May 18, 2009 in News Jean Chatzky, the “Today” show financial editor who spoke at Monday’s Women Helping Women luncheon, calls it “karma kickback.” Give money away in lean times. And feel grateful for your …

May 18, 2009 in City, Idaho Two children — one each from Spokane and Coeur d’Alene — are the latest to test positive for the H1N1 influenza virus, also called swine flu.

May 18, 2009 in City, Region One of two men suing the Seattle Roman Catholic Archdiocese over sexual abuse by a priest has agreed to a mid-trial settlement. 3

  May 18, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for May 16 and May 17, 2009.

May 18, 2009 in City Flights at Spokane International Airport will be routed to the backup runway for the next four months as the main runway is extended.

May 18, 2009 in City House of Charity’s overnight accommodations for homeless men will remain open this summer thanks to a combination of budget cuts and the hope of additional funding.

May 18, 2009 in Region Humans aren’t the only ones pondering Mount St. Helens these days. A new “smart” monitoring machine can not only record second-by-second data on the currently slumbering volcano, it can also …

May 18, 2009 in Business, City The Associated Press has created an interactive Stress Map that offers insight into the American recession, translating it into misery and geography using an equation, the Stress Index, that shows …

May 18, 2009 in City An Otis Orchards woman was killed Sunday evening in a one-car accident on Trent Avenue at Harvard Road, according to state troopers. 1

May 18, 2009 in City, Idaho Summer-like weather will hold strong across the region for one more day today, but a vigorous cold front in the Gulf of Alaska today is heading toward the region on …

  May 18, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for May 12 and May 13, 2009.

May 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A private company was being paid $300 million by the federal government to clean up radioactive waste at two abandoned Cold War plants in Tennessee when an ironworker … 1

  May 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 The rutted pavement on Interstate 90 through east Spokane is getting fixed starting tonight. The Washington state Department of Transportation doesn’t believe the work will cause major inconvenience to drivers.

May 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani security forces fought Taliban militants on the outskirts of the main city in the northwest’s Swat Valley and entered two other Taliban-held towns there, the army …

May 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – A car bomb went off Sunday near the governor’s residence in the turbulent northern city of Mosul, killing a policeman and wounding three civilians, hours after a lone …

May 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Kuwaitis elected female parliament members for the first time and rejected a number of Islamic fundamentalist candidates in a weekend vote that many hoped would bring stability to the country’s …

May 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 A fire that began during Sunday morning services at a crowded Massachusetts church quickly spread through the decades-old building and gutted it. About 300 people were inside the meeting house …