December 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 Christmas trees are rotting in the ground across the Pacific Northwest because of a Grinch-like fungal disease that researchers from WSU and other universities will begin trying to combat. Gary …

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane’s Park Board continued to purchase large chunks of land for future parks. It purchased the large “stadium site” at Main Avenue and Jefferson …

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 In 1969, representatives from Spokane schools met to discuss a radical idea: forming track and field teams for girls. Just intramural squads, mind you. 2

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A6 For 12-21-2012

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – The Washington Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state Legislature isn’t making enough progress toward finding more money for K-12 education in answer to the court’s decision …

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A6 Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, 1115 W. Riverside Ave., will hold a brief ceremony of remembrance this morning to honor the victims of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, …

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A6 Spokane’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be renamed for a pair of local heroes, both houses of Congress decided Thursday. The northwest Spokane facility will become the Mann-Grandstaff Department of …

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A9 TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Police revoked the concealed-weapons permit of a 61-year-old Tillamook man after he wriggled in his theater seat during a showing of “The Hobbit” and shook loose a … 5

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A9 Spokane County Marriage licenses

December 21, 2012 in City on Page A11 MUKILTEO, Wash. – Mudslides have been hitting the railroad tracks along Puget Sound between Mukilteo and Everett almost faster than Burlington Northern Santa Fe can clean them up. Spokesman Gus …

December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A12 Avista Corp. will buy out 56 employees in a cost-cutting measure, the Spokane company said Thursday. Avista invited 919 of its 1,550 employees to apply for the voluntary severance. The …

December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A12 WASHINGTON – Average rates on U.S. fixed mortgages rose this week but remained near record lows, a trend that is leading more Americans to buy homes or refinance their loans. … 1

December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A12 WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 percent over the summer as exports increased, consumers spent more and state and local governments added to growth …

December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A12 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., a North Idaho institution for more than eight decades, may move its headquarters to Chicago. Company officials broke the news Thursday to employees in the Coeur … 5

December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A12 WASHINGTON – U.S. sales of previously occupied homes jumped to their highest level in three years last month, bolstered by steady job gains and record-low mortgage rates. The report was …

December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A13 Soft white Cash bid Change Dec 8.41-8.46 down .10 Jan 8.56-8.75 down .10 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change Dec 8.94-9.13 down .14 Hard red winter (11.5 …

December 21, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page A15 Our nation was shocked when Adam Lanza killed 20 schoolchildren. Response was predictable. Now, many will advocate stricter gun control. Before jumping in that direction, consider Switzerland, in which every … 37

December 21, 2012 in Opinion on Page A15 The initial shock of the latest semi-automatic-weapon-fueled massacre has passed, but the grief only grows. Now the funerals occur with a daily drumbeat. It will take not 27, but 28 … 76

December 21, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page A15 Our new North Spokane Corridor freeway represents a significant addition to Spokane. Let us rename it the Bing Crosby Freeway. A significant freeway deserves to be named after a significant … 11

December 21, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page A15 Catherine Green (Dec. 16) must realize the world is not “attacking her faith” in a war on Christmas; nor are godless vipers responsible for the 100-plus-year commercialization and “trivialization” of … 1