July 25, 2011 in Idaho The humble Idaho potato is marketed as an inexpensive, fat- and cholesterol-free source of potassium and fiber, in addition to being deeply rooted in the country’s agricultural economy. But there’s … 2

July 25, 2011 in Idaho Idaho hearing officer and retired district Judge Duff McKee today rejected a motion for reconsideration from opponents of megaloads of oil equipment traveling on U.S. Highway 12, but the opponents … 3

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World, News Decrying a “partisan three-ring circus” in the nation’s capital, President Barack Obama criticized a newly minted Republican plan to avert an unprecedented government default Monday night and said congressional leaders … 48

July 25, 2011 in Idaho A baby boy is fighting for his life in a Spokane hospital and his 19-year-old Coeur d’Alene father is accused of causing the bleeding in the infant’s brain by repeatedly … 19

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World, News, Region Congress is weighing into conflicts over military secrets and questions about when people have a right to know if nearby federal facilities pose a deadly threat. New legislation follows a …

July 25, 2011 in Region A dozen Democratic lawmakers and two Washington education groups asked a judge Monday to overturn a voter-approved initiative that requires the Legislature to have a supermajority to raise taxes. 17

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World, News The White House says President Barack Obama will address the nation at 6 p.m. Pacific time Monday to discuss the approaching debt limit deadline and an apparent political stalemate over … 54

July 25, 2011 in City Spokane police are investigating two stabbings that left victims with minor injuries and officers with little information on suspects.

July 25, 2011 in City, Region Fire being whipped by 25 mph winds was raging across western Lincoln County this afternoon, and state crews were being dispatched to the fire to help local fire crews.

July 25, 2011 Orville Moe, the longtime owner of Spokane Raceway Park, appeared in Spokane County Superior Court today to give a deposition long sought by attorneys representing former investors in the track. … 3

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World The great tax holiday of 2011 for air travelers is just about over. By Monday, most U.S. airlines had raised fares to reap the benefit of lower federal taxes on … 4

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World, Sports The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4-1/2-month lockout.

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World The self-described perpetrator of the mass killing in Norway told authorities that that he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison but two other cells of his …

July 25, 2011 in Region Biologists say they hope they can breed a disease resistant version of the whitebark pine, a tree found at high altitudes in the West.

July 25, 2011 in Idaho, Region The giant Palouse earthworm will not be listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said today that recent information indicates the worm may … 3

July 25, 2011 in City, Idaho A Fairchild Air Force Base crew member was killed on Saturday in a single-vehicle accident in Medical Lake.

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World Democratic and Republican congressional leaders shopped competing debt-crisis solutions and President Barack Obama canceled fundraising appearances today, as a politically gridlocked capital lurched into a climactic last full week before … 13

July 25, 2011 in City, Idaho A thunderstorm was moving across Stevens County this afternoon and was considered to be capable of producing small hail, the National Weather Service said.

July 25, 2011 in Idaho Alfredo Miguel, founder and former board chairman of the failed Tamarack Resort in Idaho, and Tim Blixseth, founder and former manager and developer of the Yellowstone Club in Montana, have … 2

July 25, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With bipartisan talks stalled, House Republicans and Senate Democrats readied rival debt-limit emergency fallback plans in hopes of reassuring world financial markets today that the U.S. government will … 26