SPOKANE, Wash. -- A new archaeological dig shows the Spokane area to be one of the oldest areas of continuous human habitation in the state. According to evidence verified by radiocarbon dating, people may have lived at the confluence of the Spokane River and Latah Creek for some 8,000 years, said Stanley C. Gough, archaeology director at Eastern Washington University in nearby Cheney. "This documents for the first time people actually living here at this age," said Gough, who has been excavating a 25-by-60-foot site downstream from Spokane Falls. The oldest known habitation site in Washington is thought to be...