Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers voted for a narrowly unsuccessful Republican plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. She says it was in an effort to give states and patients more choice in their health care options. Lisa Brown, her Democratic opponent, says the bill was bad for the district and that a government option for health care is needed to help stabilize the system, while stopping short of a fully public system that dozens of the members of her party have supported.

On paper, the race for Congress in North Idaho seems lopsided, but neither candidate sees it that way.

About 900 Spokane-area residents have signed up for the app at

Proponents of Proposition 1 in Idaho claim the initiative will revitalize the horse racing industry in the Gem State and support public schools. But opponents argue it mostly will authorize gambling machines that will pump profits into the hands of three private interests.

A window washer who died Wednesday after falling from the downtown Spokane Public Library was a business owner with decades of cleaning experience.