February 17, 2009 in City A Spokane man arrested for eluding police two years ago led police on a car chase on Interstate 90 Tuesday, then attempted to hijack a car, police said.

February 17, 2009 in City If you didn’t know better, it would have looked like a celebration. College marching bands and cheerleaders crammed into the state capitol rotunda Tuesday, grinning and blasting out fight songs. …

February 17, 2009 in City The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will not say whether the psychiatrist who attended to two veterans who killed themselves last year was involved in other cases resulting in suicide …

February 17, 2009 in Idaho The Sandpoint area is in “desperate” economic straits, and tourism businesses there aren’t getting their fair share of state tourism grants, the local chamber head told state lawmakers Tuesday.

February 17, 2009 in Region A 16-year-old girl remained in stable condition Tuesday at Madigan Army Medical Center as the military investigated the death of another 16-year-old girl at a Fort Lewis barracks.

February 17, 2009 in Food, Region Starbucks Corp. began selling its new instant coffee online Tuesday, ahead of a nationwide launch to coincide with the company’s first major ad campaign.

  February 17, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for Feb. 16, 2009.

February 17, 2009 in City Three men in their 20s accused by an 18-year-old Oxycontin addict of assisting in a robbery and assaulting two Spokane drug dealers last year were acquitted today of attempted first-degree … 1

February 17, 2009 OLYMPIA — Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition program may become a problem for the state because the stock market plunge has dropped the value of the fund’s assets to 89 percent …

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  February 17, 2009 in City, Idaho, Region The White House estimates that up to 75,000 new jobs could be created in Washington and up to 17,000 new jobs in Idaho through the federal stimulus package.

  February 17, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for Feb. 14 and Feb. 16, 2009.

February 17, 2009 in Idaho, Region Justin Cottrell, 33, died Saturday from a skiing accident at the Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg, Idaho.

February 17, 2009 in City Police are on the scene of a three-car crash at Fifth Avenue and Lincoln Street that occurred about 7:48 a.m. A two-car crash is reported at Cedar Road and Country …

February 17, 2009 in City Sunshine and temperatures near 40 are forecast for today, according to the National Weather Service.

February 17, 2009 in Idaho A North Idaho man whose family received a house from the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television program three years ago is facing foreclosure.

February 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: A rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what’s written in your …

February 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – John Peeler, an unemployed computer technician in South Carolina, soon might obtain health insurance for his wife and three children. Four months after being laid off, he is …

February 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: A rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what’s written in your …