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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Vandals defeat Seattle U.
February 18, 2010 in Sports Kashif Watson scored 20 points Thursday night to lead Idaho to an 82-72 victory over Seattle and a sweep of their men’s basketball season series.
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Loyola Marymount upsets Zags, 74-66
February 18, 2010 in Sports LOS ANGELES — Ashley Hamilton scored 17 points and Drew Viney had 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to lead Loyola Marymount to a 74-66 upset of No. 13 … 2
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Northern Colorado edges EWU
February 18, 2010 in Sports Chris Kaba sank a 3-pointer with 23 seconds left and Will Figures scored 23 points as Northern Colorado edged Eastern Washington 58-54 in a Big Sky basketball game Thursday night.
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UCLA blows out Cougs in Pullman
February 18, 2010 in Sports Michael Roll scored 15 points as hot-shooting UCLA buried Washington State 71-51 in a Pac-10 basketball game on Thursday for the Bruins’ 17th consecutive win in Pullman.
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Only Canadian WWI vet dies at 109 in Spokane
February 18, 2010 in City, Region The last Canadian veteran of World War I died Thursday at the age of 109. 2
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Moos offered WSU A.D. job
February 18, 2010 in News, Sports PULLMAN – Washington State University president Elson S. Floyd offered the school’s vacant athletic director position to Bill Moos on Thursday afternoon. 1
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Avista reports earnings, will seek rate hike in 2011
February 18, 2010 in Business, City Avista Corp. will ask Washington and Idaho regulators for permission to raise utility rates by early next year. The Spokane-based company plans to file “rate cases” with both state’s public … 25
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Father and son suspected of selling pot to students
February 18, 2010 in City Police arrested a 20-year-old Spokane man and his father today on suspicion of selling marijuana to high school students in northwest Spokane. 7
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Official: Plane crash pilot left anti-IRS Web note
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said, setting off a … 3
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HHS warns of double-digit spike in health premiums
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World Eye-popping health insurance premium increases of up to 39 percent are not an exception but a worrisome sign of the times, the Obama administration said in a report Thursday. 11
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Sun burns off freezing fog
February 18, 2010 in City, Idaho Sun has broken through a thick layer of freezing fog over the region today, and forecasters said they expect sun to continue through Monday, although another chance of fog is …
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Crews investigating second fire at Crestline apartment
February 18, 2010 in City An investigation is under way today to determine the cause of a fire that tore through a boarded-up apartment building that had been badly damaged in a fire in early …
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Stimulus to spur work on corridor
February 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s long-sought North Side freeway got a boost on Wednesday with the announcement of a $35 million federal economic stimulus grant to pay for a 3.7-mile extension of the southbound … 5
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8 church workers headed for home
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Eight of the 10 American church workers jailed for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without permission after the Jan. 12 earthquake were freed from …
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Gregoire lays out tax plan
February 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington should tax candy, bottled water and soda, and raise taxes on toxic substances like petroleum as part of a “balanced approach” to the worst economic times in … 8
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Accuracy watch
February 18, 2010 in City on Page A2 For 02-18-2010
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Conservatives sign accord
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – With polls and recent elections suggesting a possible comeback for Republicans, a group of prominent conservatives unveiled a statement of principles Wednesday called Constitutional Conservatism that they … 2
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Judges free convict, in prison for 16 years
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina man who insisted he was innocent of murder through more than 16 years in prison was declared a free man Wednesday after a groundbreaking …
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In brief: Plane crash kills all aboard, spares day care occupants
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 East Palo Alto, Calif. – A twin-engine plane carrying three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors struck a set of power lines after takeoff Wednesday and crashed into a …
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School suspends Denny’s patrons
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WEST WARWICK, R.I. – Dozens of students from a Rhode Island high school who skipped classes for a free breakfast at Denny’s got grand slammed with suspensions. Officials at West … 1
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In brief: Dalai Lama making White House visit
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Washington – Months after he postponed their first meeting in a gesture to China, President Barack Obama will sit down today at the White House with the Dalai Lama – …
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Relatives awaiting missionaries
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BOISE – An Idaho Baptist pastor offered mixed feelings Wednesday on the decision by a Haitian judge to release eight of 10 American missionaries charged with child kidnapping after trying …
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Afghan city is critical test
February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The current offensive in Marjah is a critical stepping stone for what is likely the most important fight of the Afghan surge in the coming months: securing Kandahar, …
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House votes to suspend I-960
February 18, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Debate over the need for supermajorities to raise taxes stretched into its second night Wednesday in the House of Representatives and invoked everything from the Gospel to the … 1
