AM Headlines — 6.8.12

Wayne Jones, 32, of Spokane, has his eyes checked out by optometrist Dr. Rick Kellogg on Thursday at The Union Gospel Mission eye clinic on Trent in Spokane. The clinic has reopened after being closed down last year under a federal law prohibiting donations of eyeglasses to the homeless. Story here. (Tyler Tjomsland SR photo)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• 50 percent chance of rain today /SR
• Coldwater Creek sees its refocusing pay off /SR
• Glacier plows dig through new snow /Daily Inter Lake
• Gonzaga grad killed in Afghanistan /Annie Bishop, KXLY
• Jobless payments cut as Idaho economy improves /Statesman
• Loan lawsuit against Bloem dismissed /Tom Hasslinger, Press
• Edit: Feds need rational U.S. N-waste policy /Spokesman-Review
• Emails blast former Griz AD for disparity in handling racial tweets /Gwen Florio, Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Woman accused of tax fraud was issued $2.1M debit card by Oregon here