January 28, 2012 in Sports Defending the home court never felt so good. Eastern Washington put up season-best numbers on defense in a crucial 69-52 Big Sky Conference win over Montana State win Saturday night …

January 28, 2012 in Sports When Beau Baldwin visits a football recruit, he’s looking for the total package. Usually the recruit wants the same thing, which goes way beyond the field – red or otherwise.

January 28, 2012 in Sports This scene is becoming too familiar for the Washington State Cougars. Once again, the opponent had few answers for junior forward Brock Motum, who scored 34 points on Saturday, a …

January 28, 2012 in Sports At least one expert says it’s easy to see the difference between the recruiting class being constructed by Mike Leach and his staff, and the initial class put together by …

January 28, 2012 in City on Page A1 Actor Matthew Modine is in Spokane this weekend, in part to promote fundraisers to restore two iconic Spokane landmarks. He’s helping raise money for Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle and Ferguson’s … 1

January 28, 2012 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Elaborate headdresses, drawings of rituals and a basket, all with wolf themes, are part of a new exhibit at the Smithsonian trying to make a point: The Quileute …

January 28, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 SEATTLE – After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore – the infamous “Barefoot Bandit” – says he’s lucky to be … 5

January 28, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 PARIS – France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, … 2

January 28, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIRUT – A renewed wave of violence swept across Syria on Friday as the government of President Bashar Assad sought to counter mass protests and armed insurgents in cities and …

January 28, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 ROY, Utah – The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a computer …

January 28, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida may be Newt Gingrich’s Waterloo. After storming into the state with a head of steam from a surprising win last Saturday in South Carolina, Gingrich’s support …

January 28, 2012 in City on Page A4 Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and “semi-conscious, barely,” according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released … 2