February 8, 2009 in City, News A slowing economy isn’t keeping Spokane International Airport from beginning nearly $70 million in improvements to its runway and apron areas over the next several years. Work is expected to …

February 8, 2009 in City, News For years, Mara Greene had a plan. After years of creating ceramic mugs and selling artwork from her Soap Lake home and store, she’d sell the property and retire to …

February 8, 2009 in City Spokane Police are investigating the death of a woman early this morning, who apparently was hit by a vehicle and dragged to the vicinity of Ash and Maxwell.

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s plans to lead America out of recession rest in part on a task bigger than a moon shot and the Manhattan Project put together, as … 1

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 She can eat pizza. And hamburgers. She can smell perfume, drink coffee from a cup, and purse her lips as if to blow a kiss. Except that one lip is …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A nearly completed U.S. military study is expected to say that nuclear-armed Pakistan, not Iraq, Afghanistan or Iran, is the most urgent foreign policy challenge facing President …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 The red, white and blue “Hope” posters bearing the image of Barack Obama brought worldwide fame to the Los Angeles street artist who created them and arguably helped their subject …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 HEALESVILLE, Australia – Towering flames razed an entire town in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents alive in their cars, authorities said today as the death toll from the country’s …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched land this week for the first time in almost a …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 BLAKELY, Ga. – More than a half-century ago, residents of rural Early County erected a stone monument topped by an oversize peanut on the courthouse square here as a tribute …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 LOS ANGELES – What a difference a year makes. The Writers Guild of America gathered in pure celebration Saturday night to hand out its top awards – with key feature …

February 8, 2009 in City on Page A8 Abraham Lincoln was not exactly a wired guy – but the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox is using Abe’s festival here to launch its high-tech connection called Internet 2. …

February 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – Republicans and Democrats offered starkly different assessments of President Barack Obama’s newly renegotiated economic recovery plan Saturday, as the Senate held a rare weekend debate in advance of …

February 8, 2009 in City on Page B1 Another mayor, another plan to spend money to save money. The Spokane City Council agreed this week with Mayor Mary Verner’s proposal to spend up to $90,000 to train 16 … 1

February 8, 2009 in City on Page B1 At Hospice of North Idaho’s annual wine tasting Saturday night, the nonprofit group announced it has purchased six acres of land on which to build Idaho’s first residential hospice facility. …

February 8, 2009 in City on Page B1 I read in the paper that J.D. Power and Associates have given the Avista Corp. a fourth-place ranking for customer satisfaction. Fortunately the paramedics didn’t have to be called. After … 1