January 5, 2010 A former Post Falls church youth leader was arrested last week on suspicion he had sexual and inappropriate contact with several minor girls from the congregation. 6

January 5, 2010 in News A man accused of making explosives in his Spokane Valley apartment told police he planned to use them for a cannon on the Fourth of July.

January 5, 2010 in News In its first official move the new Spokane Valley City Council asked for the resignation of city manager Dave Mercier Tuesday. 6

January 5, 2010 in City A Spokane County man accused of running a Ponzi scheme has agreed to repay about 200 investors and has been banned from selling investments or securities. 5

January 5, 2010 in News, Business, City Inland Northwest residents caught between unemployment and decreasing home prices filed bankruptcy last year in numbers not seen since the law was overhauled in 2005.

  January 5, 2010 in City Click on the “documents” tab above to download Spokane police logs for Dec. 29, 2009, to Jan. 4, 2010.

January 5, 2010 in City Rain and snow combined with frozen ground has triggered a round of minor flooding in Whitman County and forced closure of state Highway 27 at Pine Creek this afternoon.

January 5, 2010 in Idaho POCATELLO, Idaho — An Idaho man who pleaded guilty to setting his co-worker on fire has been sentenced to five years of probation after the victim forgave him. 1

January 5, 2010 in City, Idaho A mix of rain and snow continues to fall across the Inland Northwest this morning, but forecasters said it should come to an end as dry cold air moves southward …

January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Monday that Yemen is a threat to global security but warned that the Obama administration will continue accelerating U.S. aid only … 4

January 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 Holiday charity was a mixed bag in the Inland Northwest, with some 2009 goals being met and others falling by the wayside while the recession chugs along. Donations of food, …

January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Its namesake first described the laws of planetary motion. Now a 2,300-pound spacecraft directed by NASA’s Ames Research Center is revealing exotic new collections of distant …

January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – Smoking raises the risk of diabetes, but new research indicates that – at least in the short term – kicking the habit increases the risk even more. …

January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 COLUMBIA, S.C. – A bitter chill has settled in across the eastern half of the country, threatening crops, closing schools and making Charleston, S.C., feel more like New York City. …

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January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered their first combat deaths of the new year, the military reported Monday, with four troops killed a day earlier in the country’s …

January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 HONOLULU – U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie announced Monday he will resign from Congress on Feb. 28 to run for Hawaii governor. The 71-year-old Democrat, who has served in the U.S. …

January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LAS VEGAS – A gunman man who opened fire with a shotgun at a federal building Monday, killing a court security guard and wounding a U.S. marshal before he was … 1