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Rally marks 4th anniversary of Zehm confrontation

March 18, 2010 About 40 people chanted and held signs Thursday to remember the fourth anniversary of the confrontation with Spokane police that left unarmed shopper Otto Zehm fatally injured. 1
Chewelah boy raises thousands for Honor Flight

March 18, 2010 Justin Peterson is a 9-year-old with an apparent knack for fundraising. The Chewelah boy has raised more than $3,689 since late last year to help the region’s Honor Flight program …
FEMA pays Spokane agencies millions for snowstorms

March 18, 2010 Local governments, schools and nonprofit agencies in Spokane County have been reimbursed $5.7 million for their costs in responding to record snows that began in mid-December 2008 and continued through …
Police make arrests in fatal Mattawa drive-by

March 18, 2010 The Grant County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday arrested two suspects in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting near Mattawa, Wash., on March 7. 1
Child’s body found during search for WA boy, mom

March 18, 2010 SEATTLE — A child’s body washed up on an island in Puget Sound on Thursday, and law enforcement officials said it could be an 8-year-old boy who went missing with …
NCAA tickets available now at Spokane Arena

March 18, 2010 You can still get tickets to the Big Dance in Spokane, but you have to go in person to buy them. 1
Walgreens: No new Washington Medicaid patients

March 18, 2010 Walgreens has told Washington state officials that it will no longer fill prescriptions for new Medicaid patients as of April 16 because it isn’t being reimbursed enough by the state. 1
174 schools get Washington Achievement Awards

March 18, 2010 Washington education officials have picked 174 schools for the 2009 Washington Achievement Awards.
Woman’s body found in Spokane River

March 18, 2010 The body of a 42-year-old woman was pulled from the Spokane River this afternoon near Mission Park. 1
Search intensifies for teen suspect in N. Idaho plane theft

March 18, 2010 FBI agents, dog teams and helicopters have joined the search on Orcas Island for elusive teen burglar Colton Harris-Moore. 4
Kennewick burglar checks MySpace, gives police a break

March 18, 2010 A burglar who spent about five hours on a store’s computer after breaking into the business gave police all the clues they needed to track him down. 1
Last two days of winter to stay sunny

March 18, 2010 A northwest flow in the upper atmosphere combined with a high pressure system to the west is putting the Inland Northwest under another in a continuing series of sunny days …
City fees jump for trash, other code violations

March 18, 2010 on Page A1 Spokane residents who ignore warnings from city code enforcement officers about abandoned vehicles, fire hazards, dilapidated structures or junk on their property will face significantly stiffer fees under new rules … 10
Sacred Heart likely to expand

March 18, 2010 on Page A1 Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center may add 75 patient beds after reaching a proposed settlement with state health officials. Such an expansion would make Sacred Heart a 719-bed hospital, but …
Hastened downwinder trial denied

March 18, 2010 on Page A5 A judge today denied a sick woman’s motion for an expedited trial in the long-running Hanford “downwinders” lawsuits. U.S. District Court Judge William F. Nielsen said he sympathized with plaintiff … 1
Four years later, let’s not forget Otto Zehm

March 18, 2010 on Page A5 Today is the fourth anniversary of that sad and violent encounter between Otto Zehm and the Spokane cops. Hard to believe, huh? 7
Husband held in fatal Federal Way shooting

March 18, 2010 on Page A6 FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – A Federal Way police spokesman said a man who accompanied his wife to a Federal Way church for a counseling session fatally shot the woman Wednesday …
Region in brief: Lewiston man convicted of strangling wife

March 18, 2010 on Page A6 LEWISTON – A jury has convicted a Lewiston man of first-degree murder and felony domestic battery for strangling his wife to death on Valentine’s Day.
Prison will get new leadership

March 18, 2010 on Page A6 BOISE – The Corrections Corporation of America is replacing the top two officials at Idaho’s only private prison after the American Civil Liberties Union sued over claims of brutal inmate-on-inmate …
Idaho records

March 18, 2010 on Page A6 For 03-18-2010
Mine waste sites topic of meeting

March 18, 2010 on Page A6 Two potential mine waste repository sites in Idaho’s Silver Valley will be discussed from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at a March 25 open house at the Wallace Inn, 100 Front …
Washington records

March 18, 2010 on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses
Sacred Heart, state agree to scaled-down expansion

March 17, 2010 Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center may add 75 new patient beds after reaching a proposed settlement with state health officials.
Search resumes for Western Washington mom, son

March 17, 2010 Authorities in Washington state on Wednesday resumed their search for a woman who appears to have abandoned a van on a remote Puget Sound beach over the weekend and disappeared …
Judge denies sick woman’s motion for speedy trial

March 17, 2010 A judge today denied a sick woman’s motion for an expedited trial in the long-running Hanford “downwinders” lawsuits. 6
Ressam appeals decision that sentence too lenient

March 17, 2010 Would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam is appealing a federal court’s ruling that his 22-year sentence was too lenient.
Washington secretary of state diagnosed with cancer

March 17, 2010 Secretary of State Sam Reed has been diagnosed with kidney cancer and will undergo surgery at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle on Monday. He is expected to make a … 1
Tea Party rallies in Yakima

March 17, 2010 Members of the Tea Party in Yakima exhorted some 100 sympathetic listeners Tuesday night to take the nascent movement beyond sign waving and outrage to become a bona fide force … 17
Luck of the Irish? Sun keeps shining

March 17, 2010 After Spokane reached a season-high 64 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, forecasters are calling for cooling back to the lower 50s, although mostly sunny skies should continue through the weekend. 1
Boy-for-sale ad triggers investigation

March 17, 2010 on Page A1 For sale: One 4-year-old boy. That recent advertisement on a popular classifieds Web site has triggered a sheriff’s investigation into who was behind it.