October 19, 2009 in City Two Deer Park men have been identified as suspects in a pharmacy robbery police linked to a 20-year-old woman.

October 19, 2009 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has opened the door to delaying the next scheduled increase in the state’s grocery tax credit, possibly saving the state from another $15 million-plus in budget …

October 19, 2009 in City The Spokane County Medical Examiner ruled that a 25-year-old man whose body was found wrapped in a blanket along Day-Mt. Spokane Road on Sunday morning died from homicidal violence. 3

October 19, 2009 in City A one-vehicle collision at U.S. Highway 395 at Loon Lake is partially blocking the highway more than an hour after the injury crash occurred, state troopers reported. 1

October 19, 2009 in City Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed a ballot measure on gay rights. 6

October 19, 2009 in City Production problems have slowed the arrival of swine flu shots in Washington state. But state officials say pharmacies and doctor’s offices will have enough shots to get all the primary …

October 19, 2009 in City A restored steam locomotive and train of vintage rail cars arrived in Spokane Monday afternoon with for an overnight lay over before continuing on to Portland Tuesday morning. 1

October 19, 2009 in Nation/World The price of first-class stamps will not go up next year. The Postal Service has been implementing rate increases annually in recent years, with increases announced in January to take …

October 19, 2009 in Idaho Authorities are investigating three armed robberies in three days in the Coeur d’Alene area, and two of the holdups may be related, said Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood.

October 19, 2009 in City, Nation/World Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by … 1

October 19, 2009 in Idaho A 29-year-old hunter is recovering after spending a night lost in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest.

October 19, 2009 in City, Idaho Fog that formed at daybreak this morning and created a traffic hazard across the region had lifted by afternoon, letting sun and high clouds warm lower elevations into the 50s.

October 19, 2009 in Nation/World The lawyer for the man accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said Monday that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in …

October 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 Teams of students from Washington State and Eastern Washington universities are asking for the public’s help in their efforts to visualize what renewed rail service on the Palouse might look … 3

October 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – “Not every Taliban is an extremist ally,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said last week. One of the primary tasks of President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy review, … 1

October 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Rick weakened in the eastern North Pacific on Sunday but was still a dangerous storm that forecasters said could veer into resorts at the tip of …

October 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakistani border in the heartland of a …