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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Homeowners keep nervous eye on roofs
January 6, 2009 in City, News It’s a question facing homeowners: Is it time to shovel the roof? For Spokane Mayor Mary Verner, the answer became clear when water found its way into her home. “My …
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Two train accidents reported in Spokane Co.
January 6, 2009 in City, News Trains hit vehicles on the west and east sides of Spokane County within 30 minutes of each other Tuesday.
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Three hurt when trusses collapse
January 6, 2009 in City Three people escaped with minor injuries when the roof trusses they were setting up for a partially-constructed community center at a Spokane Valley mobile home park collapsed Tuesday.
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School closures and delays
January 6, 2009 in City Announced school closures and delays for Wednesday.
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Avalanche closes Stevens Pass
January 6, 2009 in City Stevens Pass is closed from Scenic to Leavenworth, about 40 miles, because of an avalanche according to the Washington Department of Transportation. Avalanche control has been completed on Snoqualmie Pass. …
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Flooding covers roadways
January 6, 2009 in City Rain and snow melt today forced Spokane police to close the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Government Way, and melt water was encroaching on many other streets. A flood watch …
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Idaho governor can’t reject raise, will donate it
January 6, 2009 in Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s decision to turn down a scheduled 3 percent pay raise this year has run into an unexpected roadblock: An Idaho attorney general’s opinion has concluded that he …
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Firefighters busy with gas leaks, roof collapses and fires
January 6, 2009 in City Gas leaks, roof collapses and fires have kept firefighters in Spokane County busy this morning.
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Spokane police activity logs
January 6, 2009 in City Read Spokane police activity logs for Jan. 5.
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Schools cope with snow
January 6, 2009 in City Uncleared sidewalks were the biggest problem for schools that opened Tuesday in Spokane. And roofs were the issue for some that didn’t. 3
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Weather, more motorists slowing traffic
January 6, 2009 in City Traffic is moving on Interstate 90 in Spokane after a pair of crashes slowed it down this morning. Major arterials are clogged with motorists this morning and moving slowly.
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Gov. Gregoire in Iraq visiting troops
January 6, 2009 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire visiting National Guard troops in Iraq, says they face safer duty than last time. 1
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Otter names Little to Idaho’s No. 2 post
January 6, 2009 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter made big political news just now with his announcement of his pick for the state’s new lieutenant governor: Sen. Brad Little, R-Emmett, a rancher and Senate …
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Browne’s Addition plowing to begin today
January 6, 2009 in City The city of Spokane will be plowing streets in Browne’s Addition on Tuesday and Wednesday, and police are asking residents to move their cars or face towing.
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Rain today could raise flooding risk
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 A storm expected to arrive this morning should bring significant precipitation and above-freezing temperatures, adding weight to already-strained roofs and raising the risk of street and small-stream flooding. Weather officials …
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Dentures’ future in fast decay
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – As long as there are hockey players, there will be niche markets for false teeth. But the real news about the future of dentures is that there isn’t … 1
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Split decision on schools
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 Education officials say they were ready to start school Monday and weren’t consulted before the Spokane County sheriff publicly called on them to extend winter break by an extra day. … 1
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Israel pledges to keep fighting
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 JERUSALEM – Israel brushed aside an intensified effort by European envoys to broker a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday even as casualties mounted and aid organizations warned of …
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Milky Way is bigger, faster than thought
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger …
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Griffin Bell dead at 90
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A2 ATLANTA – Griffin B. Bell, the shrewd Southern lawyer who grew up with Jimmy Carter and later became U.S. attorney general after Carter was elected president, died Monday. He was …
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Bush to designate marine monuments
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President Bush as national monuments to protect them from oil and gas extraction and …
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Obama’s CIA pick attracts criticism
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, a former California congressman with little experience on intelligence matters, to serve as the next director of the CIA. The …
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Burris faces fight to take Senate seat
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, “I’m a United States senator” and flew to the …
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New York Times debuts front-page ads
January 6, 2009 in City on Page A4 NEW YORK – The New York Times, facing falling ad revenue like other newspapers, on Monday became the latest paper to run graphical advertising on its front page. The Times …
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