December 9, 2010 The eastbound lanes of I-90 at Lookout Pass are completely blocked from semi-trucks that have spun out, according to an Idaho State Police dispatcher. The dispatcher said ISP does not …

December 9, 2010 in City Spokane’s endangered East Side library will remain open at least another year. The Spokane Public Library branch had been on the chopping block to deal with budget cuts. But the …

December 9, 2010 in City A mediation effort designed to resolve ongoing legal problems faced by the Catholic Diocese of Spokane now includes the Morning Star Boys Ranch, according to court records. It sets up …

December 9, 2010 in City A Deer Park man was acquitted Thursday of allegations that he’d kidnapped his wife and her new lover and tried to throw them off a bridge. 5

December 9, 2010 The White House and key lawmakers in both parties cleared the way tonight for swift Senate action to avert a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes for most Americans, agreeing … 11

December 9, 2010 in Region Gov. Chris Gregoire says a special legislative session to deal with the state’s budget woes will begin Saturday. 2

December 9, 2010 in Idaho ConocoPhillips painted a picture of years of quiet, painstaking work to plan for the safe transport of four giant mega-loads of oil equipment across a winding, scenic north-central Idaho highway, … 3

December 9, 2010 in Nation/World Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would have repealed the military’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allowed gay troops to serve openly. 65

December 9, 2010 in City, Idaho Forecasters are now saying that an incoming Pacific storm Saturday night will initially bring snow before warmer air arrives and scours out temperatures at or just below freezing.

December 9, 2010 in City A jury today convicted a Spokane woman of three counts of vehicular assault for a crash that injured three police detectives last summer. 10

December 9, 2010 in Region The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is again going to call Puget Sound home.

December 9, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the second-lowest level this year, fresh evidence that companies are cutting fewer jobs. 2

December 9, 2010 in Region A pair of Northwest kayakers watched in horror as a crocodile snatched their guide from his kayak while he led an expedition from the source of the White Nile into … 15

December 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 The House of Representatives voted to pass the DREAM Act on Wednesday night, catapulting to the Senate a bill that would offer a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands … 10

December 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA took a giant leap away from the spaceflight business Wednesday as a private company launched a spacecraft into orbit and for the first time guided … 5

December 9, 2010 in City on Page A1 Towers of toys, tables stacked with children’s books, and a small army of volunteers are ready for a crowd today at the Christmas Bureau. No hurry, though.

December 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 JACKSON, Miss. – India’s sari-clad ambassador was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by a TSA agent in Mississippi after attending a conference, an act one state … 4

December 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 BALTIMORE – A 21-year-old part-time construction worker obsessed with jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center – … 1