A gift from the Marshall Chesrown family to a Spokane-based foundation will make some North Idaho dreams come true.

Preliminary work may begin in November on the Southwest Gibbs Street pedestrian bridge connecting the historic Lair Hill neighborhood to the fast-developing South Waterfront district.

Molly Bordonaro has a running joke with President Bush. Because the ages of her children are spaced two years apart, it works out that her pregnancies coincide with election cycles. When President Bush arrived in Portland last August, he greeted Bordonaro, his veteran Oregon campaign manager, with a smile: “Not pregnant again, are you?” he said.

In the moments after Camille King’s heart attack last summer, she felt she’d slipped into a dream state. She was only 41, after all, and had been told her chances of having one were 1 in 100.

“It’s probably the best thing that has ever happened to me and my family,” Post Falls resident Camille King said. She wasn’t talking about winning the lottery or taking a dream vacation. The best thing that has happened to King was the heart attack she had last July at age 41.

Huge gaping holes on parts of the Washington Crab dock will soon be repaired, after state approval was given Monday to move forward with the dock renovation.

The U.S. Interior Department on Friday rejected a deal to allow the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs to build a Columbia River Gorge casino, but left open the possibility of approving it later.

The long-rumored nomination of Portland public relations executive Molly H. Bordonaro to be U.S. ambassador to Malta was confirmed Wednesday with an announcement from the White House.

Stalled plans for a higher education corridor along the Spokane River leaped ahead Monday with developer Marshall Chesrown’s announcement that he has a working agreement to purchase Stimson Lumber Co.’s two waterfront mills.

In 1999, the government of British Columbia was looking for a product that would straighten out its maze of complicated, computerized tax programs.

Mayor Tom Potter agrees with neighborhood activists and large water users that fighting a pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that could increase water rates should be a top city priority.

Mayor Tom Potter has waded into the long-simmering spat over a proposed federal rule that would require Portland to spend millions treating its drinking water.

Accolades are flowing in for Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Bob Rowe, who concludes his 12-year career as a state utility regulator on Monday.