May 15, 2009 in City Spokane’s 71st Armed Forces Torchlight Parade will set off at 7:45 p.m. Saturday downtown.

May 15, 2009 in Outdoors, City He doesn’t even know how Palouse Falls is pronounced, yet Tyler Bradt, 22, is giving the Eastern Washington state park landmark a publicity blitz money can’t buy.

May 15, 2009 in City, Idaho The Spokane River between Plese Flats and the Nine Mile Dam remains closed to boaters and swimmers.

May 15, 2009 in Nation/World China must avoid unfair practices to bring more balance in trade with the United States, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Friday.

May 15, 2009 in City AmericanWest Bancorporation officials said Friday they are complying with a set of changes included in a “cease and desist” order being issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the …

May 15, 2009 in City, Idaho The University of Idaho will eliminate 62 positions and either drop or consolidate about 35 academic programs as part of a plan to cut its budget by $11.7 million next … 1

May 15, 2009 in News, Nation/World DETROIT — General Motors on Friday announced it would inform about 1,100 dealers — or 18 percent of its 5,969 stores — that the automaker no longer “sees them as …

  May 15, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for May 14, 2009.

May 15, 2009 in City A single-car crash near Ione on Thursday night critically injured the 21-year-old driver and earned him a drunken driving charge, according to Washington State Patrol.

May 15, 2009 in City A Washington State Patrol trooper rolled his patrol car on Interstate 90 Thursday night after swerving to a miss a camping tent that had fallen off a truck, according to …

May 15, 2009 in City Could warm temperatures finally be here to stay? Yes, says the National Weather Service. At least for a few days.

May 15, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama on Friday appointed Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, turning to a health commissioner who led the campaign to ban … 1

  May 15, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s long history of free swimming for kids is over. The Spokane Park Board on Thursday voted to impose a fee of $1 a visit on swimmers younger than 18, … 5

May 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 Ginger, long used as a folk remedy for soothing tummyaches, helped tame one of the most dreaded side effects of cancer treatment – nausea from chemotherapy – the first large …

May 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Thursday won decisive House approval for money to escalate U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the victory obscured anxiety within his party … 1

May 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a pair of financial disaster plans Thursday, proposing to address the state’s budget crisis by slicing up to seven days off the public …

May 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 PHOENIX – A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday. Maj. …

May 15, 2009 in City on Page A7 Some of the first dollars from the massive federal stimulus package should start showing up in Spokane soon, with $1.5 million targeted toward providing summer jobs and training for low-income …