August 12, 2009 in News, City Amid a revolt by its staff psychiatrists, the Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center has begun expanding a behavioral health department strained by an increasing number of veterans seeking help. 1

August 12, 2009 in City A Spokane jury got its first glimpse Wednesday of the past sex crimes and current violent sexual fantasies that persuaded state officials to try to keep Shawn Dale Botner in …

August 12, 2009 in City A woman convicted of setting a grass fire at a mobile home park last September is accused of torching the same area with a single match Monday night.

August 12, 2009 A Spokane County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday there was no probable cause to charge a man arrested in connection with a shooting in a Spokane fast-food parking lot last … 1

  August 12, 2009 in Idaho Click on the “documents” tab above to download the Coeur d’Alene Police Department logs for Aug. 11, 2009.

August 12, 2009 in City Members of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council have deadlocked over a plan that calls for 85 percent of the region’s new power needs over the next 20 years to …

August 12, 2009 in City Thanks to a record number of new enrollments at the same time the stock market was bottoming out, Washington’s prepaid tuition program is doing well.

August 12, 2009 in City Police are asking for help solving an attempted murder that occurred last week near Fifth Avenue and Cowley Street in Spokane. 2

August 12, 2009 in Nation/World The Federal Reserve delivered a vote of confidence in the economy Wednesday, saying it would slow the pace of an emergency rescue program as the recession appears to be ending.

August 12, 2009 in Idaho The state Department of Education says Idaho public schools are making progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Law compared to past years.

August 12, 2009 in Business Home sales picked up in Washington state in the second quarter compared with last year — the first quarter-over-quarter improvement in sales numbers in more than two years, according to …

August 12, 2009 in Outdoors Entrance fees at national parks across the country, including Mount Rainier and Olympic, will be waived this weekend, Aug. 15-16.

  August 12, 2009 in City Two new Spokane swimming pools – Hillyard and Comstock – are set to open for public swimming at noon today. 1

  August 12, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for August 11, 2009.

August 12, 2009 in City, Idaho Grab the raincoats and umbrellas: August rain has arrived.

August 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – President Barack Obama launched a personal effort to reclaim the momentum for his health care initiative Tuesday with a direct rebuttal of what he called “scare tactics,” … 2

  August 12, 2009 in City on Page A1 Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest required unnecessary office visits by its poorest patients, a practice that led to excessive payments from the taxpayer-financed Medicaid program, according to a recent … 2

August 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 HARTFORD, Conn. – A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other …

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