February 24, 2010 in Sports Scott MacDonald scored the game-winner in the third for Everett and Thomas Heemskerk made 40 saves as the Silvertips beat the Spokane Chiefs 2-1 in Western Hockey League action Wednesday …

February 24, 2010 in City Airway Heights will help develop Spokane County Raceway Park under a tentative agreement city and county officials hammered out Wednesday. 2

February 24, 2010 in Sports Jim Maley scored 13 points as top-ranked Rosalia cruised past Lopez in a 44-23 victory on Wednesday in the Class 1B boys state basketball tournament.

February 24, 2010 in Sports Nikki Osborne’s layup with 3:36 to play pushed third-ranked Almira/Coulee-Hartline ahead to stay, and the Warriors went on to beat No. 2-ranked St. John-Endicott 64-48 on Wednesday in the first …

February 24, 2010 in Sports Cody Flett scored a game-high 26 points to lead second-ranked Wellpinit to a 73-62 opening-round victory over Oakville on Wednesday in the Class 1B boys state tournament.

February 24, 2010 in Sports Kelsey Moser scored 20 points and Haley Moser added 12 as defending Class 1B champion Colton beat King’s Way 79-15 on Wednesday in the girls state tournament.

February 24, 2010 in Sports Lindsay Loe scored all 11 of her points in the first half, as Columbia of Hunters built up a big halftime advantage and rolled to a 57-26 first-round victory over …

February 24, 2010 in Sports Warren Miller poured in a team-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, leading St. John-Endicott to a 59-43 first-round victory over Tulalip Heritage in the Class 1B boys state tournament …

February 24, 2010 in Sports Louie Bluff scored a game-high 18 points as Cusick rolled past Lake Quinault 54-32 on Wednesday in the first round of the Class 1B boys state tournament.

February 24, 2010 in Region Gov. Chris Gregoire has approved a measure that will temporarily suspend the tax-limiting constraints placed on lawmakers by voter-approved Initiative 960. 5

  February 24, 2010 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for Feb. 23, 2010.

February 24, 2010 in City Senior Pentagon officials say their latest $35 billion plan to acquire refueling planes is fair. 1

February 24, 2010 in Nation/World Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that record-low interest rates are still needed to ensure that the economic recovery will last and to help ease the sting …

February 24, 2010 in Nation/World Companies that hire the unemployed would claim new tax breaks under a jobs-promoting bill the Senate passed Wednesday, delivering President Barack Obama and Democrats a much-needed victory. 4

February 24, 2010 in City Light snow has brought no major traffic problems to the Spokane area this morning as temperatures hover around 32 degrees.

February 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 A $38 million settlement proposed Tuesday in the Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. class action lawsuit would help several thousand investors recoup some losses from Spokane’s largest business collapse. Investors … 1

February 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – With just over two weeks remaining in the session, Democrats in both houses of the Washington Legislature released plans Tuesday to cut programs and raise taxes to fill … 2

February 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – In the public perception, medical doctors are among the hardest-working, most dedicated professionals in the work force, routinely toiling through 12- or 15-hour days. Some doctors undoubtedly …

February 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Washington – In a sign of possible differences among top military officials, Army and Air Force chiefs voiced concern Tuesday about ending a ban on gays serving openly in the …