March 7, 2009 in News, City, Idaho The sputtering economy has led to a surge in applications at area truck driving schools. Driving school directors say they’re getting more online and over-the-phone applications than ever before.

March 7, 2009 The University of Idaho is losing one of its top researchers, a veterinary science professor who helped bring renown to the state by being part of a team that gave …

  March 7, 2009 in Sports For much of today’s game, the Washington Huskies couldn’t quite shake the Washington State Cougars. But in the last three minutes, the Dawgs pulled away and sealed their first outright …

March 7, 2009 in Sports PHOENIX — Mike Sweeney wanted to get out on the baseball field again and he wanted his new Mariners teammates to win. He got both wishes Saturday.

March 7, 2009 in Sports TACOMA — David Stockton had 22 points, seven coming into overtime, as Gonzaga Prep defeated Inglemoor, 72-64, to take fourth place in the Class 4A boys tournament on Saturday.

March 7, 2009 in City The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook as an unseasonably cold low pressure system moves through eastern Washington and North Idaho.

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The government’s report Friday of an 8.1 percent unemployment rate equals the jobless number that the Obama administration has projected for the entire year. Few economists think that …

March 7, 2009 in Business on Page A1 While the nation has lost more than 750,000 manufacturing jobs since last summer, Spokane County and Kootenai County are faring slightly better. Both counties have endured large losses in the …

March 7, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho is preparing for its first public wolf hunt in decades, following Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision Friday to remove the elusive predator from the endangered-species list in the Northern … 1

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – With a $410 billion catchall spending bill stalled in the Senate and a midnight deadline looming, Congress rushed through stopgap legislation Friday to keep the government running for …

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 Placing heated boxes in caves to keep hibernating bats warm when they wake up prematurely may help stave off mortality from white-nose syndrome, the mysterious disease that is decimating bat …

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Supreme Court bowed out Friday of deciding whether the president has the power to imprison people in the U.S. indefinitely without a trial – avoiding a showdown the Obama …

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday rescinding restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, administration officials said Friday, making … 1

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – For the first time since bombs ripped apart the sacred golden dome of the ancient mosque in Samarra, Iraq, in 2006, millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims returned to …

March 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife was killed and he suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash near the capital Friday, officials said. President Robert Mugabe paid a …

March 7, 2009 in City on Page A7 An 81-year-old former prisoner of war and his 46-year-old son received prison sentences Friday in U.S. District Court in Spokane for a fraud conspiracy involving the sale of locomotive and …

March 7, 2009 in City on Page A7 Next time the police embark on one of those pedestrian-crosswalk emphasis patrols, I beg them – please show me some mercy. I try to do the right thing, I really … 1

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March 7, 2009 in City on Page A8 More than $1.5 million in federal money has been offered to law enforcement agencies in Spokane and Kootenai counties for new equipment, training or personnel. The money, part of the …