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Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Woman found safe, police say
March 26, 2009 in City Police have located Cherise Marshall, 21, and say she is safe. Marshall had been missing since leaving Cheney Saturday. She was headed to Chattaroy but never arrived.
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Spokane finally has a health officer
March 26, 2009 in Region Dr. Joel McCullough has been hired as health officer for Spokane County, ending a two-year search to replace the ousted Dr. Kim Thorburn. McCullough will start May 1. 1
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Lawmakers target Fish and Wildlife Commission
March 26, 2009 in Region Trying to broker a truce in a long-running dispute, lawmakers are considering stripping the state Fish and Wildlife Commission of its role overseeing commercial fishing. The move – likely to …
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Kids making a difference
March 26, 2009 in City They’re teaching younger students about reusable grocery bags, listening to elders tell their stories, collecting water bottles for homeless children. Thursday, the students form M.E.A.D. Alternative School were among those …
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Idaho lawmakers reluctant to license day cares
March 26, 2009 in Idaho Even a young mother’s anguish over her baby’s violent shaking and severe injury by a day-care provider couldn’t persuade a House committee on Thursday to endorse basic standards for all … 1
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Idaho House endorses second school funding cut
March 26, 2009 in Idaho The Idaho House has voted 49-20 for HB 262, to cut $8.1 million from school funding next year by trimming teacher pay. 1
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Mother, daughter die when car rolls near Plummer
March 26, 2009 in Idaho A mother and daughter from North Idaho died in a car crash early Thursday morning southwest of Plummer. Veronica J. Matt, 24, of Worley, and her mother, Juanita A. Garcia, … 1
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Spokesman.com blogs: Family-friendly businesses
March 26, 2009 Looking for browsing materials? Check out these recent hand-picked links from Spokesman.com blogs.
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Woman arrested, man sought in Okanogan homicide
March 26, 2009 in City, Region A Spokane woman was arrested early Thursday in connection with the homicide of a pregnant Okanogan County woman earlier this month, authorities said. A Spokane man is being sought as …
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Spokane, Coeur d’Alene slip in Forbes ranking
March 26, 2009 in Business, City Spokane ranks 29th in the new Forbes magazine list of Best Cities for Business and Careers, falling from ninth in the 2008 list. Coeur d’Alene slipped from 21st to 33rd …
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Obama talks up his budget plan at Web event
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama kicked off a first-of-its-kind Internet-era town hall at the White House on Thursday, pushing hard for public support of his $3.6 trillion budget and asking people to …
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Agilent laying off 2,700, halting stock buyback
March 26, 2009 in City Agilent Technologies Inc. said today it will lay off 2,700 workers and halt share buybacks as the scientific-instrument maker struggles with a huge drop in demand. The high-tech company has …
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Spokane woman jailed after 3 DUIs in 3 days
March 26, 2009 in News A Spokane woman is spending a month in a Wisconsin jail after being arrested for drunken driving three times in three days last year. 16
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Cool break today from rain, snow
March 26, 2009 in City Another cool winter-like morning is giving way to below-normal temperatures in the mid-40s under bright sun as the Inland Northwest gets a break in the parade of storms moving through …
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David S. Broder: Remain calm, study the stats
March 26, 2009 in Opinion I took a one-week vacation from this column and the stock market went crazy. The letters AIG were translated into SOS, and the House of Representatives, responding to an outburst …
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Expansive lands bill establishes trails, wilderness in Northwest
March 26, 2009 in Outdoors, City on Page A1 Recreational trails through the Northwest and a wilderness area in Idaho are part of a massive public lands bill that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday and awaits President Barack …
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White House seeks to heighten oversight of financial system
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to propose today an expansion of federal authority over the financial system, breaking from an era in which the government stood back from …
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Future’s hazy for animal control
March 26, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane police could double as dog catchers under a scenario being contemplated by some city leaders. After voters this month rejected a tax that would have paid for an animal … 2
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Neighborhood loses a mainstay
March 26, 2009 in City on Page A1 A Spokane landmark will close next month after nearly a century in business. The Altamont Pharmacy will merge its prescription drug operations with Safeway on the South Hill after 99 …
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Civil rights scholar Franklin dies at 94
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – John Hope Franklin, one of the most prolific and well-respected chroniclers of America’s torturous racial odyssey, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday in a Durham, N.C., hospital. He …
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F-22 crashes in desert, killing veteran test pilot
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – One of the Air Force’s top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California, killing a test pilot for prime …
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Doctor who performs late abortions takes stand
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WICHITA, Kan. – Dr. George Tiller, the Kansas doctor who has become a national symbol of the struggle over legalized abortion, unexpectedly testified in his own defense Wednesday during a …
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Red River crest could be highest ever
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 FARGO, N.D. – Shifting from confident to jittery, flood fighters in and around Fargo intensified their dike-building Wednesday after a dire new forecast called for the Red River to swell …
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Clinton slams U.S. drug policies
March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Mexico on Wednesday with a stark mea culpa, saying that decades of U.S. anti-narcotics policies had been a failure …
