June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 Larry Altose, spokesman for the Washington Department of Ecology, said the state may choose to commission studies of climate change and rail traffic impact under the State Environmental Policy Act, …

June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not review the broader climate-change impacts of proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, an agency official told Congress on …

June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland – President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement – …

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June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles on Tuesday became the largest city in the nation to move toward a ban on plastic grocery bags, with the City Council barring them in …

June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet …

June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – An IRS manager who described himself as a “conservative Republican” told congressional investigators that no one in the agency’s Cincinnati office was trying to target tea party organizations …

June 19, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly …

June 19, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – An improving economic outlook could allow the Legislature to do something in the next few days that it has been unable to do for nearly six months: negotiate …

June 19, 2013 in City on Page A5 A Spokane father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands. After hatching a Facebook ruse that drew …

June 19, 2013 in City on Page A5 Funding cuts to an organization serving vulnerable children have caused backlash for county health officials as they restructure how to distribute stagnant funding at a time when needs are growing. …

June 19, 2013 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Mrs. E.J. Hyde, owner of Hyde’s Jewelry Store, thought she could trust attorney Carl B. Campbell to convey $20,000 worth of diamonds to her …

June 19, 2013 in Region on Page A6 WALLA WALLA – Two Spokane residents are set for trial starting Aug. 27 on charges they intentionally left marijuana and chewing tobacco for distribution on the grounds of the Washington …

June 19, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho will auction off three undeveloped cabin sites on Priest Lake in North Idaho this year, partly to get a sense of land values on the lake as …

June 19, 2013 in City on Page A6 Investigators are looking for a connection between two Spokane fires that occurred on the same block within 24 hours, and they said at least one of them was intentionally set. …

June 19, 2013 in City on Page A6 First came the money, then the hours. The Spokane Public Library board of trustees voted Tuesday to open three outlying branches eight hours a day, five days a week. The …