May 12, 2005 in Region on Page B3 SAMMAMISH, Wash. – After years of lawsuits and debate, King County has finally received the necessary permits for constructing the East Lake Sammamish Trail — a critical link in establishing …

May 12, 2005 in City on Page B3 OCEAN SHORES, Wash. – All of the state’s elections officials have received citations to testify in the court challenge of the election of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire. A Grays Harbor …

May 12, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 The governor had barely signed legislation to raise Washington state’s gasoline tax by 9.5 cents over the next three years, when two radio talk show hosts on the West Side …

May 12, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 Hardly a bombshell. President Bush just signed another emergency supplemental spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This time it’s for $82 billion, but military officials say they’ll …

May 12, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 SEATTLE – As a loyal Democrat, Gov. Christine Gregoire would never name President Bush as her role model. But in an odd way, she is demonstrating in her state of …

May 12, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 For the last 30 years, rising rates of youth violence, substance abuse and suicide have been blamed on two social pathologies: divorce and unwed motherhood. We have been told that …

May 12, 2005 in Opinion on Page B5 A s the father of a 13-year old Boy Scout, a Scouting volunteer and a member of the Inland Northwest Council’s executive board, I find the recent stories regarding Mayor …

May 12, 2005 in Idaho on Page B6 For 05-12-2005

May 12, 2005 in Region on Page B6 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Twin brothers who likely reached the summit of North America’s highest mountain died in a fall, a Denali National Park and Preserve official said Wednesday. It is …

May 12, 2005 in Region on Page B6 OLYMPIA – Washington taxpayers will spend more than $30 billion on the state’s operating, construction and highway budgets for the next two years. Agencies have more than 100,000 employees ready …

May 12, 2005 in Region on Page B6 PORTLAND – A former prison chaplain accused of sexually abusing boys more than two decades ago intends to invoke doctor-patient and clergy-penitent confidentiality laws to resist answering some questions during …

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C1 Fish – originally one of the finest foods on the planet – are becoming foul. The latest example is the fish consumption advisory issued by the state of Idaho last …

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C2 NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times PDT

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C2 around the horn Tim Stauffer got a win in his major league debut and helped Bruce Bochy get No. 800.

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C2 American League All Times PDT

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C2 American League Red Sox 6, Athletics 5: At Boston, Jason Varitek’s ninth-inning, two-run shot down the right-field line with one out against Octavio Dotel gave Boston a victory over Oakland, …

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C3 For 05-12-2005

May 12, 2005 in Sports on Page C3 The University of Idaho’s Manuela Kurrat won three events Wednesday to take the first-day lead in the heptathlon at the Big West Conference track and field championships in Irvine, Calif. …