November 9, 2005 in Business on Page B1 About 70 people will lose their jobs when the Ridpath Hotel in downtown Spokane drastically scales back operations after the first of the year. Most of the operations in the …

November 9, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 Filing cabinets have been moved into the Hayden City Hall storage room that used to contain basic food supplies for needy families. And the two women who for nearly three …

November 9, 2005 in City on Page B2 Concertgoers tonight will have to adjust their itineraries. Staind, originally scheduled to play at the Spokane Convention Center, now will perform at the Big Easy Concert House, 919 W. Sprague …

November 9, 2005 in City on Page B2 Shannon Rhodes of Coeur d’Alene has a rare form of thyroid cancer that was not caused by radioactive contamination from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the 1940s, a lawyer for …

November 9, 2005 in City on Page B2 A 19-year-old man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter in the November 2003 stabbing death of South Hill resident Jose A. Rivas is to be sentenced this afternoon. Brandon …

November 9, 2005 in City on Page B2 A man was arrested at the Spokane International Airport on Monday morning after he tried to pass through a security checkpoint with a gun, an illegal knife, methamphetamine, marijuana and …

November 9, 2005 in Idaho on Page B3 The Q’emiln Park boat ramp on the Spokane River in Post Falls will be closed for the season beginning Monday. The ramp, located upstream of Avista Utilities’ Post Falls Hydroelectric …

November 9, 2005 in City on Page B3 At least 300 active National Guard and Reserve soldiers, including as many as 30 members of Washington’s Army National Guard will receive bonuses for re-enlisting after the Pentagon reversed its …

November 9, 2005 in City on Page B3 Residents and employees of a Spokane retirement community are making it a little easier for service men and women overseas to call home during the holidays.

November 9, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 Because of a copy editing error, a headline on Saturday’s Opinion page misstated one of the countries about which columnist Trudy Rubin was writing. The headline should have read: “World …

November 9, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 The recent announcement by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter that confirmation hearings on Judge Samuel Alito have been postponed until January was only the latest in a series of …

November 9, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 You can make all the cracks you want about the wages paid by the hospitality industry, but there’s no question that Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Kootenai County have survived …

November 9, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 The following editorial appeared Monday in the Olympian. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste is right to call for a crackdown on speeders.

November 9, 2005 in Opinion on Page B4 When the tsunami swallowed huge swaths of Asia earlier this year, the United Nations appealed for $1 billion in emergency aid. The appeal reached 80 percent of its goal in …

November 9, 2005 in Sports on Page C1 East Valley’s football persona may be well-grounded, but as West Valley-Yakima discovered on Tuesday, it’s a mistake to overlook the pass. Jye Lanphere threw for a season-high 235 yards and …

November 9, 2005 in Sports on Page C1 PULLMAN – The posters with Rueben Mayes’ beaming face are still easy to find around town. So is Mayes himself, for that matter. The Washington State football legend is now …

November 9, 2005 in Sports on Page C1 Here’s what is right about college football: UCLA, the great pretender, can’t win the national championship this year. A few other one-loss wonders are out, too. And here’s what is …