May 21, 2009 in City The Spokane County Planning Commission recommended some changes Thursday to the rules covering housing developments in rural parts of the county but deadlocked over one of the hottest topics.

May 21, 2009 in News, City An HIV-positive man has been arrested for having unprotected sex without telling his partner about his virus, and police think he may have other victims. 4

May 21, 2009 in News Police say a teenage boy accused of setting a homeless man on fire was upset because the man had taken his money without buying him beer as promised. 2

May 21, 2009 in Business Deb Halstead’s fourth-grade class at Garfield Elementary School got a lesson in adding big numbers Thursday. Greater Spokane Inc. had prepared a banner touting $1.5 billion in area construction projects. …

May 21, 2009 in City Detectives have released a surveillance photo of a man they say was talked out of robbing a Walgreens by an employee last week.

May 21, 2009 in City A man who drunkenly rammed a car full of Gonzaga Preparatory students collecting for a food drive last year will spend the next six months in jail.

May 21, 2009 in City The man killed in a logging accident near Harrison Wednesday has been identified as Maximinio Perez-Hernandez, 29, of Honduras. 1

May 21, 2009 in City Vandals who egged a Colfax car dealership early Wednesday morning left a note at the scene decrying “the ignorant use of fossil fuels” – a note written on the back … 2

May 21, 2009 in City, Idaho Improving weather through Memorial Day promises highs near normal today and above normal Saturday through Monday. The spring-like weather is expected over the entire Pacific Northwest.

May 21, 2009 on Page A1 A book chosen by a Washington State University committee as appropriate food for thought for all incoming freshmen will not be distributed at summer orientation after a member of the … 5

May 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Gun rights advocates have found a sweet spot in Democratic-dominated Washington, and they are using it to aggressively push legislation. Their latest victory came Wednesday when the House … 1

May 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest has undergone a management shuffle during the past year and is attempting to settle a state audit that uncovered Medicaid overbilling and other problems. …

May 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 SAN ANGELO, Texas – The mayor of a West Texas city abruptly resigned Wednesday, picking love over his love of office. J.W. Lown told the San Angelo Standard-Times in a …

May 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHANNAHON, Ill. – A cleaning crew in suburban Chicago found a badly decomposed human body on the shores of the Des Plaines River on Wednesday, prompting speculation the remains were …

May 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – A car bomb exploded Wednesday near a crowded ice cream parlor in a Shiite neighborhood of northern Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and wounding 72 in one …

May 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – An American Indian who served as Idaho attorney general is the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Senate this week confirmed Larry EchoHawk, a law …