AM Headlines — 6.11.12

Shirley Bierman, of Meridian stands with fellow protesters during a demonstration in opposition of the Obama administration’s healthcare mandate for religious institutions outside the James A McClure Federal Building in Boise. The rally featured several speakers from local area Christian groups, denouncing the looming U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate which would require employers to provide contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs to their employees without co-pay fees. Related story below. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• El Nino watch issued; could bring mild winter to NW /Mike Prager, SR
• Spokane gasoline prices drop a bit, Coeur d’Alene’s drops more /KREM
• Religious groups in Helena oppose contraception coverage /Montana Standard
• Sheriff’s dive team recovering body from Spokane River /Chelsea Bannach, SR
• Author of book on kindness in America shot while hitchhiking in eastern Montana /AP
• Leavitt maintains innocence as Idaho execution draws near /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Orbusmax Special: Teen falls to death on first day of Yellowstone Park job here