June 3, 2011 in Sports Kelly Walters, the ringleader for the North Central boys track team that won its fourth straight State 3A state championship last week, has resigned.

June 3, 2011 in Sports Normally, I try to limit my indoor golf, even during the winter months, to a couple of putt-putt rounds with the grandkids at Bumpers on North Division.

June 3, 2011 in Sports Dre Winston Jr., a freshman backup point guard who played sparingly in 26 games last season, is leaving Washington State University, the school announced Friday. 2

June 3, 2011 in City, Region Montana and Idaho authorities responded this afternoon to an airplane that apparently crash landed in the Clark Fork River just east of the Cabinet Gorge Dam. The pilot survived the …

  June 3, 2011 in Nation/World James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in “Gunsmoke,” died today. He was 88. 3

June 3, 2011 in Region Twenty-nine towers, parking structures and elevated berms may be built on the Washington coast as emergency sites where people could ride out a tsunami. 11

June 3, 2011 in Sports A high school football referees association is suing two Washington state athletic governing bodies over the use of pink whistles for a cancer charity. The lawsuit filed Thursday in King …

June 3, 2011 in City, Idaho Inland Northwest residents will be relieved to see the nicest weekend weather since last September. Temperatures will reach the mid-70s Saturday and 80 on Sunday and Monday, the National Weather …

June 3, 2011 in Sports The son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Missoula County jail records show 21-year-old Nate Montana … 3

June 3, 2011 in Region The eighth case in Washington of a highly infectious horse disease has been confirmed.

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist who captured the world’s attention as he helped dozens of ailing people commit suicide, igniting intense debate and ending up in prison for murder, has … 1

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World A federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards over massive sums of money spent to keep his mistress in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign … 48

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 PLACERVILLE, Calif. – Phillip and Nancy Garrido were sentenced to virtual life prison terms Thursday shortly after Jaycee Dugard excoriated the pair through her mother, capping a whirlwind case that … 1

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe’s worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a “super-toxic” strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new. But while suspicion has fallen on … 1

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June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 OXON HILL, Md. – It went on and on and on. Five spellers who seemingly had memorized the entire dictionary simply could not be stumped with any word tossed their …

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Seeking to stave off a brewing bipartisan revolt over the U.S. role in NATO operations over Libya, House Speaker John Boehner Thursday unveiled a resolution that would give … 7

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – The executive editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller, will step down this summer after eight years on the job and will be replaced by managing … 13

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – There’s a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled “My Plate” on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid. The new guide is divided into four slightly … 2