February 6, 2009 in City The company that makes OxyContin, Purdue Pharma LP, is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that helps capture suspected pharmacy robber Richard T. Ludvik. Ludvik, 23, is … 1

February 6, 2009 in City A Spokane professor and author of a book on the psychology of genocide is one of 20 persons nationwide to receive a fellowship to build local awareness of global atrocities. 1

February 6, 2009 in City The man wanted in connection with a stabbing of an off-duty Spokane police officer two weeks ago was arrested Friday night.

  February 6, 2009 in City A Spokane task force created to quell the area’s growing gang problem is taking guns off the streets, seizing drugs and successfully working cases that result in arrests and convictions. …

  February 6, 2009 in City As multi-agency gang task forces succeed in arresting and prosecuting gang members, the transfer of gangs from the streets to the state’s prisons is leading to more violence behind bars. … 2

February 6, 2009 in Region COLVILLE — Benjamin Todd was remembered today as a high-spirited man with a sense of adventure and unassuming guy whose attitude about life was not hardened by multiple combat tours … 1

February 6, 2009 in Idaho BOISE – The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has committed to pay half the cost of managing Lake Coeur d’Alene’s pollution next year, a move that could keep the long-negotiated cleanup plan …

February 6, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with key Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama’s plan for …

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February 6, 2009 in City Pullman firefighters likely caused a fire that flared at 1 a.m. in a house they had been using for training just hours earlier. The fire department said in a news …

February 6, 2009 in News Washington’s House of Representatives on Friday voted to temporarily boost benefits for jobless workers by $45 a week, and plans to follow that up with a unemployment tax decrease for …

  February 6, 2009 in City, Idaho Officials at Spokane International Airport and United Airlines today announced new twice-daily nonstop service between Spokane and San Francisco starting in June through United Express and SkyWest airlines.

February 6, 2009 A rapist who disguised himself as a woman and waited for his victim in a North Idaho College restroom is being sought by police.

February 6, 2009 in Region SEATTLE — Enrollment at Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges are up dramatically.

February 6, 2009 in Region KENNEWICK, Wash. — State and federal officials have agreed to new deadlines for cleaning up groundwater and some radioactive waste areas at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, but a …

February 6, 2009 in City, Idaho Rain and snow are forecast for the region today, although little accumulation is expected, according to the National Weather Service.

February 6, 2009 in Business, Nation/World WASHINGTON — Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof …

February 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Peanut Corp. of America sold 32 truckloads of roasted peanuts and peanut butter to the federal government for a free lunch program for poor children even as the …