June 21, 1995 in City on Page B1 Northwest lawmakers say they are optimistic Congress will maintain a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling despite a House panel’s vote Tuesday to lift a 13-year-old moratorium. “There is …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B1 They’re not real streetcars, but the trolley-replica buses serving downtown Spokane are proving wildly popular. Ridership on the lumbering diesel shuttles was up 80 percent last month over the number …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B1 Crews continue their work on the corridor ceiling near the main enterance to the new Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday morning. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B1 Pat Stiley is taking bankruptcy to keep the IRS at buy while he puts his law firm’s finances in order. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B1 A group of teenagers threatened a man with a metal pole, stole his wallet and sped away in his car early Tuesday, after slamming a stolen Jeep Cherokee through a …

June 21, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Kurt Tjossem

June 21, 1995 in Idaho on Page B2 New listings Colfax High School, Class of 1955 June 24; call Joann (Weitz) Wood at 397-3030. USS Flint CL-97 Sept. 21-23, Jackson Hole, Wyo.; contact Gene Anderson, 14912 N. Shenandoah …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B2 Four Eastern Washington University students have received Josephine Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarships for Native American students. Cheryl Gatlin, a 1983 graduate of Inchelium (Wash.) High School and daughter of Linda and …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B2 Robert Parrill Spokane Service for Robert W. Parrill, 82, is planned for 2 p.m. Friday at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be at Pines Cemetery. A lifetime Spokane resident, …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B2 Births recorded in the Spokane area during the 24-hour period ending at 1 p.m. June 20, 1995: Sacred Heart

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes will appear twice today to groups in Spokane. Keyes, former ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, will speak at a noon business …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 Coeur d’Alene tribal leaders won an assurance from Gov. Phil Batt Tuesday that he has no problem with their proposed National Indian Lottery. “I personally have no objection to your …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 Chinese operate 19th century mining equipment in Idaho County. Photo/Idaho Historical Society

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 Senate Democrats on Tuesday rejected renewed House Republican demands for a special session to override Gov. Mike Lowry’s tax-cut vetoes. Senate Majority Leader Marcus Gaspard, D-Puyallup, said the issue can …

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June 21, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 Idaho’s backlog of highway construction and maintenance is growing and could approach $6 billion by 2000, a new report says. But two key legislators said Tuesday they want to look …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 An autopsy was planned today on a 9-year-old girl who was shot to death Monday afternoon by a playmate on the Colville Indian Reservation. Tribal police say the girl was …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 An expert on the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians will help launch a Washington State University conference on settlement in the Pacific Northwest this Friday. Tetsuden Kashima, …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 Residents of the Okanogan Valley can now get around-the-clock radio weather reports from a new public transmitter near Omak. Officials said the new weather radio will warn farmers and others …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B3 A 22-year-old who was high on amphetamines when he shot and killed his girlfriend’s cousin has been found guilty of first-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors had argued Roy Allen Montgomery Jr. was …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B4 A privately run detention center for immigrants here gets high marks, although a New Jersey facility run by the same company was the site of a weekend riot. The center …

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B4 The northern spotterd owl is only part of Toby Murray’s ‘all-species’ wildlife plan. File photo/Associated Press

June 21, 1995 in City on Page B4 The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has filed a lawsuit challenging Montana’s new 24-hour waiting period for abortions, contending it violates the constitutional rights of both women and their doctors. …