July 21, 2009 in City The art world in Eastern Washington and across the country is mourning the loss of a premier Mexican-American artist and educator whose originality took him all the way to the …

July 21, 2009 in Region SEATTLE — A wildlife official says two Washington state troopers who used their batons to kill seagulls at a Seattle ferry dock were trying to solve a problem with aggressive … 2

July 21, 2009 in Business, Idaho Jonathan Coe is leaving the Coeur d’Alene Area Chamber of Commerce to become CEO of the chamber in Santa Rosa, Calif.

July 21, 2009 in News The Spokane County Commission voted unanimously today to approve a $425,000 settlement that will eventually be paid to the children of a man who died following a struggle with jailers. … 4

July 21, 2009 in City Spokane cable TV customers can dive into dozens of new high-definition channels to be offered by Comcast Corp. starting Aug. 5.

July 21, 2009 in Idaho, Outdoors Fish biologists say this year’s migration of sockeye salmon to Idaho is on track to be the biggest in decades.

  July 21, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for July 20, 2009, by clicking the Documents tab above.

July 21, 2009 in City, Idaho The Washington Department of Natural Resources today announced burning restrictions on DNR-protected lands in Spokane, Stevens, Ferry, Lincoln and Okanogan counties.

July 21, 2009 in Region A baseball bat beating death, a wounded deputy, gang shootings and an officer firing shots at a truck because he feared for his life were part of an unusual rash …

July 21, 2009 in City A female bar patron suffered a one-inch burn to her face early today when she was shot with a flare gun inside the Top Hat Tavern, 6412 N. Division St. 2

July 21, 2009 in Region KELOWNA, British Columbia — About 6,000 evacuated West Kelowna, British Columbia, residents are returning home Tuesday while about 4,000 more people wait for firefighters to turn back a wildfire that …

  July 21, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for July 20, 2009.

July 21, 2009 in City, Idaho Late July is statistically the warmest part of the year, and this July is not going to deviate from the pattern, forecasters said this morning.

July 21, 2009 in Sports The Spokane Shock announced single-game playoff tickets will go on sale to the general public today at noon through TicketsWest.

July 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – For all the attention generated by Barack Obama’s candidacy, the share of eligible voters who actually cast ballots in November declined for the first time in a dozen … 1

July 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Emboldened by divided Democrats and polls that show rising public anxiety about President Barack Obama’s handling of health care and the economy, Republicans on Monday launched an aggressive … 2

July 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 This is not the funny kind of irony: Scientists say the chemicals that helped solve the last global environmental crisis – the hole in the ozone layer – are making …

July 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 After a 50-year drought of new drugs and a string of disappointing failures of potential treatments for lupus, researchers said Monday they have found an experimental drug that can ameliorate …

July 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 Researchers at Harvard University have evidence that monkeys can understand the difference between prefixes and suffixes, showing that animals may have more capacity to learn language than previously thought. In …