Recently added articles from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA):

CdA considers warming shelters: Regulation change could save homeless.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Taryn Hecker Oct. 10--Betty Jean Horlacher-Bainbridge spent four months sleeping in a tent at a Coeur d'Alene campground before she found a room recently through a local church. "I've really not been out in the cold," she said. But ...

Spokane council asked to condemn half block.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Melodie Little Oct. 10--The board of directors for the Spokane Public Facilities District voted to once again ask the city to initiate eminent domain proceedings on a half block of property south of the Convention Center. "We've made a significant effort on ...

Sales tax plan awaits voters: Increase would help restore Crime Check.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: John Craig Oct. 10--Proponents and opponents of a sales tax increase for emergency communications agree that Spokane County needs to restore Crime Check and build a new digital radio network. They just disagree on how to pay for it. Former County ...

Correction.(Correction notice)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Friday's "Our View" editorial on the State Children's Health Insurance Program referred to the Milken Institute as conservative. It is a nonpartisan think tank. To see more of The Spokesman-Review, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.spokesmanreview.com. ...

Thoreson wants to bring city together.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Paula Davenport Oct. 10--A Post Falls resident for 22 years, Kerri Thoreson knows the community inside and out. She moved to town when its population was a mere 4,000 and there was only a single stoplight, she said. A former publisher of the Post Falls ...

Giant worm denied endangered listing: Earthworm's champions vow to appeal decision.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Meghann M. Cuniff Oct. 10--A giant and rarely seen Palouse earthworm won't be added to the nation's Endangered Species list but could find itself tangled in the courts as champions for listing vowed Tuesday to appeal the decision by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. ...

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Pia Hansen column: Pia Hansen: Doctor's encouraging words still cherished.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Pia Hansen Oct. 10--When Helen Black was pregnant with Anthony she knew something wasn't right. There was no feeling of doom, yet she kept going back to her obstetrician saying, "Something is wrong, something is wrong." She should know: she'd already had ...

Party platters: Impress your guests by throwing together a sampler plate.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Lalley Oct. 10--Alexa Wilson is in the business of making guests feel welcome. As executive chef at the downtown Spokane bistro Wild Sage, Wilson basically throws a huge dinner party every night. But one of the most popular things on her ...

Hunting guide scopes out elk.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Graman Oct. 10--Bill Gregg sat by the fire at a campsite in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest and waited for the client to arrive. By Tuesday afternoon, everything was ready for some fellow from San Francisco to come and kill an elk. Hunting is more ...

BRIEF: Zags' opening practice may be without Heytvelt, Pendergraft.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Meehan Oct. 10--The Gonzaga men's basketball team is scheduled to open practice Friday at 7 p.m., but a couple of players might be spectators or see limited duty. Forward Josh Heytvelt has a foot ailment and could miss 7-10 days, and forward David ...

Cougars enter rugged part of schedule: Week includes Stanford, Cal.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Meehan Oct. 10--The Washington State volleyball team has been hit by a lengthy losing streak, a key injury and the latest obstacle saw four players slowed by a nasty illness prior to last week's matches against the Arizona schools. This week's challenge: ...

Judge ships Jordin off to jail: Rapist violated terms of his release.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Karen Dorn Steele Oct. 10--Spokane landlord and convicted rapist Arlin Jordin has been a free man for 14 months, out on bond and doing business as he challenges his 2006 conviction. But Jordin was led off to jail Tuesday in handcuffs after a Spokane County Superior Court ...

Construction toy takes a combined leap: Liberty Lake's MINDS-i uses Lego, Erector set concepts.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Parker Howell Oct. 10--A plastic tank, rock-crawler trucks and a lowrider in various stages of assembly line the shelves and tables of a small office inside a Liberty Lake industrial building. Tools and hundreds of plastic components that make up the vehicles ...

Residents can't stay, can't afford to move: Sale of trailer park has renters in a bind.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Becky Kramer Oct. 10--The plight of tenants at a Bayview, Idaho, mobile home park underscores the challenges that arise when smaller, older parks close for redevelopment. A year ago, the owner of View of the Bay Mobile Home Park sent out notices, alerting ...

Wrong way on interstate: Teens caught after head-on crash.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Amy Cannata Oct. 10--A Tuesday morning joy ride ended badly for three Spokane teenagers, an SUV driver, a motorcyclist and the motoring public when the teens attempted to get away from police by driving the wrong way on Interstate 90. A head-on collision ...

Risch running for U.S. Senate: Top GOP officials close ranks around him.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Betsy Z. Russell Oct. 10--BOISE -- Former Idaho Gov. Jim Risch launched his campaign for Larry Craig's U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, even as Craig continues to fight for his political life in Washington, D.C. Idaho Republicans closed ranks around Risch, with state ...

Witness gives leads in Whitley fire.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--More arrests in the Whitley Fuel fire are possible. Witness Antoinette Miller told fire officials she saw four men shooting bottle rockets from a roof into the fuel depot two days before it exploded and recognized one of three men standing near her northeast Spokane ...

He's sure now: Nichols puts doubts aside.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Bergum Oct. 10--In the first college football game he witnessed in person, Matt Nichols was almost forced to step under center and direct an offense about which he knew absolutely nothing. It was an emergency situation that unfolded at San Jose State ...

Proper training: Nichols prepared for UM territory.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Bergum Oct. 10--If Eastern Washington's sophomore quarterback Matt Nichols seemed uncommonly comfortable while operating within the loud, rowdy environment inside of Montana's Washington-Grizzly Stadium last Saturday, it was because he had been there on Game Day ...

Shot of security: As researchers debate benefits of flu vaccines, many say it's still an important defense for seniors.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Lalley Oct. 2--Getting vaccinated does not make the elderly bullet-proof against influenza, as many people believe, according to a paper co-authored by a Group Health researcher in Seattle. But don't use that as an excuse to avoid a poke in the arm. ...