December 16, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A crew of yeggs – slang for safe-crackers – botched a job in a lumberyard office. They snuck into the building at night and …

December 16, 2012 in Region on Page B2 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon’s largest private company – door and window maker Jeld-Wen – is creating a North American headquarters in North Carolina instead of its longtime southern Oregon … 4

December 16, 2012 in Region on Page B2 BILLINGS – A man who pleaded no contest to two felony charges after six people were injured in a stabbing at a 2011 Halloween party in Billings was surprised Friday …

December 16, 2012 in Region on Page B2 Multinational logging company Menasha was not negligent in their logging practices, and therefore should not be held financially accountable for the 2009 landslide that damaged more than a dozen Glenoma … 1

December 16, 2012 in City on Page B2 PORTLAND – Even the most avid Oregon boxing fans might be unaware that one of the greatest middleweights is buried at Mount Cavalry Cemetery in Portland. And Saturday marked the …

December 16, 2012 in Region on Page B2 BILLINGS – A Denver-based oil company has been fined $22,500 for the deaths of migratory birds at a subsidiary’s fluid pits in Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska, the U.S. attorney’s office … 3

December 16, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho state Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, who was appointed chairman of the House Business Committee a day after he celebrated his 90th birthday, is excited about his …

December 16, 2012 in City on Page B3 The Washington State Patrol says alcohol or drugs were involved when a car hit a man Friday on the shoulder of I-90 west of downtown Spokane. Robert J. Dyer, 24, …

December 16, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – To hear supporters tell it, a new power-sharing coalition in the state Senate could usher in a Legislative session of compromise and moderation, with a positive response to … 2

December 16, 2012 in City on Page B3 Here are the answers to this week’s newspaper edition of That’s News to You. 1. D. Station 9 is on Bernard Street on the South Hill. It was proposed for …

December 16, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Darrell Payne. Ethan Windom. Joseph Duncan. John Delling. Those are some names of infamous murderers known to Treasure Valley residents, whose attorneys at one time or another said … 1

December 16, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B7 Coeur d’Alene kindergarten teacher Jen Rude wrote this in her blog, A Butterfly Moment, on Friday, after learning of the senseless Newtown, Conn., massacre: “Here I sit, in a room …

December 16, 2012 in Region on Page B7 BEND, Ore. – State police arrested a former Central Oregon bookkeeper accused of faking her death after embezzling more than $225,000 from an employer. Christine Marie Harris, 36, has been …

December 16, 2012 in Opinion on Page B8 When I heard Friday’s news of the elementary school massacre, I thought of my kids. When I dropped them off at their schools, we didn’t know about it. I tried … 44

December 16, 2012 in Opinion on Page B8 As politicians compete to prove who loves the middle class more, they’re missing the elephant and the donkey in the room. The middle class needs not just tax breaks and … 3

December 16, 2012 in Opinion on Page B8 Supporters of marijuana reform took heart last week from statements by President Barack Obama and spokesman Jay Carney that the pursuit and conviction of small users was down the list … 29

December 16, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 “Historic I do.” I picked up the paper and saw two guys kissing and almost threw up. Good grief. I can’t think of anything more disgusting. 31

December 16, 2012 in Opinion on Page B9 We are now hurtling toward the so-called fiscal cliff, a package of automatic tax increases and spending cuts for 2013 designed to stampede Congress and the president into a “grand … 12

December 16, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 I would like to say to all of the families and friends of those who died at the hands of Israel Keyes: There is nothing that anyone can say or … 7