PM Headlines — 6.18.10

Arch Druid, who spotted this curious llama during a recent trip out and about in the Dalton Gardens/Hayden/Hayden Lake area, e-mails: ” These people used to raise sheep at this place on the corner of East Hayden Lake Road and Honeysuckle Avenue. Now they have turned to raising Llamas.  Had to talk this fellow into giving me a portrait look instead of profile.”

• Hart defends tax fight, welcomes ethics probe /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Mine accident kills former Montana All-American Tim Bush /Spokesman-Review
• Vay man in anti-Obama-sign flap arrested for pulling gun /Keith Kinnaird, Bee
• Parents say Idaho Meth Project campaign too graphic /McKay Allen, KXLY
• Business booms for Hayden stove manufacturer /Bert Caldwell, Here’s The Dirt
• Chewelah man dies in small-plane crash in California /Associated Press
• Boundary County trustees vote to close elementary /Laura Roady, Hagadone News
• Sandpoint brushes off fluoride issue for vote /Ralph Bartholdt, Bonner County Bee