March 16, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Two months to the day after a 16-year-old motorist was killed pulling onto U.S. Highway 195, her family and friends traveled to Olympia to call on state lawmakers …

March 16, 2009 in Sports The Gonzaga women will play No. 20 Xavier in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.

March 16, 2009 in Nation/World, Sports Records from the search for two missing NFL players and two friends paint a bleak picture of what happened after their boat overturned off Tampa, Fla.

March 16, 2009 in City Traffic was being backed up this afternoon on Mullan Road between Main and Sprague avenues after and over-sized tractor-trailer rig broke down in the roadway.

March 16, 2009 in City A 44-year-old Spokane Valley woman was killed in Interstate 90 in Spokane this morning when she lost control over her vehicle during rush hour and came to a stop sideways … 3

March 16, 2009 in City A juror was dismissed this morning from the first-degree murder trial of Shellye Stark after disclosures that he had improperly discussed the case during a social gathering last week, including …

March 16, 2009 in Region The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will publish a thick commemorative issue tracing the history of Seattle’s oldest newspaper with its print edition Tuesday.

  March 16, 2009 in Idaho Read the Coeur d’Alene Police Department log for March 12 to March 15, 2009.

March 16, 2009 in Region Canadian mining company Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., must pay the legal expenses of two members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, who sued the company over its pollution …

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March 16, 2009 in Idaho The House has voted 63-5 in favor of legislation to combat invasive quagga and zebra mussels by imposing a fee on all boats launched in Idaho, motorized and non-motorized alike.

March 16, 2009 in City, Idaho The National Weather Service this morning issued a flood advisory for northern Whitman County after rain and snow melt caused water levels to rise along creeks and streams.

  March 16, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for March 11 to March 15, 2009.

March 16, 2009 in City, Idaho Electrical power was restored across the region by Monday morning after a fast-moving wind storm raked across the Spokane region Sunday evening. A wind gust of 66 mph was measured …

March 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration’s treatment of al-Qaida captives “constituted torture,” a finding that strongly implied that …

  March 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 An economic downturn and lower gasoline prices haven’t kept a growing number of riders from boarding Spokane Transit Authority buses in recent months. The agency saw a 17.7 percent increase …

March 16, 2009 in City on Page A3 A leftist television journalist claimed victory in El Salvador’s presidential elections Sunday after a preliminary vote count showed him poised to lead a party of former guerrillas to power for …

March 16, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration intends to close an EPA program heavily promoted by the Bush administration that rewards voluntary pollution controls by hundreds of corporations with reduced environmental inspections …