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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Fairchild unveils new on-base housing
July 8, 2009 in City As they moved among Air Force bases in Texas, Florida, California and Kansas, the Rowell family has lived in a wide range of military housing over the past two decades …
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Person of interest in stabbing located
July 8, 2009 in City Police have located Savannah Frye, the woman wanted for questioning in the stabbing of Vitaly M. Shevchuk. The 24-year-old was stabbed to death Monday night. It was fifth homicide Spokane …
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Orioles rally for five in ninth to beat Seattle
July 8, 2009 in Sports SEATTLE — The Baltimore Orioles took advantage of two errors by second baseman Jose Lopez and rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 …
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CdA police logs for July 7
July 8, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for July 7, 2009, by clicking the Documents tab above.
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Wash. ombudsman sues over cuts to health program
July 8, 2009 in City A judge in Seattle has been asked to halt cuts to a health care program for disabled adults living in Washington state-sponsored homes.
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7 people escape fire that destroyed apartments
July 8, 2009 in City Five adults and two children managed to escape their apartments Wednesday morning when the north Spokane converted home they lived in was destroyed by fire. 1
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Bonner County police logs, July 6-7
July 8, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for July 6-7, 2009.
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Key lawmakers warn of Boeing ultimatum
July 8, 2009 in Region Members of the state’s congressional delegation said Tuesday that Boeing is laying down an ultimatum to its biggest union: Unless a long-term agreement barring strikes by the Machinists is reached …
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Obama appeals to skeptics
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 MOSCOW – After reaching out to the Islamic world in speeches in Turkey and Egypt, President Barack Obama sought once more to speak directly to the hearts and minds of … 1
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Stimulus benefits housing for poor
July 8, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 When Salem Lutheran Church in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood started looking at what really was the best use for land it owned behind and across the street from the church, …
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In flood of goodbyes, one rings most true
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 The final, posthumous performance of Michael Jackson was in the transcendent tradition of his previous shows: part musical feast, part religious experience, part examination of a man who seemed like …
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Military kids seek more care
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war. There was also …
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Accuracy watch
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 For 07-08-2009
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Obama moves ahead on food-safety rules
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration took a first step toward modernizing the nation’s faltering system for protecting the food supply Tuesday, announcing new regulations to curb the spread of salmonella …
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Ethnic rioting continues in China
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 URUMQI, China – Sobbing Muslim women scuffled with riot police, and Chinese men wielding steel pipes and meat cleavers rampaged through the streets as ethnic tensions worsened in China’s oil-rich …
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Nobel winner Arias to mediate for Honduras
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Both sides in Honduras’ leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted …
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Taliban fighters escape in burqas
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – U.S. Marines trapped Taliban fighters in a residential compound and persuaded the insurgents to allow women and children to leave. The troops then moved in – …
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Cyber attack blocks federal Web sites
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber …
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Franken takes seat in Senate
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician. The Minnesota Democrat’s swearing-in marked the end of an eight-month political and legal struggle …
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Bad economy eases traffic jams
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Drivers are spending less time stuck in rush-hour traffic for a second straight year, the first-ever two-year decline in congestion as high gas prices and the economic downturn …
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Judge rules Churchill can’t return to job
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BOULDER, Colo. – The University of Colorado professor who was fired after likening victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to a Nazi leader cannot return to his job, …
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In brief: Activist, neighbor killed by gunmen
July 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – An anti-crime activist and a neighbor were killed in northern Mexico on Tuesday by gunmen believed linked to a drug cartel, a local legislator said. Mexican …
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Tekoa boy, 17, dies in accident
July 8, 2009 in City on Page A5 A Tekoa teen was killed Tuesday after the truck he was riding in went off a road and rolled several times in southern Kootenai County. Brandon W. Hay, 17, died …
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Yuletide movie on track
July 8, 2009 in City on Page A5 It may have been 63 degrees and sunny Tuesday morning, but at the Spokane Intermodal Center on West First Avenue, snowflakes were falling, carolers were singing and train cars were …
