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Seventeen-year-old Mariah Alexander, a North Central High School senior, suffered a serious accident while riding a utility cart when it tipped over and trapped her right foot. The car sheared tendons and broke bones, leaving her with very limited mobility - not to mention a lot of pain. One year after the accident, she made a life-changing decision to get back on the basketball court. More>>
Thirteen years after his mother was murdered by his father, Nick Dibartolo sits down with KHQ's Stephanie Vigil. More>>
It's been 15 years since a deadly shooting on Fairchild AFB in which five people were killed and 23 more were injured by a man booted from the Air Force after being diagnosed with a personality disorder. In this archive Six Questions from 2004 about the 1994 shootings, Dan Kleckner interviews three family members injured in the shootings. More>>
It's a move that has Spokane Shock football fans talking. Former star player Rob Keefe has replaced the team's popular head coach Adam Shackleford. Shackleford led Spokane this past season to the af2 title, but with the team headed into a new league next year, his contract was not renewed. Enter Rob Keefe who's only 29-years-old but more than ready for the challenge. More>>
It's an unlikely journey; from Riggins, Idaho to New York, New York. Dan Cummins makes people laugh for a living and his style of humor is unique as a national television audience heard on NBC's last comic standing. More>>
At a time when colleges across the country are struggling, Gonzaga is thriving. While other schools are facing massive cutbacks and layoffs, Gonzaga's financial health is strong, but for the first time in 11 years, the Zag Nation will not be lead by Father Robert Spitzer. He's stepping down as president to pursue a writing and lecture career. Called a "fearless leader" by some, the 57-year-old is not without his critics as you'll hear in this 6 Questions. More>>
After an impressive collegiate career at Arizona State, Jake Plummer spent 10 years in the NFL as quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals and then the Denver Bronco's. When it came time to leave the game of football permanently at age 32, it made sense for the Idaho native to call Sandpoint his home. The community along Lake Pend Oreille has embraced the multi-millionaire who now spends his time as a volunteer coach at Sandpoint High School and serving the senior citizens of Bonner County. More>>
He could be a tough act to follow. Tony Bennett, a charismatic young coach who lead the Cougar Men's Basketball team to heights not seen in quite a few years at WSU, but as you'll hear in this Six Questions, if you ask Ken Bone, he has no problem following in the footsteps of Tony Bennett. Born and raised in the Northwest, the Cougars' new head coach feels like he's a good fit in Pullman after very successful runs at Seattle Pacific and Portland State. More>>
The National Police Suicide foundation reports that from 1997 to 2007, 1,800 officers were killed in the line of duty but 4,900 committed suicide. The fact that more cops will die at their own hand than at the hand of an assailant is the driving force behind the work of Clarke Paris. For more, copy and paste the following URL into your browser: www.thepainbehindthebadge.com More>>
They are both members of the NFL and College Football Hall of Fame, but they could not be more different. Gale Sayers, the soft-spoken Chicago Bear whose spectacular career was cut short by injuries, and Paul Hornung, the admitted playboy whose love for gambling earned him a year of suspension from the NFL in 1963. Both were a part of Northern Quest Resort's Super Bowl party and as you'll hear this edition of Six Questions they are forever linked in NFL history. More>>
He was born in Germany to an American soldier and a German mother at the end of World War II and moved to the United States before his first birthday. Marple has a Social Security number and has paid into the system for the past 40 years after working in the newspaper industry, but now, he's facing a financial crisis. More>>
Demetrius Andrade, two-time national champion and the 2007 welterweight world champion at 152 pounds, who goes by the nickname "Boo-Boo," is set to make his professional boxing debut in the Spokane area. It is, in a way, the beginning of the end for the 20-year-old. The beginning of what could a lucrative professional boxing career, but the end of an impressive amateur career that closed with a disappointing loss in the Beijing Olympic Games. More>>
It was a lifelong dream of hers to compete in Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Rachael Scdoris attempted three times to finish the grueling 1100+ miles. She crossed the finish line once back in 2006, and it's that one accomplishment that put her in elite company as the first legally-blind athlete to complete the course. More>>
It seems only fitting that in March he received Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award. He's the driving force behind the most sucessful program on television. He's Don Hewitt, the executive producer of 60 Minutes. More>>
SPOKANE, Wash. - If you plan on doing anything outside Friday evening, be sure to bundle up and bring the umbrella. More>>
SPOKANE, Wash. - A Spokane County employee was taken to the hospital Friday after suffering a medical emergency and crashing through two fences before coming to a stop next to a power sub station. More>>
SEATTLE, Wash. - Gov. Chris Gregoire says the state of Washington is going to wait until the second round to compete for money from a new federal fund for education reform. More>>
WASHINGTON. - New medical guidelines are calling for fewer Pap smears for most women in their 20s. More>>
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. - A group of volunteer 'elves' in Alaska's frigid interior has set out to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon. More>>
WASHINGTON. - Senate Democratic leaders are looking ahead to a crucial test vote on health care amid indications the rank-and-file will stand together Saturday to give them the support they need. More>>
SPOKANE, Wash. - New numbers show the H1N1 illness remains at high levels in our region. More>>
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Philip Morris has been ordered to pay $300 million in damages to a former smoker in Florida. More>>
PORTLAND, Ore. - Aaron Bailey faced a father's worst nightmare on a TriMet train platform when he was accidentally separated from his 3-year-old son, Aiden, after an apparent train malfunction. More>>
AUBURN, Wash. - The Washington State Patrol says a 19-year-old Auburn woman called 911 to report that she pulled over to the side of a highway because she was "very drunk" and needed a lift from police. More>>
