December 4, 2012 in Sports Ten years ago, the pocket collapsed on Luke Huard. The youngest brother of Damon and Brock, who broke their passing records at Puyallup High, was back home after a college …

December 4, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – He grew up in Spokane, accompanying his parents to Gonzaga basketball games in “the old Kennel” during the beginning of the Bulldogs’ glory days. Wednesday, Washington State freshman …

December 4, 2012 in Sports Steady wins the prize. That and a lot of hard work, according to Eastern Washington offensive line coach Aaron Best, who reveled Tuesday in the selection of lineman Will Post …

December 4, 2012 in Idaho Idaho needs to invest $5.2 million for a major computer upgrade in its tax collection system, state tax officials say, and it’ll pay off big not far down the road. 2

December 4, 2012 The Spokane Symphony musicians and board of directors announced today they have reached an agreement settling a four-week strike. 7

December 4, 2012 Authorities still are searching for a man who allegedly kidnapped a Rathdrum woman and fired on an Idaho State Police officer over the weekend. 3

December 4, 2012 in City An early morning fire in north Spokane landed six people in the hospital, one at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with burns. 1

December 4, 2012 in City An elderly man at a northwest Spokane home called 911 this morning saying he had shot and killed his terminally ill wife and was planning his own death, police said. 39

December 4, 2012 in Sports Eastern Washington offensive lineman Will Post was named to the American Football Coaches Association All-American team.

December 4, 2012 in City SPOKANE VALLEY — A distracted driver turned his vehicle into a group of pedestrians Monday evening in a Spokane Valley crosswalk. 7

December 4, 2012 in City SPOKANE — Two men were injured, one critically, in a Monday night stabbing in Spokane. 1

December 4, 2012 in Health, Nation/World on Page A1 TRENTON, N.J. – For Alzheimer’s patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there’s hope from new studies starting up and insights from recent ones …

December 4, 2012 in City on Page A1 At Christmastime, holiday cheer isn’t always easy to feel or find, especially for families who struggle to put gifts under the tree for their children, or families who face the … 2

December 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The White House and its allies are weighing military options to secure Syria’s chemical and biological weapons, after U.S. intelligence reports show the Syrian regime may be readying … 7

December 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager …

December 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 MANILA, Philippines – The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year was pounding southern provinces today, cutting power, suspending travel and flooding areas already vulnerable to landslides. More than …

December 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Schoolteachers should have to pass a stringent exam – much like the bar exam for lawyers – before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the nation’s … 4

December 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for …

December 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN DIEGO – Two Mexican men have been charged in the killing of a U.S. Coast Guardsman whose crew was chasing a vessel suspected of being laden with drugs off …