January 15, 2009 in Business Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will cease smelting aluminum later this year, breaking with its industrial history as one of world’s premier metal makers.

January 15, 2009 in Idaho BOISE – Idaho’s state budget challenges grew tougher Thursday, as lawmakers concluded the governor’s estimate for how much tax revenue will fall next year didn’t go far enough. If the …

  January 15, 2009 in City FBI agents today arrested a 20-year-old Nespelem, Wash., man at his home and charged him with the stabbing death of Lillian Jolene Lee in March 2006 on the Colville Indian …

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January 15, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — A US Airways pilot reported a “double bird strike” less than a minute after takeoff today and was headed for an emergency landing in New Jersey when he …

January 15, 2009 in Nation/World, Region BOISE — Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo says the U.S. Senate’s approval today of a wilderness bill is a huge win for the state.

  January 15, 2009 in Region Trying to kick-start the state’s lagging economy, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday unveiled a $1.2 billion proposal that includes more than $90 million in buildings at Spokane-area colleges, repaving local … 1

January 15, 2009 in City Students in the Spokane Public Schools will have to make up all five snow days they got off during the record-breaking December storms, the school board has decided. Other school … 1

January 15, 2009 in Idaho The Idaho Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted unanimously this morning to make the Gov. Butch Otter’s 4 percent holdbacks in this year’s state budget permanent.

January 15, 2009 in City Spokane and Coeur d’Alene remain in the fog today, according to the National Weather Service. If the fog was to clear, the area could see blue sky. But there’s no …

January 15, 2009 in City Freezing fog made for slippery conditions again today. Many side streets and areas higher than downtown were sheets of ice. Clear and dry on Interstate 90, but Highway 395 has …

January 15, 2009 in City A man robbed a Millwood pharmacy of OxyContin Wednesday after threatening a customer with a knife. An employee at Walgreens, 2702 N. Argonne Road, told police a man had held …

January 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children Wednesday, a top priority for President-elect Barack Obama and the first in a series of …

January 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children Wednesday, a top priority for President-elect Barack Obama and the first in a series of …

  January 15, 2009 in Business on Page A1 The one-year countdown to the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships begins today, and supporters envision a grander and more lucrative competition than the record-setting 2007 event. With berths on the …

January 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – In vitro fertilization, which thousands of women undergo each year in the hope that it will give them the same odds of having a baby as when they …