January 21, 2011 in City Spokane police are checking out a suspicious package in downtown. Officers have Sprague Avenue closed off from Washington to Bernard, and the bomb squad’s robot is about to take an … 2

January 21, 2011 in City The two Spokane Police Department officers involved in the fatal shooting of a domestic violence suspect Sunday morning have been identified as Officer Chris McMurtrey and Sgt. Dave Overhoff. 14

January 21, 2011 in Idaho, News Idaho State Police have shut down eastbound Interstate 90 at Lookout pass because of bad road conditions.

January 21, 2011 Three people were injured in a two-car collision on Interstate 90 about 11 a.m. today near Cataldo.

January 21, 2011 in Sports Wallace girls basketball coach Kirby Krulitz died Thursday afternoon of an apparent heart attack. He was 63.

January 21, 2011 in City A backhoe digging near 29th Avenue on Spokane’s South Side struck a natural gas line, forcing a closure of 29th Avenue and an hourlong evacuation of the immediate area. 2

January 21, 2011 in Idaho Lottery officials say a 29-year-old North Idaho woman has decided to collect her half of a $380 million Mega Millions jackpot in a lump sum payment.

  January 21, 2011 in City, News Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker has decided not to file criminal charges against the deputy who shot 74-year-old pastor Wayne Scott Creach during a confrontation last August in Spokane Valley. 171

January 21, 2011 in Idaho With the flood gates open, hundreds of teachers and parents flocked to the Idaho Capitol on Friday when given the chance to unload their burdens to lawmakers who craft the … 7

January 21, 2011 in City Federal investigators indicated today that they have made progress in their efforts to identify the person or persons who left a bomb Monday along the route of the planned Martin … 2

January 21, 2011 in Region Vicente Ruiz was ordered Thursday to serve one life term for each of the men he killed 23 years ago inside a Pasco garage. 1

January 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Spokane woman never imagined that serving on the jury of a prolific burglar would solve her burglary, as well. “In all my time as a prosecutor, that’s the first … 19

January 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 Less than a week after a bomb was found along the route of the annual march commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., police are planning for another walk through downtown by …

January 21, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The dramatic shrinking of Arctic Sea ice and the Northern Hemisphere’s glaciers and snowfields has reduced the radiation of sunlight back into space more than scientists previously …