January 31, 2012 in Sports Mike Leach signs his first class of recruits today as football coach at Washington State and it’s ranked … 12th.

January 31, 2012 in Sports KENT, Wash. – Dominik Uher scored four goals, including the winner with 1 minute, 12 seconds left in the third period, to give the Spokane Chiefs a 5-3 Western Hockey …

January 31, 2012 in Sports Shadle Park boys basketball coach Tim Gaebe isn’t sure how to stop Central Valley.

January 31, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – There is a statue on the lawn of an elementary school, roughly 73 miles northeast of where linebackers coach Jeff Choate sits in his Washington State football office, …

January 31, 2012 in Sports Bob Knight stresses the importance of getting to the free-throw line during nearly every game he serves as an ESPN college basketball analyst.

January 31, 2012 in News, City, Idaho A jury today convicted a North Idaho man of second-degree murder for fatally running over a woman during a 2006 road rage incident with her husband and two daughters.

January 31, 2012 in City A reported robbery at a north Spokane convenience store was actually the work of a clerk and a 13-year-old boy, police say. 5

January 31, 2012 in Region HELENA — The U.S. Forest Service says it will re-authorize a permit for a 57-year-old statue of Jesus that had been facing eviction from a northwestern Montana ski resort. 5

January 31, 2012 in Idaho At the urging of its chairman, Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene, the Senate Transportation Committee today voted unanimously to introduce legislation to ban texting while driving, making it an infraction. 6

January 31, 2012 in Nation/World Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant, has placed multibillion-dollar bets that payoff if homeowners stay trapped in expensive mortgages with interest rates well above current rates. 21

January 31, 2012 in Idaho POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A bench warrant for has been issued for the developer of a multi-use project planned along the Spokane River in downtown Post Falls. 3

January 31, 2012 in City Spokane Valley Police are asking for help finding a developmentally disabled Spokane Valley woman who has been missing for three days and is considered vulnerable. 1

January 31, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 Burmese pythons can grow to be 26 feet long and more than 200 pounds, and they have been known to swallow animals as large as alligators.

January 31, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A burgeoning population of huge pythons – many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big – appears … 12

January 31, 2012 in City on Page A1 While area leaders suggest a variety of traits are needed in the next head of Spokane Public Schools, they all agree that the new superintendent must have one characteristic in … 14

January 31, 2012 in City on Page A1 Crashes that hurt one man and killed another in Spokane last weekend occurred as local authorities are working to emphasize pedestrian safety to motorists. Emphasis patrols today and next month … 18

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January 31, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 SAN FRANCISCO – Dr. Richard Olney, an internationally renowned researcher who dedicated his life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease, has died after his own eight-year battle with …

January 31, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIRUT – Syrian forces pushed dissident troops back from the edge of Damascus in heavy fighting Monday, escalating efforts to take back control of the capital’s eastern doorstep ahead of …