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Friday, July 31, 2009
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Artists hope CdA fans come shopping
July 31, 2009 in News, Idaho There’s still a market for art during a recession, but it’s harder to make a living, say many of the artists working this weekend at the popular Art on the …
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Mobile food bank delivers help, hope
July 31, 2009 Brendee Glisson stood in the hot sun Friday with her 4-year-old daughter to collect free food from a mobile distribution in the parking lot of the Millwood Community Presbyterian Church.
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Russell appeals vehicular homicide conviction
July 31, 2009 in City Despite apologizing for the drunken crash that killed three Washington State University students and seriously injured three others, Fred Russell has appealed his conviction and 14-year prison sentence.
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Fort Lewis soldier to be charged in teen’s death
July 31, 2009 in Region FORT LEWIS — The Army says a Fort Lewis soldier from Indiana will face a court martial in the death of his 16-year-old girlfriend.
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‘Clunkers’ extension keeps car lots hopping
July 31, 2009 in Business, Nation/World, City After a day of on-again, off-again news regarding the “cash for clunkers” program, auto dealers are back where they’ve been for the past week – busy at last. 1
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Gray wolf collared in Pend Oreille County
July 31, 2009 in Outdoors, City An adult male wolf was captured and outfitted with a satellite-tracking collar in northern Pend Oreille County Friday. 4
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New memoir details how Boise edged Spokane for H-P plant
July 31, 2009 in Idaho It wasn’t what you might think that made Ray Smelek decide to bring Hewlett-Packard’s printer division to Boise in 1973, launching a high-tech industry in the Idaho capital city that …
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Corazon Aquino dead at 76
July 31, 2009 in Nation/World MANILA, Philippines — Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a “people power” revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, …
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Kwan won’t skate in Spokane
July 31, 2009 in Sports Michelle Kwan chose school over skating. The nine-time U.S. champion announced Friday she will not return to competitive skating in hopes of making the Vancouver Olympics.
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Coeur d’Alene police logs for July 30
July 31, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for July 30, 2009, by clicking the Documents tab above.
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Felony charges dropped against WSU’s Justin
July 31, 2009 in Sports Felony possession of stolen property charges against Washington State sophomore cornerback Tyrone Aire Justin were dropped Friday during a scheduled pretrial hearing.
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Spokane bans open burning due to weather
July 31, 2009 in City The city of Spokane has banned open burning and recreational fires in city limits due to hot, dry conditions.
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Feds investigating Walla Walla explosives theft
July 31, 2009 in City, Region WALLA WALLA — Hundreds of pounds of explosives and detonation cord were stolen from the Port of Walla Walla magazine at the airport industrial park.
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WSU loses migrant education program
July 31, 2009 in City, Region PULLMAN — A Washington State University program that for more than four decades helped educate migrant workers and their children has lost its federal funding. 2
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Boise police: Missing boy may be victim of tragedy
July 31, 2009 in Idaho, Region BOISE — Boise police investigators say new evidence suggests that an 8-year-old boy who has been missing for a week may have been the victim of a tragic event. 2
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Fire destroys food bank van, toasts bread
July 31, 2009 in Idaho Coeur d’Alene’s food bank lost its 1989 Dodge van and 500 loaves of bread Thursday when the van caught fire.
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Coeur d’Alene keeps employee names secret
July 31, 2009 in Idaho The city of Coeur d’Alene has refused to release the full first names of its employees to a man who filed a public records request, saying that revealing gender is …
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Bonner County police logs for July 30
July 31, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement logs for July 30, 2009, by clicking on the “document” tab above.
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Upper 90s likely this weekend
July 31, 2009 in City, Idaho A sizzling hot weekend will drive people to lakes and rivers for relief as temperatures rise to near 100 degrees on Saturday and Sunday in the urban areas of Spokane …
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N. Idaho nonprofit strives to fill gap in nutrition
July 31, 2009 in City on Page A1 When the construction industry slumped two years ago, eliminating the sole income in Adrian and Davis Sandahl’s family, they turned to the Post Falls food bank for help. “I remember … 1
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Freya bridge work enters next phase
July 31, 2009 in City on Page A1 Truella Stone often witnessed car crashes during slick conditions in front of her store along Freya Street Cars driving over a railroad bridge struggled to stop at the light at …
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No cash for clunkers
July 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With surprising swiftness, the government’s cash for clunkers program has burned through its $1 billion budget in less than a week as car buyers swarmed dealerships, and federal …
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House bill changes food safety laws
July 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday approved the first major changes to food safety laws in 70 years, giving sweeping new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to regulate … 1
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Obama names Medal of Freedom recipients
July 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several “agents of change,” announced Thursday he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, on a cast … 1
