June 9, 2010 in Sports The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime in Game 6 for their first championship since 1961.

June 9, 2010 in Sports Josh Hamilton homered and drove in three runs, C.J. Wilson pitched seven effective innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 12-2 Wednesday night.

June 9, 2010 in City A Spokane County Jail corrections deputy is challenging his dismissal in March for alleged failure to discover an inmate’s death and then lying about it. 9

June 9, 2010 in City National security questions have been raised during the Spokane rape trial of a civilian contractor who, according to court testimony, took a woman he just met over the Internet into … 2

June 9, 2010 in City Would-be candidates waiting for the last minute to file for office better check to see when the “last minute” is. Depending on where you file, it could be anywhere from … 1

June 9, 2010 in City Police are recommending theft charges against a Spokane man suspected of stealing flowers from grave sites. 3

June 9, 2010 in City New information has prompted Spokane police to re-evaluate a woman’s claim that she was raped early Saturday. 1

  June 9, 2010 in Idaho Idaho’s latest rent plan for state-owned cabin sites at Priest and Payette lakes would result in an effective rate of just 1.8 percent of market value next year, according to … 2

June 9, 2010 in City Two children, including a Spokane boy, traveling on Delta as unaccompanied minors through the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport were put on the wrong connections and ended up far from where they … 7

June 9, 2010 in Nation/World BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster … 7

June 9, 2010 in City Closure of the intersection of Nevada Street and Lyons Avenue just north of Francis Avenue for paving is being postponed from today to Thursday due to rain. 1

June 9, 2010 in Business The European debt crisis is likely to have only a “modest” impact on the U.S. economic recovery as long as Wall Street stabilizes, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress …

  June 9, 2010 in City A robber wearing a mask and armed with a handgun took money from a clerk about 10 p.m. Tuesday at Empire Foods, 5434 N. Nevada St., Spokane police said. 1

June 9, 2010 in City, Idaho Rain – some of it heavy at times – has been falling across the Inland Northwest this morning from a new Pacific storm system that is continuing the region’s wet …

June 9, 2010 in City Eastern Washington University’s bookstore on the Riverpoint campus in Spokane has been hit by burglars taking text books five times in the past month, most recently Tuesday. 6

June 9, 2010 in Sports Antwan Marsh hasn’t played in a football game since 2006 and he’s never played in an official arena football game. If that’s not challenging enough, Marsh also faces the task …

June 9, 2010 in City on Page A1 Divided Spokane County commissioners Tuesday chose a site near Medical Lake for a second jail and the courthouse campus as a place to rehabilitate criminals. The vote was unanimous to … 14

June 9, 2010 in City on Page A1 Second Avenue downtown will be repaved this summer as planned, but the final design may remove one of three vehicle lanes in favor of one for bicycles, city officials say. … 6

June 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Embattled Democrat Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas narrowly won nomination to a third Senate term Tuesday night, overcoming a labor-backed challenger and defying a nationwide anti-establishment tide. California Republicans …

June 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – A new federal study finds many same-day surgery centers – where patients get such things as foot operations and pain injections – have serious problems with infection control. …

June 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Charitable giving fell by 3.6 percent last year as Americans continued to struggle with the recession, though some philanthropic experts feared the decrease could have been much worse …