November 4, 2011 in Sports Top-ranked and unbeaten Coeur d’Alene got the kind of high school football game it has been looking for all season in Friday night’s quarterfinals of the Idaho 5A state playoffs.

November 4, 2011 in Sports All eyes were on quarterbacks Matt Mendenhall and Conner Johnson when Southridge traveled to University for a State 3A play-in football game. Unfortunately, the Titans’ secondary couldn’t keep track of …

November 4, 2011 in Nation/World A new book written by congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona and her husband offers the most personal look yet at her slow, agonizing recovery after being shot in the head …

November 4, 2011 The Spokane Crime Victim Service Center is seeking public input regarding the attempted bombing of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march by Kevin Harpham earlier this year.

November 4, 2011 in News A driver is in custody for allegedly hitting a school bus while driving under the influence on Highway 395 three miles north of Colville today. Details surrounding the 4:17 p.m. …

November 4, 2011 in Nation/World China announced Friday it will phase out incandescent light bulbs within five years in an attempt to make the world’s most polluting nation more energy efficient. 6

November 4, 2011 in City Spokane Valley firefighters were called to a house fire around 1:40 p.m. on Upriver Drive east of Argonne Road.

November 4, 2011 in City A jury has awarded more than $700,000 to a Spokane police detective they say was wrongly fired and retaliated against by Chief Anne Kirkpatrick. 31

November 4, 2011 in Sports Fresh from knocking off one of the Northwest Conference’s preseason favorites, the Whitworth Pirates shift their attention toward another on Saturday. 1

November 4, 2011 in Idaho, Region Imperial Oil has applied to the Montana Department of Transportation for permits to transport about 300 smaller versions of the so-called megaloads to Alberta via interstates 90 and 15, transportation … 5

November 4, 2011 in News, City U.S. Marshals took convicted Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. into custody today after a federal judge ruled that his detention is appropriate pending sentencing for using excessive force … 196

November 4, 2011 in Region A Portland man found an Oregon Lottery ticket worth $21.8 million hanging on his refrigerator door. 1

November 4, 2011 in Idaho A stretch limousine for eight people — with minibar, mood lights and TV — awaited Idaho Sen. Dean Cameron when he arrived with his wife at New York’s John F. … 10

November 4, 2011 in Business, Nation/World The American economy added 80,000 jobs in October, and job growth in the two previous months was much stronger than first thought, an encouraging sign as the nation searches for … 8

November 4, 2011 in City, Idaho Snow showers are being reported across the Spokane region this morning. 4

  November 4, 2011 in Business, City Several years ago Dean Allen was driving around Spokane in search of a site for a company office. He spotted an aging brick building along the banks of the Spokane … 1

November 4, 2011 in City on Page A1 A federal judge delayed a decision whether to take convicted Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. into custody after his defense attorney said Thursday that he will seek a … 35

November 4, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped last year by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the … 9