May 11, 2011 in Sports Although sportsmen occasionally see them during the rare spot check of fishing or hunting licenses, Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Police do most of their work under our radar.

  May 11, 2011 in City Spokane Mayor Mary Verner gave a preview Wednesday of a 2012 budget she says would be painless for residents who obey the law. Verner proposed to close a tentative $6.6 … 16

May 11, 2011 in Idaho The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an alleged incident in which students on the Kellogg High School softball team may have stripped the clothing off a teammate earlier this … 1

May 11, 2011 in News The Spokane showroom of DirectBuy, a nationwide, members-only shopping club, closed this week. A spokeswoman at DirectBuy’s Indiana headquarters, however, said the company is trying to find a new showroom … 10

May 11, 2011 in City The parents of two veterans who killed themselves while under the care of Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2008 welcomed an appeals court order for mental health care reform … 1

May 11, 2011 Youths will no longer be haunted by their past, thanks to a bill that is expected to signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday. 3

May 11, 2011 in Idaho A handyman hired by a North Idaho lawyer to kill his wife was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for an explosive device he strapped to the intended victim’s … 12

    May 11, 2011 in City, News The family of a Spokane Valley pastor killed in a police confrontation outside his home called on Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich today to voluntarily prohibit the parking of unmarked patrol cars … 27

May 11, 2011 in Idaho After three weeks, testimony in the contested case hearing on more than 200 proposed megaloads on U.S. Highway 12 wrapped up today with disputes over how much the giant loads … 1

May 11, 2011 in Region The fiancé of a former Seattle journalist detained by Syria says he’s very concerned by a report she has been transferred to Iran.

May 11, 2011 in City, Idaho A quick warm up that began Tuesday afternoon will continue today, bringing the chance of temperatures in the 70s for the first time this year. 6

May 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states’ Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next … 92

May 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Barack Obama will soon have the ability to send any cellphone in the U.S. a text-message warning of impending danger, from a tornado to a terrorist, under a new … 6

May 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – That string of sibilants you hear is the air rapidly leaking out of the presidential balloon that kept Donald Trump floating above the political confusion that has … 3

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May 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After hitting nearly 48 feet and sending water oozing onto the edge of downtown and through some low-lying areas, the Mississippi River peaked Tuesday without swamping Memphis, …