May 26, 2009 in News The overall taxable value of property in Kootenai County fell by $1.2 billion in 2008, the second straight year the county has experienced a decline. In Spokane County, most property …

May 26, 2009 in City, Idaho Edward A. Saner admitted Tuesday to committing seven pharmacy robberies in the Inland Northwest. Creative detective work helped crack the case.

May 26, 2009 in City A 14-year-old boy hoping to scour the Internet for pornography and steal computer equipment was arrested Monday at the Post Falls Public Library, police said.

  May 26, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for May 19 to May 25, 2009.

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took …

May 26, 2009 in City A freight train slammed into a man walking on the tracks near Ephrata on Sunday night, killing him.

May 26, 2009 in City Grant County authorities reported few problems at the Sasquatch Music Festival this weekend. Of the more than 70,000 people who packed the Gorge Amphitheater for the three-day concert, 10 were …

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May 26, 2009 in City A Pullman man inspired by the shooting of a Spokane police dog has given the department a German Shepherd puppy. 1

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama named federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as “an inspiring woman” with both the intellect and …

May 26, 2009 in Business, Nation/World Consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them.

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World Sonia Sotomayor’s path to the pinnacle of the legal profession began in the 1960s at a Bronx housing project just a couple of blocks from Yankee Stadium, where she and …

May 26, 2009 in City, Idaho The summer weather will continue this week with highs reaching the upper 80s by Friday. Today’s high is expected to hit 73 in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, with south wind …

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 TOKYO – North Korea’s detonation of a nuclear device Monday appears not to have been a significant technical advance over its first underground test three years ago. But it has …

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 The nation’s mainline Protestant denominations have quarreled for years over the role of gays and lesbians in church life, but those debates promise to grow even more intense this summer. … 2

May 26, 2009 in City on Page A1 Fifteen-year-old Timothy Donald Everts swore he would never go back to Morning Star Boys’ Ranch. He alleged that he was physically and sexually abused in the months he spent at …

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – Jay Bennett, a former member of Chicago-based rock band Wilco, died Sunday, according to a posting on the Web site of his record label. He was 45. Bennett, …

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed on Monday a face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama at the United Nations if he is re-elected next month as Iran’s president. But he balanced the offer …

May 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ULM, Minn. – A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother, who fled Minnesota last week to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy for him, returned voluntarily Monday, and the boy was evaluated …