May 20, 2010 in City Spokane County commissioners gave their insolvent law library a cash infusion this week and held out the possibility of a larger bailout. The library has $75,129 in past-due bills on … 5

May 20, 2010 in City An ongoing investigation into OxyContin distribution in Spokane has led to at least four arrests and raids at several Valley apartments this month. Suspects Kevin D. Miles, 28, and Tashina … 4

May 20, 2010 in City Even the judge shed tears today as family members expressed the grief left behind after a Canadian woman was hit and killed by a drunken driver in downtown Spokane last … 1

May 20, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Prodded by national anger at Wall Street, the Senate on Thursday passed the most far-reaching restraints on big banks since the Great Depression. In its broad sweep, the massive bill … 1

May 20, 2010 in Business Little Loan Shoppe, facing allegations it operated a Ponzi scheme, has consistently operated in the black since filing bankruptcy in July 2009, according to an examiner appointed by the U.S. … 2

May 20, 2010 in Idaho While the Bonner County coroner examines some skeletal remains recently brought up from the bottom of Priest Lake, researchers and historians hope that clothing and a boat found nearby will … 1

May 20, 2010 in Sports Ken Griffey Jr. awakened the slumping Mariners with a game-winning, pinch-hit single to cap Seattle’s three-run rally off A.L. saves leader Kevin Gregg in the ninth with a 4-3 victory …

May 20, 2010 in Business Stocks plunged again Thursday as more investors woke up to the possibility that economic problems such as Europe’s debt crisis might spread around the world and stop the growing recovery … 5

May 20, 2010 in City The National Weather Service confirmed today that it was a tornado that touched down near Moses Lake on Wednesday, knocking apart a barn, as an unusually strong May storm blew …

May 20, 2010 in City Two Spokane Valley residents suspected of dealing OxyContin were arrested during a raid at their apartment Wednesday. 7

May 20, 2010 in City, Region Northwest cherry growers expect a smaller crop this year than the 2009 record but with a longer harvest period, which should extend sales. 3

May 20, 2010 in City, Nation/World More Americans will hit the highways and airports over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, but they’ll probably spend much less than last year, according to a study released Thursday by …

May 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 DETROIT – When police burst into a home in search of a murder suspect, a reality TV crew documented the raid – and may have recorded the death of a … 6

May 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Los Angeles – A member of an Arizona board that oversees utilities has suggested that they cut power transfers to Los Angeles because of the city’s boycott in connection with …

May 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Support for former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman in the Republican race for California governor has fallen by 23 percentage points over the past two months as …

May 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Years of deregulation that led to an increase in high-cost loans are indirectly responsible for the quadrupling of the wealth gap between white and black Americans between 1984 … 2

May 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Ditching its past cautious tone, the nation’s top scientists urged the government Wednesday to take drastic action to raise the cost of using coal and oil, to slow …