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• Cowles freezing pension plan

  July 15, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Cowles Co., which owns The Spokesman-Review, KHQ-TV, The Journal of Business and other businesses, announced Thursday that it will freeze the company’s pension plan effective Sept. 1. At the same …

• Environmental group sues over ski area expansion

  June 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 An environmental group is challenging the Washington State Park and Recreation Commission’s decision to reclassify part of Mount Spokane State Park’s undeveloped terrain as suitable for a ski area expansion. …

• Suit filed protesting Mt. Spokane expansion

  June 17, 2011 in City An environmental group is challenging the Washington State Park and Recreation Commission’s decision to reclassify part of Mount Spokane State Park’s undeveloped terrain as suitable for a ski area expansion. 7

• Proposed ski area expansion has plenty of opponents

  March 14, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park could get a definitive answer this spring on a long-standing effort to expand operations into pristine terrain on the mountain. The ski area wants … 20

• Jury convicts Elton of 2 misdemeanors

  October 8, 2010 in City A jury today convicted a Spokane man of two counts of misdemeanor harassment against City Council President Joe Shogan and Betsy Cowles, chairwoman of the company that owns The Spokesman-Review. 33

• Shogan, Cowles describe fear of threats

  October 6, 2010 in City on Page A7 Spokane City Council president Joe Shogan claims he so feared the man on trial for harassing him that he changed his daily routine and still carries a copy of a … 5

• Shogan, Cowles testify in threat case

  October 5, 2010 in News, City Spokane City Council president Joe Shogan claims he so feared the man on trial for harassing him that he changed his daily routine and still carries a copy of a … 6

• Top jail site reaffirmed

  April 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 Once again a consulting study has concluded the best site for a new medium-security Spokane County jail is next to the existing high-security jail. A “weighted analysis” released Friday lists … 9

• Budget slows medical school

  October 15, 2009 in Business on Page A8 University of Washington President Mark Emmert said Spokane will have a four-year medical school “as soon as possible,” but told the annual meeting of Greater Spokane Inc. the state’s budget …

• Med school coming to Spokane ASAP, group told Wednesday

  October 14, 2009 in City University of Washington President Mark Emmert said Spokane will have a four-year medical school “as soon as possible,” but told the annual meeting of Greater Spokane Incorporated the state’s budget … 2

• ‘Murder’ e-mail meant as a joke, suspect says

  February 12, 2009 in City on Page A6 The man accused of threatening to kill Spokane City Council President Joe Shogan listed seven others he wanted “to murder” in an e-mail to a group of people, according to … 1