August 18, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 PHOENIX – Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon created flooding that breached an earthen dam Sunday and forced helicopters to pluck scores of residents and campers from the …

August 18, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Sunday after a weeklong vacation in Hawaii and said he is the presidential candidate who can fix the nation’s economic woes, saying again …

August 18, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN ANGELO, Texas – More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight put back in …

August 18, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 LAWTON, Okla. – Mold infests the barracks that were set up here a year ago for wounded soldiers after poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center triggered a systemwide …

August 18, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 A suicide bomber killed 15 people, including at least six U.S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters, Sunday night near a crowded outdoor market in eastern Baghdad, security officials and community leaders said. …

August 18, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – More than a dozen people were killed today as hundreds of Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels attacked several towns in southern Philippines, the military and witnesses …

August 18, 2008 in City on Page A5 It’s harvest time on the Palouse. Almost anywhere you stop amid the rolling, golden wheat fields, you can hear the hum of combines and see the white harvest dust clouds …

August 18, 2008 in City on Page A5 In the realm of delicious activities conducted after dark with a fishing rod, one obscure sport is leaps and bounds above the rest. Bullfrogging is a fully sanctioned “green” activity, …

August 18, 2008 in City on Page A6 A smashup along Interstate 90 sent several people to area hospitals early Sunday, including a Washington State Patrol trooper who was parked behind a car he had pulled over. Trooper …

August 18, 2008 in Opinion on Page A7 Like anybody who goes to summer movies, I’m very fond of watching things blow up. I still have warm memories of the gold standard, “Independence Day,” which destroyed all of …

August 18, 2008 in Opinion on Page A7 “Some well-meaning citizens probably don’t know to this day that they are the ones that caused this.” – Water garden enthusiast Margie Luce, after the koi pond in the Japanese …

August 18, 2008 in Opinion on Page A7 A few words about the search for America. Meaning not the piece of land bounded by Atlantic and Pacific but, rather, the one that exists as a fixed point in …

August 18, 2008 in Opinion on Page A7 Once again, a member of the Spokane School Board has stepped down midterm, creating a vacancy that the remaining members must fill by appointment. They’re up to the task, having …

August 18, 2008 in Features on Page B1 In their upcoming book, “I Hate School: Why American Kids are Turned Off Learning,” authors Ben Agger and Beth Anne Shelton contend that by the time students reach junior high …

August 18, 2008 in Features on Page B1 As far as we know, George Washington did not father any children. But what if he had? What sort of lives would they have led? I’ll go first.