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• Congress gets involved after Indian Island court ruling

  July 25, 2011 in News, Nation/World, Region Congress is weighing into conflicts over military secrets and questions about when people have a right to know if nearby federal facilities pose a deadly threat. New legislation follows a …

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  Adventurer connects thrill-seeking, trigonometry

  August 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 Summer 1977. John Herrington, suspended from the University of Colorado for lousy grades, hangs by one arm from a cliff, holding a prism for highway surveyors, earning four bucks an … 1

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  Military amps up sailor search

  July 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The body of a sailor who was killed in a Taliban ambush arrived home in the United States Tuesday as the military continued a massive search for his …

• Wash. sees risk in sending oil spill ships to Gulf

  July 2, 2010 in City Two of the Pacific Northwest’s largest oil-spill response vessels may be called to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

• Deployment nears for Navy team

  April 28, 2010 in City on Page A7 A group of Navy reservists will depart from Spokane on Friday for seven to eight months of anti-terrorism duty in the Middle East.

• Seabees deploy on Afghan mission

  March 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 Navy Seabees from the Inland Northwest began deployment Thursday for a yearlong mission to help build infrastructure in Afghanistan.

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  Spokane-based Navy Seabees deploy to Afghanistan

  March 25, 2010 in City Navy Seabees from the Inland Northwest began deployment this morning for a yearlong mission to help build infrastructure in Afghanistan. 2

• Navy plans to employ women on submarines

  February 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Navy plans to allow women to serve for the first time on submarines, the only class of ship from which they are currently barred, military and congressional … 1

• Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war

  November 27, 2009 in Nation/World The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs …

• Military plane, helicopter collide off California

  October 30, 2009 in Nation/World The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were still hoping Friday to find survivors of a collision between a Coast Guard plane carrying seven people and a Marine Corps helicopter carrying … 1

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  Spokane Navy veteran buried at sea by son

  October 7, 2009 in City on Page A7 Cmdr. Michael Dickson, serving aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, buried his father’s remains in the Pacific Ocean in a special ceremony last week. The Oct. 2 burial was part of … 3

• Authorities rescue 4 near U.S.-Canada border

  September 8, 2009 in City Four Mexican nationals, including one child, were rescued from a mountain near the Pasayten Wilderness in north-central Washington and hospitalized Monday after a search by local, state, U.S. and Canadian …

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  Gulf War pilot’s remains found

  August 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Navy pilot Michael “Scott” Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there he apparently …

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  Spokane Valley man had hand in Apollo 11’s recovery

    July 20, 2009 in City The Apollo 11 mission that landed a man on the moon 40 years ago holds a special place in the memory of one Spokane Valley resident. 1

• U.S. protests harassment by Chinese vessels

  March 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Chinese ships surrounded and harassed a Navy mapping ship in international waters off China, at one point coming within 25 feet of the American boat and strewing debris …

• Helicopter security breached

  March 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Navy is investigating how an unauthorized user in Iran gained online access to blueprints and other information about a helicopter in President Barack Obama’s fleet. Employees at …