June 25, 2005 in City on Page B1 The old Hillyard High School, which was converted to apartments in the 1940s, could soon become one of Spokane’s newest listings on local, state and national historic registers. The Governor’s …

June 25, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 A lawsuit against the Coeur d’Alene School District over a special education student who choked during lunch at Coeur d’Alene High School is headed to trial in September. John M. …

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B1 A few days before I flew to Italy, I met a new immigrant from Prague who is settling in Spokane. The young man married a woman from a Palouse farm …

June 25, 2005 in Region on Page B2 A Spokane Valley educator has been given the top award bestowed by the Washington state Department of Ecology. The agency announced Friday that the Environmental Excellence Award has been given …

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B2 Avery, Idaho Two wolves have been fitted with radio collars in northern Idaho along the Montana state line to help wildlife managers track the Avery pack. There are currently three … 1

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Former fire chief Dick Gormley, Spokane County Commissioner Mark Richard and more than a dozen Eastern Washington elected officials have been fined by the state’s campaign-finance watchdog. Most …

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June 25, 2005 in Region on Page B2 YAKIMA – A group that contends U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings should step down as chairman of the House Ethics Committee criticized him Friday for taking a European trip paid for …

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B3 Even with help from a lawyer, Bryan M. “Squirrel” James had no better luck Friday than he did in his attempted-murder trial last month. James is still guilty, Spokane County …

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B3 SALT LAKE CITY – Hoping to have a greater say in selecting a president, Western governors are discussing the idea of bringing back a regional presidential primary. The West has …

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B3 Two suspects have been arrested by Spokane Police and charged with a previously unsolved, gang-related homicide from 1998. Lewis Gray III, 35, was taken into custody Thursday in Los Angeles …

June 25, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 Malcolm X used to speak of the need to get freedom “by any means necessary.” Apparently Gov. Jeb Bush feels the same about the need to get Michael Schiavo. Last …

June 25, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 SAGINAW, Mich. – It was a family tradition. Every summer from the early 1960s on, my three siblings and I spent a couple of weeks visiting our grandparents and a …

June 25, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 In January 1964 Michael Schwerner left New York and drove with his wife to Mississippi where he expected to find a “decisive battleground” for human rights. “Nowhere in the world …

June 25, 2005 in Opinion on Page B5 Summer’s here, and for most American children, school’s out. But it’s still appropriate to administer a painless little diagnostic quiz. Here goes:

June 25, 2005 in City on Page B6 BOISE – U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta toured an Idaho locomotive plant Friday to promote President Bush’s transportation bill, which the president has battled Congress over since 2003. Mineta’s trip …

June 25, 2005 in Region on Page B6 CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. – The discovery of ancient human remains at the old Cama Beach fishing resort has brought state development of the site to a temporary halt, but park …

June 25, 2005 in Sports on Page C1 Bryan Depew has heard it from friends and family all year long. “People are like, ‘How could you guys win? I just can’t believe that.’ I’ve been harassed quite a …