July 26, 2011 in Sports Yaniel Cabezas led off the sixth inning with a home run Tuesday night, and the host Boise Hawks made the blast stand up during a 5-4 win over the Spokane …

July 26, 2011 in Sports Sue Bird had 18 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals as the Seattle Storm held off the host Phoenix Mercury 83-77 on Tuesday night.

July 26, 2011 in Sports It felt a bit like a coronation. The Pac-10 is dead. Long live the Pac-12. That seemed to be the underlying theme of the updated conference’s inaugural media day, held …

July 26, 2011 in Sports The past three years haven’t been exactly what Jared Karstetter expected. But there is always this fall. 1

July 26, 2011 in Sports Tarvaris Jackson is in as the Seattle Seahawks’ next quarterback and Matt Hasselbeck is reportedly looking elsewhere.

July 26, 2011 in Sports The Seattle Mariners flailed away helplessly against CC Sabathia in their 17th straight loss, managing only one hit and striking out 18 times overall in a 4-1 loss to the … 3

July 26, 2011 in City Authorities in Spokane are questioning whether the wrong man was sent to prison for the murder of a porn-shop owner in 2007. A recent DNA match in the case has … 2

July 26, 2011 in Sports It’s business as usual for the Spokane Shock, which means another week of players coming and going, assessing key injuries and formulating if-necessary plans.

July 26, 2011 in Nation/World Dan Peek, a founding member of soft-rock trio America, which shot to the top of the pop charts in the 1970s with bouncy, lightweight hits including “A Horse With No … 2

July 26, 2011 in Outdoors, Region Teams tallying damage from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill into the Yellowstone River have found contamination on roughly 60 percent of shoreline areas inspected downstream from the pipeline break, …

July 26, 2011 in Idaho Olympic silver medalist Jeret “Speedy” Peterson was found dead in a remote canyon in Utah in what police are calling a suicide. 2

July 26, 2011 in Nation/World They are unflinching in the face of the danger. They are tireless and stoic. They perform any mission — whether patrolling at the tip of the spear or riding a …

July 26, 2011 in Nation/World Could the U.S. lose its top credit rating even if a deal is reached to raise the debt limit? Market analysts and investors increasingly say yes. The outcome won’t be … 71

July 26, 2011 in City An 8-year-old boy lost five fingers on two hands when they were crushed by a starting gate last Wednesday at the BMX bicycle track at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex … 4

July 26, 2011 in Region, Sports Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck will not re-sign with the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle Times has learned.

July 26, 2011 in City, News An FBI plan to not tell domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham why he was arrested has raised the ire of the federal judge presiding over the case in which … 23

July 26, 2011 in News A body has been pulled from Spokane River. Person’s identity unknown. 1

July 26, 2011 in Region Nearly 300,000 Washington drivers have had their licenses suspended for not paying multiple traffic tickets, and if they want to get them back, they have to run a gauntlet that … 16

July 26, 2011 Spokane County’s jobless rate was 9.1 percent in June, up from 8.8 percent the month before, the state reported today. 13

July 26, 2011 in City Washington and Stevens streets will be fully closed to traffic on Wednesday to allow for paving work on Second Avenue.

July 26, 2011 in Region Moses Lake police have arrested a man in connection with the abduction and rape of a 19-year-old student at a Moses Lake community college. 3

July 26, 2011 in Nation/World, Region Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is blasting as “radical” a Republican proposal to open up more than 50 million acres of public lands to logging and other development. Babbitt, who … 35

July 26, 2011 in Nation/World, Region Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon has announced that he is resigning in the wake of allegations that he had a sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman. 12