September 6, 2010 in Idaho The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of two persons missing after leaving Camp Mivoden on Hayden Lake. 2

September 6, 2010 in Sports Time: 4 p.m. Saturday. TV: FSN alternative Records: WSU (0-1, 0-0 in Pac-10); Montana State (1-0, 0-0 in Big Sky) Last week: Washington State lost at Oklahoma State, 65-17; Montana … 4

September 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 The deputy who shot and killed a Spokane Valley pastor on Aug. 25 told investigators that he used a baton on Wayne Scott Creach and repeatedly ordered him to drop … 81

September 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Barack Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this …

September 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Labor Day celebrates our work force – the nurses, teachers, retail salespeople, laborers, lawyers and librarians; in short, all of the workers who fuel the nation’s economic engine. The holiday, … 3

September 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 BOGOTA, Colombia – Edward Niño Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car – preferably a Mercedes – …

September 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LONDON – Weakened and on the run, the Basque separatist group ETA said Sunday it was declaring a cease-fire in its armed campaign against the Spanish government and that it …

September 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – Once a hurricane, Earl lost energy and its tropical-storm punch over Canada, according to U.S. forecasters. On Sunday, the center of the storm was 180 miles southwest …

September 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Kinshasa, Congo – Two boats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents on Congo’s vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead, and both vessels were heavily …

September 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq’s ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters … 1

September 6, 2010 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 50 years ago Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy visited Spokane in 1960 on a quick campaign stop that included an open-car parade through downtown.

September 6, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 The Labor Day holiday affects the following services in Spokane and Kootenai counties:

September 6, 2010 in Region on Page A6 Searchers have been unable to find a Tonasket man who fell off an inflatable motorboat into the rough waters of the Columbia River near Bridgeport on Saturday afternoon.

September 6, 2010 in City on Page A6 An Arkansas man died early Sunday after driving into a median divider on Interstate 90 at Post Falls and crashing into the guardrail, police said. Russell T. Plott, 39, of …

September 6, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 A North Idaho judge has rejected a request for leniency by a Priest River man who sexually abused a girl for about five years starting when she was 3 years …