INW Headlines — 6.1.11

A half-submerged pathway lantern lights the way for passing geese as they ply the swollen Willamette River waters in Portland, Ore., earlier today. Heavy Spring runoff coupled with recent heavy rains keep the areas at high levels.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

• Cartoon: Ultraconservatives push GOP to edge /David Horsey, Seattle PI
• Pyrotek bringing jobs from Mexico to Spokane Valley /Spokesman-Review
• I-B-U-P-R-O-F-E-N proves headache for Idaho speller /Associated Press
• Idaho’s April home sales show biggest drop in U.S. /Idaho Statesman
• Veterans memorial vandalized over Memorial Day weekend /Laurie Welch, TFTN
• 2-fer: Montanan kills disruptive cougar /Perry Buckus, Ravalli Republic; and Weather causing more mountain lion reports in Missoula, Blackfoot valleys /Rob Chaney, Missoulian
• Sole station in Hot Spring, Mont., runs out of fuel /Vince Devlin, Missoulian
• Montana candidate with KKK ties running for Congress /Matt Gouras, AP
• Obama abandons federal wilderness plan for West /Associated Press
• Orbusmax Special: Bear shuts down Tualatin, Ore., elementary for a day here