October 18, 2011 in News The Grant County Sheriff’s office today identified the man shot to death while allegedly attempting to burglarize a medical marijuana patient. 1

October 18, 2011 in City Spokane County’s duty to remove railroad tracks from Fairchild Air Force Base will cost almost $252,000 more than expected. 8

October 18, 2011 in Sports It’s basically the halfway point of the college football season, which seems to be a good time to assess what’s happened since early September in the Pac-12.

October 18, 2011 in Sports George Hageage admits earlier would have been better. Still, Eastern Washington’s head women’s soccer coach wasn’t about to throw back his young team’s first Big Sky Conference win of the …

October 18, 2011 in Region Scientists in Washington state are working to improve testing of a deadly, contagious marine virus as a precaution, after the virus was detected in wild salmon for the first time … 1

October 18, 2011 in Business Omaha-based West Corp. will hire at least 250 call center workers for its downtown Spokane building, the company announced Tuesday. 47

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World Social Security recipients will get a raise in January — their first increase in benefits since 2009. Experts project the increase will be about 3.5 percent, and on Wednesday, about … 11

October 18, 2011 in Idaho BOISE - For Boise State University professor Greg Hampikian, there’s no mystery at all about what happened to 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, the woman found murdered in Italy in 2007 in … 35

October 18, 2011 in City, Idaho An Idaho couple died when their car was crushed between two semi-trucks as traffic slowed through a construction zone on eastbound Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass. 7

October 18, 2011 in City, Idaho Fog was lifting late this morning across the Spokane area, and forecasters said it should be replaced by sunshine and shirt-sleeve temperatures this afternoon.

October 18, 2011 in Region on Page A1 SEATTLE – A federal judge on Monday issued a ruling to release the names of 137,500 people who two years ago signed Referendum 71 petitions to bring Washington state’s domestic-partnership … 15

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – A federal judge has thrown out a key section of an Interior Department rule concerning the threat to polar bears posed by global warming. U.S. District Judge Emmet …

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Paul J. Watford, a Los Angeles attorney with broad experience and the support of some influential local conservatives, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday to …

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an important First Amendment case to decide whether the freedom of speech includes a right to lie about military honors. The …

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court ruled Monday that police in Seattle and Maui used excessive force in separate cases involving stun guns, deeming the jolts fired at a …

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A bill to toughen federal safety regulation of oil and gas pipelines passed the Senate late Monday only a few hours after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky …

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – After a six-year hiatus, the Pentagon has agreed to negotiate with North Korea on resuming an effort to recover remains of the estimated 5,500 U.S. service members unaccounted …

October 18, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali militants on Monday threatened to bring down Nairobi skyscrapers after Kenya sent hundreds of troops into Somalia. The threat emanated from the same lawless country in …