July 3, 2011 in News A retired Spokane police detective was injured in a motorcycle crash on Trent Avenue today. 7

July 3, 2011 in Sports SEATTLE – The biggest challenge Blake Beavan faced Sunday was sleeping. He didn’t get to bed until the early morning hours after picking up his family at the airport, and …

July 3, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Wages for Avista Corp.’s rank-and-file workers grew by an average of 2.5 to 3 percent this year. The workers also collected about $8.4 million in bonuses through a program that … 22

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 It was his green tongue that helped give away Jimmy Candido Flores when police arrived at the fatal accident scene near Chico, Calif. Flores had run off the road and … 36

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – This year’s Fourth of July race to stuff your face with hot dogs has a new women-only pigout. “Serena Williams didn’t have to beat Roger Federer to …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Lack of genetic diversity among Tasmanian devils may be making the species particularly vulnerable to an infectious facial cancer that has devastated the population in Australia, according to scientists who …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Beirut – Syrian President Bashar Assad fired the governor who oversaw the city of Hama on Saturday, a day after massive protests rocked the longtime center of opposition to his …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MALABO, Equatorial Guinea – The body representing nations in Africa called on its members to disregard the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Moammar Gadhafi, an official confirmed Saturday, in … 1

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 BRUSSELS – Greece was pulled back from impending default Saturday, when eurozone finance ministers signed off on a vital loan installment. But the country’s international creditors are showing more concern …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 PHOENIX – About 4,000 homes in the metropolitan Phoenix area are without power – and air-conditioning – on a record-shattering day of heat in one of the nation’s hottest cities. …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. – A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes on …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 Whitmore Lake, Mich. – Michigan congressman Thaddeus McCotter has officially announced he will seek the Republican Party’s nomination for president. The 45-year-old, elected to his fifth consecutive term in Congress …

July 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 KEY WEST, Fla. – In about five months, Spanish oil giant Repsol is scheduled to begin a risky offshore exploration in Cuba’s North Basin, about 60 to 70 miles from … 1

July 3, 2011 in City on Page B1 I was driving through Spokane Valley the other day when this large, hand-painted sign hanging on a parked truck almost blew me off the road. “Fireworks. Rockets. Firecrackers,” it declared. 4

July 3, 2011 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A Spokane waiter-turned-prospector was working his mining claim near Trout Creek in Montana when he mishandled his axe and split his kneecap wide open.