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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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GU women cruise past USC
In Sports
Senior forward Vivian Frieson helps the Gonzaga women’s basketball team get rolling in a victory over USC at the McCarthey Athletic Center Thursday night.
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Thompson scores 37 in WSU win
In Sports
Klay Thompson went 15-for-20 and scored a career-high 37 points as Washington State beat IPFW 89-70 on Thursday night.
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Tribal police: Cartels drive reservations’ drug problems
In Nation/World, City Matt Haney, police chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has two officers by day and three by night to patrol the 2,275 square miles of reservation under his jurisdiction. 1
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Idaho’s wolf-hunting season extended three months
In Idaho Idaho’s wolf hunt will be extended through March 31, or until each hunting zone reaches its quota, the state’s Fish and Game Commission decided at a Thursday meeting in Coeur …
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Winfrey to announce show will end in 2011
In Business, Nation/World “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew from a local Chicago talk show into the foundation of a multibillion dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 … 2
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Washington on track for 1 million uninsured
In City
Washington state will have more than 1 million uninsured residents by 2011, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said in Spokane this afternoon.
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40 without work as fire shuts down Colville lumber mill
In City About 40 workers at the Vaagen Bros. Lumber mill in Colville were sent home Thursday after a fire in the mill’s turbine and electrical equipment disabled operations.
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ITD names new transportation director
In Idaho Idaho has named a new transportation director, this time an administrator from Michigan’s Department of Transportation who holds both an engineering degree and a master’s degree in public administration. Brian …
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Mother sought in assault at downtown bus plaza
In City A woman assaulted her child at the downtown bus plaza Wednesday morning and police are asking for help identifying her.
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Swastika pasted on CdA human rights center
In Idaho Employees of the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene arrived at work this morning to discover a swastika sticker on the front door. 3
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Governor opposes delay in WASL math and science
In City Gov. Chris Gregoire says she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn’s proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass state math and science tests to graduate. 7
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Wash. budget gap zooms to $2.6B through mid-2011
In City Tax increases probably can’t be avoided as the state tries to patch a budget deficit that’s ballooned to about $2.6 billion, top Democratic lawmakers said Thursday. 2
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Shopko employee tackles armed robber
In Idaho A Coeur d’Alene pharmacy employee tackled a masked armed robber and held him for police Wednesday night.
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Snow triggers accidents
In City Snow falling in the upper elevations of Spokane County apparently set the stage for a string of traffic accidents this morning.
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More rain and snow coming this weekend
In City, Idaho Rain and snow across has eased across the Inland Northwest and forecasters are expecting a break in precipitation through Friday afternoon.
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Foreclosures hitting more people with prime loans
In Business A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. 1
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Boys ranch moves assets before abuse trials’ start
In City on Page A1
Morning Star Boys’ Ranch has moved the bulk of its assets, including securities and real estate worth millions of dollars, to a nonprofit foundation in advance of the first trial …
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Reid offers up $849 billion health reform bill to Senate
In Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presented an $849 billion health care overhaul package Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding … 5
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GOP women say study augurs perils
In City on Page A1 Illustrating the continuing political fallout from controversial new recommendations on breast cancer screening, GOP congresswomen condemned a government-funded study Wednesday and suggested it was a preview of what to expect … 8
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Sebelius urges individual choices on mammograms
In Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep … 1
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Sanford to face charges
In Nation/World on Page A2 COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will face charges he violated state laws, according to an ethics panel ruling Wednesday that came after its three-month investigation into his …
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Palin kicks off book tour in Michigan
In Nation/World on Page A2 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Sarah Palin has been called the rock star of the Republican Party, and on Wednesday her supporters treated her like one. They began lining up the …
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Lutherans forming new church body
In Nation/World on Page A3 NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – The split over gay clergy within the country’s largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from …
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Nation in brief: Judge rules corps liable for flooding
In Nation/World on Page A3 New Orleans – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District …
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