August 25, 2010 in City A man wanted for killing three people and wounding another in Salkum, Wash., on Saturday morning is now in custody, a Spokane County police spokesman has confirmed. 5

August 25, 2010 in Sports Felix Hernandez became the third youngest pitcher since 1952 to reach 1,000 strikeouts, pitched 71/3 strong innings and led the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 win over the Boston Red …

August 25, 2010 in Region A Grant County infant infected with whooping cough has died.

August 25, 2010 in City Emergency communications are about to join the Information Age in Spokane County – and get more expensive. 6

August 25, 2010 in City Spokane County and Airway Heights firefighters have a fire on Hayford Road northeast of Airway Heights contained.

August 25, 2010 in City The trial of a Spokane man charged with sexually assaulting his wife at gunpoint started Wednesday – the same man who is also charged with kidnapping his wife six days …

August 25, 2010 in City Spokane Police detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday night in an alley on East Pacific Avenue near a Pepsi Bottling plant at 4014 E. Sprague Ave. 23

  August 25, 2010 in Idaho Idaho’s state Board of Tax Appeals has rejected Rep. Phil Hart’s bid to appeal an order to pay $53,000 in back state income taxes, penalties and interest, saying his appeal … 2

August 25, 2010 in City For the ninth time in the past 10 years, water flows on the Little Spokane River have dropped below the state’s minimum flow level.

August 25, 2010 in Business, City Avista customers in Washington will see their electric rates go up 7.2 percent and their natural gas rates rise 3.2 percent starting Dec. 1, according to an agreement pending state … 53

August 25, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Seven more soldiers from a Stryker brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord have been charged in connection with a conspiracy to kill Afghan civilians. 5

August 25, 2010 in Region Every state prison inmate gets one free 20-minute long distance call each year, and they could start making this year’s calls this morning, said Maria Peterson, spokeswoman for the state …

August 25, 2010 in Business The economic recovery appears to be stalling as companies cut back last month on their investments in equipment and machines and Americans bought new homes at the weakest pace in …

August 25, 2010 in City, Idaho Today is going to bring the hottest weather of the week with sun and highs in the lower 90s likely in Spokane, Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene.

August 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – The end of a popular government stimulus program drove home sales in July to their lowest levels in more than a decade, fueling fresh concerns about the … 4

August 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 Voters in three North Idaho school districts Tuesday said yes to a levy that will raise property taxes for two years to build a $9.5 million professional-technical high school on …

August 25, 2010 in Business on Page A1 Economic and political unknowns are slowing Spokane home sales much as they have in the rest of the United States, the president-elect of the Spokane Association of Realtors said Tuesday. …

August 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean media said today that former President Jimmy Carter has departed on his mission to North Korea that U.S. officials say is aimed at bringing …