March 23, 2009 in City It doesn’t look like a battleground, but a Spokane Valley mobile home park is once again at the heart of a state clash between environmental concerns and affordable housing. 1

March 23, 2009 in City, Idaho U.S. Highway 195 has reopened between Spangle and Plaza in south Spokane County after a tanker-truck collision kept it closed for much of the day, according to the Washington State …

March 23, 2009 in City Yoke’s Fresh Markets is recalling raw Spanish peanuts that the grocery chain sold in bulk from July 18, 2008 to March 16, 2009 because of potential Salmonella contamination.

March 23, 2009 in Idaho BOISE – Idaho would do away with its 62-year-old quota system for liquor licenses, under legislation approved on a 6-3 vote Monday by a Senate committee.

March 23, 2009 in City, Idaho Light snow is being forecast for the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas tonight as a new Pacific storm system moves into the area, and there is a chance that snow …

March 23, 2009 in City Three young men are being sought for questioning in Adams County in connection with a homicide last Wednesday evening in Othello.

March 23, 2009 in Region WASHINGTON — Speculation over the crash of a single-engine turboprop plane into a cemetery shifted to ice on the wings Monday after it became less likely that overloading was to …

March 23, 2009 in Idaho Seven former administrators of the Palouse Ranger District are blasting a U.S. Forest Service plan to trade 28,000 acres of managed forest for about 39,000 acres of logged-over timber company …

March 23, 2009 in Business Wall Street got the news it wanted on the economy’s biggest problems — banks and housing — and responded with a rally that hurtled the Dow Jones industrials up nearly …

March 23, 2009 in City A 22-year-old Spokane Valley man was reported in critical condition today, and another man was taken into custody as the result of a hit-and-run incident Sunday night in Spokane Valley.

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  March 23, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for March 20 to March 22, 2009.

March 23, 2009 in Region Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano’s first emissions in nearly 20 years.

March 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s latest attempt to tackle the banking crisis and get loans flowing to families and businesses will create a new government entity, the Public-Private Investment Program, …

March 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Two years after the state signed an agreement with an Illinois company to run trains on 110 miles of taxpayer-owned rail lines west of Spokane, the deal is …

March 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Despite opposition from the Pentagon, one of the most powerful members of the House Appropriations Committee is considering including a provision in an upcoming supplemental defense bill that …

March 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wagered significant political capital Sunday, signaling opposition to a highly popular congressional drive to slap a punitive 90 percent tax on bonuses to big earners …