January 4, 2009 in News, Region Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich Sunday “strongly recommended” all schools in Spokane County remain closed Monday, and most districts that had not already made the decision to keep children home were apparently … 11

January 4, 2009 in News, Travel, Region Nearly 20 motorists learned last week why it’s important to be prepared for winter driving conditions. Rural roads were closed when winds blew heavy snow across them at nightfall Dec. … 1

January 4, 2009 in News, Idaho, Region Transportation and planning groups in North Idaho hope they’ve come up with a way to improve safety and access and ease traffic flow on busy U.S. Highway 95 north of …

January 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 JERUSALEM – Israeli troops and tanks invaded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip late Saturday after eight days of punishing airstrikes failed to halt the militant Palestinian group’s rocket fire into Israel. …

January 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 DETROIT – “It’s not the money; it’s the principle” is an old saying that usually brings a knowing, world-weary scoff from veteran Detroit criminal defense lawyer James Howarth. “But I …

January 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Following an election that has left Republicans with no clear vision about how to regain power, the normally low-profile race to head the GOP’s national committee has turned … 1

January 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 In an unusual instance of cross-border cooperation, Pakistani authorities arrested a ranking figure in Afghanistan’s Taliban movement after receiving a tip he had crossed over into Pakistan, officials disclosed Saturday. …

January 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 BEIRUT – President-elect Barack Obama’s silence on the eight-day-old offensive in Gaza is drawing criticism among Arabs who have grown skeptical about hopes that his administration will break with the …

January 4, 2009 in City on Page A6 If the weather forecasters are right, the cold, single-digit temperatures of the past couple days should give way to warmer air today and into the week. What won’t go away …

January 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 BAGHDAD – Acting on widespread complaints from its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps has ordered major modifications to its body armor to improve comfort, mobility and safety, …

January 4, 2009 in City on Page B1 It’s time we all stopped kidding ourselves. This is no ordinary winter. I believe – and you might want to put on a shawl before reading further – that we …

January 4, 2009 in Region on Page B1 Spin Control is back. Veteran reporter Jim Camden digs into the ins and outs of state politics.

January 4, 2009 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – If you just have to have that cigarette lighter shaped like a rubber duck, grenade or a certain part of human anatomy, you’d better buy it soon. Washington’s …

January 4, 2009 in City on Page B7 LEWISTON – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers biologists will kill more double-breasted cormorants this year to see if the predators are gorging themselves on juvenile chinook salmon, hampering recovery of … 1

January 4, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 Let me be the first in the new year to declare that the mainstream media are dead. Now, can we please move on? Henceforth, my spam filter will bounce any …

January 4, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 With the city of Spokane installing three judges for the new municipal court, the chief concern is whether they are qualified. It would appear that all three are. Tracy Staab …

January 4, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 Few politicians have positively influenced as many lives as Claiborne Pell, a former U.S. senator from Rhode Island who died Thursday at the age of 90. He was the driving …