June 25, 2009 in City Patrons inside a Spokane Valley pub thought the meat salesman was legit when he walked into the bar a month ago selling frozen steaks. “He had a little uniform on …

June 25, 2009 in Sports SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki lined the 29th leadoff homer of his career into the right-field seats and finished a triple short of the cycle, and the Seattle Mariners gave starter …

    June 25, 2009 in Features, Nation/World LOS ANGELES – Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead Thursday after paramedics found him in a coma at his Bel-Air mansion, city and law enforcement sources told the Los … 1

June 25, 2009 in News Police have identified a suspect in a gunpoint OxyContin robbery at a north Spokane Walgreens June 16. Nicholas A. Blessing, 28, is accused of stealing the drug from the pharmacy …

June 25, 2009 in City A former director of the Mid-City Concerns’ Meals on Wheels program pleaded guilty today to first-degree theft regarding $80,000 in agency funds.

June 25, 2009 in City A persistent pharmacy employee foiled a robbery today after refusing to hand over drugs, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

June 25, 2009 in Features Farrah Fawcett, whose luxurious tresses and blinding smile helped redefine sex appeal in the 1970s as one of TV’s “Charlie’s Angels,” died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62. 1

June 25, 2009 in City, Idaho Idaho is last again. The state’s financial disclosure laws for lawmakers got zero points from a national group that ranks legislatures’ accountability to voters. 1

June 25, 2009 in City For all the follies and foibles of his later years, to his fans, Michael Jackson will always be the King of Pop. As news of his death circulated Thursday, we …

June 25, 2009 in City, Region A Spokane woman who left her car on a ferry in Seattle and disappeared has been found.

June 25, 2009 in City, Idaho Sunny but cooler weather is in store for the next two days, but the Hoopfest crowd can expect a warm up into the lower and middle 80s on Saturday and …

June 25, 2009 in Sports See what people are saying about Hoopfest on Twitter, a social networking site that users post messages of up to 140 characters.

    June 25, 2009 in City on Page A1 A majority of Spokane City Council members expressed concern Wednesday when they learned the city has agreed to pay up to $200,000 in public funds to a private attorney who … 7

June 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 Just in time for the summer tourist throngs, mimes, musicians and balloon-animal shapers have been newly empowered to bring their entertainments and tip jars to public parks. In a ruling …

June 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The Academy Awards will have 10 best-picture nominees instead of the usual five starting next year, improving the odds for films such as “The Dark Knight,” …

June 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – Five of six black teens accused of beating a white high school classmate in a case that led to the biggest civil rights protest in decades will …