Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• ITD to hold off a year on trucker texting ban

  December 14, 2011 in Idaho BOISE - The Idaho Transportation Department had been working on legislation to propose in January to ban texting by commercial truck drivers, to comply with a recently enacted federal rule, … 4

• Officer’s text message ruled a factor in pedestrian fatality

  June 29, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Spokane police officer who hit and killed an intoxicated pedestrian in his patrol car in January was typing a message into his onboard computer just before the crash. Officer … 90

• Many drivers talked way to tickets in first year of cellphone ban

  June 19, 2011 in City on Page B1 A few try to hide it with their hands. Others may drop it in their lap to avoid detection. But some drivers don’t even bother – their cellphones stay clearly … 18

• Border Patrol seeks texts on suspicious activity

  June 8, 2010 in City The U.S. Border Patrol is asking residents along a section of the U.S.-Canada border to send anonymous text messages to report any suspicious people they come across. 22

• House passes softer texting-while-driving bill

  March 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Texting while driving would become an infraction in Idaho under legislation that was introduced in and passed by the state House in a single day Friday. The measure, …

• Idaho House passes softer texting while driving bill

  March 26, 2010 in Idaho Texting while driving would become an infraction in Idaho under legislation that was introduced in and passed by the state House in a single day Friday.

• mixed messages

  September 19, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on …