September 29, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 AUGUSTA, Maine – If you drive along Interstate 95 in the nation’s far northeastern corner, “it’s trees, trees, trees” for mile after mile, says one motorist. So why not set …

September 29, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Tucson, Ariz. – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage can eventually be made mentally fit to stand …

September 29, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The FBI arrested a Massachusetts man Wednesday in an alleged plot to blow up the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon after authorities say he provided “step-by-step” instructions on …

September 29, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration cut corners before concluding that climate-change pollution can endanger human health, a key finding underpinning costly new regulations, an internal government watchdog said Wednesday. Regulators …

September 29, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 Mexico City – Abortion foes in Mexico scored a victory Wednesday when the Supreme Court narrowly upheld a provision of Baja California’s state constitution saying life begins at conception. Although …

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 People are grumbling because Spokane Mayor Mary Verner hired this Arizona guy with a scandalous past to be our new city planning director. Well, you won’t hear any grousing coming … 14

September 29, 2011 in City, Outdoors on Page A5 Native and non-native residents of the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation are going to have to work out a local solution to their latest conflict over the right of tribal members … 4

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane’s sanitary inspector and health officer inspected every restaurant in Spokane and the results were not pretty for Spokane’s “noodle cafes.”

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 A suicidal man who police shot to death after a nearly two-hour standoff Monday apparently fired a shotgun outside his workplace before officers arrived, according to information released Wednesday by … 29

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A6 Two children were taken from a squalid home in Mead early Monday during a methamphetamine raid that netted two arrests. Child Protective Services took custody of a 7-year-old girl and … 1

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A6 For 09-29-2011

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A7 The Spokane City Council isn’t giving up on stronger police oversight, at least not for two more weeks. The council voted 6-0 this week to delay a decision on whether … 1

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A7 Members of the public can get an inside look at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Spokane and the process of forecasting weather during an open house from 10 …

September 29, 2011 in City on Page A8 The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office has identified the 51-year-old woman who died Sept. 21 while kayaking on the North Fork of the Flathead River as Shawna Thomas, of Coeur d’Alene. …

September 29, 2011 in Region on Page A9 KELSO, Wash. – Another Longshoreman has been arrested and their union boss says a labor dispute in Longview will get worse. International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 President Dan … 9