September 15, 2011 in Sports Matt Marantz scored the Spokane Chiefs’ only goal as they fell 5-1 to the Tri-City Americans in a Western Hockey League preseason game at Eagles Ice-A-Rena on Thursday night before …

September 15, 2011 in News, City Friends and family say they are baffled by the death of a former Marine and accused killer found dead at the Spokane County Jail last weekend. Tristen Nebrae Jordan, 25, … 1

  September 15, 2011 in News, City The attorney representing Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. filed a motion today asking a federal judge to move the upcoming Oct. 11 trial because of “intense” media coverage … 23

September 15, 2011 in Region KITTITAS, Wash. (AP) — Interstate 90 has been closed in both directions about 13 miles east of Ellensburg after smoke from a brush fire caused a multiple-vehicle crash.

September 15, 2011 in Region The Postal Service says it plans to study the possible closure of 252 mail processing facilities nationwide, including four in Montana, as it continues to try to cut costs.

September 15, 2011 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, a young and humble Marine who defied orders and barreled straight into a …

September 15, 2011 in News, Region OLYMPIA — Washington’s economic outlook continues to weaken, and the state could face a drop of $1.4 billion in the money it has available for its main budget over this … 9

September 15, 2011 in Region As teachers in Washington state’s third-largest school district defy a judge’s order and continue to strike, negotiators for the schools, the teachers union and a state mediator will meet to … 48

September 15, 2011 in City, Idaho, Region Fire caused heavy damage to a small start-up church on Main Avenue in Soap Lake this morning with the flames and smoke spreading to an antique shop and tattoo parlor …

September 15, 2011 in Business, Nation/World House Republicans are poised to express their anger over the government’s politically contentious labor case against Boeing Co. by passing a measure that would curb the National Labor Relation’s enforcement … 18

September 15, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Fixed mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in six decades for the second straight week. But few Americans can take advantage of the historically low rates.

September 15, 2011 in City, Idaho Scattered showers arrived over the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas at dawn today, signaling a change from the late summer heat of the past two weeks.

September 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Social Security suddenly has become a white-hot political issue, as the Republican presidential front-runner blasts the system as a “Ponzi scheme” and Democrats in Congress scramble to find … 17

September 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 Apologetic officials in a small New Jersey town rushed Wednesday to remove a stone marker commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks amid an uproar about what the …

September 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jerusalem – A high-level U.S. team kicked off a new round of shuttle diplomacy on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to contain the diplomatic fallout from the Palestinian statehood push, …