February 25, 2010 in Sports Bo Gregg leads Whitworth to an 89-65 men’s basketball victory over Lewis & Clark on Thursday night, sending the Pirates into the Northwest Conference tournament championship game on their campus …

February 25, 2010 in Sports Kennedy Seyler scored seven of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, and Wellpinit rallied to upset top-ranked Rosalia 63-53 in the quarterfinals of the Class 1B boys state basketball … 1

February 25, 2010 in Sports Vivian Frieson scored 22 points and had seven rebounds as No. 19 Gonzaga cruised past Santa Clara 83-52 on Thursday night in women’s basketball.

February 25, 2010 in Sports Madeline Isaak scored with 1:05 left and third-ranked Almira/Coulee-Hartline held off No. 5 Sunnyside Christian 59-57 on Thursday in the Class 1B girls state basketball quarterfinals.

February 25, 2010 in Sports Lindsay Loe scored a game-high 22 points to lead fourth-ranked Columbia of Hunters to a 72-32 quarterfinal win over Wilson Creek on Thursday in the Class 1B girls state basketball …

February 25, 2010 in Sports Dylan Schmick scored a game-high 28 points, and St. John-Endicott upset fourth-ranked Cusick 71-59 in the Class 1B boys state basketball quarterfinals Thursday.

February 25, 2010 in Sports Haley Moser scored a game-high 23 points and No. 1 Colton raced to a 76-18 quarterfinal victory over Bickleton on Thursday in the Class 1B girls state basketball tournament.

February 25, 2010 in Idaho Idaho lawmakers say it’s time to ban purchases of additional retirement service for state employees to get them to retire early - a practice that resulted in $125,000 in such … 1

  February 25, 2010 in Idaho A new informal Idaho Attorney General’s opinion, issued in response to a request from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Clark, R-Hayden Lake, says there are no constitutional problems with HB … 3

February 25, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Legislature’s leading budget-setters laid all their cards on the table Thursday, laying out to the 20-member joint budget committee and the public the tentative plan they’ve worked up … 1

February 25, 2010 in Region Federal officials say they are sending a team of investigators to look into vandalism of some ancient tribal pictographs near Lewiston’s Hells Gate State Park. 1

  February 25, 2010 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for Feb. 24, 2010.

February 25, 2010 in Idaho A Bonner County family is protecting their 643 acres of private forestland from future development through a conservation easement. 1

February 25, 2010 in Nation/World With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit Thursday over the right prescription for the nation’s broken health care system, talking of agreement … 15

February 25, 2010 in City, Idaho The winter of wet, clammy weather will get its latest installment Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.

February 25, 2010 in City Spokane firefighters responded this morning to a two-alarm fire at an old lumber yard at 4030 E. Main Ave. The fire is out, but crews remain on scene.

February 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 An Aryan Nations member from Athol visited John Day, Ore., last week, making clear his plan to set up a headquarters compound in that rural town. “They just came by … 1

February 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 Airway Heights will help develop Spokane County Raceway Park under a tentative agreement city and county officials hammered out Wednesday. The deal calls for Airway Heights to contribute half its … 4

February 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – A crime suspect who invokes his “right to remain silent” under the famous Miranda decision can be questioned again after 14 days, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. And …

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February 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 ALBANY, N.Y. – A powerful winter storm dumped a foot or more of snow in the Northeast on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands and stalling air traffic from Boston …