December 15, 2009 in City Two masked gunman robbed a cash advance store tonight, forcing a customer to the ground as her daughter screamed and pounded on the window outside the store.

December 15, 2009 in City A trend that began with brazen thieves using stolen vehicles to bash through locked doors and storefronts in search of cash machines appears to have reemerged.

December 15, 2009 in City A Spokane County sheriff’s sergeant has been placed on paid leave pending the filing of a misdemeanor assault charge in connection with a domestic violence dispute. 9

December 15, 2009 in Nation/World, City A swine flu vaccine for young children recalled Tuesday included about 200 doses that were shipped to two Spokane health care providers. 1

December 15, 2009 in Business The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates at a record low this week. The big question is whether Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues will hint about when …

  December 15, 2009 in City, Idaho Read the Spokane Police logs for Dec. 11 to Dec. 14, 2009, and the Bonner County law enforcement logs for Dec. 12 and Dec. 13.

December 15, 2009 in Business Evidence that the economic rebound could eventually raise inflationary pressures emerged in a report Tuesday that wholesale prices surged last month.

December 15, 2009 in City Crews have capped a gas leak at an East Sprague business that had closed part of the street this morning, according to an Avista Utilities spokeswoman. 1

December 15, 2009 in Business, City The loss of nearly 400 jobs lifted Spokane County’s unemployment rate to 8.7 percent in November from a revised rate for October of 8 percent, Washington’s Employment Security Department said … 1

December 15, 2009 in Region A jury has found Naveed Haq guilty of murder in his second trial for the 2006 shooting spree at a Seattle Jewish center.

December 15, 2009 in City A 78-year-old man with dementia spent most of Monday and early today wandering through the downtown area before he was located by police through a suspicious person call at 4 …

December 15, 2009 in City Grant County sheriff’s detectives are investigating a triple homicide that occurred late Monday in Mattawa near the Columbia River, said Undersheriff John Turley. 2

December 15, 2009 in Features The recession-era tale “Up in the Air” led Golden Globe film contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna …

December 15, 2009 in City, Idaho Motorists this morning appeared to be negotiating moderate snow accumulations and slippery conditions without a large number of accidents. 5

December 15, 2009 in City, Idaho Snow levels are likely to rise above valley floors today as milder air from the Pacific Ocean cuts away at the cold air left over from last week’s arctic freeze.

December 15, 2009 in City School delays for Tuesday, Dec. 15.

December 15, 2009 in Region Whiteout conditions Tuesday prevented mountaineers or aircraft from searching for two climbers who have been missing on Oregon’s tallest mountain since the weekend. 2

December 15, 2009 in City The Spokane Regional Convention & Visitor’s Bureau offers this twist on Clement Moore’s poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Twas just weeks before Christmas, and all through Spokane The … 2

  December 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 The federal government’s annual report of alcohol and drug abuse by children seems reassuring: Compared with recent years, marijuana use is down in 2009, use of hallucinogens is way down …

December 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Even as major banks scramble to repay billions of dollars in taxpayer aid, President Barack Obama took the nation’s top bankers aside Monday and implored them to do …

  December 15, 2009 in City on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene teens smoked more marijuana last year than they did in 2006, a contrast to a trend revealed in statistics released Monday in a federal survey about the drug … 1