April 27, 2009 in City, Idaho Cool April weather is getting reinforced today and Tuesday with the advance of a northerly flow from Canada that could bring rain or even snow showers to the region.

  April 27, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for April 22 to April 26, 2009.

April 27, 2009 in News Silverwood Theme Park in North Idaho will open Saturday. Now in its 22nd season, the attraction north of Coeur d’Alene will be open weekends only in May. Daily operations will …

  April 27, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for April 25 and April 26, 2009.

April 27, 2009 in City A former Deer Park doctor will spend nine months in prison for overprescribing drugs, including OxyContin and methadone, to patients who were abusing them, at least one of whom died …

April 27, 2009 in Idaho Kootenai County Fire and Rescue crews have contained a fire outside a house at 6647 E. Greta Ave. in the Post Falls area north of Huetter.

April 27, 2009 in City, Idaho President Barack Obama said Monday the threat of spreading swine flu infections is matter of concern but “not a cause for alarm.” The United States and other countries across the …

April 27, 2009 in City U.S. Highway 2 three miles east of Wilbur in Lincoln County was partially blocked this morning from a semi-truck collision just before 6 a.m.

April 27, 2009 in Business General Motors Corp. said it will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year, phase out its storied Pontiac brand and ask the government to take more than half its …

April 27, 2009 in Region A federal judge in Missoula planned a hearing Monday on a motion to end the W.R. Grace trial, in which the company and five former executives are accused of knowingly …

April 27, 2009 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire said Monday that she intends to call Washington lawmakers back into a special session to finish up budget-related bills left undone when midnight struck Sunday …

April 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Lawmakers were on track late Sunday to end a grueling legislative session that saw two lawmakers hospitalized and left the state facing $4 billion in cuts to schools, … 1

  April 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 A major step in construction of a new north Spokane freeway gets under way today with new lane restrictions and a detour on U.S. Highway 2. The detour and restrictions …

April 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – Children on medicine for attention deficit disorder scored higher on academic tests than their unmedicated peers in the first large, long-term study suggesting this kind of benefit from …

April 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Chrysler LLC cleared another major obstacle to its survival Sunday when it reached a tentative deal for concessions with the United Auto Workers union. The troubled automaker is just days …

April 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named five new saints Sunday, including Portugal’s 14th-century independence leader and a priest who ministered to factory workers at the dawn of the industrial …

April 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Iraq’s prime minister denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday as a “crime” that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible …