March 11, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – State lawmakers have killed a labor-backed bill and called for a State Patrol investigation after an organized labor group threatened to tie votes to campaign donations.

March 11, 2009 in Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is endorsing the first-ever cuts in public schools funding in Idaho, saying the $1.24 billion in federal economic stimulus funds he’s decided to accept aren’t enough to …

  March 11, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for March 10, 2009.

March 11, 2009 in Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has released his recommendations for spending $1.24 billion in federal economic stimulus funds in Idaho, and he’s posted the whole thing online for the public to see.

March 11, 2009 in Idaho Idaho lawmakers have taken their first formal action to spend federal stimulus money, channeling a chunk of it into this year’s public schools budget.

March 11, 2009 in City Spokane police have arrested a registered sex offender after they say he was witnessed masturbating outside of an elementary school.

  March 11, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for March 10, 2009.

  March 11, 2009 in City, Region The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision denying a request by a consortium of Washington school districts to declare the system of funding special education …

  March 11, 2009 in City Mountains in the Inland Northwest have enough snow to keep most of the region’s rivers flowing at 80 to 90 percent of normal, according to a water supply outlook issued …

  March 11, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for March 9 and March 10, 2009.

March 11, 2009 Looking for browsing materials? Check out these recent hand-picked links – now with teaser paragraphs – from Spokesman.com blogs.

March 11, 2009 in Idaho After intense debate, the Idaho House has rejected the only local-option tax bill to make it out of committee this year.

March 11, 2009 in City, Outdoors A moose was accidentally killed Tuesday afternoon as state wildlife officials tried to haze a cow and calf away from a children’s day care center in Liberty Lake. 1

March 11, 2009 in Region The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the state of Washington does have authority over certain radioactive waste mixed with hazardous chemicals at Hanford.

  March 11, 2009 in City The Spokane Park Board is seeking public comment on a new fee structure for the city’s outdoor summer pools, which are being replaced this year under a 2007 bond issue …

March 11, 2009 in Region A lawyer for Death Row inmate Cal Coburn Brown is asking a judge in Olympia to halt the execution scheduled for Friday at the Washington state Penitentiary. 1

March 11, 2009 in City, Idaho Spokane sheriff’s deputies were responding to a 3-vehicle crash as Sprague Avenue and McDonald Road in Spokane Valley just efore 8 a.m. One of the people involved may have been …

March 11, 2009 in City, Idaho A low of 2 degrees this morning at Spokane International Airport set a new daily record for the city, and temperatures elsewhere across the region at daybreak were as cold …

March 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 Even amid economic uncertainty, the majority of voters Tuesday appeared willing to accept possible property tax increases in support of Spokane-area school districts. Results from a special election show nearly …

  March 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane leaders say they’ll keep working to get a new police evidence building and an expanded animal shelter despite Tuesday’s vote rejecting an $18.5 million plan to pay for them. … 3