July 28, 2011 in Sports Washington State’s men’s basketball team will meet Pepperdine in the seventh annual Cougar Hardwood Classic at KeyArena in Seattle, the Cougars announced Thursday.

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — An intense endgame at hand, House Republican leaders put off a vote Thursday night on legislation to avert a threatened government default and slice federal spending by nearly … 19

July 28, 2011 in Sports The Spokane Shock have struggled on the road, their starting quarterback is injured, both lines will see personnel changes and they’re facing the best team in the Arena Football League. …

July 28, 2011 in City A Spokane man was sentenced to nearly two years in prison Thursday for tax fraud he committed from jail. 5

July 28, 2011 in Business, City One of the nation’s largest tire distributors will lease a 110,000-square-foot warehouse that will be constructed inside the Spokane Business & Industrial Park. American Tire Distributors, based in Huntersville, N.C., … 5

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World The federal government has run through its ability to borrow money and soon will run out of cash to pay its bills. How did the government get into this problem, …

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World As debt talks have taken on soap opera-like proportions, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has worked to strike a balance between brainstorming bipartisan solutions and careful 2012 political calculations. … 3

July 28, 2011 in Business, Idaho Avista Utilities has asked Idaho regulators to lower the bills of electric customers in that state as part of an annual “power cost adjustment” process. 5

July 28, 2011 in Sports For one day, Pete Carroll wasn’t hopping around with the vigor and excitement that was so apparent a season ago. Apparently even the Seattle Seahawks’ head coach needed to ease …

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, a rising star in the tea party movement best known for his blistering lectures of President Barack Obama for “spending like a drunken sailor,” is now … 22

July 28, 2011 in Idaho, Outdoors The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has approved a new set of rules guiding public hunting and trapping of wolves in the state’s forests and backcountry. 4

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World High-wire artist Nik Wallenda approached New York officials recently with a plan to cross Niagara Falls on a wire the width of a nickel. The performance would be featured in … 2

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World Robert Cordero and his five children have lived at the Hillside Inn in Cherry Hill, N.J., for more than five months. They are among untold thousands nationwide who have been … 13

July 28, 2011 in City Three brush fires along the southwest flank of Beacon Hill on Wednesday are now being investigated as arsons, officials said today. 1

July 28, 2011 in Region Idaho Fish and Game officials say a Kuna man’s 67-pound carp pulled from the C.J. Strike Reservoir is the biggest on record. 1

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World The FBI says bomb-making materials were found in the motel room of an AWOL Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier arrested near Fort Hood, Texas. 7

July 28, 2011 in City Two men were arrested for burglary after an officer tracked down a vehicle fleeing from the pro shop at Esmeralda Golf Course early today. 2

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World House Republican leaders pleaded with their recalcitrant rank and file today to back a plan to stave off an unprecedented government default next week. The House vote would bring President … 32

July 28, 2011 in City, Region One person was shot to death and two others injured by knife wounds in an altercation early today in Soap Lake.

July 28, 2011 in City Three men were arrested in a northeast Spokane neighborhood on Wednesday night after a resident of the area was robbed of his prescription medication in an incident involving gunfire. 2

July 28, 2011 in City, Idaho The up-and-down weather this summer is about to turn up again. A warming trend kicks in today with a return to highs in the 80s.

July 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 When Spokane ballots arrive in the mail this week, the largest chunk of paper will be filled with a series of questions that have received little attention. In May, the …

July 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With stocks tanking and next Tuesday’s debt-default deadline looming for the United States, no sign of compromise between Democrats and Republicans emerged Wednesday in Congress. Both parties continued … 11