March 17, 2009 in News The fate of a woman charged in the shooting death of her husband now rests with a Spokane jury.

March 17, 2009 in Region MISSOULA — A former chemist for W.R. Grace & Co. told jurors Tuesday that he oversaw a 1976 study in which hamsters were injected with asbestos-laced vermiculite from Libby.

March 17, 2009 in City A Spokane man died late Monday or early Tuesday after a possible struggle outside a Spokane Valley liquor store.

March 17, 2009 in City, Region Only 30 more Spokane County workers were jobless in February compared with January as unemployment inched up to 9.7 percent, after a jump of more than 2 percentage points from …

March 17, 2009 in Region The Latah County prosecutor today issued warrants against two Moscow men arrested earlier in the day in connection with an overnight shooting involving a shotgun at an apartment in Pullman.

March 17, 2009 Looking for browsing materials? Check out these recent hand-picked links – now with teaser paragraphs – from Spokesman.com blogs.

March 17, 2009 in Idaho A major renovation of Seiter Hall at North Idaho College won support from the Legislature’s joint budget committee on Tuesday, which made it one of just three specific projects to … 1

  March 17, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for March 16, 2009.

March 17, 2009 in City, Region The State Patrol says an e-mail tying Democratic campaign money to a the passage of a union-friendly bill was not criminal.

March 17, 2009 in Business NEW YORK — Investors restarted Wall Street’s rally Tuesday, buying financial and homebuilder stocks following a surprisingly upbeat report on home construction.

March 17, 2009 An Irish flag waved in the breeze above Spokane City Hall on St. Patrick’s Day today, part of a weeklong acknowledgement of Spokane’s connection with Ireland.

  March 17, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for March 11 and March 16, 2009.

  March 17, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for March 16, 2009.

March 17, 2009 in City, Idaho The hail-like snow that fell in Spokane on Monday pushed the season total to 89.4 inches, making the winter of 2008-2009 the third snowiest since record-keeping began in 1881. 1

March 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 A psychologist and an engineer at Washington State University have teamed up to find a way to keep a rapidly aging U.S. population out of nursing homes a while longer. …

March 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama freed billions of dollars to help the nation’s small businesses on Monday, hoping to get credit flowing again to Main Street, not just Wall Street. …

March 17, 2009 in City on Page A2 The traditional Irish language is everywhere this time of year, emblazoned on green T-shirts and echoing through pubs. But Irish, often called Gaelic in the United States, is one of …

March 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA gave the all-clear to the International Space Station on Monday, telling its astronauts they would not need to steer away from an orbiting piece of …

March 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering making veterans use private insurance to pay for treatment of combat and service-related injuries. The plan would be an about-face on what veterans …