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More than a mentor, Majerus was a great friend

December 3, 2012 in Sports Jim Hayford first met Rick Majerus as an assistant coach at Azusa Pacific in 1996 in a small southern California gym looking at recruits. The meeting blossomed into a mentoring … 2
Attendance on the rise at EWU

December 3, 2012 in Sports When asked how hosting at least two football playoff games this season will help the bottom line, Eastern Washington University athletic director Bill Chaves didn’t hesitate. “It really doesn’t,” said … 1
Toughest month ahead for Zags

December 3, 2012 in Sports The Gonzaga Bulldogs are unbeaten, cruised through a Holiday tournament, ranked in the top 10 and hearing Final Four chatter from national pundits. Sounds like the 2008-09 Zags at the …
Petrino comes with pedigree, drive to succeed

December 3, 2012 in Sports MOSCOW, Idaho – Growing up in a football-mad family in Montana, Paul and Bobby Petrino heard the same message from their father that he told his other players at Carroll … 2
Masked robbers steal coins, truck from Valley man

December 3, 2012 A Spokane Valley man was tied up and robbed this morning by masked gunmen who confronted him in his garage, authorities said.
Missing Spokane Valley man died of hypothermia

December 3, 2012 in City A body found near Elk, Wash. has been confirmed as the 71-year-old man suffering from dementia who went missing from his Spokane Valley home Nov. 23. 3
Former Stevens County resident linked to Vermont killing, 5 others

December 3, 2012 in Region ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man who apparently committed suicide in an Alaska jail while awaiting trial in the death of an Anchorage barista also killed a Vermont couple last year … 19
Idaho justices weigh reservation cigarette sales

December 3, 2012 in Idaho Idaho Supreme Court justices are pondering a case in which a Native American-owned wholesaler from a reservation in New York is selling millions of cigarettes to a Native American-owned retailer … 19
Man accused of firing at Idaho trooper, kidnapping Rathdrum woman still at large

December 3, 2012 in City FBI offers $20,000 reward 7
Man arrested for attempted West Central arson

December 3, 2012 in City A man accused of setting fire to his West Central home earlier this month has been arrested by Spokane Fire investigators. 6
New STA center educates riders about paratransit services

December 3, 2012 in City, Health on Page A1 Transit riders with disabilities have a new place to go for help getting around Spokane. The Spokane Transit Authority has opened a mobility center at the Plaza, 701 W. Riverside … 8
Christmas Bureau gets technological

December 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 For anyone who’s counting, there are 22 days until Christmas, when kids everywhere will rise before the sun ready to tear into their presents. That leaves 22 days to raise …
Egypt’s high court strikes

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 CAIRO – Egypt’s highest court joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the … 6
World emitted 3 percent more CO2 last year

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it’s now unlikely that global warming can be limited to … 24
Church to sell 1640 hymnal that may be worth $20 million

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 BOSTON – Congregants of one of the nation’s oldest churches have voted to auction off a 372-year-old hymn book that’s expect to fetch $10 million to $20 million at auction. …
Goodwill $12 print a real deal

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 MILWAUKEE – “Red Nose” just meant a reindeer named Rudolph to Karen Mallet until she bought a print by that name for $12.34 at a Goodwill store in Milwaukee. It … 1
Coast Guard officer killed when boat hit

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – A veteran U.S. Coast Guard officer was killed Sunday after suspected smugglers rammed his vessel near Santa Cruz Island, Calif., casting him into the ocean with a …
Rhetoric flies as ‘fiscal cliff’ looms

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Republicans have to stop using “political math” and say how much they are willing to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans and then specify … 2
Five states increasing class time at schools

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announce today …
Letterman, Led Zep and others receive Kennedy Center Honors

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – David Letterman’s “stupid human tricks” and Top 10 lists vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday night as the late-night comedian received this year’s Kennedy Center Honors …
Eastwood’s daughter Miss Golden Globe

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named its newest Miss Golden Globe. Francesca Eastwood was introduced as the 2013 honoree Thursday. The 19-year-old is the daughter of Hollywood icon Clint …
Abbas exults in U.N. vote

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people’s …
In brief: Mexican president, opposition sign pact

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – Newly inaugurated President Enrique Pena Nieto and top opposition leaders signed an agreement Sunday to increase Mexico’s economic growth, employment and competitiveness. The leaders of the conservative …
Syrian forces pound rebels

December 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIRUT – Fierce clashes and heavy government bombardment were reported Sunday on the outskirts of Damascus as Syrian government forces pressed an offensive aimed at securing the capital and its …