December 16, 2012 in City, Idaho A winter storm warning has been issued for the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area by the National Weather Service beginning at 8 p.m. tonight. Experts are predicting up to three inches of … 5

December 16, 2012 in Idaho PONDERAY, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in northern Idaho say a body has been found in a wooded area in Ponderay. The Ponderay Police Department told the Coeur d’Alene Press the … 2

December 16, 2012 in City The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area starting at 4 a.m. Monday. Winds brought in by a Pacific storm are expected to …

December 16, 2012 in City A chimney fire damaged a home at 1814 W. Mission in northwest Spokane this morning just after 9 a.m. Three residents made it safely out of the home, as did … 3

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage committed suicide as first responders closed in, the governor said Sunday, raising the specter that Adam Lanza had planned an even more gruesome … 14

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of … 2

December 16, 2012 in City on Page A1 Last week, as thousands of people worked their way through the lines at the Christmas Bureau, they represented a variety of ages, ethnicities and backgrounds. They had one thing in … 1

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A gunman at Fashion Island in Newport Beach apparently fired more than 50 rounds in a parking lot at the busy shopping mall before he was … 2

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 HAVANA – A Norwegian-owned platform arrived in waters off Cuba’s north-central coast for exploratory drilling by the Russian company Zarubezhneft, authorities said Saturday, renewing the island’s search for oil after … 1

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – A top Iranian military commander warned Turkey on Saturday against stationing NATO anti-missile systems on its territory, saying such a move risks conflict with Syria. The remarks …

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A6 Las Vegas – Police on Saturday continued their search for a motive in a murder-suicide at a busy Las Vegas Strip casino Friday night in which a man shot and …

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A6 CHICAGO – With one of the front-runners for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional seat facing felony gun charges, Chicago-area Democratic officials on Saturday failed to unite behind a …

December 16, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address Saturday to offer solace and prayers after the Friday shooting that killed 20 children at a Connecticut elementary school. “Every …

December 16, 2012 in City on Page A10 The city of Spokane’s current strategy for reducing sewage flowing into the Spokane River centers on building huge underground tanks. Those tanks hold the storm water and sewage mixture that …

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 …