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• Seattle party celebrates year of legalized marijuana

  Dec. 6, 2013 SEATTLE — Today marks the anniversary of the day Washington’s legal marijuana law took effect, and hundreds of people are expected to celebrate by lighting up beneath the Space Needle … 4

• Woman found hanging at Spokane County Jail dies

  Dec. 6, 2013 The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said the woman found hanging at the Spokane County Jail earlier this week has died. She was taken off life support Friday afternoon.

• Cargo bikes the new minivan for cycling families

  Dec. 6, 2013 SEATTLE — One fisherman uses a bike to deliver hundreds of pounds of salmon to local markets. A mom who regularly shuttles her two kids around town once tried to … 20

• Wind chill warning in effect for Inland NW

  Dec. 6, 2013 The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning for tonight and early Saturday. 58

• Mayor David Condon’s Airport Board nominee withdraws

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A1 A businessman nominated for a seat on the Spokane Airport Board has withdrawn after questions arose over his $1,800 contribution to Mayor David Condon’s 2015 re-election campaign just a day … 77

• Christmas Bureau’s 2013 goal seems distant

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A1 After a week of fundraising, the Christmas Bureau is a long way from the $525,000 needed to make a merry Christmas for almost 35,000 needy people in Spokane. The charity … 2

• Valley Hospital turns away nurses, others after strike

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A5 Valley Hospital has locked out at least 80 nurses and other employees in the aftermath of Wednesday’s one-day strike and the hiring of temporary replacement workers. The lockout will be … 185

• Shawn Vestal: The police oversight we want, or just what we can get?

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A5 Is it time for the good to defeat the perfect, when it comes to police oversight in Spokane? Perhaps. There is a case to be made that the package of … 42

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Dr. H.P. Carlson was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon after a vicious fight in his home in Genesee, Idaho. 1

• In brief: Shots fired at patrol cars in car theft, chase

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A6 A driver in a stolen vehicle fired on Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies shortly after midnight Thursday, then fled on foot after crashing into a woodshed near Farragut State Park, officials … 1

• Idaho bus crash kills one child, injures four

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A6 KUNA, Idaho – A school bus collided with a dump truck Thursday morning at a rural Idaho intersection, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring four other children. Daniel Robert Cook … 1

• Idaho records

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A6 For 12-06-2013

• Gay weddings comprise 17 percent of Washington marriages

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A6 SEATTLE – Gay weddings made up 17 percent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state, state officials reported Wednesday. About … 5

• Washington records

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

• Child rape suspect, 18, had similar case in 2012

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A9 An 18-year-old Freeman High School student arrested Wednesday on charges of child rape had avoided registering as a sex offender under a plea deal in a previous similar case, according … 3

• WSU College of Pharmacy receives $2 million grant

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A9 Spokane has received another boost to its health sciences research efforts – a nearly $2 million grant to Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy to recruit researchers and build out … 2

• Woman unknowingly tweeted about husband’s death

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A13 SEATTLE – A Washington state woman who regularly monitors police scanner traffic unknowingly live-tweeted about her husband’s death in a freeway crash. In a series of gut-wrenching tweets on Wednesday … 1

• Spokane-area home prices

  Dec. 6, 2013 on Page A14 For 12-06-2013 1

• Suspect arrested in spree of laundry change thefts

  Dec. 5, 2013 Police say a frequent offender went on a spree of laundry room burglaries in September and October, stealing thousands of dollars in pocket change. 8

• Suspected robber of Domino’s Pizza in Hayden arrested

  Dec. 5, 2013 The suspected robber of a Hayden Domino’s Pizza restaurant was arrested Thursday. 4

• Two men arrested after overnight car chase

  Dec. 5, 2013 A chase through Spokane Valley that began around 11 p.m. Wednesday ended in the arrest of Steven Lewis, 21, and Oshay Sharp, 19. Their car crashed into a credit union, … 9

• Freeman High School student arrested on child rape charges has history of illicit behavior

  Dec. 5, 2013 An 18-year-old Freeman High School student arrested Wednesday on charges of child rape had been arrested before for possessing explicit photos of underage girls, according to court documents. Joseph Preble … 36

• Arctic wind chill turns brutal today, Saturday

  Dec. 5, 2013 The National Weather Service has posted a wind chill watch for brutally cold temperatures aggravated by winds gusting to 20 mph in Spokane today and tonight. 57

• Search for car thief delays opening of elementary school

  Dec. 5, 2013 A driver in a stolen vehicle fired on Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies shortly after midnight today, then fled on foot after crashing into a woodshed near Farragut State Park. The … 7

• Some striking workers locked out of Valley Hospital

  Dec. 5, 2013 At least 20 employees of Valley Hospital, including nurses and technical workers, were locked out of the hospital this morning following a one-day strike on Wednesday. 139

• WSU Spokane prepares to open pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences building

  Dec. 5, 2013 on Page A1 Researcher David Liu unboxed microscopes, shelved test tubes and beakers, and organized supplies in a university lab where his focus will be on how to target and kill cancer cells. … 12

• Christmas Bureau volunteer Don Kelly remembered for compassion

  Dec. 5, 2013 on Page A1 Don Kelly was a quiet man. Whether driving an elderly woman to the doctor, spending time with his family or helping an impoverished mom at the Christmas Bureau, Kelly didn’t … 1

• Valley Hospital to lock out strikers for two days

  Dec. 5, 2013 on Page A1 Valley Hospital announced a two-day lockout of striking nurses and technical workers Wednesday following the launch of an unprecedented one-day strike at Spokane hospitals owned by Community Health Systems Inc. … 28

• Accuracy watch

  Dec. 5, 2013 on Page A2 For 12-05-2013

• Doug Clark: John Ahern’s recount strategy compounds big loss

  Dec. 5, 2013 on Page A5 Nobility sometimes rises out of a crushing defeat. It’s our way of romanticizing lost causes like Gen. Custer’s futile last stand at Little Big Horn, say, or those brave Alamo … 9

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