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Saturday, February 21, 2009
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Zags ride Waves to WCC title
February 21, 2009 in Sports Gonzaga clinched WCC title - again - with a commanding victory over the Waves of Pepperdine, 92-58, at McCarthey Athletic Center tonight.
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CdA girls claim state championship
February 21, 2009 in Sports, Idaho NAMPA, Idaho – Whitney Heleker needed all the air that she normally places under her high-arcing shots as the clock wound down. Heck, if she didn’t put as much arc …
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Airman with Spokane ties dies in action
February 21, 2009 in News MONTESANO, Wash. - Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy P. Davis, who grew up in Montesano, has been killed in the Oruzgan province of Afghanistan as the result of injuries received …
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Foreclosure crisis hits close to home
February 21, 2009 in News, Idaho When it comes to foreclosures – just as with the real estate market in general – the Inland Northwest has a split personality.
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Olsen trial set to begin Monday
February 21, 2009 in News, City The early-morning shooting of a fleeing man in Peaceful Valley took place two years ago. The trial has been postponed five times. But suspended Spokane police Officer James “Jay” Olsen …
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Sign o’ the times: Parking problems
February 21, 2009 In the vast landscape of social concerns, the handicapped- parking fiasco going on in downtown Spokane’s so-called entertainment district may seem like a hiccup in a hurricane. Spokane has an …
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Cougs get big win over No. 20 UCLA
February 21, 2009 in Sports LOS ANGELES — Taylor Rochestie scored a career-high 33 points to lead Washington State to an 82-81 upset of No. 20 UCLA on Saturday.
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Deer trapped, tagged in Riverside Park
February 21, 2009 in News, Outdoors Wintering deer congregation at Riverside State Park tapped for research
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Bank stocks plunging on nationalization fears
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The specter of bank nationalization is driving a historic fire sale of stocks including Citigroup and Bank of America, making it harder for those firms to survive and …
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Ballot’s backers say evidence supports need
February 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 In the dark and musty warehouse where Spokane police store cars used in crimes, the wooden floors are stained with leaked oil, and light from outside shines through slits in …
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Stepping out in memory of mentor
February 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 They arrived three and four at a time, dressed for a February run – more stocking caps than shorts, although there were shorts – and clustered in a dark passage …
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City says evidence supports new warehouse
February 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 In the dark and musty warehouse where Spokane police store cars used in crimes, the wooden floors are stained with leaked oil, and light from outside shines through slits in …
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Sewage plant moves ahead
February 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane County commissioners voted 2-1 on Friday to allow an engineering firm to begin construction on a wastewater treatment plant that will raise sewer bills for residents served by it, …
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Socks, Clintons’ cat at White House, dies
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 BALTIMORE – Socks, the White House cat during the Clinton administration who waged war on Buddy the pup, has died. He was around 18. Socks had lived with Bill Clinton’s …
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Clinton in China pushes finance, environment
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese officials agreed today to focus their governments’ efforts on stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change, putting …
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Mexican police chief quits after threats
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – The police chief in violence-torn Ciudad Juarez quit Friday after several officers were slain this week and the killers posted threats that more would die unless he …
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Countries agree to seek mercury treaty
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – More than 140 countries have agreed to negotiate a legally binding treaty aimed at slashing the use of the metal mercury, with the goal of reducing people’s exposure …
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Pentagon says Guantanamo meets Geneva Conventions
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has concluded that the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay meets the standards for humane treatment of detainees established in the Geneva Conventions accords. In a …
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Medic convicted in detainee deaths
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 A U.S. Army medic was convicted of murder Friday for his involvement in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees shot in the back of the head …
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Likud’s Netanyahu asked to form new government
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – Ten days after inconclusive national elections, Israeli President Shimon Peres formally asked Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday to form the next government. Although the centrist Kadima party, …
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Burris isolated as support quickly evaporates
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO – Support for Illinois U.S. Sen. Roland Burris crumbled from Illinois to Washington on Friday as top Democrats pushed for his ouster: Gov. Patrick Quinn called for his resignation, …
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Obama warns mayors on spending
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 President Obama warned the nation’s mayors Friday that he will hold officials at all levels of government accountable for how they spend federal stimulus money, pledging to “call them out” …
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Neighborhood secured as the Bushes move in
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 DALLAS – A month after leaving the White House, former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, moved into their new Dallas home Friday. Bush’s motorcade drove past a …
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California’s drought to hit farmers
February 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms as a result of the deepening drought …
