January 27, 2009 in City The Washington Attorney General has appealed a sharp increase in Avista power bills and aims to unravel the company’s plan to collect an extra $112 million from businesses and residential …

January 27, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Echoing similar plans in the other Washington, Senate Democrats in Olympia Tuesday detailed their plans to combine “green jobs” with a renewed push for conservation and alternative sources …

January 27, 2009 in City Disability rights advocates had hoped that a Washington state discrimination case would open doors to thousands of people with HIV who are denied what many others takes for granted — …

  January 27, 2009 in City Aaron Evans’ drive for athletic achievement was born of necessity. Evans, 30, is autistic. As a teenager, he was hyperactive. His grandmother enrolled him in the Spokane parks department’s therapeutic …

January 27, 2009 in Idaho Eastbound Interstate 90 has reopened between Highway 41 in Post Falls and Northwest Boulevard in Coeur d’Alene. Idaho State Police had closed the stretch of freeway earlier today after icy …

January 27, 2009 in City The Spokane County Commission voted Tuesday to waive normal bidding procedures and contract with the former Republican chairman of Spokane County to provide guidance in helping the county secure a …

January 27, 2009 in Nation/World A medical technician fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself Monday after claiming in a note to a TV station that he and his wife both had just …

January 27, 2009 in Idaho A new survey by the Idaho Meth Project shows that more teens believe it’s risky to use methamphetamine than in 2007, but that belief doesn’t yet appear to be changing …

January 27, 2009 in Region The state attorney general’s office says that a Dec. 29 legal settlement between the power utility Avista, state regulators and others contains critical flaws that cost ratepayers millions of dollars … 1

  January 27, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for Jan. 26, 2009.

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January 27, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations When the temperature drops and snow falls, many people want to feed deer and other wildlife. While the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife conducts winter feeding under certain conditions, …

January 27, 2009 in Nation/World Newborn octuplets in Southern California are a feisty bunch that appear healthy even at nine weeks premature, a doctor said Tuesday.

January 27, 2009 in Nation/World Congress is poised to grant a four-month delay in the upcoming shutdown of analog TV broadcasts, though broadcasters still will be allowed to go all-digital earlier if they want. 1

January 27, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Federal Reserve policymakers are gathering to examine what other tools they can use to help ease a recession that has left millions of Americans out of work.

January 27, 2009 in Region The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at Washington State University has been suspended after one member was arrested and misdemeanor amounts of drugs were found.

January 27, 2009 in City Smoke detectors may have saved the lives of two couples this morning in separate house fires.