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• New city sign code approved

  June 24, 2009 in City on Page A5 Spokane leaders this week finalized sweeping new rules governing signs. The city’s sign code, approved 6-1 by the Spokane City Council on Monday, creates rules in places where none exist, … 1

• Montana company bids lowest on bridge

  June 11, 2009 in City on Page A6 Sletten Construction, of Great Falls, is the apparent low bidder on the contract to replace the Dover Bridge in North Idaho. Bids were opened Tuesday. Work is expected to begin …

• Day-hiking Lake Pend Oreille

  June 7, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 Here are detailed driving directions to the Hiker’s Dozen trails around Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho’s largest lake.

• Killer sentenced to nearly 51 years in prison

  April 30, 2009 in City Convicted killer Shellye L. Stark will spend more than 50 years in prison for shooting her husband to death in the estranged couple’s South Hill home more than two years …

• Robbers take teen’s wallet and shoes; police arrest 2

  April 30, 2009 in City Two robbery suspects were arrested by Spokane police Wednesday night after officers used a police dog to locate one of the suspects near Driscoll Boulevard in northwest Spokane.

• Eugster to run for City Council

  April 18, 2009 in City on Page B3 The City Council race in south Spokane went from zero candidates to two Friday, with the prospect of becoming the most interesting election on the municipal ballot this fall. Former … 1

• Court reverses gun possession conviction

  April 17, 2009 in City on Page A9 The assault conviction of an armed man shot in the face by Spokane police during a May 1, 2007, shootout has been upheld by the state Appeals Court. But the …

• Split-up parents feud over boy’s shotgun

  April 14, 2009 in City on Page A5 Judges in family law often face heated disputes between divorcing parents over issues such as visitation, getting kids to school or providing rides to soccer practice. Try adding a shotgun … 5

• Students take the WASL this week

  April 13, 2009 in City Washington students in grades 3 through 8 will be taking the Washington Assessment of Student Learning sometime between now and May 1.

• Big tigers lurking out there

  April 12, 2009 in Outdoors on Page K3 Tiger muskies are a big reason to fish a few select lakes in Washington and the Panhandle. A sterile, hybrid cross between muskellunge and northern pike, tiger muskies have been …

• Sales tax increase could go before state voters

  April 10, 2009 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Washington House Speaker Frank Chopp said Thursday that there’s a “better than 50-50” chance that voters will be asked to approve a sales tax increase this fall. As … 3

• Teen girl still missing after leaving Wal-Mart

  April 7, 2009 in News Two Spokane area teenagers are missing, and police are asking for the public’s help finding them. 5

• Tight-knit seniors lead Shadle to state

  March 11, 2009 in Sports on Page B5 They’ve played basketball together with success since elementary school and been on varsity all four years at Shadle Park. Now seniors Lindsay Niemeier, Bianca Pope and Tori Dezellem, in their …

• Rodriguez ‘cooperative’ in interview

  March 2, 2009 in Sports on Page B4 Alex Rodriguez had a two-hour meeting with Major League Baseball officials Sunday. How much he told them about steroids is a secret – at least so far. The commissioner’s office …

• Mistrial declared in Stark case

  February 24, 2009 in City on Page A6 The jury was nearly seated and witnesses had flown in to testify, but an error by a defense lawyer delayed the first-degree murder trial of an alleged online prostitute who …

• Second man arrested in officer stabbing

  February 6, 2009 in City The man wanted in connection with a stabbing of an off-duty Spokane police officer two weeks ago was arrested Friday night.

• In schools: NW Christian plans academic preview sessions

  February 5, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N4 Northwest Christian Schools is hosting academic preview nights tonight and Monday. Parents with students in grades pre-kindergarten through sixth grade may visit the school, 1412 W. Central Ave., today at …

• Raceway polluted, state says

  February 3, 2009 in City on Page A5 Spokane County’s purchase of a racetrack near Airway Heights may cost taxpayers much more than expected. State environmental officials initially have put the level of contamination at the Spokane Motor … 4

• Government almanac

  January 31, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Monday Millwood City Council – 7 p.m. at City Hall, 9103 E. Frederick.

• Break-ins leave many on edge

    January 20, 2009 in City on Page A4 Six homes in Susan Morgan’s neighborhood had already been robbed when two more were hit just down the street. So the Southgate neighborhood resident had a home alarm system installed, …

• Council overrides Verner’s shoreline veto

  January 13, 2009 in City The Spokane City Council on Monday barely gathered the votes to override Mayor Mary Verner’s first veto.

• Verner vetoes shoreline-law exception

  January 8, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has nixed part of the city’s extensive new shoreline law over an amendment that would make an exception for a section of land owned by the …

• Duncan cleared to represent himself

  July 29, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Joseph Duncan won his bid Monday to act as his own attorney in his sentencing hearings, sidelining his expert legal team in what U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge …

• A lesson, reinforced

  November 8, 2007 in Opinion on Page B4 A crew from “Dateline NBC” was in the courtroom Tuesday in Kelso when the verdict was read in the Fred Russell case – guilty, guilty, guilty. The judge asked a …

• St. Vincent highlighting hunger, homelessness

  November 7, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 St. Vincent de Paul in Coeur d’Alene will draw attention to hunger and homelessness with a week of events starting Saturday. It’s part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, …

• Ex-teacher released on bail in sex case

  August 10, 2007 in City on Page B1 A 78-year-old Spokane man, whom a court commissioner called a threat to “the community and the community’s children,” is out of jail. Retired elementary school teacher Gordon L. Erickson posted …

• EWU poetry readers take it to the streets

  April 13, 2007 in City on Page B1 Jessica Moll, a graduate student at Eastern Washington University, may have felt a bit awkward standing on a milk crate in front of River Park Square in downtown Spokane reading …

• Color your garden spring green

  March 27, 2007 in Home on Page Z12 It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine can do for gardeners with cabin fever. A few warm, dry days and we are back out there playing in the detritus …