February 9, 2011 in City, News Spokane Valley police are looking for a man in his 20s who robbed the Dollar Tree store on East Montgomery Avenue about 7:20 this evening. 1

February 9, 2011 in City, News OLYMPIA – Spokane City Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin was among victims of child sexual abuse urging the Legislature Wednesday to drop the statute of limitations that they say shields pedophiles from … 2

February 9, 2011 in Sports Sportsmen, hikers and other outdoor groups are getting the drift that there’s not much happiness to go around at the Washington Legislature this session, and even less money. 1

February 9, 2011 in Idaho After a six-hour hearing that stretched long into the evening, an Idaho House committee on Wednesday endorsed the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s legislation to let its tribal police officers enforce state … 7

February 9, 2011 in City, News Attorneys gave oral arguments Wednesday in an effort to undo the civil commitment of South Hill rapist Kevin Coe, whose legal fight has now moved into its fourth decade. 9

February 9, 2011 A two-car collision today about 3:35 has left one person dead and another trapped in a vehicle with serious injuries. The road was fully blocked on Highway 25 three miles … 2

February 9, 2011 in City, News BOISE — More kids would stay at home instead of going to kindergarten before they start the first grade, under a bill introduced Tuesday in the Idaho Legislature. 9

February 9, 2011 in Features, News Spokane remains the attendance record holder for U.S. Figure Skating events. 1

February 9, 2011 in City An elderly man was robbed in his Deer Park home Monday by a man who knocked on his door seeking money for gas, officials said today.

February 9, 2011 in Region About 17 percent of Washington’s class of 2010 earned college credit by passing Advanced Placement exams. 2

February 9, 2011 in City A man stabbed his brother in an argument over family property Tuesday night in Spokane Valley, police said today. 3

February 9, 2011 in City Spokane Valley fire officials this morning said that a blaze at a vacant building along Interstate 90 started outside of the building and is considered suspicious.

February 9, 2011 in City, Idaho A new round of precipitation is due over the area as early as Friday night, but more likely on Saturday when the chance of rain goes to 60 percent in …

February 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 10: Months taken by NASA to study Toyota’s electronics system. 280,000: Lines of software code analyzed by NASA. 1

February 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Electronic flaws weren’t to blame for the reports of sudden, unintended acceleration that led to the recall of thousands of Toyota vehicles, the government said Tuesday. Some of … 4

February 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, el-Masri was a ghost. Only … 8