June 22, 2010 in City The long debate over the power of Spokane’s new police ombudsman will last at least one more week. Early Tuesday morning, the Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to delay a … 3

June 22, 2010 in Idaho An Arizona developer is proposing a land swap that would trade about 8,000 acres of federal timberland in North Idaho for a ranch in the Boise Foothills. 2

June 22, 2010 in City West Nile virus has been found in a mosquito sample taken from the Winchester Wasteway near Ephrata, officials said Tuesday. The sample was taken in conjunction with monitoring efforts by …

June 22, 2010 in City The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a federal grand jury in Spokane has indicted a Deer Park man on charge of filing fraudulent multi-billion dollar liens against four …

June 22, 2010 in City Sprague Avenue east of the downtown area is closed to traffic until about 5 p.m. while Spokane police investigate an accident involving a patrol car and motorcycle. 6

June 22, 2010 in City A wrong-way driver was arrested Monday after a sheriff’s deputy drove off the road to avoid a head-on collision.

  June 22, 2010 in News, Idaho Federal murder-for-hire suspect Edgar Steele will stay in jail pending trial after a judge found he had attempted to intimidate potential witnesses in the case – his wife and son.

June 22, 2010 in City Washington state’s new energy efficiency building standards were set to begin July 1 but have been delayed by three months, possibly longer.

June 22, 2010 in City A cemetery worker killed June 18 when his lawn tractor overturned was identified today as Robert A. Villa, 44.

June 22, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama rebuked his Afghanistan war commander for “poor judgment” Tuesday and considered whether to fire him in the most extraordinary airing of military-civilian tensions since Harry Truman stripped … 15

June 22, 2010 in Business A federal judge in New Orleans today blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.

June 22, 2010 in Sports Oklahoma State has scheduled a home-and-home basketball series with Gonzaga.

June 22, 2010 in City Police say a Colbert man arrested for hit-and-run Monday left a crucial clue at the crash scene: his truck’s license plate.

June 22, 2010 in City, Idaho Sunshine is making its return to the Inland Northwest for the next two days, but forecasters said that humidity left over from a two-day rain storm is causing clouds to …

  June 22, 2010 in City Spokane City Council President Joe Shogan announced just after midnight today that there would not be a vote during the session about providing the ombudsman the power to conduct independent … 6

June 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court upheld the government’s authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that support is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and … 1

June 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Labor Department intends to issue regulations this week ordering businesses to give gay employees equal treatment under a law permitting workers unpaid time off to care for … 6

June 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Scientists may have found the great, great, great, etc., grandfather of the famous fossil Lucy. A new partial skeleton of an early hominid known as Australopithecus afarensis was … 3

June 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – The administrator of a $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf oil spill victims pledged Monday to speed payment of claims as a federal judge considered whether to …

June 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 FREMONT, Neb. – Voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont on Monday approved a ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants. About 57 percent of voters in …