Desert tortoises mature at 14 and 20 years of age and typically live 60 to 100 years.

Recipients of the University of Montana's 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award will be recognized at a campus reception on Sept.

A judge in Tacoma signed a death warrant Friday for serial killer Robert Lee Yates, setting his execution date for just two weeks later, on September 19, 2008.

A 48-year-old man has been arrested after beating his sister with a board in an argument at a southwest Spokane home on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors said Friday that no criminal charges will be filed in the construction of the River Park Square shopping mall in downtown Spokane.