March 18, 2009 in City Shellye Stark was convicted this afternoon of first-degree murder in the shooting death of her estranged husband, whose bullet-riddled body was found slumped in the kitchen of their South Hill … 3

March 18, 2009 in City The son of former Spokane County Commissioner Phil Harris has been paid $28,000 to settle an employment dispute with the county.

March 18, 2009 in Idaho On the eve of a big do-or-die vote on Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation tax package, the governor’s office today discovered a $10 million math error in its main bill and …

March 18, 2009 in Business Spokane’s Ambassadors Group Inc. has formed a deal with the Discovery Network to offer adventure trips for students, to start in the summer of 2010.

March 18, 2009 in City A 22-year-old Deer Park man with an addiction to meth was released from jail less than a month before he was fatally shot in North Spokane while fleeing from Spokane … 7

March 18, 2009 in City An inmate at Airway Heights Corrections Center was found dead early this morning.

March 18, 2009 in Region An autopsy today by the Grant County coroner showed that a 9-month-old boy died of drowning Tuesday in a case that is under investigation by the sheriff’s office.

March 18, 2009 in City, Idaho A 27-year-old Moscow man pleaded has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a case involving a large quantity of images or videos, according to the U.S. Attorney for …

  March 18, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for March 17, 2009.

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March 18, 2009 in Idaho The Coeur d’Alene Lake Management Plan will be funded one way or another, Idaho state lawmakers declared Wednesday. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted unanimously in favor of a budget for … 1

March 18, 2009 in Business The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will spend up to $300 billion over the next six months to buy long-term government bonds, a new step aimed at lifting the country …

  March 18, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for March 17, 2009.

March 18, 2009 in Nation/World, Region Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke told senators considering his nomination for commerce secretary Wednesday that the nation must “rebuild, retool and reinvent” its strategies for job creation amid the economic …

March 18, 2009 in Nation/World SEATTLE — Nordstrom is recalling 31,000 girls shoes that were made in China and have excessive levels of lead used in paint on the outer soles.

March 18, 2009 in Region The Department of Natural Resources is telling landowners in Okanogan County to be on the lookout for tree damage from an outbreak of the Douglas fir tussock moth.

March 18, 2009 in City A car crash on Argonne Road north of Bigelow Gulch Road early this morning left three teenage boys injured, one critically, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

March 18, 2009 in City, Region A Red Angus cow has given birth to rare triplet bull calves at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

March 18, 2009 A businessman and high school booster from Hayden has pleaded not guilty to three federal drug charges.

March 18, 2009 in Region A former chemist for W.R. Grace & Co. says he oversaw a 1976 study in which hamsters were injected with asbestos-laced vermiculite from Libby. 1

March 18, 2009 in Food The soft peanut brittle from Bruttles Candy Shoppe is heading to the Lake City.