December 28, 2011 in Sports Kevin Pangos hit 5 of 7 3-point shots and scored 19 points Wednesday night as Gonzaga opened West Coast Conference play with a 90-51 win over Portland.

December 28, 2011 DES MOINES, Iowa — In a surprise move, and a blunt reflection of the shifting fortunes of Republican presidential candidates ahead of the opening voter test, Michele Bachmann’s Iowa campaign … 5

December 28, 2011 in Sports If there was one thing Washington State basketball fans could count on the first two years of Ken Bone’s coaching career, it was Reggie Moore and Klay Thompson would be …

December 28, 2011 in News Police are responding to the scene of an explosion at a Moses Lake home that occurred about 3 p.m. today. Details surrounding the incident are slim at this time, but …

December 28, 2011 in Region A Washington state lawmaker and two county prosecutors are backing proposed legislation to double sentencing ranges for people convicted of drunken driving fatalities. 10

December 28, 2011 in News, Idaho Police on Wednesday arrested the last of eight suspects in a months-long residential burglary spree that stretched from Spokane to North Idaho. 7

December 28, 2011 in Sports Looking to shake things up, the Spokane Chiefs made a big move Wednesday morning, sending leading scorer Anthony Bardaro to Prince Albert for help in goal. 8

December 28, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho Commissioners for northern Idaho’s Bonner County hope lawmakers and other local government officials will join them in challenging a plan to protect habitat for about 50 remaining woodland caribou in … 2

December 28, 2011 in Idaho An anti-alcohol crusader has asked all 105 Idaho legislators to swear off alcohol during the 2012 legislative session. 6

December 28, 2011 in Nation/World North Korea’s next leader escorted his father’s hearse in an elaborate state funeral on a bitter, snowy day today, bowing and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens … 7

December 28, 2011 in Business, Nation/World The holiday shopping season turned out to be two seasons split by a big lull.

December 28, 2011 in City, Idaho Wind gusts to 32 mph were reported this morning at Spokane International Airport as the first in a series of wet Pacific storms batters the region. 2

December 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 TOWANDA, Pa. – Ever since Richard Nixon’s 1973 promise to attain energy independence, successive U.S. presidents all have pledged the same goal, even as foreign supplies composed a larger and … 49

December 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work … 15

December 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Tehran, Iran – Iran’s official news agency on Tuesday quoted a top official as saying Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off oil exports, if the West imposes … 2

December 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 DENVER – Insurance company Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering cash to Coloradans to lose weight and keep it off. Companies have been making similar offers to their employees for years …

December 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 DUBUQUE, Iowa – Newt Gingrich, trying to reverse a slide in Iowa by positioning himself as the unabashedly positive alternative to his trash-talking rivals for the GOP presidential nomination, unleashed …