March 28, 2009 in News Fresh off a first-place finish in an archery tournament last week, 11-year-old Owen Martin, of Puyallup, was in Spokane on Saturday getting ready for another possible victory today.

March 28, 2009 in News An Airway Heights Corrections Center inmate found dead earlier this month participated in Cold War-era testicular shock experiments that led to a federal lawsuit.

  March 28, 2009 in News The buzz of an electric alarm clock, the sweet heat of the shower, steam rising from a coffee mug. All over the Northwest, people start their day with energy from …

March 28, 2009 Rain has been turning to snow in some parts of the Inland Northwest, and forecaster said the switch to frozen precipitation should continue through this evening to become all snow …

  March 28, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho would cut its state funding for schools next year by 7.7 percent under an unprecedented budget set by lawmakers Friday. The state’s allocation would drop from this …

March 28, 2009 in City on Page A1 Providence Health Care may lay off employees at its Eastern Washington hospitals as the number of unpaid medical bills climbs and budget projections worsen. “No decisions have been made on …

March 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 ALBANY, N.Y. – New York Gov. David Paterson and legislative leaders have agreed to ease drug laws that were once among the harshest in the nation and led a movement …

March 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 HAGERSTOWN, Md. – A prison work crew baby-sat a 2 1/2 -year-old boy who was spotted Friday running along the center lines of a rural Maryland highway, with trucks loaded …

March 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WICHITA, Kan. – One of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers was acquitted Friday of misdemeanor charges stemming from procedures he performed, but moments after the verdict the state’s medical …

March 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Is there anything left in life that isn’t linked in some way to cancer? Not hot tea, apparently. An international group of scientists has connected it with esophageal cancer. The …

March 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Friday unveiled its new strategy for defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan, but it offered few new options for dealing with Pakistan, which experts say has …

March 28, 2009 in City on Page A8 BOISE – Legislative budget writers are slashing 5.8 percent in state funding for Idaho’s four-year public universities during the next fiscal year and using federal stimulus money to help temper …

March 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 DALLAS – A spring blizzard plodding eastward over the southern Plains shut down major highways Friday and paralyzed the region as residents braced for up to a foot of snow, …

March 28, 2009 in Business on Page A10 The city of Spokane will receive almost $2 million in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants announced Thursday by Sen. Patty Murray. Other area cities, counties and tribes will get …

March 28, 2009 in Business on Page A10 Spokane airport officials are seeking a state loan of almost $4 million to help a Western Washington airplane painting company set up shop here. Everett-based Associated Painters Inc. would lease …

March 28, 2009 in City on Page A10 The widow of producer Aaron Spelling is placing “The Manor” in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighborhood on the market for a jaw-dropping $150 million, making it by far the most …