October 28, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter defended his cuts to education and his track record as governor Thursday night, as he met four rivals in the final debate before Tuesday’s election. 1

October 28, 2010 in Sports Matt Cain shut down the Texas Rangers with the type of suffocating pitching that put the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.

October 28, 2010 Police confirmed that two people found dead inside a Post Falls home this evening each died of a gunshot wound to the head.

October 28, 2010 in Idaho Following the third trial in eight months, Two Coeur d’Alene brothers were found guilty today of racially harassing and threatening a Hispanic man in August 2009. 3

October 28, 2010 in City Starting Nov. 1, Avista’s Washington customers will pay about $4.50 extra on their combined monthly gas and electric bills. The price hike is a result of higher wholesale natural gas … 39

October 28, 2010 in Idaho With the latest independent poll showing Idaho’s 1st District congressional race narrowing to a dead heat, Congressman Walt Minnick and GOP rival Raul Labrador clashed in a debate Thursday on … 2

October 28, 2010 in City, Idaho A missing Post Falls man and his teenage daughter were located by an Air Force rescue crew in a remote section of North Idaho this morning just before the crew … 12

October 28, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick has come out with another hard-hitting new campaign ad about GOP rival Raul Labrador, this one focusing on a federal drug case involving an illegal immigrant …

October 28, 2010 in City An effort at retaliation went badly for a Spokane Valley man on Wednesday night. Roger D. Holmes, 39, went to the apartment of a neighbor armed with a military knife … 6

October 28, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and the state’s congressional delegation have contacted federal authorities to try to get some $10 million in disaster relief money for northern Idaho farmers possibly lost … 6

October 28, 2010 in Business, Nation/World College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, … 3

October 28, 2010 in Sports Defending national champion Duke was a runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 men’s basketball poll. At the other end of the Top 25 there was big …

October 28, 2010 in Business The job market and the economy will improve only slightly next year, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists whose outlook for 2011 has dimmed over the past … 4

October 28, 2010 in Outdoors, Region When Leif Whittaker left home last winter on his way to scale Mount Everest, his father — who was the first American to make the trek to the 29,000-foot summit … 1

October 28, 2010 in Outdoors, Region Even before Joe Puryear left the University of Washington with a degree in math, it was clear he would never spend enough time indoors to use it. 2

October 28, 2010 in Region A Lewiston family is finally winding down after a whirlwind of national media exposure over the state’s threat to shut down their kids’ pumpkin stand. Jacob and Sami-Lou Charais made … 2

October 28, 2010 in City, Idaho Dry but cloudy weather may give way to light rain later today, forecasters said. A weak storm system off the coast of California is spreading higher clouds across the Inland …

October 28, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 An impasse over wolf management in the Northern Rockies is alienating hunters and ranchers, groups whose support is crucial to the canny predators’ long-term success in the region, experts say. … 28

October 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has improved his standing among voters, and Democrats finally have started to energize their base, but it might be too little and too late to … 15

October 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 Voters in search of more information about a candidate or an issue before marking their ballots need not despair – or, worse yet, rely on the latest negative commercial or … 4

October 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 PORTLAND, Maine – A scuba diver who came face-to-teeth with a shark used a camera to fend off the animal when it came at him with its teeth bared – … 1