April 17, 2012 in Sports By the end of tonight, Spokane Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur – one way or another – will be able to exhale, and it will finally become clearer how the West …

April 17, 2012 in Sports When opportunity knocked, Mead seized it and finds itself alone atop Greater Spokane League baseball.

April 17, 2012 in City, News Voters in two area school districts rejected levies for the second time this year Tuesday, while voters in Deer Park approved a maintenance levy after rejecting a slightly larger tax … 6

April 17, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – David Gilbertson is an obvious, if overlooked, beneficiary of one of Washington State’s more frustrating injury situations this spring.

April 17, 2012 in City, Idaho Spokane County voters on Tuesday appeared to be approving a ballot measure to expand the Spokane Convention Center and add more seats to the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. 10

April 17, 2012 in Sports They call it The Bubble, a low-profile dome that has raised the stature of tennis at Whitworth University.

April 17, 2012 in Sports After last season, Aaron Best is taking nothing for granted.

April 17, 2012 in Sports There’s no other way to put it: This is a big week for University High School boys soccer.

April 17, 2012 in City, News A 16-year-old boy was arrested today for allegedly plotting a “Columbine-style shooting” at North Central High School. 11

April 17, 2012 in News, Region Bureau of Indian Affairs extends comment period for 30 more days regarding the Spokane Tribe’s STEP proposal for Airway Heights. 29

April 17, 2012 in Idaho North Idaho’s freshman GOP congressman Raul Labrador has geared up his re-election campaign, according to the latest campaign finance reports, while his prospective opponents haven’t. Labrador’s pulling in PAC money …

April 17, 2012 in City, News The canoe of a 26-year-old Fairchild airman who went missing March 31 has been found. James Adam Ramse-Lassiter went into the Spokane River in an 11-foot canoe and hasn’t been … 3

April 17, 2012 in Region PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A man whose Facebook page got the attention of authorities after he eluded police has been arrested. The Port Angeles Police Department said officers found Travis … 6

April 17, 2012 in Idaho, News BOISE — The University of Idaho has reached a settlement with the family of slain graduate student Katy Benoit, a 22-year-old who was gunned down last August by a former … 5

April 17, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — As Seattle Center celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair, the Space Needle is getting an anniversary paint job.

April 17, 2012 in Features Reporters with the Easterner newspaper at Eastern Washington University jumped into multimedia with a package about President Rodolfo Arevalo and his wife Nadine. 1

April 17, 2012 in Nation/World CHANTILLY, Va. — The space shuttle Discovery went out in high-flying style. After three spectacular spins above the nation’s capital, the world’s most traveled spaceship completed its final flight and …

April 17, 2012 in City, News A man driving a stolen car fled in the vehicle and then jumped into the Spokane River before being pulled out by police this morning, authorities say. Douglas Baker, 23, … 7

  April 17, 2012 in City, News The Spokane City Council late Monday effectively killed a resolution in support of the state’s gay marriage law. 43

April 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett rule” bill Monday that would have forced the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, … 52