October 26, 2010 in City A man shot and killed by a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy on Sunday underwent a mental evaluation after trying to commit suicide last summer. 11

October 26, 2010 in Idaho The third round of a hate crime trial opened today in Coeur d’Alene, with two brothers accused of racially harassing a Latino man in the summer of 2009. 1

October 26, 2010 in Business The owners of Coeur d’Alene Brewing Co. say they’ve been unable to find a new building in Coeur d’Alene and will now brew beer only from the Steam Plant Grill … 2

October 26, 2010 in Business Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire today ordered state agencies to develop programs and institute reforms that will boost small businesses faltering in the economic slowdown. 9

October 26, 2010 in Sports PULLMAN – It seemed as if 2010 was going to be a make-or-break year at Arizona State for coach Dennis Erickson. The Sun Devils, 10-3 his first year in the …

October 26, 2010 in Sports The Spokane Chiefs’ 4-2 loss to Red Deer Saturday night wasn’t quite the disaster the Western Hockey League game seemed at the time, but it certainly qualifies as a learning …

October 26, 2010 in Sports The Spokane Chiefs’ 4-2 loss to Red Deer Saturday night wasn’t quite the disaster the Western Hockey League game seemed at the time, but it certainly qualifies as a learning …

October 26, 2010 in Idaho GOP congressional hopeful Raul Labrador has launched a new TV ad, with the help of funding from the Idaho Republican Party, painting Congressman Walt Minnick as a tax-raiser, but the …

October 26, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s latest campaign ad touts the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, which he says helps Idaho students in the current “tough economic times,” but doesn’t mention that no new … 3

October 26, 2010 in Region The U.S. District Court in Spokane has approved a new schedule that delays the cleanup of radioactive waste from the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site by about 20 years.

October 26, 2010 in Region The Lewis County sheriff’s office says there are no survivors in the crash of a plane with three people on board in southwest Washington.

October 26, 2010 in Region The government has released proposals for expanding one of the nation’s largest federal irrigation projects. Congress authorized Eastern Washington’s Columbia Basin Project in 1943 to irrigate more than 1 million …

October 26, 2010 in Nation/World A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” which spawns disasters from deep within …

October 26, 2010 in Idaho A new independent ad against Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick that’s airing in Idaho makes a false claim that Minnick voted in favor of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the … 12

October 26, 2010 in Idaho Two 19 year olds from Pendleton, Ore., were injured in Coeur d’Alene early today when their vehicle collided with a Kootenai County sheriff’s deputy vehicle.

October 26, 2010 in City, Idaho A Spirit Lake, Idaho, man was critically injured on Monday evening when he went off an Idaho roadway in a vehicle and struck a tree, according to Kootenai County sheriff’s … 2

October 26, 2010 in City A winter storm warning for the mountains of North Idaho this morning was allowed to lapse as the first major snowfall of the season began to taper off. 7

October 26, 2010 in City Washington’s Transportation Department says it’s OK to start using studded tires because the season’s first snow is falling in the Cascade and Olympic mountains. 19

October 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Heavy smoking at middle age more than doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia later in life, according to one of the first … 1

October 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With a week to go before the elections, independent groups, most of them with sharp partisan leanings, have spent $257.7 million to influence political campaigns, nearly quadrupling such … 7