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• Liquor thefts have police, state, stores ill at ease

  April 13, 2013 in City on Page A1 The surveillance video from the Liberty Lake Safeway store is crystal clear. A thief walks into the liquor aisle, glances over his shoulder, grabs a bottle of liquor and casually … 125

• Milk Bone, Albertsons partner to pay for animal and training

  March 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V9 Sprock, an impossibly curly cuddly goldendoodle service dog, stole all the attention Friday afternoon when he and his owner, 19-year-old Daniel Swanson, accepted a $20,000 donation on behalf of Canine …

• Sheriff’s office seeking help identifying robber

  February 21, 2013 in City The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who stole narcotics from an Albertson’s pharmacy two weeks ago. 6

• Abandoned grocery draws complaints from neighbors

  October 19, 2012 in City on Page A5 The new owners of the vacant Albertsons building in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood are preparing to post no-trespassing signs to remedy neighborhood complaints and police concerns about transients. The empty … 14

• Tesoro buys Supervalu gas stations

  September 8, 2011 in Business on Page A10 Minnesota-based Supervalu Inc. has sold its six Spokane and North Idaho Albertsons gas service stations to Tesoro Corp. A company announcement Wednesday said the locations being taken over by Tesoro …

• Rockwood Liberty Lake project nears completion

  July 8, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Rockwood Clinic continues its 2011 expansion. After recently opening an Airway Heights clinic, the Spokane-based care provider has begun building a new clinic in Liberty Lake. The 12,000-square-foot clinic is …

• OxyContin robbery suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot

  August 4, 2010 in City A man who shot himself after a police chase Tuesday has died. Nicholas T. “Niko” Burden, 31, worked as a car salesman and lived with his girlfriend and baby daughter … 16

• Gunman robs South Hill pharmacy of OxyContin

  July 23, 2010 in City A gunman robbed a South Hill pharmacy of OxyContin this morning. The robber pointed a semi-automatic pistol at employees at the Albertsons at 57th and Regal just after 9 a.m.

• Gunman flees Valley Albertsons with OxyContin

  July 9, 2010 in City A masked gunman robbed a grocery store pharmacy of OxyContin this morning in Spokane Valley. 4

• Hiding pair jailed on robbery counts

  April 22, 2010 in City on Page A6 Two robbery suspects were found hiding in a Spokane Valley water park Tuesday after police say their getaway truck ran out of gas.

• Police seeking armed robber who hit pharmacy

  April 1, 2009 in City Spokane police are seeking help identifying an armed robber who held up the pharmacy at Albertson’s on 37th Avenue at Grand on Sunday morning, fleeing with narcotic drugs, including OxyContin.

• Union taking contract fight with grocers public

  November 29, 2008 in City on Page B1 Area grocery workers are putting up yard signs, renting billboards and running radio and television ads in an unprecedented effort to convince consumers they should shop at Rosauers, and not …

• Albertsons store gets fresh look

  April 13, 2007 in Business on Page A12 Albertsons is putting a fresh face on its Liberty Lake store with a $1.4 million remodel that will expand departments offering produce and other fresh and healthy items. The 50,000-square-foot …