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Friday, April 3, 2009
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Giants down Chiefs
April 3, 2009 in Sports Garry Nunn’s power play goal at 6:40 of the third period sparked the Vancouver Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Spokane Chiefs in the opening game of their WHL …
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Disabled worker prevails in suit against Boeing
April 3, 2009 in City A former worker at Spokane’s Boeing Co. manufacturing plant has prevailed in a disability discrimination case against his former employee as an appellate court reinstated a court judgment in his …
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Youth awards fall victim to apparent hoax
April 3, 2009 in City One of the winners of this year’s Chase Youth Awards doesn’t exist. Another was honored based on largely fictionalized story. Now, organizers of the annual youth recognition program are looking …
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Banks offer mortgage deals on unoccupied homes
April 3, 2009 in City Sterling Savings Bank and Banner Bank are offering mortgages at interest rates below 4 percent in a pair of programs designed to help their contractor customers move unoccupied homes – … 1
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Gunman kills 13 at N.Y. state immigration center
April 3, 2009 in Nation/World A gunman opened fire on a center where immigrants were taking a citizenship exam Friday in downtown Binghamton, killing 13 people before apparently committing suicide.
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Storms moving through region
April 3, 2009 in City Short blasts of snow accompanied by brief thunderstorms are moving through the area this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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Lawmakers try to scuttle CdA lake management plan
April 3, 2009 in Idaho Idaho House members threatened to kill funding for implementing the new Coeur d’Alene Lake Management Plan on Friday, causing a delay in voting on the budget bill for the Idaho …
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No charges in RPS garage death
April 3, 2009 Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker will not file criminal charges against the owners of the River Park Square parking garage from the 2006 death of Jo Ellen Savage, who perished … 5
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Sun Valley feud brings Capitol dust-up
April 3, 2009 in Idaho Tensions between influential folks from Sun Valley boiled over at the Idaho Legislature on Friday, ending with Capitol Annex security having to restrain the general manager of the Sun Valley …
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Tie vote kills N. Idaho lawmaker’s bill
April 3, 2009 in Idaho Idaho’s House rejected legislation from Athol Rep. Phil Hart Friday aimed at putting increasing government transparency, on a tied, 32-32 vote.
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Idaho jobless rate at 20-year high
April 3, 2009 in Idaho The number of unemployed workers in Idaho rose above 7 percent in March for the first time in more than 20 years. Idaho’s economy hasn’t lost jobs between February and …
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Mariners’ Suzuki has bleeding ulcer
April 3, 2009 in Sports The Seattle Mariners have placed star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki on the 15-day disabled list because of a bleeding ulcer.
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State Route 27 reopened
April 3, 2009 Slick conditions in the outlying areas around Spokane and Coeur d’Alene have begun to disappear, officials said. But as of 10:50 a.m., traffic appeared to be moving smoothly and there …
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Bonner County police logs 4/2/2009
April 3, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for April 2, 2009.
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Jobless rate bolts to 8.5 percent, 663K jobs lost
April 3, 2009 in Business The nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983, as a wide swath of employers eliminated 663,000 jobs. It’s fresh evidence of the toll …
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Black Rock North faces foreclosure
April 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Bankers have filed a $14.6 million foreclosure action against one of developer Marshall Chesrown’s ambitious and upscale projects overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene. The complaint filed by American Bank, based in … 3
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G-20 pledge $1.1 trillion to weakest economies
April 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Choosing compromise over political division, leaders of the world’s most important economies pledged Thursday to offer $1.1 trillion in loans and guarantees to countries most badly damaged by …
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Rail Jam brings thrills to Gonzaga
April 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Winter may have overstayed its welcome, but Thursday’s snowfall provided an appropriate setting for the Cricket Wireless Campus Rail Jam Tour on the Gonzaga University campus. The effect was mostly …
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Late snow upsets weather-weary
April 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Maybe it was the 93-plus inches of snow the area had already endured; maybe it was the fact that this is the Inland Northwest’s spring break week; or maybe it …
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Brown, Chopp weighing state income tax
April 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – For years in Washington’s capital, state income tax proposals have been viewed much like those periodic bills to declare Eastern Washington a 51st state. They’re attention-getters aimed at … 21
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Judge says more detainees can make case in court
April 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay grew more complicated Thursday, after a federal judge ruled that at least some of the long-term prisoners …
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Senate votes to keep sales tax deduction
April 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Senate fulfilled a dream for taxpayers in several states without income taxes by making permanent the sales tax deductions on their federal income tax. Senate Majority Leader …
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Rising fraud, defaults put FHA efforts in jeopardy
April 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – As the Federal Housing Administration has stepped in to help stabilize the housing market by underwriting more mortgages, the Depression-era agency is seeing growing default rates that could …
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Congress advances huge budget plan
April 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly embraced President Obama’s ambitious and expensive agenda for the nation Thursday, endorsing a $3.6 trillion spending plan that sets the stage for the president to …
