October 18, 2010 in City Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital announced another 46 layoffs Monday, as the two Providence hospitals continue to adjust budgets to deal with a tough economy, fewer patients …

October 18, 2010 in Sports Time: 2 p.m. Saturday, at Stanford, Calif. TV: Fox College Sports Records: WSU (1-6, 0-4 in Pac-10); Stanford (5-1, 2-1) Last week: Washington State lost to Arizona, 24-7; Stanford did …

October 18, 2010 in City A North Bend, Wash., man who has been visiting north Spokane County with a hunting party for 35 years died Friday after he crashed his ATV near Reflection Lake. 1

October 18, 2010 in City A 33-year-old man with no substantial criminal record appeared before a U.S. magistrate in a jail jumpsuit today, accused of robbing a north Spokane bank at gunpoint last week.

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World, Region A former security contractor for Blackwater USA will not be indicted in the killing of an Iraqi guard in 2006, federal prosecutors said today. 2

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World A federal judge says she’s inclined to deny a government request to delay her order that immediately stopped the military from enforcing its ban on openly gay service members.

October 18, 2010 in Outdoors, Region A mountain goat that fatally gored a hiker, then stood over the man and stared at people trying to help, had shown aggressive behavior in the past, Olympic National Park … 8

October 18, 2010 in Idaho, Region The Latah County Sheriff’s office says Gritman Medical Center CEO Jeffrey Martin died in a pickup crash near State Highway 8 in northern Idaho. 2

  October 18, 2010 in Idaho After talks with the federal government collapsed, Gov. Butch Otter ordered Idaho wildlife managers today to relinquish their duty to arrest poachers or to even investigate when wolves are killed … 1

October 18, 2010 in City, Idaho National Weather Service forecasters this afternoon said time is running out on the string of bright autumn days.

October 18, 2010 in Region MOSCOW — Idaho state Senate candidate Gresham Bouma, a Republican, denies sending out religious-leaning mailers in Latah County that urged voters to become true believers or be “struck down.” 6

October 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 Patty Murray and Dino Rossi continued their war of words over tax cuts, federal spending and health care Sunday as they debated a second and final time before next month’s … 22

October 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 People who want to comment on the future of transportation in Spokane have the option of playing a new online game to make their views known. Should Spokane push for … 1

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 COPIAPO, Chile – Carlos Bugueno is out of the collapsed mine but still lives in close quarters, sharing his small wood-and-tin house with 16 relatives. His family welcomed him home …

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 PARIS – Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new terror threat from al-Qaida against Europe, particularly in France, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Sunday. He said the warning of …

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 KINGMAN, Ariz. – A commercial tour bus carrying a dozen people drifted off an Arizona highway on Sunday and rolled several times, killing two people and injuring several others, authorities …

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 DALLAS – New guidelines out today switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts “the simplest step … 1

October 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A new ranking of the nation’s 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ended – the worst decline in … 2