March 29, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Sciortino – who was involved in prior shootings as a California police officer – fired the shots that wounded a man in Hayden on March …

March 29, 2007 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s police chief is so confident that one of her officers acted appropriately in Saturday’s fatal shooting of a man that she ordered the officer to issue a rarely used …

March 29, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 A new neighborhood newspaper debuts in the Post Falls, Rathdrum and Spirit Lake areas today, a newspaper that bucks tradition by inviting readers to become citizen journalists to report the …

March 29, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Grocery tax relief legislation died Wednesday, but lawmakers overrode Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of legislation banning smoking in Idaho bowling alleys. The House voted to override the governor’s …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 GENEVA – Heterosexual men should be circumcised because of compelling evidence it reduces their chances of contracting HIV by up to 60 percent, U.N. health agencies said Wednesday. But men …

March 29, 2007 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The 509 area code, after years of serving as a sort of cultural touchstone unifying Eastern Washingtonians, is becoming a victim of the region’s growth. Trying to forestall …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats, emboldened by their successes in advancing timelines to end the war in Iraq, ratcheted up pressure Wednesday on the White House to accede to limits on …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Facing almost certain defeat in the Senate, the White House on Wednesday withdrew the ambassadorial nomination of Sam Fox, who contributed $50,000 to the Swift Boat veterans’ controversial …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush’s priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff says in remarks prepared …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Senate on Wednesday approved a plan to extend payments to rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging. The Senate plan would authorize about $2.8 billion to extend the …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Reacting to shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the House on Wednesday created a coterie of case managers, advocates and counselors for injured …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Kids are being fed a steady diet of junk-food ads by the TV channels they watch, according to a new study. Researchers said Wednesday that children ages 2 …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 SAN FRANCISCO – The number of immigrants who became American citizens reached an all-time high in 2005, and the percentage of those who did so reached its highest level in …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 The United States wrapped up a massive military exercise a few dozen miles off Iran’s coast on Wednesday, even as the United Arab Emirates became the second gulf nation to …

March 29, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A9 OROSI, Calif. – The first newborn was discovered swaddled in a blanket on an outdoor bench, an umbilical cord still hanging from his tiny body. Then, at neat 11-month intervals, …

March 29, 2007 in Business on Page A10 Two executives at a company that once helped build a fence to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Mexican border were sentenced Wednesday to six months of home confinement for …

March 29, 2007 in Business on Page A10 Washington residents have enthusiastically embraced a state-sponsored college savings program. In less than a decade, parents have set up 70,000 accounts worth more than $800 million, money that will help …