INW Headlines — 5.31.11

“It’s the least we can do,” said Fran King, 86, Emmett, as she meticulously finds the gravestones and places a U.S. Flag near those who served in the military and are now buried at Emmett Cemetery. She started the tradition after visiting the cemetery in 2000 and noticed many veteran gravestones were not decorated for Memorial Day. She has since organized fundraisers to buy flags and enlisted a small army of volunteers who help each year. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald)

• Cartoon: The future of racism /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Population surges at Spokane County Jail /Spokesman-Review
• Ex-Cougar Ryan Leaf recovering from brain surgery /Associated Press
• Report: Idaho ranks 9th for pedestrian, bicyclist safety /Bradley Guire, TFTN
• Idaho has overturned Legislature only once by referendum /Ben Botkin, TFTN
• Avalanche damages Glacier Park’s Sperry Chalet /Associated Press
• Badly injured Montana Marine speaks at graduation /Vince Devlin, Missoulian
• Sheridan, Wyo., public works director cited for urinating in public /AP
• Montana ranks 13th for driver knowledge /Daniel Person, Bozeman Chronicle
• Orbusmax Special: Weather Service: May be coolest spring since 1984 here