July 21, 2010 in City A 69-year-old man died in a fire inside his Spokane Valley apartment early today.

July 21, 2010 in News, Region West side resident Michael R. Wilson and current acting city manager Mike Jackson have been confirmed as finalists for the City of Spokane Valley city manager position. The city council … 1

July 21, 2010 in Nation/World State unemployment agencies are gearing up to resume sending unemployment payments to millions of people as Congress moves to ship President Barack Obama a measure to restore lapsed benefits. After … 6

July 21, 2010 in Idaho With fewer U.S. students going into key technical areas - a decline that’s raised major concerns about the nation’s future competitiveness - the University of Idaho on Wednesday announced a …

July 21, 2010 in Business Spokane International Airport directors today nominated former Providence Health Care chief executive Ryland “Skip” Davis to be interim manager. 4

July 21, 2010 in City The alleged “Barefoot Bandit” is back in Washington state, where authorities say he began a two-year multistate crime spree.

July 21, 2010 in Idaho, Region A former lawyer for the Aryan Nations jailed in an alleged murder-for-hire plot has been indicted on three additional charges related to jailhouse phone calls and explosives discovered after …

July 21, 2010 in City, Region A man on federal probation for passing counterfeit money was arrested in Spokane Tuesday on suspicion of bank robberies in Omak, Wenatchee and Moses Lake.

July 21, 2010 in Business Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today the economic outlook remains “unusually uncertain,” and the central bank is ready to take new steps to keep the recovery alive if …

July 21, 2010 in City A Spokane man was arrested on suspicion of rape Tuesday after a woman said she was attacked in an abandoned house in the 1100 block of West Fifth Avenue. 13

July 21, 2010 in Region The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to consider endangered species protection for a high-elevation pine tree devastated by beetles and fungus. 1

July 21, 2010 in Business Reveling in victory, President Barack Obama today signed into law the most sweeping reform of financial regulations since the Great Depression, a package that aims to protect consumers and ensure …

July 21, 2010 in City, Idaho Post Falls and the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court over a plan to clean pollution in the Spokane River. 3

July 21, 2010 in Outdoors After a wet spring and early summer, the mountains are getting dry and ripe for fire.

July 21, 2010 in City, Idaho Hot weather is in the forecast for today, and even hotter weather is coming this weekend, National Weather Service meteorologists said.

July 21, 2010 in Nation/World A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered — hundreds of times more massive than the sun, scientists said …

July 21, 2010 in Sports Manny Ramirez is back on the disabled list for the third time this season.

July 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 HARRISBURG, Pa. – So vast is the wealth of natural gas locked into dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ohio that some geologists estimate it’s enough … 7

July 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 A testament to the popularity of Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich may be the level to which candidates for Spokane County prosecutor are seeking his support. The situation came to … 35

July 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Democrats on Tuesday broke Republican-led opposition to a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to 2.5 million jobless Americans, but the vote only hardened the political divide and …

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July 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 DENVER – A United Airlines jetliner was diverted to Denver on Tuesday after 30 people on board were injured, one critically, when the plane hit heavy turbulence while flying over …