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Thursday, April 23, 2009
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County permit center moves to four-day work week
April 23, 2009 in City In a move to save money, Spokane County’s Building and Planning Department will be closed Fridays starting the first week of May. The four-day work week is part of an …
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Son convicted of killing his parents loses appeal
April 23, 2009 in City A Spokane man serving a life sentence for murdering his parents has lost his appeal of the conviction.
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M’s game knocked off air
April 23, 2009 in Sports Thursday afternoon’s Mariners game on FSN Northwest went off the air at 5:06p.m. because of a lightning strike at the network’s technical operations facility in Atlanta, the network said in …
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WA budget details: $794 million in cuts to schools, 14 percent tuition hikes, no parks closed
April 23, 2009 in News State budget details.
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Idaho lawmakers squabble over road funding
April 23, 2009 in Idaho House Republicans unveiled a new transportation funding proposal Thursday as Idaho’s legislative session stretched into its 102nd day, but the biggest piece was immediately panned in the Senate and the …
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Elderly man in morning crash identified
April 23, 2009 in City A man crashed into parked trailer after suffering a medical condition while driving near the intersection of Nevada Street and Empire Boulevard this morning.
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All children injured in crash released from hospital
April 23, 2009 in City Everyone injured in a rear-end collision this morning between two city-owned vans in northeast Spokane has been released from hospitals, officials said.
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Income tax plan dead
April 23, 2009 in Business, City Washington Sen. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, says changing the state’s tax system is the right thing to do, but this is not the year to do it. 1
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Wash. lawmaker has heart attack at capitol
April 23, 2009 in News After a slew of late-night debates, a state lawmaker from Wenatchee had a heart attack at the capitol Wednesday night.
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Pharmacy made mistake in horse drug
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World An official at a Florida pharmacy said Thursday the business incorrectly prepared a supplement given to 21 polo horses that died over the weekend while preparing to play in a …
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Thirtymile fire death lawsuit withdrawn
April 23, 2009 in City, Region The parents of a firefighter killed in the Thirtymile forest fire have withdrawn a lawsuit against a U.S. Forest Service official, putting to rest the last lawsuit related to the …
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Rain expected today
April 23, 2009 in City A chance of rain today will turn to a slight chance of thunderstorms Friday. Don’t expect a break for the weekend - the National Weather Service predicts rain each day.
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Bonner County police logs 4/22/2009
April 23, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for April 22, 2009.
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Stocks fluctuate on weak home sales report
April 23, 2009 in Business Stocks are turning lower as an unexpectedly large drop in home sales is dashing hopes that the economy is healing some its biggest wounds.
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Law protects mothers’ right to nurse in public
April 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a law Wednesday that declares that the civil right of a mother to breast-feed her child in public places is protected by Washington’s antidiscrimination …
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GM plans extended factory shutdowns
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 DETROIT – General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of …
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Dems’ budget slashes education, social services, health care
April 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – After days of last-minute, late-night negotiations, Democratic budget writers in Olympia agreed Wednesday on a state budget with about $4 billion in cuts to schools, higher education, social … 1
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Program helps pharmacies prevent robberies, gather evidence
April 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 Faded tattoos on his right hand and a chipped tooth may have helped save a Hayden Lake man from a lengthy prison sentence. Patrick Augerlavoie, 32, spent nearly six months … 1
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Financial ‘coach’ accused of fraud
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 In the first criminal case related to the banking bailout, a Tennessee financial adviser was accused Wednesday of operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that lured investors in part by promising …
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Freddie Mac official apparently killed himself
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 VIENNA, VA. – The chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants at the heart of the nation’s financial meltdown, was found dead in his basement early … 1
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FDA expands availability of Plan B pill
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Seventeen-year-olds will be able to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, a decision that conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens but …
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Murder charges filed in Chandra Levy case
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Nearly eight years after Chandra Levy’s disappearance, the man accused of killing the federal government intern was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder. Ingmar Guandique, 27, was expected to …
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Gum chewers perform better in math
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Studies have suggested that something about chewing gum reduces stress, improves alertness and relieves anxiety. But most of this research has been found in a laboratory setting. Now, the first …
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Narrative shows Rice verbally approved CIA waterboarding
April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA’s request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July …
