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• New world cuisine

  June 10, 2009 in Food on Page C1 On her first visit to an American supermarket, Tina Moga from Moldova came home with an avocado. “I didn’t know what it was,” she recalled. “When I tasted it the … 2

• Fees may not be taxes, but they’ll still cost you

  April 30, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Idaho’s Legislature is down on new taxes, but this year the lawmakers are fond of new or higher fees. Boaters, including rafters and paddlers, have new licensing requirements, and nonresidents …

• Judge applies law to students’ lives

  April 18, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 When Spokane County District Court Judge Richard White spoke to Stacy Delcour’s senior civics class at West Valley High School on Thursday, he seemed as at home in the classroom …

• Fallout from junket incidents worries convention promoters

  March 7, 2009 in Business on Page A10 Public anger over junkets taken by executives whose companies received federal bailout money threatens a convention and meetings business that employs a million people, including thousands in Spokane, local officials …

• Cheap, chemical-free sanitizer gets notice

  February 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 LOS ANGELES – It’s a kitchen degreaser. It’s a window cleaner. It kills athlete’s foot. Oh, and you can drink it. Sounds like the old “Saturday Night Live” gag for …

• Obama declares storm disaster for Wash. state

  January 30, 2009 in Region President Barack Obama declared a federal disaster Friday for the flooding, mudslides and avalanches in Washington state earlier this month. 1

• Poor get fish, but not warning

  January 28, 2009 in City on Page A5 BOISE – A North Idaho food bank gave away thousands of pounds of fish donated by the state wildlife agency without knowing about a state health department warning that eating … 1

• Spokane reservation murder trial gets under way

  January 16, 2008 in City on Page B2 A 31-year-old man is on trial in U.S. District Court, charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and using a firearm in a crime of violence on the Spokane Indian Reservation. …

• Pickup slams into empty cattle rig

  July 24, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 A 62-year-old Greenacres man was seriously injured in a fiery crash that closed Highway 53 west of Rathdrum for hours Monday morning. Aaron Davaz crossed the centerline in a 2004 …