September 20, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 Avista Corp. should cut its request for higher electric and natural gas rates by at least 40 percent, the Washington Attorney General’s office wrote Friday in a stinging critique of …

September 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Historic. Breathtaking. Revolutionary. It would be hard to find a superlative that would overstate how much the parameters and contours of American economic policy have been reshaped over …

September 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 LAS VEGAS – When O.J. Simpson entered the cramped hotel room last year where footballs, plaques and photos were arranged on a bed, memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley uttered two words: …

September 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida threatened major new attacks in Afghanistan and dismissed setbacks in Iraq, vowing to continue its fight in a video marking the Sept. 11 attacks, released Friday …

September 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – One is hot; the other cool. One is a man of quick action; the other a man of abiding caution. One claims the role of national maverick; the …

September 20, 2008 in City on Page A6 NEW YORK – A bankruptcy judge approved a plan early Saturday under which Lehman Brothers will sell its investment banking and trading businesses to Barclays. The deal was said to …

September 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Legislature approved a state budget Friday after ceding to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s demands for financial reform and winning his approval for the plan, which will …

September 20, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Every 100 homes built in Spokane County generate an estimated $50.1 million in local income, nearly $8 million in taxes and 77 permanent jobs over the first 10 years of …

September 20, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Alton’s Tires will merge with Billings-based Tire-Rama Inc. at the end of the month in a deal that will unite two of the Northwest’s larger home-grown tire dealers. It will …

September 20, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Want a California Cabernet to go with your new read? Soon you might be able to get it at Amazon.com.

September 20, 2008 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – As part of a wide-ranging effort to contain Wall Street’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the Securities and Exchange Commission took the unprecedented step Friday of …

September 20, 2008 in City on Page B1 The reward for information leading to the arrests of those responsible for seven recent pharmacy robberies now could be as much as $10,000, double the previous offer, according to the …

September 20, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Ambitious plans to transform U.S. Highway 95 between Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint into a four-lane, divided freeway are slipping further into the future. Delays in environmental approvals, escalating …

September 20, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Attorney General Rob McKenna took legal action Friday against two builders’ groups accused of breaking state campaign finance laws. McKenna filed a lawsuit against the Master Builders Association …

September 20, 2008 in City on Page B2 A three-month investigation resulted in the discovery of more than 7,000 mature marijuana plants valued at $15 million growing at two sites in a remote part of Owyhee County, authorities …

September 20, 2008 in City on Page B3 Jurors in Moscow, Idaho, have convicted Timothy Kellis on 12 felony counts involving four Boy Scouts molested at Camp Grizzly in North Idaho. Kellis is a former high school band …