September 14, 2009 in City Enrollment reopens Tuesday for Washington’s prepaid tuition program. Parents who want to save for college by prepaying for a child’s tuition, can enroll in Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition program until …

September 14, 2009 in City The first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court says there’s a serious problem with the government in Washington and many other states: They elect their judges. 4

September 14, 2009 in City, Idaho Avista Corp.’s natural gas customers can expect lower bills this winter as a result of dropping wholesale prices. 5

September 14, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street on Monday against returning to the sort of reckless and unchecked behavior that threatened the nation with a second Great Depression.

September 14, 2009 in Sports Three active NFL players are joining former players in agreeing to donate their brains after death to a Boston University medical school program that studies sports brain injuries.

  September 14, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for Sept. 11 to Sept. 13, 2009.

September 14, 2009 in City A 10-year-old girl who spent the night alone in an outbuilding on the South Side was found this morning just before 8 a.m. after a team of police officers and …

September 14, 2009 in City, Idaho The last week of summer should live up to its name with highs today reaching the lower 80s and then climbing to as warm as 92 degrees in downtown Spokane …

September 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will head to Wall Street today to try to breathe new life into efforts to overhaul the financial regulatory system, an undertaking he has said … 2

September 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 Lori Arpin sees them riding by constantly near her Hangman Valley home. “We have so many bicyclists going by – like flocks,” said Arpin, who likes to ride a bike … 1

September 14, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – When police Officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he’ll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, … 1

September 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama continues to face significant public resistance to his drive to initiate far-reaching changes to the country’s health care system, with widespread skepticism about central tenets …

September 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 PITTSBURGH – John Sweeney, stepping down after 14 years at the helm of the AFL-CIO, urged union leaders Sunday to keep up the fight to reform health care and overhaul …

September 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 TALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan – Fire roared through a drug treatment center in Kazakhstan with a history of safety violations, killing 37 people Sunday as patients tried to escape through barred windows, …

September 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection …