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• Family believes Iraq fires caused soldier’s death

  May 18, 2012 in City on Page A1 Lindsay Weidman clutches a picture of her daughter tight to her chest. She’ll carry it during Saturday’s Armed Forces Torchlight Parade in downtown Spokane. 6

• Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq

  December 15, 2011 in Nation/World After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary … 47

• Guard members to be honored

  October 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Coeur d’Alene soldier Jason Rzepa will receive the Purple Heart in a 6 p.m. ceremony today at Red Lion Templin’s Hotel in Post Falls. Staff Sgt. Rzepa lost both legs …

• Crowds honor soldiers as remains come home

  July 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 More than 400 people lined the streets of Coeur d’Alene Friday afternoon to pay their respects to Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, one of two Coeur d’Alene soldiers killed recently in …

• Hundreds view procession for fallen soldier

  July 15, 2011 in Region More than 400 people lined the streets of Coeur d’Alene on Friday afternoon to pay their respects to Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, one of two Coeur d’Alene soldiers killed recently … 1

• Veteran recalls the fallen

  July 5, 2011 in City on Page A6 WINCHESTER, Idaho – It’s been more than eight years since Jessica Lynch was taken prisoner in the early days of the Iraq War, but the former Army supply clerk still …

• Fallen soldier remembered as dedicated to family

  May 24, 2011 in News A Medical Lake soldier was killed Sunday in Baghdad, Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Clifford E. Beattie, 37, died of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised …

• Vet pleased by Iraq success

  March 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson has a lot invested in the future of Iraq, and he would like to believe his sacrifice was not in vain. What he saw in … 10

• Writing, therapy help Iraq vet cope

  February 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 The New Year’s Eve party was at a friend’s Coeur d’Alene home, and Kenny McAnally had gone outside for a smoke. Suddenly, fireworks began exploding all around him, and the … 8

• North Idaho troops likely headed to Iraq

  September 5, 2009 in Region Army National Guard members in North Idaho likely will head to Iraq next year. About 3,500 citizen soldiers from Idaho, Montana and Oregon have been told to prepare for a …

• Combat vets find support from peers

    September 5, 2009 in City As a Marine combat engineer, Jesse Bruce helped destroy the remnants of Saddam Hussein’s rule and restore infrastructure to war-torn Iraq. But after an enemy mortar shell exploded in his … 3

• Technicality in tuition program cuts off help for Iraq war widow

  August 31, 2009 in City on Page A1 Army Sgt. James E. Craig was born in Spokane, married in Spokane and after being killed during his third tour in Iraq, he was buried in Spokane. Although few would … 6

• Campaign war talk a point of frustration

  October 5, 2008 in City on Page A1 With her son and her husband both called up for Iraq with the Washington National Guard’s 81st Combat Brigade, Cindy Ashworth used to listen when the candidates talked about their …

• Float symbolizes shared grief of reborn Gold Star mothers chapter

  May 17, 2008 in City on Page A1 In the three decades since the Vietnam War, Spokane’s Gold Star Mothers had all but disappeared. Only a handful remained when the chapter was dissolved several years ago. “If we …

• U.S. must accept help in Iraq, Cantwell says

  August 8, 2007 in City on Page B3 The United States needs to bring the world community to the negotiating table – and convince Iraqi factions that such a table exists – to have any hope of making …

• Solemn vigil marks four years of war

  March 20, 2007 in City on Page B1 A solemn gathering with prayers, poetry, and the reading of the names of Washington state residents killed in the Iraq war spilled out of the U.S. Courthouse plaza in downtown …

• Pain of war

  October 8, 2006 in City on Page A1 Two years after serving in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Shawn Green lives on pain pills and the charity of the Salvation Army while he applies to the Department of Veterans Affairs …

• Iraq veterans join POW ceremony

  April 8, 2006 in City on Page A1 The war veterans on one side of the aisle bore the physical scars of wounds in Iraq. Those on the other side carried the invisible emotional scars of surviving prisoner …

• Wounds of war

  July 11, 2005 in City on Page A1 The attack that was to end Cpl. Ian Anderson’s career in the Marines began with the explosion of rocket-propelled grenades, followed by rifle fire from an unseen enemy less than …