Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Prison to shrink by half

  June 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Citing a smaller population of female prisoners, state corrections officials plan to shutter one of two units at Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women, the only women’s prison … 6

• Trial begins in drowning at state nursing facility

  May 13, 2009 in City on Page A6 Kathleen Smith, who was developmentally disabled, and care provider Michael Noland had a special relationship at the state-run Lakeland Village Nursing Facility in Medical Lake. Smith shared dinner with Noland …

• Tribe moves on casino plan

  March 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Tribe of Indians, sensing that it might get a better hearing from the Obama administration, appears to be getting closer to its long-stated goal of building a casino …

• Grandmother among mental health court graduates

  February 4, 2009 in City Two years ago, Vicki Palanuik was a mentally troubled methamphetamine addict, going nowhere fast. Today, the 53-year old grandmother born on the Blackfeet Reservation near Browning, Mont., is a new …

• Council faces cold reality

  December 18, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley officials were still stinging Tuesday from last week’s surprise announcement that Spokane County won’t plow city streets next winter. An indignant City Council braced for a future in …

• Margaret Varner

  December 18, 2008 in City on Page A6 Editor’s note: Christmas Bureau recipients come for food vouchers, toys and candy. Reporter Rebecca Nappi is collecting recipients’ stories. Age: 86.

• An overdue homecoming

  October 1, 2008 in City on Page B3 If dogs could talk, this pooch might speak of rugged adventures on the streets of Spokane, scavenging for food, dodging cars and rumbling with street strays. Or, if he truly …

• Guilty plea without deal is unusual, attorneys say

  December 4, 2007 in City on Page A12 Joseph Duncan’s decision to plead guilty to capital crimes without an agreement to avoid a death sentence is unusual but not unprecedented, said attorneys familiar with death penalty cases. “It …

• WSU Research Foundation reinvents itself

  May 15, 2007 in Business on Page A8 The once-moribund Washington State University Research Foundation reached another threshold last week in its efforts to bring faculty inventions to the marketplace. Five professors introduced breakthrough technology to investors who …