January 23, 2012 in Sports According to a list of base salary figures obtained by The Spokesman-Review, Washington State football coach Mike Leach’s nine assistants will earn a total of $1.8 million this season. 27

January 23, 2012 in Nation/World Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms Monday night in a crackling campaign debate, the former Massachusetts governor tagging his rival as a … 2

January 23, 2012 in City, News A chef and restaurant owner turned himself in to jail for a hit-and-run crash that led to a manhunt involving a sheriff’s helicopter early Sunday. 6

January 23, 2012 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter will ask federal regulators to hold a public meeting in the Silver Valley to explain their decision to shut down the Lucky Friday Mine’s shaft for … 3

January 23, 2012 in Idaho Idaho’s dominant Republican Party on Monday deepened an intense internal fight, with the state GOP chairman and House speaker announcing they’d fired two of their own redistricting commissioners, at least … 3

January 23, 2012 in Idaho An offshoot of one of Kootenai County’s numerous Republican clubs filed a statewide initiative Monday to privatize liquor sales in Idaho. The move is separate from one that had been … 2

January 23, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — As the search for four people on the slopes of Mount Rainier stretches into its second week, experts say the rewards for the hardy few who attempt the … 1

January 23, 2012 in News As supporters and opponents packed hearing rooms Monday around the Capitol, Washington moved a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage when the proposal gained its crucial 25th vote in the … 35

January 23, 2012 in Business, City The last two Old Country Buffet restaurants in Spokane County have closed as part of the company’s Chapter 11 reorganization. 29

January 23, 2012 in News Spokane street crews will focus on knocking down snow berms, preventing slick roads and clearing Browne’s Addition now that the rest of the city’s streets have been plowed, officials said … 2

January 23, 2012 in Region KENNEWICK — One person has been killed and one seriously burned in a mobile home fire at Kennewick where two more people have not yet been accounted for.

January 23, 2012 in Region OLYMPIA — Senate and House committees are set to hear testimony on whether Washington state should legalize same-sex marriage. 21

January 23, 2012 in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE — A deputy attorney general says a plan by Kootenai County commissioners to create an advisory board for property valuation appeals is likely illegal.

January 23, 2012 in Nation/World CLAY, Ala. — Two people were killed in the Birmingham, Ala., area as storms pounded the South and Midwest, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states early Monday.

January 23, 2012 in Nation/World GIGLIO, Italy — Italian officials say two more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of a cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan coast, bringing the number of confirmed dead …

January 23, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI — State funding for higher education has declined because of a slow recovery from the recession and the end of federal stimulus money, according to a study released Monday. 17

January 23, 2012 in City A Spokane woman said she and her roommate were “hogtied” during a home invasion Sunday night by four to five “black males.” 13

January 23, 2012 in City on Page A1 In the wake of last week’s snowstorm, Spokane City Hall sent out an email Friday about parking on residential streets and arterials. “The city’s Street Department needs your help,” it …

January 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – Philip Vannatter, the Los Angeles police detective who led the investigation of the 1994 slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, has died. Vannatter died of …