Recent stories by Tom

• Judge Won’t Let Jurors Hear Loukaitis Tape Judge Rules Conversation Between Teen, Attorney Can’t Be Used As Evidence

  November 15, 1996 in City on Page B1 A jury won’t get to hear what accused triple killer Barry Loukaitis said to his parents and lawyer hours after the Moses Lake junior high school rampage. The two-hour taped …

• Prison Time In Traffic Fatality Delayed Judge Allows Drunken Driver Who Killed His Wife In Accident To Spend Christmas With His Kids

  November 15, 1996 in City on Page B3 A Spokane man who caused the death of his wife in a drunken driving crash this summer can spend the holidays with his kids, instead of behind bars. After his …

• Judge Won’t Stop Investigation Of Coroner Amend Could Lose Medical License For Alleged Unprofessional Conduct

  November 9, 1996 in City on Page B1 A Spokane County judge said Friday he won’t stop a state commission investigation that could cost Coroner Dexter Amend his medical license. Amend, 77, faces a possible loss of his …

• Woman Admits Role In Slaying Plea Bargain Had Let Her Trade Testimony For A Lighter Sentence

  November 9, 1996 in City on Page B5 The Spokane woman who testified against a former boyfriend at his recent murder trial pleaded guilty Friday to being an accomplice to a crime. Susan Boatright, 36, pleaded guilty to …

• Jury Says Killing Of Drug Dealer Was Self-Defense

  November 8, 1996 in City on Page B1 A Spokane man accused of killing a notorious drug dealer acted in self-defense, a jury decided Thursday. The Spokane County Superior Court jury spent nearly two days reviewing testimony in …

• Barstad Says He’s Changed His Life Since Fatal Crash ‘The Hardest Thing Is Knowing I’Ve Killed Two People’

  November 2, 1996 in City on Page B1 James Barstad tells his side of the story from the Spokane County Jail on Friday. He was convicted to first-degree murder on Thursday. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• New Intimidation Trial For Three Hells Angels It’s ‘To See Justice Is Done’; Five Defendants At First Trial

  November 2, 1996 in City on Page B1 Prosecutors have decided to retry three members of the Spokane Hells Angels for intimidating a witness and a public official. City Deputy Prosecutor Rocco Treppiedi said Friday he’s ready to …

• Jury Finds Driver Guilty Of Murdering 2 First In State Convicted Of First-Degree Murder In Crash

  November 1, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 FOR THE RECORD: 11-3-96 Charlene Allen is the stepmother of Julie Allen. She was misidentified in Friday’s newspaper. James Barstad

• Driver Testifies About Day Of Fatal Crash: ‘I Was Drunk’

  October 31, 1996 in City on Page B3 James Barstad is led into court on Wednesday. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Man Admits Killing Two Inside Home Giao Ly Helped Gang Member Kill Vietnamese Couple Last Year

  October 31, 1996 in City on Page B3 Ly

• Spokane Superior Court Cozza Vs. Moe: The Loser Could Soon Be Appointed To Court

  October 31, 1996 Spokane voters must choose between two nearly equal candidates seeking a judge’s seat on Spokane’s Superior Court. Superior Court Commissioner Royce Moe or District Court Judge Sam Cozza gets the …

• Agony Of Crash Recalled Eye-Witnesses To Deadly Accident Give Emotional Testimony

  October 26, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Barstad

• City, County To Fight Domestic Violence Prosecutors Will Join Forces To Bring More Batterers To Court

  October 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane city and county prosecutors are joining forces for the first time to battle domestic violence. They hope to create a better-prepared, more effective team focused on taking batterers to …

• Murder Case Becomes Painful Rite For Families After Nine Hearings In 5 Months, Relatives Ready For Trial To Begin

  October 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Terri Moore endures yet another court hearing in the death of her daughter, Jade. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Jury Finds Degerstrom Not Liable Valley Mining Company Cleared Of Claims It Fired Worker In Retaliation For Complaints

  October 16, 1996 in City on Page B1 After sorting through a week of testimony about office politics and nude photographs, a jury decided Tuesday that a Spokane Valley mining company owes nothing to a former worker who …

• Cozza, Moe Trade Jabs In Superior Court Race

  October 15, 1996 in City on Page B3 Two Spokane County judicial candidates are fighting for votes the time-honored way - crowing about their background and suggesting the other guy doesn’t measure up. Royce Moe and Sam Cozza …

• Jury Begins Studying Wrongful Firing Suit Civil Charges Dismissed Against Mining Executive Degerstrom

  October 15, 1996 in City on Page B6 A Spokane County jury Monday began deliberating a wrongful termination lawsuit against a Spokane Valley mining and construction company. Defense attorneys scored a victory earlier in the day when Superior …

• Hells Angels Want Their Stuff Back After Two Trials, Seek Return Of Colors, Cash Seized As Evidence

  October 12, 1996 in City on Page B1 FOR THE RECORD (October 18, 1996): Prosecutors may press charges against Timothy Myers for possession of a handgun in a tavern. An Oct. 12 story about the Spokane chapter of …

• Lawsuit Over Firing Takes Courtroom Down Steamy Path

  October 11, 1996 in City on Page B1 Attorneys on opposite sides of a lawsuit against a Spokane Valley mining magnate took turns Thursday portraying life inside the company as either Sin City or Divorce Court. What happened …

• Man Admits Running Meth Lab Pleads Guilty To Producing Drug Next To Valley Day Care

  October 10, 1996 in City on Page B1 A Spokane Valley man pleaded guilty Wednesday to running a methamphetamine lab in his garage - next to his wife’s home day-care center. Ronald L. Acre, 42, faces a two-year …

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Recent photos by Tom

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• New Dog

  July 17, 2012 in Business Spokane artist Tom Quinn is completing the final steps of painting a Gonzaga mural at the University Bar & Grill near the school.

• Restoration by the river

  November 4, 2011 in Business, City McKinstry’s Spokane offices pull together railroad history, energy innovations.

• Steve McGrew, impassioned blacksmith

  July 15, 2011 in Business, DTE Other News, Region Spokane business owner and inventor Steve McGrew hopes to help start an area blacksmithing collective. McGrew has become a teacher and mentor to others wanting to learn how to work … 2

• Michael Baumgartner at GOP party

  November 2, 2010 in City Michael Baumgartner celebrates with supporters at the Spokane County Republic Party’s election night event at the Davenport Hotel on Tuesday night, Nov. 2, 2010. Baumgartner was leading state Sen. Chris …

• Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaks to Republicans

  November 2, 2010 in City Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaks to supporters at the Davenport after cruising to re-election to Congress on Nov. 2, 2010.