Raindrops gather on the bloom of a Dahlia in the Inland Empire Dahlia Society National Trail Garden in Manito Park in  Spokane on Thursday. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany)

• Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR
• Thursday Scanner Traffic/DFO, Huckleberries Online
  
• Gray skies linger, rain returns over weekend/Mike Prager, SR
  
• Father charged is abduction of 3 sons/Associated Press
• Vestal: UI law student beefs up resume/Spokesman-Review
  
• Blanchette: WAC may inspire Seattle's aspiration/Spokesman-Review
• Hayden Lake man faces charges in child's injury/Tom Hasslinger, Press
  
• Hayden's Larsen no longer only pitcher with postseason no-hitter/SR
• Informant in Steele case pleads guilty to weapons charges/Meghann Cuniff, SR
• Trail of Coeur d'Alene, Route of the Hiawatha honored/Coeur d'Alene Tribe
• EPA plan slammed at KEA legislative forum/Joel Donofrio, Press