February 17, 2010 in Sports Kyle Beach scored three times for Spokane as the Chiefs pounded the Kamloops Blazers 7-0 in a Western Hockey League game on Wednesday night.

February 17, 2010 in Business Avista Corp. will delay construction of a 50-turbine wind farm near Reardan until at least 2014, citing the high costs associated with harnessing energy from the wind.

  February 17, 2010 in City OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed this afternoon a series of tax increases as part of what she calls a “balanced approach” to the worst economic times in more than … 25

February 17, 2010 in City The United States needs to commit to involvement and assistance in Afghanistan for years to come, former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told the Spokane City Forum today. 2

February 17, 2010 in Sports Tiger Woods will end nearly three months of silence Friday when he speaks publicly for the first time since his middle-of-the-night car accident sparked stunning revelations of infidelity. 2

February 17, 2010 in Business The latest evidence that manufacturers are helping lead the economic recovery emerged Wednesday in a report that industrial production posted its seventh straight increase in January.

February 17, 2010 in Nation/World Eight American missionaries were freed from a Haitian jail Wednesday, nearly three weeks after being charged with kidnapping for trying to take a group of children out of the quake-stricken …

February 17, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday’s one-year-old economic stimulus law as a solid accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job. 1

  February 17, 2010 in City A $35 million federal stimulus grant was announced this morning to extend work on a North Spokane freeway, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. 4

February 17, 2010 in City, Idaho A dense fog advisory has been lifted across the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas and extending westward into the Columbia Basin, and forecasters are sticking by their belief that low …

February 17, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 Rumors of 150-pound wolves abound in the Idaho Panhandle, but most of the wolves taken by hunters are much smaller. Adult females averaged 86 pounds, according to Idaho Department of … 1

February 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 RIO DE JANEIRO – The hottest temperatures in five decades were melting Carnival revelry Tuesday after five days of dancing, drinking and smooching. “I never thought I would say this, …

February 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 West Hollywood, Calif. – This famously quirky city that formally recognizes pets as companions and their owners as guardians put a leash on dog and cat sales Tuesday. The West …

February 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Women who take aspirin regularly after their breast cancer goes into remission are about 50 percent less likely to suffer a recurrence or to die from the …

February 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the U.S. has “direct intelligence” that two senior Iraqi officials in charge of keeping Saddam Hussein loyalists out of …