February 1, 2012 in Sports Starting this year, residents 40 years old or younger must carry a Washington State Boater Education Card while operating a powerboat in state waters.

February 1, 2012 in Sports If you dialed up last weekend’s Saint Mary’s-Brigham Young basketball game to gauge what Gonzaga’s up against in the West Coast Conference’s ménage of the Id, Ego and Super-ego – …

February 1, 2012 in News OLYMPIA — The Senate passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry on a 28-21 vote. 12

February 1, 2012 in Sports Sam Voigtlaender knows he’s wrestling in long shadows. 1

February 1, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – While assessing the first half of Washington State’s basketball season, the truth of an old adage used by coach Ken Bone was reaffirmed before he could even get …

February 1, 2012 in News, City A Spokane police officer who says he feared for his life after being threatened by a felon was asked in court Wednesday about supportive comments he posted on a Facebook … 67

February 1, 2012 in News Spokane police detained a man who allegedly stabbed two men Wednesday afternoon in the area of 3000 N. Monroe.

February 1, 2012 in Sports MOSCOW, Idaho – His high school coach likened him to Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, which makes sense given Ma’ne Manaea’s free-flowing black hair and exuberance roaming the defensive backfield. 1

February 1, 2012 in Sports Eastern Washington unwrapped its package of football recruits Wednesday; this one has a Bowe on top. The Eagles signed 20 players, including seven in the defensive secondary and 12 overall …

February 1, 2012 in City A person walking on the South Hill Monday came across a collection of power tools, electronic devices and jewelry hidden under a tarp in the woods. The Spokane County Sheriff’s … 2

February 1, 2012 Spokane police today submitted charging requests for a man suspected of murdering a Spokane woman several months ago. Derrick R. Vargas, 24, a sex offender in jail for an unrelated … 2

February 1, 2012 in Sports PROVO, Utah – Gonzaga is catching BYU at the perfect time. The reeling Cougars have dropped two straight home games for the first time since the 2004-05 season and their …

February 1, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK — Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard …

February 1, 2012 in Nation/World ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan aim to end their combat role next year and switch to training and advising Afghan forces through … 13

February 1, 2012 in News, City Detectives believe a knife assault at the Spokane Valley Mall may have been planned by a group of teenagers, and they’re asking for witnesses with video to contact them.

February 1, 2012 in News, Region The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between … 54

February 1, 2012 in City, Idaho As moderate rain falls across Spokane and Coeur d’Alene today, weather conditions are distinctly more winterlike to the north.

February 1, 2012 in Idaho A key Idaho Senate committee has voted to amend the bill to evict the Occupy Boise encampment from state-owned property across from the Idaho Capitol, with likely amendments including removing … 11

February 1, 2012 in Region TACOMA — A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraception. Closing arguments are set for this morning … 8

February 1, 2012 in City Rebecah Lakman says her 1-year-old daughter Samara had an angel watching over her when a car crashed into their apartment on Spokane’s South Hill. 2

February 1, 2012 in Nation/World LONDON — Four British men fueled by the words of a U.S.-born Muslim cleric pleaded guilty today to involvement in an al-Qaida inspired plot to spread terror and cause economic …