January 10, 2009 in News Inland Northwest hoteliers have a message for area businesses and social groups: Book your Christmas 2008 parties, again.

    January 10, 2009 It was a little-noticed event in the flood of courthouse felony charges. But it was the latest chapter in a bitter saga for a Spokane family with a notorious relative. 1

January 10, 2009 in News The process to appoint a new federal judge for Eastern Washington is well under way, and three finalists for the lifetime post could be named as early as this week.

January 10, 2009 SEATTLE – I experienced my first “cupping” during my slush-free respite here in the Emerald City. And I don’t mean unwanted affection on a Capitol Hill street corner. 1

January 10, 2009 Darcy never saw it coming. The 11-month-old with wispy red hair cuddled in her mother’s arms and smiled at all the fuss and bustle of nurses preparing to stick needles …

January 10, 2009 in News, Idaho BOISE - Bleak. Dismal. Gloomy. Difficult. Really, really tough. That’s how Idaho state legislators and officials are describing the legislative session ahead, with state revenues slipping, budget cuts bringing cries …

January 10, 2009 in News OLYMPIA – Each January, by tradition, Washington’s top lawmakers choose theme songs for the upcoming session. Most are lighthearted.

January 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A staggering 2.6 million jobs disappeared in 2008, the most since World War II, and the pain is only getting worse with 11 million Americans out of work …

January 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – Five people were shot as spectators left a crowded high school basketball game Friday in what police called a possibly gang-related attack that sent panicked students running into …

January 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is urging the nation to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day as it was originally intended: as a national day of service. With the holiday …

January 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ATLANTA – Federal officials have not yet identified the cause of a salmonella outbreak striking almost 400 people in 42 states, but state officials in Minnesota said Friday they believe …

January 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 A grand jury Friday filed a 12-count indictment against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, including four counts of perjury and two counts of theft over $500. She was also charged with …

January 10, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Spokane-based Ambassadors Group Inc. said it will lay off about 50 workers as it deals with declining interest among parents for its travel-education offerings. The company, which arranges worldwide travel …

January 10, 2009 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Energized by the prospects of a pro-labor president, House Democrats marked the first week of the new Congress Friday by pushing through two bills to help workers, particularly …

January 10, 2009 in Business on Page A8 SEATTLE – Hearst Corp. put Seattle’s oldest newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, up for sale Friday, saying that if it can’t find a buyer in the next 60 days, the paper …

January 10, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Auto executives across the globe are increasingly pessimistic about their industry, and only a small number expect their companies’ profits to rise in the next five years, according to an …

January 10, 2009 in City on Page B1 Condemned murderer Joseph Duncan has been transferred to the U.S. Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Ind., that houses the federal death row, but Riverside County, Calif., still is working to bring …