Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Not your run-of-the-mill loggers

  April 28, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 In a 1934 photograph, two young women wear jaunty grins and double-bladed axes slung casually over their shoulders. Ruth Hoershgen and June DeGraff were 19 when they won a tree-felling …

• Hillyard not on Envision board

  April 23, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N1 The Hillyard Neighborhood Council is distancing itself from Envision Spokane, the grass-roots organization that’s put together a bill of rights for Spokane which is now a ballot measure. “We have … 1

• ‘Comb over’ comment gets juror tossed from trial

  March 16, 2009 in City A juror was dismissed this morning from the first-degree murder trial of Shellye Stark after disclosures that he had improperly discussed the case during a social gathering last week, including …

• Eye on Olympia: Legislators propose studying selves

  February 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W1 OLYMPIA – On the face of it, the bill reads like a parody. The Legislature is thinking about “creat(ing) a commission within the legislature to evaluate the legislature.”

• Error will haunt her for months

  November 6, 2008 in Voices on Page PF1 Marianne Love hates journalism mistakes – so much so that she equates the feeling she gets from them to running over a dog. Which she has also done. In fact, …

• Rural shopping center closer

  February 9, 2008 in Business on Page A10 A proposed 714,000-square-foot shopping center in rural Whitman County has cleared two major hurdles, paving the way for a complex county officials envision as a regional draw. Boise-based developer Hawkins …

• Hagadone hosts fundraiser

  July 25, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 Stray cats and dogs of Kootenai County need more than the passion of dedicated volunteers – they need donors willing to pay top dollar for tickets to the most spectacular …

• Trip inspiring

  April 14, 2007 in Features on Page E3 When missionaries visited the childhood churches of three area women, the visitors instilled in them a commitment to their church and their faith, nourishing a global awareness of bonds with …

• LC answers call

  April 13, 2007 in Sports on Page C1 One team talked about needing a wakeup call. The other hopes it got an alarm rouser Thursday. The Lake City High softball team rebounded from a previous loss to Coeur …