September 7, 2011 in Sports Big Sky football notebook

September 7, 2011 in News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rediscovered San Francisco plant once thought to be extinct is being proposed for the federal government’s list of endangered species. 3

September 7, 2011 in News NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna has lost a bid to get rid of a neighbor’s lawsuit claiming the superstar made a racket by using her New York City apartment as …

September 7, 2011 in News PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — American student Amanda Knox won another battle in her quest to overturn a conviction for murdering her British roommate in Italy when an appeals court rejected …

September 7, 2011 in News WASHINGTON (AP) — Comparing himself to a race car driver, President Barack Obama honored Jimmie Johnson and seven other NASCAR drivers Wednesday for their performance on and off the track. 3

September 7, 2011 in City The state Department of Natural Resources has increased the fire danger rating in Spokane, Lincoln and Stevens counties to “very high,” effective at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.

  September 7, 2011 in City, Idaho The U. S. Attorney’s Office has dropped misdemeanor charges against a Porthill, Idaho, man who shot and killed a grizzly bear in his yard. 16

September 7, 2011 in City The man accused of planting a bomb along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march acknowledged his guilt this morning as part of a plea deal … 16

September 7, 2011 in News PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have charged two U.S. Army soldiers with the rape of a pair of teenage girls in a downtown hotel room.

September 7, 2011 in Nation/World He’s a lanky Texas conservative who chose law school over chicken farming. She’s a liberal from Seattle with steel in the toes of her famous tennis shoes. They have almost … 3

September 7, 2011 in Nation/World Squaring off for the first time, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were facing each other tonight along with struggling contender Michele Bachmann and other presidential … 18

September 7, 2011 in Business, City Popular chain-grocery Trader Joe’s will open its first Spokane store on Oct. 28, the company said today. The California-based retailer of specialty and discount food and beverages is completing construction … 9

September 7, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho Transportation Department issued a final order allowing Exxon Mobil to transport oversized oil equipment on U.S. Highway 12 through north-central Idaho.

September 7, 2011 in City It was hard last year for a Spokane mother of three trying to work her way off welfare. It’s much worse now. 55

September 7, 2011 in Nation/World The Pentagon said today that it is raising the security level at military bases nationwide because of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 3

September 7, 2011 in Sports, Nation/World A private Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team slammed into a riverbank moments after takeoff today, killing at least 43 people in one of the worst plane crashes …

September 7, 2011 in Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has asked the Idaho Supreme Court to intervene after the state’s six-member redistricting panel failed to agree on new election maps by Tuesday’s deadline.

September 7, 2011 in Nation/World Nearly 10 years after the September 2001 terrorist attacks there is still no system to know who is leaving the United States or exactly what is inside much of the …

September 7, 2011 in Business on Page A1 The U.S. Postal Service is not only looking to find a smaller downtown Spokane post office – it’s also hoping to unload downtown office space that’s vacant and costing $490,000 … 16