June 15, 2009 in City A stretch of the Spokane River between Harvard and Barker bridges was reopened Monday to boaters and floaters by Spokane County commissioners.

June 15, 2009 in Business, City New York-based Guardian Life Insurance has laid off 39 workers in its Spokane office, the company announced Monday.

June 15, 2009 in City Street construction in northwest Spokane is getting a little more troublesome for drivers. Westbound lanes of Francis Avenue from Wall Street to Indian Trail Road will have traffic reductions this …

  June 15, 2009 in City Neighbors living near two proposed Little League ballparks say the dream of building new fields is more like a nightmare to them. Residents worry about traffic, noise, parking and vandalism … 11

June 15, 2009 in City A man robbed a payday loan store Friday, and Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that helps identify a suspect. 1

June 15, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told American doctors Monday they must join him in fixing a crumbling health care system, pitching an overhaul to a group deeply suspicious of government …

June 15, 2009 in City Say cheese, red light runners. Red light cameras are coming to four more Spokane intersections. 6

June 15, 2009 in Idaho, News The man who confessed to murdering a young North Idaho couple in August 2008 has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.

June 15, 2009 in City, Nation/World WASHINGTON — Weeks after President Obama took office, the CIA extended its contract with a firm run by two Spokane psychologists who helped introduce waterboarding and other harsh methods to … 1

June 15, 2009 in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE — Five years after gastric bypass surgery helped them lose hundreds of pounds, two northern Idaho women are gearing up for Ironman Coeur d’Alene, a swim, bike and …

June 15, 2009 in City A Spokane man on the North Side learned the wrong way for getting spray paint out of a can. Spokane fire officials said the man was seriously burned when he … 1

June 15, 2009 in City, Idaho A girl who died on Saturday from injuries suffered in an accident on a personal watercraft was identified today as Alicia Edgell, 14, of Coeur d’Alene.

  June 15, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity log for June 11 to June 14, 2009.

June 15, 2009 in City, Idaho CALDWELL, Idaho— So far a dozen Idaho residents have taken advantage of a new law allowing victims of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault to keep their addresses out of …

June 15, 2009 in City Tips based on surveillance photos from a June 7 robbery at the South Hill Walgreens led to the arrest of a suspect Friday.

June 15, 2009 Fire investigators are looking into a suspicious blaze that broke out early today at the entrance to New Horizon Counseling Service in West Central Spokane.

  June 15, 2009 in City, Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for June 14, 2009, by clicking the Documents tab.

June 15, 2009 in City OLYMPIA — The Fish and Wildlife Department says biologists and volunteers will be capturing and banding up to 500 Canada geese by the end of the month in Eastern Washington.

June 15, 2009 in City State Route 195 south of Colfax was shut down for more than an hour Sunday night after a power line fell across the road.

June 15, 2009 in City, Idaho Three men were killed in separate traffic collisions over the weekend in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

June 15, 2009 in City, Idaho A moist southwesterly flow continues to bring clouds and thunderstorms to much of the Inland Northwest, particularly to the mountains of North Idaho, where a flood watch has been posted.

June 15, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The son of a white supremacist accused of killing a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says the shooting was unforgivable. Erik von Brunn said he and …