January 2, 2009 in City, News Winter break is being extended a day at Eastern Washington University because of snow.

January 2, 2009 in City, Outdoors If you can’t beat the weather, join it — with a snowshoe trek in Manito Park on Sunday.

January 2, 2009 in City, Idaho The weight of accumulating snow continued to take its toll on Inland Northwest businesses today. Firefighters at 10:12 a.m. were called to a roof collapse at Buck’s Tire and Automotive … 5

January 2, 2009 in City, Idaho Several Wal-Mart locations and the Costco store on Spokane’s north side all are closed while crews clear snow from their roofs. 1

January 2, 2009 in City Poor visibility has led the Washington State Patrol to close a portion of state Route 23.

January 2, 2009 in City SEATTLE — Heavy snow kept one of Washington’s three main east-west mountain passes closed today and again made commuting miserable in Spokane on the first work day of the new …

January 2, 2009 in Business, Nation/World NEW YORK — Manufacturing activity fell more than expected in December, hitting the lowest reading in 28 years as new orders and employment continue to decline.

January 2, 2009 in City Feeling irritable, sad, depressed and trapped? Could be cabin fever. Read about its symptoms and cures. 9

January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – First an explosion as powerful as thousands of megatons of TNT rained meteorites down on North America. Then forest fires broke out across the continent, sending up a …

January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – Russia made good on its threat to cut off all natural gas supplies to Ukraine on Thursday – but the two uneasy neighbors took great pains to make …

January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sri Lankan military officials say their soldiers have entered the Tamil Tiger rebels’ de facto capital in the north for the first time in a decade. Senior military officials, speaking …

January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ALBANY, N.Y. – Despite early reservations, New York state’s most powerful legislator says he’ll support Caroline Kennedy for the U.S. Senate if the governor names her to the seat expected …

January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MILWAUKEE – Twelve people were plucked from the ice off Green Bay on Thursday after a passing freighter and heavy winds created a 6-mile-long, 400- to 500-foot-wide crack that separated …

January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 A car estimated to be going 54 mph over the speed limit struck railroad tracks on an Ohio road, went airborne and crashed early on New Year’s Day, killing all …