June 2, 2010 in City A student helicopter pilot is dead after the craft he was piloting crashed Wednesday in a residential neighborhood just east of Felts Field.

June 2, 2010 in Region OLYMPIA — Washington may need another special session of the Legislature if Congress doesn’t come through with some $480 million in higher payments for Medicaid, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Wednesday. … 4

June 2, 2010 in Business, City Seattle firm McKinstry has said it will expand its Spokane office and expects to add more than 100 jobs while increasing its focus on green building projects for customers in …

June 2, 2010 in City Nearly 70 percent of the houses in Spokane County have declined in value, according to notices that homeowners began receiving Wednesday. 7

June 2, 2010 in Idaho The long saga of a French-themed, luxury housing development proposed for the eastern side of Lake Coeur d’Alene appears to have come to an end.

June 2, 2010 in Region Rescue workers say two climbers missing on southwest Washington’s Mount St. Helens have been found safe.

June 2, 2010 in Idaho Just because a road easement was granted years ago along someone’s lakefront property doesn’t mean the property owner has given up the right to build a dock on the lake, … 1

June 2, 2010 in City The main railroad between Seattle and Spokane is back open, following a derailment. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train jackknifed on a side rail line early Wednesday, blocking the …

June 2, 2010 in City Convicted killer and career burglar David K. Brewczynski received today the only sentence available to him — life in prison without the possibility of parole. 2

June 2, 2010 in Nation/World The BP oil slick drifted perilously close to the Florida Panhandle’s famous sugar-white beaches Wednesday as a risky gambit to contain the leak by shearing off the well pipe ran … 5

June 2, 2010 in City OLYMPIA — Washington may need another special session of the Legislature if Congress doesn’t come through with some $480 million in higher payments for Medicaid, Gov. Chris Gregoire said today. 3

June 2, 2010 The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that the parents of a girl who committed petit theft can’t be forced to undergo drug tests as a condition of their daughter’s probation. 2

June 2, 2010 in City Spokane police found a several weapons - including a hatchet and meat cleaver - in a stolen car after a chase through the lower South Hill this morning. 1

June 2, 2010 in Nation/World By third grade, students should know how to write a complex sentence and add fractions, no matter if they live in Georgia or California.

June 2, 2010 in Idaho Idaho is on track for an economic recovery in 2011, according to the state’s latest official forecast - though state lawmakers and the governor set a pessimistic budget for 2011 … 1

June 2, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Washington’s superintendent of public instruction says he will review the new national education standards for the next month before provisionally adopting them. 2

June 2, 2010 in Business, Nation/World WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell in April for more than 90 percent of the nation’s 372 largest metro areas as hiring picked up around the country.

June 2, 2010 in Idaho Several West Bonner School District students were treated for minor injuries Tuesday after a distracted driver struck their school bus near Oldtown, Idaho. 3

June 2, 2010 in City, News Spokane received record rainfall two of the past seven days, and wet weather will persist the rest of this week.