June 22, 2009 in City The Spokane City Council on Monday grudgingly agreed to buy the former YMCA in Riverfront Park. 1

June 22, 2009 in Outdoors, City The drought is over for a geriatric but persistent trumpeter swan which has sired the first cygnets since 1987 at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. The four grayish-white puffballs hatched near …

  June 22, 2009 in City A paralegal for the city of Spokane, accused of a drunken altercation on an airplane, claimed to be a city prosecutor who worked for the police department when flight attendants … 2

  June 22, 2009 BOISE – As Idaho prepares to consider raising car or truck fees to address a huge shortfall in road funding, a 2007 state study that showed car and pickup owners …

June 22, 2009 in City Law enforcement in Spokane County wrote 351 citations this spring for people not wearing seat belts during their annual “click it or ticket” emphasis patrols. 2

June 22, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have made strides in new vehicle quality over the last year, but they still lag behind their foreign competitors, according to a closely watched study …

  June 22, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for June 18 to June 21, 2009.

June 22, 2009 in City Ambassadors Group Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by a Minnesota couple whose son died during a June 2007 trip to Japan. 1

  June 22, 2009 in Idaho, Region, Environmental quality The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a federal permit to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby lake, even though all its fish would be killed. Environmentalists … 2

June 22, 2009 in City An apparent diversionary tactic by a drug store robber failed Sunday afternoon, and police arrested a Spokane man on the North Side after residents saw him running from the scene …

  June 22, 2009 in Nation/World, City The Supreme Court has ruled that parents of special education students who opt for private school instead of trying the public system cannot be barred from seeking public reimbursement for … 1

  June 22, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement logs for June 19 to June 21, 2009.

June 22, 2009 in City, Idaho Another cool and wet day is in the forecast after the Spokane area saw record-setting cold temperatures on Sunday, the first full day of summer.

      June 22, 2009 in News, City A Spokane Police officer should stand trial for violating the civil rights of mentally ill janitor Otto Zehm and for lying to cover up his actions during a confrontation that … 30

June 22, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho is saving tens of millions of dollars because its big federal stimulus-funded highway projects – including the Dover Bridge in North Idaho – are coming in far …

June 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Washington state Department of Transportation will open the first segment of a new north Spokane freeway this summer at the same time that one of the largest contracts in …

June 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – No one can figure out a politically acceptable way to pay for an overhaul of America’s health care system, and until someone does, the effort is stalled. Maybe …

June 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. troops were killed and six other Americans were wounded Sunday in an early morning rocket attack at sprawling Bagram Air Field. Military authorities said at …

June 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea boasted of being a “proud nuclear power” and threatened today to harm the U.S. if attacked as tensions mounted over a possible crackdown on …

June 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – The U.S. military sent search dogs Sunday to help find more than a dozen people still missing and feared dead after the country’s worst bombing this year devastated …