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• Holiday flying to fall slightly, trade group says

  December 20, 2011 in Nation/World Fewer people will fly this holiday season, but flights will still be packed. That’s according to a forecast released today by the main trade group representing U.S. airlines.

• Getting There: Plow drivers want to keep rescuing slide-offs

  December 19, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane County road crew workers want to keep pulling stranded motorists from snowy ditches despite fears by the county’s risk manager that the practice puts the county in jeopardy for … 12

• Getting There: AAA expects increase in holiday drivers

  November 21, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Last week’s early round of snow and ice may have drivers nervous about venturing out this Thanksgiving. But officials said there is no reason to fear if you are prepared …

• Holiday DUI arrests higher, WSP reports

  December 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Washington State Patrol reports just one highway fatality in the state over the Christmas weekend – a hit-and-run in Auburn – down from four in 2009. 4

• Old rail cars become fire and rescue training tool

  December 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 Kootenai County Fire and Rescue in Post Falls is upgrading its training facility with the help of the railroad. On Sunday, a construction contractor and the fire department moved two … 2

• Eye on Boise: Holiday travel expected to go up despite gas prices

  September 5, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Idaho’s average gas price is now $2.99 per gallon, up four cents in the past three weeks and 31 cents above the national average of $2.68, according to …

• AAA: Washington gas prices up 14 cents over year

  September 3, 2010 in City, Idaho The AAA auto club says drivers hitting the road this Labor Day weekend in Washington will find gasoline prices 14 cents a gallon higher than they were this time last … 2

• When it comes to travel, family trumps expense

  November 24, 2008 in City on Page A1 The nation’s economy might be on the skids, but the millions of people traveling this holiday season are doing it because the cost is worth it. A new national study …