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  Sluggish recovery seen
  Washington's chief economist Wednesday forecast a slow recovery that will not return state revenues to fiscal 2008 levels until 2011. Income from sales, business and occupation, and other taxes continues …
  Students protest 'pay to play'
  Idaho's budget crunch trickled down to Coeur d'Alene High School on Monday when 150 students walked out of classes to protest perceived cuts in student activities. "This is our community. …
  Students get up-close look at drunken driving's devastation
  East Valley High School senior Adam Szember lay still and bloody across the hood of a tan car, having been launched through the windshield. The driver, senior Tyler Sullivan, staggered …
  Amanda Sackett assumed she'd be taking a year off after graduating from Lewis and Clark High School this year to save money. While attending college at a four-year university is …
  Wed., April 8, 2009, 8:01 p.m.
  Police find girl missing from Wal-Mart
  A 14-year-old girl who left a north Spokane Wal-Mart Monday night was found today at the Spokane Valley Mall, police said. Noel A. Kaleikini's mom picked her up, according to …
  Wed., April 1, 2009, 6:14 p.m.
  EWU students rally against cuts
  State university administrators are keeping budget plans close to their vests while Washington House and Senate negotiators decide whether impending higher education cuts will be bad news or very bad …
  Menke named Spokane solid waste manager
  Spokane leaders have picked the person they hope will salvage the regional system for disposing of trash throughout Spokane County. The City Council on Monday voted unanimously to name Russ …
  Feeling flush this time of year
  BOISE - As Idaho's state government braces for a new round of midyear budget holdbacks, the state has something it didn't have five years ago, the last time the budget …
  Black USO was hoppin'
  During World War II and the years immediately after the war, minority soldiers in Spokane had few choices for entertainment. But they could count on Spokane's black USO club as …
  Optometrist vying for House seat
  OLYMPIA – Spokane optometrist and developer Mel Lindauer said Wednesday he's running for the state House of Representatives seat now held by Rep. Don Barlow, D-Spokane. "I look forward to …