September 8, 2010 in City Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is frustrated and caught off-guard by the public reaction to the decision to allow Deputy Brian Hirzel to leave for vacation just hours after he … 48

September 8, 2010 One Spokane man is in the hospital and police arrested another after an altercation at Pacific Avenue and Division Street after 7 p.m. Wednesday.

September 8, 2010 in Sports The Vandals have never received a more lucrative payout than what they will reap for facing the sixth-ranked Cornhuskers on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. PST. Nebraska is dishing out $800,000 …

September 8, 2010 in Sports Spokane Indians enjoyed early-season success against their opponent in the NWL championship series, the Everett AquaSox.

September 8, 2010 in Region The Oregon Army National Guard confirms that a 22-year-old man killed by Vancouver police was a veteran who served 12 months in Iraq. 2

September 8, 2010 in Region New documents released by the Army say a staff sergeant charged in a conspiracy to murder civilians kept Afghan body parts and threatened his subordinates.

September 8, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick has launched his first television commercial of the campaign season, while his Republican challenger, Raul Labrador, still hasn’t been able to hit the airwaves. 3

September 8, 2010 in Sports When LeRoy Key went to Northport last fall to spend a year as interim superintendent, he found a community that needed a jolt.

September 8, 2010 in Sports After seeing his team in action for the first time, Don Nachbaur was pleased. The Spokane Chiefs played three preseason games in Everett last weekend, winning two, prompting the coach …

September 8, 2010 in City A high school teacher in Spokane has been placed on leave for allegedly handing out the lyrics to a hip-hop song that criticizes the education system on the first day … 22

September 8, 2010 in News, Idaho Idaho officials are pushing more compliance with seat belt laws to reduce injury accidens 6

September 8, 2010 in Region The woman who was robbed of $310 while sitting at a Seattle traffic light gave police a detailed description of the man who stuck a gun in her open window. 2

September 8, 2010 in Sports Maybe this time Brett Favre won’t get picked off with victory in his grasp.

September 8, 2010 in Idaho Federal fish managers say they opted to kill tens of thousands of juvenile steelhead after finding a potentially deadly virus in two holding ponds at the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery.

September 8, 2010 in News, Region Gates Foundation acknowledges lack of transparency 3

September 8, 2010 in News Wednesday’s Inland Northwest weather

September 8, 2010 in Nation/World Oil giant BP PLC laid much of the blame for the rig explosion and the massive Gulf of Mexico spill on itself, other companies’ workers and a complex series of …

September 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane County sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hirzel said he ordered pastor Wayne Scott Creach to drop his gun multiple times, struck the 74-year-old man in the leg with a police baton … 153

September 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 While construction work continues on the North Spokane Corridor north of Francis Avenue, more vacant homes will be torn down this fall in central Spokane to make room for freeway … 1