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• Delta extends Alaska-Seattle service

  Jan. 28, 2015 JUNEAU, Alaska — Delta Air Lines will extend year-round service from both Juneau and Fairbanks to Seattle. 3

• Jan Quintrall resigns from city of Spokane

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A1 Jan Quintrall, the embattled head of Spokane’s Business and Developer Services division, announced her resignation from the city Tuesday, saying she had “broken the public’s trust, and I can’t repair … 23

• Liberty Lake ends yearlong moratorium on pot, as tight zoning is placed on city

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A1 The Liberty Lake City Council, which passed a law last year ticketing minors who appear to be high in public, voted unanimously Tuesday to end a yearlong moratorium on recreational … 6

• Above-normal temperatures are likely through Feb. 8

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A1 A series of storms packing mild, moist air from the subtropical waters of the Pacific has left the Northwest with a leaner-than-normal snowpack. Lower elevations are seeing day after day … 1

• Shawn Vestal: Lawmakers’ fear, as seen in salamander saga, has real effects

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A5 It’s all well and good for those of us here on earth to make fun of Idaho’s lawmakers for their rejection of an eighth-grader’s request to declare the Idaho giant … 5

• UW to legislators: WSU can have med school – without $5.9M set aside for UW

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A5 OLYMPIA – If Washington State University wants to start its own medical school, it should do so without using $5.9 million set aside to expand University of Washington’s Spokane medical …

• Group targets Central Valley school bond, levy

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A5 Bright yellow fliers encouraging a “no” vote on Central Valley School District’s bond and levy are arriving in mailboxes this week. Bold, black lettering states that the district wants voters … 45

• Spokane County will be part of UW autism intervention project

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A5 Diagnosing autism in children early is critical to how their lives unfold, yet it rarely happens. Most children are 4 years old before the neurological disorder is identified, according to … 5

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The Washington state Senate was considering a startling proposal: to create the new state of Lincoln, encompassing all of Eastern Washington east of the …

• Washington adopts Spokane River water flow rules

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A6 The state of Washington has adopted rules governing how much water must flow in the Spokane River. The levels, announced Tuesday, disappointed rafters and environmental groups, who had pushed for … 1

• In brief: Washington pot shops told military customers aren’t allowed

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Dozens of recreational marijuana businesses in Washington have been sent letters from the military saying the shops are off-limits to all members of the armed forces, an official … 8

• Washington Democrats oppose Common Core

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A6 SEATTLE – Leaders of the state Democratic Party have passed a resolution condemning the national education standards known as the Common Core, nearly five years after the state adopted the … 3

• Public wants a piece of iconic Sound ferry

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A6 TACOMA – Demolition crews scrapping the ferry Kalakala are saving bolts, pieces of distressed metal with rivets, some railing. The brass trim of windows.

• Relatives, friends remember 24-year-old who died in Spokane crash

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A7 Friends and family of Chancer Prouty who gathered Tuesday night at the scene of the crash that took his life remembered him as a young man full of life and … 1

• In brief: Idaho insanity law valid, judge says

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A7 A judge has rejected a challenge to Idaho’s law prohibiting an insanity defense in a Kootenai County double-murder case. First District Judge Benjamin Simpson ruled that Idaho’s repeal of the …

• Senate bill calls for end to Seattle tunnel project

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A8 SEATTLE – Two state senators say it’s time to scrap the stalled Seattle tunnel project and bury Bertha, the broken-down $80 million state-of-the-art drilling machine, so the Transportation Department can … 8

• Changes to write-in candidate laws considered in Legislature

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A8 OLYMPIA – Rob Chase wouldn’t have been elected Spokane County treasurer under changes the Legislature is considering to the state’s write-in candidate laws. Filing as a write-in candidate after the … 3

• North Idaho College asks for bigger funding increase

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A8 BOISE – North Idaho College is getting about the same level of funding from the state now that it got 12 years ago, NIC President Joe Dunlap told lawmakers Tuesday. …

• Washington records

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A9 Spokane County Marriage licenses

• Spokane County finalizes marijuana laws

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A12 Laws governing where retail marijuana businesses may locate within Spokane County became permanent Tuesday, with additional language warning growers they must adhere to clean air laws or face potential enclosure …

• Mormon church support may not change Idaho bill outcome

  Jan. 28, 2015 on Page A12 BOISE – The Mormon church announced its support for measures protecting the rights of gays and lesbians as Idaho lawmakers held a second day of hearings on a bill that … 2

• Friends celebrate life of man who died in downtown crash

  Jan. 27, 2015 Friends and family of Chancer Prouty who gathered Tuesday night at the scene of the crash that took his life remembered him as a young man full of life and …

• Stevens County authorities looking for robbery suspect

  Jan. 27, 2015 One man has been arrested and another is on the lam after a robbery at a convenience store in Addy early Saturday, the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office said. Residents should …

• State adopts flow rules for the Spokane River

  Jan. 27, 2015 The state of Washington adopted instream flows for the Spokane River today, but the levels are likely to disappoint rafters and environmental groups, who had pushed for higher flows. 3

• Quintrall announces resignation

  Jan. 27, 2015 The Spokane administrator who led Spokane’s engineering, streets, business and other departments, announced Tuesday that she was resigning her position. 187

• Man killed in crash near Maple Street Bridge identified

  Jan. 27, 2015 The Spokane County medical examiner has identified the man killed Sunday morning after his car went over the embankment near the south end of the Maple Street Bridge as Chancer … 8

• Analysis: Football safety issues a growing concern

  Jan. 27, 2015 on Page A1 SANTA CLARA, Calif. – On a cloudless, gentle Sunday afternoon in America’s newest football palace, fans gathered on a patio behind the San Francisco 49ers bench to compare jewelry and …

• China accepting all U.S. apple varieties

  Jan. 27, 2015 on Page A1 For the first time, all varieties of apples from the United States will go on sale in China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. A deal was reached last … 18

• Upper Columbia tribes seek to restore river’s salmon runs

  Jan. 27, 2015 on Page A1 For 75 years, tribes along the upper Columbia River have dreamed of restoring salmon above Grand Coulee Dam. Now, they’re planning an initial study of what it would take to … 49

• Flu kills 14 in region; precautions urged

  Jan. 27, 2015 on Page A5 The flu has put 249 people into Spokane hospitals and is blamed for 10 deaths this season – including four in the past week. The numbers are higher than last … 19

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