April 30, 2011 in Sports Sven Bartschi scored one goal and assisted on two others to lift the Portland Winterhawks to a 3-2 win over the Spokane before 9,486 fans at the Rose Garden Saturday …

April 30, 2011 in Sports EWU running back Taiwan Jones is drafted in the fourth round, the highest among area NFL draftees, including three Idaho Vandals and one WSU Cougar.

April 30, 2011 in Sports BOSTON — This game of inches was not breaking the Seattle Mariners’ way in the early going. Seattle had to deal with the third-inning ejection of Milton Bradley after a …

  April 30, 2011 in Sports The competitive battle that was waged all spring for the chance to back up Eastern Washington University’s starting quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell next fall was not decided during the Eagles’ …

April 30, 2011 in News Thousands of Avista customers in North Spokane lost power today after a trampoline blew onto an electrical substation that serves that area, according to Avista officials. 8

April 30, 2011 in Region SEATTLE — The official in charge of Washington state’s food stamp and child support agency has resigned amid an uproar over televised remarks he made that appeared to dismiss evidence … 10

April 30, 2011 in News, City A was charged with assault after allegedly holding a butcher knife to his ex-girlfriend while strangling her early this morning. 1

April 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Southerners found their emergency safety net shredded Friday as they tried to emerge from the nation’s deadliest tornado disaster since the Great Depression. Emergency buildings are wiped …

April 30, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – State workers will not be licensing medical marijuana growers or dispensaries, and patients will not be able to sign on to a registry that could save them from … 23

April 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Warning signs in multiple languages and the risk of getting cooked like garbanzo beans in a pressure cooker didn’t stop some 30 tourists from taking a way-too-close …

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April 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Opponents of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research lost a key round Friday in a federal appeals court ruling that gives support to the Obama administration’s expansion of the … 3

April 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 Benghazi, Libya – Fighting in western Libya spread into neighboring Tunisia, where the government Friday condemned the shelling of its territory and the official press agency reported more than a …

April 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – Prince William and Kate Middleton got their first royal wedding present from the queen on Friday: the titles duke and duchess of Cambridge. Buckingham Palace said William is …

April 30, 2011 in City on Page A5 A series of zoning rules, many routine, have reignited the anger of opponents of the planned new Jefferson school on Spokane’s South Hill and forced Mayor Mary Verner to apologize … 4

April 30, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A Spokane fire captain was defending his honor – and the honor of several unidentified “women callers” – in an incident at a Spokane …

April 30, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Colville Police Department is investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found on Bradbury Beach south of Kettle Falls on Thursday. Police believe the bodies are those …