PM Headlines — 6.7.11

Here’s a link to Betsy Russell’s full story at spokesman.com on today’s first meeting of the state’s bipartisan citizen redistricting commission; here, new redistricting commissioner Lorna Finman of Rathdrum, right, visits with state GOP Executive Director Jonathan Parker, left, during a break in today’s meeting. More here.

• Census Bureau adding Coeur d’Alene to Spokane metro area /John Stucke, SR
• Appeal denied in Summer Phelps torture case / Sirens & Gavels
• Spokane police bust young, purse-snatching trio /Jeff Humphrey, KXLY
• Washington cellphone ban results in more warnings than tickets /KREM
• Spokane man sues over alleged abuse at Utah teen boot camp /AP
• Idaho’s value of goods, services hit record in 2010 /Idaho Statesman
• Animal shelter returns 9 cats to owner /Cameron Rasmusson, Bee
• Sagle man gets life w/o parole in 2009 rape case /Keith Kinnaird, Bee
• Risch, Crapo oppose bailouts to states in debt /Brad Iverson-Long, Reporter