Spokesman-Review

spokesman.com — A suspect is in custody in connection with the two ricin-laced letters mailed to federal officials in Spokane. Matthew Buquet, 37, made a preliminary appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Spokane. Details remain sketchy but federal authorities believe he's linked to the poisoned letters intercepted at a postal processing facility, one of which was addressed to a federal judge.

spokesman.com — Three next-door neighbors in east Boise have had their small dogs attacked by a mountain lion in their fenced back yards in the past two weeks, and two of the dogs have died. Fish & Game officials are calling on the public to immediately report incidents with mountain lions in ...

spokesman.com — FISHING -- Anglers harvested 21 chinook in Washington's Snake River fishery area at Clarkston last week. That leaves about 30 fish in the allocation for the Snake River. Washington Fish and Wildlife officials are considering whether to continue the Clarkston fishery through this next weekend (May 26 & 27), ...

spokesman.com — Scott Maben did some number crunching for voter turnout in the three Coeur d'Alene School Board races. Here's his analysis: "One in four voters cast ballots in the three contested Coeur d’Alene School Board zones. Turnout was 26.6 percent in Zone 1 (Regan/Hazel), 26.5 percent in Zone 4 (Seddon/Eubanks) and ...

spokesman.com — Everyone take note: tomorrow all of our Voice sections will be devoted to local high school graduates. Every year we have a special graduation section that includes lists of graduating seniors from every high school in Spokane Valley plus a profile of a student from each school. Copies are usually ...

spokesman.com — On his campaign Facebook wall, Trustee Brent Regan (shown walking to a post @ 15th & Hazel Tuesday (in this Duane Rasmussen photo), posted the following, after his loss to Trustee-elect Christa Hazel last night: First I would like to congratulate the victors in the School Board race, Tom Hearns, ...

spokesman.com — FISHING -- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fish managers will present information and take public input on proposed Tucannon River steelhead management changes at a May 29 meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. at Dayton Elementary School (Park Street and 2nd Street) in Dayton. New restrictions will apply to the steelhead ...

spokesman.com — It looks like Sheriff Richard Mack, the Northwest Patriots and others are planning for a major confab in Farragut State Park at the end of July. Dunno who's organizing this locally. Question: Anyone know why Mack and the Patriots are staging this event at Farragut?

spokesman.com — Shoshone County overwhelmingly rejected formation of an urban renewal agency to attract mining related businesses to the area. By a vote of 965 against to 332 for, the county turned thumbs down on the idea, promoted by Commissioners Larry Yergler. Who wanted to create an urban renewal district in Big ...

spokesman.com — It's time for Winners & Losers -- the game Huckleberries Online plays after every election. The goal of the game is to pick the winners and losers from the election the day before. I'll get us started. Obviously, those who actually won elections were the winners. But there are a ...

spokesman.com — Outside magazine online is asking readers to vote for the nation's "best active town," and Spokane is one of the 10 candidates for the distinction. The cover photo for the Spokane listing features cyclists on the Centennial Trail along the Spokane River, which is a good start to the city's ...

spokesman.com — About 100 people supporting the Myrtle Beach Tea Party protest at the Internal Revenue Service office in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Tuesday. Tea party activists held rallies outside federal buildings across the country Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Sun ...

spokesman.com — Tuesday Poll: Hucks Nation sez the scandal that will stick with the Obama administration longest is the one involving the IRS targeting of the Tea Party. 50 of 132 respondents (37.88%) said that was the worst of the current scandals, followed by the uncertainty over Affordable Health Care (30 of ...

spokesman.com — Columnist T.F. Charlton of the British Guardian newspaper opines on "The Thaw," a video produced in Kootenai County by Gary Brown's Reach America organization that has gone viral: Fears of marginalization because of Christian faith, even persecution, have deep roots in white American evangelical culture, dating back to the Scopes ...

spokesman.com — Gov. Butch Otter is rejecting the notion that a projected $162 million in unexpected revenue means the 2014 Legislature should aim to boost spending. Otter said he’s “bound and determined that the government is not going to grow back at the same rate that the economy grows” and said the ...