AM Headlines — 9.23.13

Mac Mackin, of Post Falls, takes a suture needle and thread and prepares to practice suturing on a pig’s foot during a class on emergency wound care Sunday at the Sustainable Preparedness Expo at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. Story below. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Cool, wet start to fall in Washington /SR
• County jobless rate now 7.4% /Brian Walker, Press
• Morrison returns to Gonzaga /Jim Meehan, SportsLink
• Hundreds attend preparedness expo /Scott Maben, SR
• Rainbow Family gathering costs USFS $573K /Standard
• Police seek suspect in morning CdA drive-by shooting /KHQ
• CdA river basin project locates lead deposits /Becky Kramer, SR
• Eye on Boise: Idaho’s First Lady mending after surgery /Betsy Russell