December 7, 2011 in News SEATTLE (AP) — Unionized Boeing Machinists voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a four-year contract extension in a deal that grants the company a long stretch of elusive labor peace and …

December 7, 2011 in Sports While an aerial survey has just detailed where northern ducks are congregating in the Columbia Basin, wildlife managers in Olympia are using a different type of survey to help guide …

December 7, 2011 in Business, City Average home sales prices in Spokane fell by 4.1 percent in October, in line with national and regional declines driven in part by foreclosures and high unemployment. The Spokane sales … 5

December 7, 2011 in Sports There really isn’t a lot of difference between the Spokane Chiefs’ trek through the Western Hockey League’s East Division last year and their recently concluded tour of the Central Division. …

December 7, 2011 in Sports Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was jailed Wednesday after new child sex abuse charges were filed against him based on the claims of new two accusers, including one … 7

December 7, 2011 in Nation/World In a surprise move with election-year implications, the Obama administration’s top health official overruled her own drug regulators and stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves … 2

December 7, 2011 in City, News Detectives are asking anyone who had contact with Deer Park homicide victim Chanin Starbuck in the last 30 days to contact them.

December 7, 2011 in Region Washington state has the second-most teachers in the nation who earned national board certification this year. 20

December 7, 2011 in Idaho Seven northern Idaho counties have filed their challenge to Idaho’s new legislative redistricting plan, and it includes criticism of the bipartisan citizen panel that wrote the plan this year and …

December 7, 2011 in Idaho Bond has been set at $250,000 for a Kingston, Idaho, man charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior with a 5-year-old girl. 5

December 7, 2011 Two were hospitalized after a shooting in Bonner County about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

December 7, 2011 in News The intersection of Dalke Avenue and Morton Street was closed after a car and a motorcycle collided there this afternoon. The motorcyclist, who has not been identified, was taken to … 2

December 7, 2011 in City The 2011 Christmas Bureau began to take shape today as semi-trucks full of toys were unloaded by volunteers at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center.

December 7, 2011 in City A family of nine was forced out of their home early this afternoon when a fire broke out in their residence in southwest Spokane. 1

December 7, 2011 During his 2004 campaign for attorney general, Rob McKenna vowed that he would use the position to curb how much state agencies pay out for major lawsuits. Instead, those costs … 17

December 7, 2011 in Region A jury acquitted a Hoquiam man who was accused of breaking into a home and throwing a dead mink at another man during a confrontation that made weasel headlines across …

December 7, 2011 in City, News An organization that serves terminally ill children was burglarized today for the second time in a month, with the thief taking Christmas presents meant for three families. 2

December 7, 2011 in Nation/World Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison today, one of the stiffest penalties imposed … 15

December 7, 2011 in Nation/World About 120 survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor observed a moment of silence to commemorate the Japanese attack and the thousands who lost their lives that … 2

December 7, 2011 in Nation/World The nation’s health secretary says young teenagers cannot buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription — a surprise move overruling her own experts, who were preparing to let … 9

December 7, 2011 in City, Idaho Winter temperatures will continue again today with few changes expected in the forecast.

December 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 A new toy is a big part of Christmas for a child. Choosing just the right one can be the fun part for parents. The Christmas Bureau provides both – …