February 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago In 1913, the newspaper regularly provided synopses of the sermons in area churches.

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 Advice for any elected official wanting to be taken seriously: Try not to call the governor “a lying whore.” 71

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 If you kept up with the news last week – or even if you didn’t – you could be a winner in our weekly news quiz. Test your memory with …

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 Spokane County commissioners are poised to open raw land for new development, a boon for housing speculators. But the expansion could come with significant public costs. The county’s own draft … 31

February 24, 2013 in City, Region on Page B2 WENATCHEE – Keyes Packaging has cracked the egg-tray market and is scrambling to meet demand for its recycled-paper trays popular with egg producers and retailers across the West. “Our machines … 2

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B2 SEATTLE – The executive director of the Democrats’ state Senate campaign committee is being investigated after indications that he made improper expenditures using the group’s money, lawmakers said Saturday. In … 5

February 24, 2013 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – The draft bill released last week by Idaho Gov. Butch Otter to phase out the state’s personal property tax on business equipment would have a “devastating” impact on … 2

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – The massacre of first-graders and educators at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut may result in some major national gun-control legislation this year. Too soon to tell. But it …

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B2 The victims of a traffic accident in which one person died and one was injured on U.S. Highway 395 Friday have been identified. Northbound driver Luletta M. Gilk, 49, was …

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B3 Here are the answers to this week’s newspaper edition of That’s News to You: 1. B. Singer was the third generation in his family to run Dutch’s Inc., which has …

February 24, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B3 You may know that hydroplane races are set to return to Lake Coeur d’Alene on Labor Day weekend this year. But did you know that half of the directors of … 4

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B8 GRANGER, Wash. – A Granger woman suffered a broken arm while her 4-year-old daughter took bites to her arm and face Wednesday after a loose dog attacked them, Granger police … 1

February 24, 2013 in Region on Page B8 SALEM – An Oregon hunter has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Marine reservist from California he said he mistook for a bear. The … 3

February 24, 2013 in City on Page B8 YAKIMA – Adam Powell was sentenced Friday to more than 28 years in prison for the 2010 fatal shooting of his girlfriend at their home in Tieton. The sentence by …

February 24, 2013 in Region on Page B9 ALBANY, Ore. – An Oregon mother and daughter who devised an elaborate scheme to scam Coca-Cola in a bottle cap promotion have been sentenced to probation and must pay back … 1

February 24, 2013 in City, Features on Page B9 “The Drowsy Chaperone,” which opened Friday at Spokane’s Civic Theatre, is a trifle, an entertainment, one that lets its audience in on the joke, is free with the winks and …

February 24, 2013 in Region on Page B9 MEDFORD, Ore. – An Oregon couple accused of selling a diluted version of industrial bleach as a cure for cancer, earaches and other maladies claim the federal government can’t touch … 3

February 24, 2013 in Region on Page B9 HELENA – Officials at Helena Regional Airport have prevented the U.S. Transportation Security Administration from removing a full-body scanner. Airport Manager Ron Mercer said workers arrived Thursday night to take … 8

February 24, 2013 in Region on Page B9 BILLINGS – An Arkansas company that has been drilling in eastern Idaho for rare earth minerals plans to expand its search by going across the border to Western Montana. Lonoke-based …

February 24, 2013 in Opinion on Page B10 At a Thursday public presentation on overtreatment in medicine, Dr. Richard Deyo displayed a New Yorker cartoon with a doctor saying to a patient, “You may believe you’ve been overcharged, … 61

February 24, 2013 in Opinion on Page B10 First they came for the drones. No, not the unmanned kind that kill strangers from a safe distance, but the sort who sit in meeting rooms and repeat slogans until … 6