November 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – The Idaho Community Action Network, a statewide nonprofit advocacy group with more than 2,000 members, issued a report last week calling strongly for Idaho to expand its Medicaid …

November 18, 2012 in City on Page B3 A benefit concert by and for the musicians of the Spokane Symphony, who went on strike Nov. 3, was packed with supporters Saturday night. The Shadle Park High School auditorium, … 2

November 18, 2012 in City on Page B3 Here are the answers to this week’s newspaper edition of That’s News to You. 1. A. Single-stream recycling, which allows people to put all recyclables in a single container, has …

November 18, 2012 in City on Page B7 The Spokesman-Review and the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University will provide a one-day training workshop in February for qualified rural journalists and citizen bloggers in …

November 18, 2012 in City on Page B7 Custer’s Christmas Arts & Crafts Show - 36th annual event. More than 300 artists and crafters. Continues today, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana …

November 18, 2012 in Opinion on Page B8 So it ended in silence. No insensitive salutes from fellow officers. No outbursts from citizens. More than six years after Otto Zehm died in police custody, former Spokane police Officer … 5

November 18, 2012 in Opinion on Page B8 Raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 was part of the secret “grand bargain” that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner temporarily struck during the summer … 15

November 18, 2012 in Opinion on Page B8 Preoccupied by the election, Americans may be under the delusion that most major social and economic changes proceed from the ballot box. Not so. The latest reminder of this comes …

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 Reading last Saturday’s letters prior to the editorial with the photo of Judge Vance Peterson, I initially expected that it was of a panhandler. Sadly, many veterans aren’t as blessed … 1

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 A day after the election, I watched a video clip of Bill O’Reilly blaming Mitt Romney’s loss on the losers, takers, leeches, the poor, the sick and the other lowlifes … 30

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 Today, I contacted Waste Management about my humongous 96-gallon recycle container. I asked if they would have something smaller because it would take me a year or more to fill … 7

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 It truly is a shame we can have then-President Bill Clinton look us in the eye and lie about having an affair, and then admit to it later, and we … 13

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 I have served as a substitute teacher in all the public schools in Chewelah, Wash. In one of the classrooms at Jenkins Middle School, there is an unusual teaching poster. … 3

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 Where’s my America? What happened to taking pride in being self-reliant? How about the basic premise of living within your means? 19

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 Now that all the various media outlets have spent a week analyzing the presidential election results, and the subsequent strategies of the two parties that led to their success or … 9

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 The labor news about the Spokane Symphony and its musicians is distressing. 3

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 Compromise is the heart and soul of democracy, where debate is encouraged so that in the end all voices are heard. 5

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 A for-profit symphony? What type of profit-making strategist spends $31 million on a building to house musicians that he can’t afford to pay? The Symphony Association’s pride and focus must … 2

November 18, 2012 in Letters, Opinion on Page B9 Voters fell for the hype that legalizing pot would defund the criminals and fund the state. All we’ve done is provide those “defunded” criminals with a cheaper, legal supply of … 5