December 6, 2011 in Sports Alysha Green almost slipped under the radar. It’s easy to understand why.

December 6, 2011 in Sports So just what is Washington State getting in new football coach Mike Leach? Who better to ask than the first hire for his football staff, David Emerick.

  December 6, 2011 in City, News A judge has denied a request by former Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson’s attorney’s to interview the jurors who convicted him last month of two felonies in connection with the … 50

December 6, 2011 in Sports The band played, the fans cheered, the cameras clicked. Mike Leach stood on the dais in the Compton Union Building’s Senior Ballroom on Tuesday afternoon, taking it all in. 8

December 6, 2011 in News Crews responded to the area of Crestline Street and Decatur Avenue today after sewage began backing up into people’s homes. A sewage pipe either broke or became blocked, according to … 16

December 6, 2011 in News Spokane police need help finding a missing Eastern Washington University student. Jonathon Potapenko, 20, has been missing since Sunday, according to police. He missed three finals this week and his … 3

December 6, 2011 in City Providence Health & Services is moving 250 medical billing jobs to Spokane from its headquarters in Renton. 11

December 6, 2011 in City About 100 pounds of methamphetamine and $20,000 was found near the Canadian border on Sunday. Border patrol agents found the drugs and cash in three backpacks and a duffel bag … 4

December 6, 2011 in City, News A mother of five found dead in her Deer Park home on Saturday was strangled, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

December 6, 2011 in Region A Seattle chiropractor and his wife live in a $1.2 million waterfront home and have spent the past eight years flying to Moscow, Paris, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and the Dominican … 51

December 6, 2011 in Nation/World The West Virginia coal mine blast that killed 29 men has yielded a wide-ranging and historic $210 million settlement proposal to compensate victims’ families, pay fines and improve underground safety … 1

December 6, 2011 in Nation/World A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers who packed a Kabul mosque today to mark a holy day, killing at least 56 people, and a second bombing in …

December 6, 2011 in Region The city of Spokane is considering shipping prisoners to Kennewick to save money. The Benton County Jail can house inmates for less than $60 a day while it costs $130 … 43

December 6, 2011 in Nation/World Two trials and almost exactly three years after being arrested, Illinois’ ousted governor Rod Blagojevich soon will learn his punishment for corruption convictions that include trying to sell or trade … 6

December 6, 2011 in Nation/World — President Barack Obama is channeling President Theodore Roosevelt, embracing a mantle of economic fairness for the nation’s middle class today that draws parallels to the progressive reformer’s calls for … 10

December 6, 2011 in City, Travel Morning temperatures have dropped into the middle 20s today, and air quality has deteriorated to the moderately polluted category.

December 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Birth control drugs that were heavily promoted as having fewer side effects and the ability to clear up acne and other hormonal bothers are under new scrutiny from …

December 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington state can’t wait until next year to cut its budget, the state’s budget director told legislators Monday. In the wake of recent comments by legislators that cast … 9

December 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one … 5

December 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – More than three decades after launching, NASA’s workhorse spacecraft is inching closer to leaving the solar system behind. Currently 11 billion miles away from the sun, Voyager …