Archives | March 27, 2017
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Business
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Another congressional clash looms over coal miners’ health benefits
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Wells Fargo rolls out card-free access at all of its ATMs
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AFL-CIO ready to sue if Trump waters down overtime regulations
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Spokane’s second climbing gym set to open Tuesday
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‘Fearless Girl’ statue can stay at Wall Street through Feb. 2018, NYC mayor says
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Canada marijuana stocks surge after report of legalization date
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Supreme Court won’t restore $7.25B swipe fees settlement
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‘Bathroom bill’ to cost North Carolina $3.76 bill, study shows
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Stocks sink as ‘Trump trade’ flips into reverse
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United Airlines: Customers ‘welcome’ to wear leggings
Crime/Public Safety
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At courthouse rally, family and friends demand answers in deaths of two Spokane-area women
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America’s prison population is getting whiter
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Man suspected of pointing sawed-off shotgun at deputy arrested in Spokane Valley
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Woman who fell from Riverfront Park pedestrian bridge committed suicide, medical examiner’s office rules
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Spokane police seize large amount of drugs, guns in several East Central busts during the weekend
Gonzaga basketball
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John Blanchette: Five steps that ‘made’ Gonzaga a Final Four program
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Gonzaga Final Four gear quickly sells out at campus store, but more is on the way
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Final Four coaches Few, Williams: Mutual respect and a well-executed practical joke
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Gonzaga’s Williams-Goss named Wooden Award All-American, one of five finalists for Wooden Award
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Gonzaga student’s dramatic video (narrated by Christopher Walken) compiles Zags’ tournament successes, ‘heartbreaks’
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North Carolina favored to win it all, but Gonzaga most likely to make the finals
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2017 March Madness: The Final Four from A to Z
ID Government
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Idaho lawmakers pass grocery tax repeal, send bill to Otter; full story
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Idaho lawmakers back repeal of sales tax on groceries, send bill to Gov. Otter
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Senate adjourns until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday
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Full Senate won’t take up transportation bill ‘til morning
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House adjourns ‘til 10 a.m. tomorrow
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Senate Transportation narrowly passes SB 1206, transportation funding bill, sends to full Senate
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House passes grocery tax repeal on 51-19 vote
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House takes up grocery tax repeal, as Senate Transportation debates road-funding bill
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Senate refers SB 1206, new transportation bill, to Transportation Committee for hearing, goes at ease
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Senate Judiciary introduces new transportation funding bill
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House passes SB 1144, the Senate-passed liquor-nudity bill; prepares to debate grocery tax repeal
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Senate Judiciary still awaiting new transportation bill…
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House Rev & Tax votes unanimously in favor of grocery tax repeal
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Bayer’s closing comments to Rev & Tax on taxing groceries: ‘Not the best policy - it is a necessity’
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Testimony: ‘Would save my family and myself quite a bit of money’
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Testimony: ‘This is going to help consumers, small businesses’
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Bayer: ‘It allows people to have the money up-front’
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Big crowd for this afternoon’s hearing on grocery tax repeal bill
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Sen. Judiciary to meet at 2:15, consider introducing new transportation bill
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Senate attempts to override gov’s veto, falls far short
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House recesses ‘til 3 for committee hearing, public testimony on grocery tax repeal bill
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Constitutional amendment proposed to do away with requirement to read bills in full
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Rep. Nate wants agencies to be able to publish legal notices on their websites, rather than in newspapers
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New liquor-nudity bill would try for ‘middle ground,’ might not resolve lawsuit
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House recesses ‘til 11:30; Ways & Means to meet now on 3 new bills…
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Senate plans ‘long day with a lot of pauses,’ won’t take up only bill on calendar…
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So what the heck is ‘water GARVEE’? An explanation…
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Otter vetoes first two bills, both regarding state employee benefits
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Two House members name subs for unplanned spring break session, plus two senators…
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House at ease, negotiations over transportation funding are on…
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‘Hanging around, nothing to do but frown…’
Idaho
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Parting Shot — 3.27.17
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Rubert withdraws from trustee race
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Wild Card/Monday — 3.27.17
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PM Scanner Traffic — 3.27.17
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Cutline Contest — time2vote
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County hires new airport director
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Jail population sets record for inmates, females in custody
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House OKs grocery tax repeal 51-19
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ignite cda seeks to fill vacancy
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Violin string broke, but symphony played on
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Poll: Flood hasn’t affected most
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Reflections on Lake Coeur d’Alene
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NIC hires human resources exec
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Dootiful Cleanup
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New Goodwill store to open
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Ahlquist adds spice, $$$ to guv’s race
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Keep Fearless Girl on Wall Street?
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Quotable Quote
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AM Scanner Traffic — 3.27.17
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Amendment for bill reading? Really?
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Disruptive Idaho session prompts bill to change process
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Police tried to arrest murder suspect
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AM Headlines —3.27.17
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Hiker dies after fall in southwest Idaho recreation area
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Trib: Do grandstanders have a point?
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Down side of senior discounts
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When did you become a Zags’ fan?
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2017 Legislature drags on
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36 reasons Gonzaga can win it all
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Clark: Spokane magician is spinning showbiz into fame
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Huckleberries: Whoa there Pilgrim? Take it easy on the squash
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Repeal & replace — not
Nation
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Trump pressures House Intelligence Committee to probe Clintons’ ties to Russia, not his
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Multiple violations found days before apartment blaze kills 3 in Oakland
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Company places oil in Dakota Access pipeline
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Kushner to lead overhaul initiative
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Bitter GOP finger-pointing clouds path for Trump agenda
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On Muslims’ agenda: Fight US proposals to ban Sharia law
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House intelligence chairman asked to withdraw from Trump-Russia investigation
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Maryland teen planned violent attack at her school, authorities say
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Severe storms in forecast for U.S. much of this week
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Democrats force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick
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Suspects sought in deadly Cincinnati nightclub shooting
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No sex with animals: Ohio enacts bestiality law
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Trump asks appeals court to let travel ban take effect
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After health-care bill dies, ads air thanking Republicans for replacing Obamacare
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Kushner agrees to speak to Senate panel about Russia
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Police: 1 dead, 5 injured in central Florida shooting
Outdoors
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WSU researcher: State should deny lethal wolf control to ranchers who don’t sign prevention pact
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Spill more water over Snake dams for salmon, judge tells Corps of Engineers
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Mushroomers licking their chops as first morels emerge
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Coffeepot Lake level riding high as 2017 ends several dry seasons
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Pup learns about porcupines the hard way
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Snow, flowers, Oh my! Transition time in the great outdoors
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Cabela’s boosts veterans fly tying program at university
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Gear Junkie: Polartec ‘Naked’ jacket coming soon
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Free Washington geology program tonight
Pacific NW
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Oregon officer says he warned teen not to reach for waist
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Son of former Oregon governor sentenced to jail for crash
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Montana lawmakers vote against transgender bathroom bill
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Fugitive wanted in Mississippi killing arrested in Oregon
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Oregon officials likely to keep running Rogue River Basin hatchery
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Diver rescued in Tillamook Bay
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‘Dreamer’ immigrant in Oregon detained by U.S. authorities
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Bigfoot in the Blues? Oregon man to search in Blue Mountains
Spokane
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Spokane City Council passes new human rights protections, delays protections for renters who use subsidies
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Spokane signs short-term deal for pay-by-phone parking downtown
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Kootenai County prepares for jail expansion as inmate population spikes
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Spokane-area Jehovah’s Witnesses protesting Russian decision to label group an extremist organization
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Judge: More water must be released from Columbia, Snake dams
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$9 million may be needed to repair flood-damaged roads in Spokane County
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Canadian hunting rights confirmed for Colville Tribes’ member
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Victim of North Spokane house fire remains hospitalized, condition has improved
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March now fourth wettest on record
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Researchers unearth century-old mystery in Spokane Chinatown-linked objects found in Riverfront Park
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Getting There: North Spokane freeway work resumes
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Then and Now: Galax Hotel
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Super pooches: Volunteers train canines for search and rescue
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100 years ago in Spokane: German society says members stand behind Woodrow Wilson
Washington
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Flying bong slices man’s hand during fight over lighter in Pasco
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Feds remove type of rockfish from endangered list
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Secretary of state will undergo treatment for colon cancer
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Attorney General: Sanctuary cities are risking federal money
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Some balk as Seattle seeks to spend more money on homeless
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Late start for clearing snow from North Cascades Highway
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Judge won’t release Mexican man jailed near Seattle
World
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South African anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87
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At annual US-Israel event, a new warmth but old differences
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UK said to brace for EU backlash as May readies Brexit notice
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Korean prosecutors seek to arrest Park on graft allegations
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U.S.-backed fighters to pause military action near Syria dam
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Britain postpones Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s Russia trip
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No evidence London attacker was linked to Islamic State, police say
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Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny gets 15 days in jail
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Avalanche kills 7 students, instructor in Japan
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Massive gold coin worth millions stolen from German museum
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Suspected al-Qaida bomber kills 5 soldiers in Yemen’s south
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Settler leader: Population growth is end of 2-state solution