December 17, 2008 in City, News A man accused of making death threats against a Spokane Superior Court Judge turned himself in Wednesday.

December 17, 2008 in City OLYMPIA – Think back to the last time you renewed your driver’s license. Do you remember the shoes on the person behind the counter? Of course not. But here’s a …

  December 17, 2008 in City Snow was piling up in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Deer Park and other communities in the region as the first part of an arctic storm made its advance into the Inland … 1

December 17, 2008 in City, Features Spokane TV stations will launch a 1-minute test tonight to help find television sets not ready for the Feb. 17 digital signal conversion.

December 17, 2008 in Nation/World DETROIT — Chrysler says it will close all 30 of its manufacturing plants for a month starting Friday. The company needs to match production to slowing demand and conserve cash.

December 17, 2008 in City, Idaho Continuing cold temperatures led to record electric use Tuesday evening, Avista Utilities reported.

December 17, 2008 in City, Voices Spokane Valley officials were still stinging Tuesday from last week’s surprise announcement that Spokane County won’t plow city streets next winter. 1

December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 A woman being treated at the Cleveland Clinic has an almost entirely new face following the most extensive facial transplant ever performed, the medical center said Tuesday. The surgery is …

December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The year 2008 was the ninth-warmest year since instrumental temperature measurements began in 1880, and all of the nine warmest years have occurred in the past 11 years, …

December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Federal authorities are trying to determine the whereabouts of dozens of state-of-the-art goggles capable of illuminating battlefields at night and potentially undercutting the tactical advantage of U.S. soldiers if they …

December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – A British jury Tuesday found a doctor from an Iraqi family guilty of plotting to murder on a mass scale in failed car bomb attacks last year in …

December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted Tuesday to authorize nations to conduct military raids, on land and by air, against pirates plying the waters off the Somalia …

December 17, 2008 in City on Page A6 Today’s launch of the new Spokesman.com represents an overhaul of our online technology. Goal No. 1 in the redesign was to make the Web site cleaner and easier to use. …