January 13, 2009 in City OLYMPIA _ Trying to spark job growth, Democrats in Washington’s state Senate on Tuesday proposed a “middle class jobs package” focused on re-training, environmental jobs and building infrastructure like statewide …

January 13, 2009 in City, Idaho For the second consecutive winter, Inland Northwest schools must decide how – and whether – to make up the days that were missed because of snow. Most districts canceled school …

January 13, 2009 in City OLYMPIA _ Thursday, state lawmakers will resume their pick-and-shovel work with the state budget, trying to find the least painful ways to bridge a massive $6 billion budget shortfall. But …

  January 13, 2009 in City, Idaho An air stagnation advisory issued today for much of the Inland Northwest has prompted Idaho authorities to impose an outdoor burning ban.

January 13, 2009 in City, Region SEATTLE — State law does not bar teachers from having consensual sex with 18-year-old students, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a case against a former Hoquiam High School …

January 13, 2009 in City, Region You might think that the record-breaking snowfall so far this winter in Washington state would ensure there will be plenty of water to avoid drought when it melts this spring …

  January 13, 2009 in City Eleven property owners who live or own land near Marshall, southwest of Spokane, have filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway for causing a 365-acre wildfire …

  January 13, 2009 in City Several hundred jobs soon will be available in Eastern Washington to help the federal government meet its constitutional responsibilities. The U.S. Census Bureau opened a Spokane office in November to …

January 13, 2009 in Sports RENTON, Wash. — Robert Prince is the Seahawks’ new wide receivers coach, and coach Jim Mora is retaining a dozen members of predecessor Mike Holmgren’s staff.

January 13, 2009 in City Shonto Pete, shot in the head by an off-duty Spokane police officer during a drunken late-night chase, has filed a $750,000 claim against the city of Spokane — a necessary …

January 13, 2009 in Idaho With controversial budget cuts on the line, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter became embroiled this morning in a fight with lawmakers over his line-item veto last year of their new laptop … 1

January 13, 2009 in City The Spokane City Council on Monday barely gathered the votes to override Mayor Mary Verner’s first veto.

  January 13, 2009 in City Ignoring a plea from school officials, the Spokane City Council on Monday decided to ask voters in March for $18.5 million.

  January 13, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Spokane County prosecutor’s office was sanctioned Monday and fined $8,000 by a judge angry over mishandling of a critical detail surrounding a home-invasion case that could send several men …

January 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – Fluff up the pillows and pull up the covers. Preventing the common cold may be as easy as getting more sleep. Researchers paid healthy adults $800 to have …

January 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MILTON, Fla. – A businessman whose financial management companies were under investigation apparently bailed out of his small plane and then let it crash in a Florida swamp. However, a …