January 24, 2009 in News, City, Idaho Albertsons has announced a voluntary recall of dog biscuits, fearing they could have been made with salmonella-tainted peanut products.

January 24, 2009 in News, Idaho BOISE – Idaho state legislators are fanning out to their districts across the state this weekend, and many are hoping to hear from local teachers and others about where cuts …

January 24, 2009 in News This was supposed to be the year for schools. After years of struggling with an increasingly inadequate and complex system of funding education – “system” is perhaps too charitable a …

January 24, 2009 in News, Business, Idaho When people playing the new “American Idol” video game select the character “Doug” and have him sing “Imagine” by John Lennon in the “Dive Bar” venue, they probably don’t realize …

  January 24, 2009 in Sports Shots stop dropping, Taylor Rochestie shut down, as Cougars lose to USC 46-44 at Pullman. It’s WSU’s second loss in a row.

January 24, 2009 in City A Spokane police sergeant was stabbed in the face late Friday, and later two officers investigating the attack were injured in a hit-and-run accident. One suspect in the stabbing is …

January 24, 2009 in News, City, Idaho Spokane and Post Falls police on Friday arrested two suspects in connection with separate OxyContin robberies.

January 24, 2009 in Sports Freshman Isaiah Thomas scored 24 points and Justin Dentmon returned from foul trouble to spark the decisive late ran that sent resurgent Washington to an 86-75 victory over 13th-ranked UCLA …

January 24, 2009 Winter has been plenty demoralizing for all of us. To determine your own level of winter aggravation ace columnist Doug Clark has prepared a Cabin Fever Quiz.

January 24, 2009 It was hard to find any good economic news last year, yet Spokane businessman Mike Senske did. He is leading the new philanthropic foundation created with $79 million from the …

January 24, 2009 in News, City The difficulty of trimming the state’s budget by nearly $6 billion may be best illustrated by a few lines in the governor’s proposal to trim a tiny fraction of the …

January 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Stepping quickly into an abortion debate he largely avoided as a candidate, President Barack Obama on Friday overturned a controversial ban on U.S. support to international aid groups … 1

January 24, 2009 in Business on Page A1 Avista Utilities asked Washington and Idaho regulators Friday to approve electricity and natural gas rate increases that would raise monthly bills an average $9 to $10 a month. Utility officials … 1

January 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 NASSAU, Bahamas – Authorities in the Bahamas have charged an island lawmaker and detained two other people in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the …

January 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Senate’s tax-writing panel on Friday unveiled $275 billion in proposed tax cuts and credits to be put into President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan to jolt the moribund …

January 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The world economy is deteriorating more quickly than leading economists predicted only weeks ago, with Britain on Friday becoming the latest nation to surprise analysts with the depth …

January 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN DIEGO – A suspected hit man who allegedly dumped more than 300 bodies in vats of lye at the behest of a top Tijuana crime boss has been arrested …