April 27, 2010 in City For the sixth time in a row, Spokane voters have agreed to pay a six-year property tax for the fire department’s medical response service. 8

April 27, 2010 in Idaho An Internet ad offering a 4-year-old boy for $5,000 that launched a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office investigation and drew international attention turned out to be the work of a bored … 3

April 27, 2010 in City Fundraising letters to Eastern Washington voters from the national Republican Party are being investigated by the Postal Service and criticized by members of Congress who view them as illegal infringement … 6

April 27, 2010 in City As of Saturday, it will cost $117 to buy one unit in Washington’s prepaid tuition program. 1

April 27, 2010 in City, Idaho Census workers on May 1 will begin visiting households that did not mail back their questionnaires. 9

April 27, 2010 in News Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a bill that will order thousands of state workers to take 10 days off without pay through the middle of 2011. 3

April 27, 2010 in Idaho Two 14-year-old boys were sentenced Monday to 30 days in juvenile detention and three years’ probation for shooting at several vehicles on a state highway near Deary, Idaho. 2

April 27, 2010 in Business Investors are once again worried that debt problems in Greece and Portugal could threaten the global economic recovery. 1

April 27, 2010 in Outdoors, Region Mount Rainier National Park rangers have rescued two climbers who called for help after falling near Camp Muir, which is at about the 10,000-foot level of the 14,410-foot mountain.

  April 27, 2010 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for April 26, 2010.

  April 27, 2010 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for April 20 to April 26, 2010.

April 27, 2010 in Nation/World A key House member asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to explain an apparent “emerging pattern” of agency noncompliance” with congressional requests for information about veteran suicide and other issues. 8

April 27, 2010 in Business Home prices in February posted their first annual increase since the end of 2006, lifted by temporary tax credits for homebuyers. 1

April 27, 2010 in Idaho, Region A federal judge in Missoula will hear oral arguments on June 15 on whether gray wolves in Montana and Idaho should be removed from the list of federally protected species.

April 27, 2010 in City A small fire Monday night damaged the attic and wall of a recently opened restaurant in Cheney. Smoke was spotted coming from the Droopy Dawg, 28 W. First St., about …

April 27, 2010 in City, Idaho The warm phase of a large spring storm is moving across the Inland Northwest bringing light rain and clouds to the area this morning.

April 27, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In its aggressive pursuit of profits, Goldman, Sachs & Co. became a key enabler of the mortgage meltdown that triggered the global financial crisis, Senate investigators said Monday … 6

April 27, 2010 in City on Page A1 A $27.3 million federal economic stimulus grant promises cutting-edge fiber optic Internet service for southern Pend Oreille County, if officials accept it. 1

April 27, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Students who attend for-profit colleges graduate on average with much larger student loans than those who attended public or private nonprofit schools, according to a College Board … 1

April 27, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Nearly half of all adult Americans have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes, all conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers from the national … 2

April 27, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 DETROIT – Online auction site eBay pulled a listing Monday for a van used by Dr. Jack Kevorkian to perform several assisted suicides, saying the sale of the van would … 1