 iPhone 4s in one day, the highest number it’s ever seen, despite widespread …

June 16, 2010 in City, Idaho A flood watch has been issued today for portions of North Idaho and western Montana as a moist storm system moves into the Inland Northwest from the south, carrying the …

June 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 PHOENIX – Emboldened by passage of the nation’s toughest law against illegal immigration, the Arizona politician who sponsored the measure now wants to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in … 12

June 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Calling the widening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced,” President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday in a prime-time address that … 7

June 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Department of Agriculture, as it does every five years, issued new guidelines for improving the nation’s diet on Tuesday, but the main recommendations were steps that Americans …