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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Southridge edges Mead
There was nothing particularly fancy about Southridge’s offensive attack. Quarterback Stephen Garcia either handed it off to Dallin Palmer or he kept it. But the Mead Panthers defense, as stout …
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Vikings defeat Lake City
Coeur d’Alene left no doubt which football team was better the second time around. The Vikings, losers of two straight to conclude the regular season, redeemed themselves with a 38-14 …
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Mt. Spokane football cruises
Sunnyside got swallowed up in a sea of Mt. Spokane blue. Swarms of blue-clad Wildcats overwhelmed the Grizzlies on both sides of the ball Friday night at Joe Albi Stadium, …
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Motorcyclist sent to prison for killing sister in crash
In News More than six months after losing her daughter in a motorcycle crash, a Spokane mother sobbed as she pleaded with a judge Friday to keep the driver - her son … 1
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Scam artists targeting the elderly
In News As far as crime goes, there is low, there’s downright dirty and then there’s the grandparents scam.
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Spokane Valley couple found dead
In News Police are investigating what they believe may be a murder-suicide after a couple was found this afternoon dead from gunshot wounds in their home at 48th and Raymond in Spokane …
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Person-of-interest in Seattle officer killing shot
In Region
Police on Friday said they shot and wounded a man sought in the Halloween night killing of a Seattle police officer, just as a massive memorial service for the officer …
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Unemployment climbs to 11 percent in Kootenai County
In Business, Idaho The unemployment rate in October rose to 8.9 percent in Idaho and 11.1 percent in Kootenai County. In some rural corners of North Idaho, one in five working-age persons is …
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Spokane native, a Rogers grad, among dead at Fort Hood
In City Family members of Michael Grant Cahill, a Spokane native killed at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday waited for hours after the rampage with no word of his whereabouts. They called … 1
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Idaho swine flu clinics open to larger group
In Idaho The Panhandle District is expanding its swine flu clinics Saturday in all five North Idaho counties.
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Soldier from Post Falls wounded in Fort Hood attack
In Idaho George Stratton III of Post Falls had ducked for cover after hearing a deafening spray of gunfire at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood on Thursday. 1
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Wind advisory dropped
In City, Idaho The National Weather Service has cancelled a wind advisory for the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas as well as the Columbia Basin and Palouse regions that had been issued this … 2
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Jobless rate tops 10% for first time since ’83
In Business The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher. 5
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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes
In Nation/World As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship … 1
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1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando shooting; gunman caught
In Nation/World A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, killing one person and injuring five others.
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Microbus turns up 35 years after theft
In City on Page A1 Customs agents in Los Angeles found a surprise last month when they opened a shipping container headed for the Netherlands: a restored 1965 Volkswagen van reported stolen in Spokane more … 2
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The gunfire: Attack lasted just minutes but killed 12
In News on Page A1 The gunshots came out of the blue. An Army psychiatrist, trained to treat soldiers under stress, allegedly opened fire Thursday in a crowded medical building at Fort Hood, Texas. When … 1
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Vehicle thefts rise sharply
In City on Page A1 Cruising down a northeast Spokane side street Thursday, police Officer Glenn Bartlett spotted a green truck he thought might have been stolen. Before Bartlett could stop his patrol car to … 4
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Most young unfit for military
In Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – It’s tough enough selling military service to teenagers who might not be so keen on getting their heads shaved or buy the whole “we do more by 9 … 3
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Senate panel passes bill to limit emissions
In Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – In a move that stoked optimism for global climate negotiations but raised tempers on Capitol Hill, Democrats on a key Senate committee swept aside a Republican boycott on …
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Accuracy watch
In City on Page A2 For 11-06-2009
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Insurgents demolishing U.S. armored vehicles
In Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using …
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U.N. official warns Karzai over reforms
In Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL – The top United Nations official in Afghanistan on Thursday issued an unusually pointed warning to President Hamid Karzai to enact major political reforms or risk losing the support …
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Vote nears amid protests
In Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – With the historic House vote on health care barely 48 hours away, battle lines hardened and rhetoric sharpened Thursday when thousands of conservatives and anti-government protesters swarmed Capitol …
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