January 6, 2012 in Sports It didn’t take long to get the message.

January 6, 2012 in Sports The Coeur d’Alene boys and girls basketball teams turned the Fight for the Fish spirit doubleheader into routs Friday. 1

January 6, 2012 in Sports The tight Greater Spokane League boys basketball race got even tighter Friday night with Lewis and Clark’s 41-39 home victory over Gonzaga Prep.

January 6, 2012 in News OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington agencies wrestling with budget reductions have managed to save an additional $100 million a year beyond the cuts mandated by the Legislature. The surplus cash …

January 6, 2012 Spokane police arrested a man for robbing a downtown Spokane bank this evening. Donnie Snow, 45, was booked into Spokane County Jail for first-degree robbery. Police responded to Banner Bank …

January 6, 2012 in News Former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner and the leadership of the city’s fire union tentatively agreed to a new contract in the final days of Verner’s term. 15

January 6, 2012 in Idaho A joint committee of the Idaho Legislature voted 11-1 Friday to endorse the Otter Administration’s proposed health insurance exchange legislation - a hot issue in the upcoming legislative session and …

January 6, 2012 in City, Idaho A recall petition against Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tucker was dismissed this afternoon by a visiting Superior Court judge. 61

January 6, 2012 in Sports His debut year, a national championship. The next year, the Walter Payton Award. 2

January 6, 2012 in Business, City, Idaho The average price of regular gasoline in Spokane is $3.19 a gallon, according to AAA. But some local stations are pumping for as little as $2.99 a gallon, GasBuddy.com reports. 9

January 6, 2012 in City SEATTLE (AP) — Police say a firebomb was set under the ATM at a south Seattle bank but it failed to go off. Patrol officers responded about 6:30 a.m. Friday …

January 6, 2012 in Business, Region The number of U.S. mining deaths last year was the second-lowest reported since statistics were first recorded in 1910, the U.S. Department of Labor says.

January 6, 2012 in News, Region In the session that begins next week in Olympia, the Washington Legislature will consider a bill that would require private insurance companies that cover maternity care to also pay for … 17

January 6, 2012 in News, Nation/World A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. 42

January 6, 2012 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state isn’t meeting its constitutional obligation to amply pay for basic public education, but the justices gave an endorsement to … 8

January 6, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Outlining new military priorities after a costly decade of war, President Barack Obama called for shrinking the Army and Marines and refocusing Pentagon spending to counter dangers from … 15

January 6, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 BAGHDAD – An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled … 3

January 6, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 VANCOUVER, B.C. – The investigation of Hollywood arson suspect Harry Burkhart widened Thursday to include a probe by Canadian authorities into whether he was involved in a series of suspicious …

January 6, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO – Prosecutors on Thursday called for Hosni Mubarak to be hanged, saying he bore full responsibility for the killing of protesters during the uprising against him, in a courtroom …