September 2, 2011 in Sports The Northwest League East Division playoff race will come down to the last regular-season game, but Spokane will need a win and some help.

September 2, 2011 in Sports Thomas Clayton and Vai Taua had short touchdowns runs, Jeff Reed kicked a pair of field goals, and the Seattle Seahawks closed out the preseason with an uninspiring 20-3 victory …

September 2, 2011 in Sports Hideki Matsui and Cliff Pennington both drove in three runs to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 9-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night at Oakland, Calif.

September 2, 2011 in News University of Idaho President M. Duane Nellis announced today members of an independent review panel have been selected to assess campus safety policies in light of the recent shooting death …

September 2, 2011 in Idaho Colorful hot-air balloons are filling the skies over Boise this weekend, as the city marks the the 20th anniversary of mass hot-air balloon launches from a downtown park in the … 1

September 2, 2011 in News Authorities today identified a man who was shot to death in the Moses Lake area earlier this week.

September 2, 2011 in Sports Whitworth has a 4-0 all-time record against the Chapman Panthers and Pirates coach John Tully knows why.

September 2, 2011 in Sports Sue Bird scored 21 points and the Seattle Storm rallied for a 78-72 victory over the Tulsa Shock on Friday night at Tulsa, Okla., that gave them a playoff spot.

September 2, 2011 in Sports It has been 272 days since Washington State last played a football game. 2

September 2, 2011 in Sports Despite the return of 15 starters from last year’s NCAA Division I national championship team, Eastern Washington faces plenty of unanswered questions heading into today’s 4 p.m. season opener against … 2

September 2, 2011 in Business, Nation/World The government has sued the nation’s largest banks, along with a handful of other financial institutions and executives, for violating federal and state laws in the sale of home mortgage-backed … 18

September 2, 2011 in City A federal judge has ordered FBI experts to construct three bombs similar to the one allegedly planted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March in January, as preparations …

September 2, 2011 in Region A Centralia woman, 23, was soaking wet, in her underwear, and covered with scratches from brush when she was rescued Thursday morning after crawling out of a swamp near the …

September 2, 2011 in Nation/World WikiLeaks disclosed its entire archive of U.S. State Department cables today, much if not all of it uncensored — a move that drew stinging condemnation from major newspapers which in … 9

September 2, 2011 in Nation/World President Barack Obama today scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders. 20

September 2, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Stocks tumbled today on news that the U.S. economy added no new jobs last month. The jobs report was the weakest in almost a year. It renewed fears that the … 11

September 2, 2011 in City, Idaho The hottest stretch of summer is right around the corner, just as students head back to classrooms.

September 2, 2011 A Spokane teenager and a Colbert man were injured Thursday night in a head-on vehicle collision on Highway 2 near Eloika Lake.

September 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Health insurers will have to start publicly justifying big rate increases, according to a new requirement of the health care law implemented Thursday to put pressure on insurance … 34

September 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In a move to underscore the urgency of the nation’s economic problems, the White House issued a new assessment that predicted continued high unemployment for the rest of … 27

September 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 BERLIN – A cow named Yvonne whose escape kept a corner of Bavaria on tenterhooks has turned herself in after three months on the run. The Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, …