February 24, 2011 in Sports Bobby Howard scored 15 points, including Montana State’s final eight, and the Bobcats snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 60-56 victory over Eastern Washington on Thursday night in Cheney.

February 24, 2011 in Sports The difference between the best women’s basketball team in the West Coast Conference and the team that sits second is, oh, just 69 points.

February 24, 2011 in News, Region The prison inmate accused of strangling Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl in a chapel at the Monroe Correctional Complex last month told investigators that he deserves to die, according to documents … 4

February 24, 2011 The man and woman an Idaho State Police trooper shot on Feb. 7 after they rammed his patrol car were married, Kootenai County records show. 6

February 24, 2011 in News The Boeing Co. was chosen to build the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers that will replace some of the KC-135s. 18

February 24, 2011 Spokane street officials have decided to plow downtown, city spokeswoman Marlene Feist said in a news release. Downtown clearing will occur overnight. Parked cars must be removed from downtown between … 8

February 24, 2011 in Idaho Idaho’s state Senate voted 20-15 on Thursday to pass two controversial school-reform bills, including a far-reaching measure to strip the state’s teachers of many of their existing contract rights. 24

  February 24, 2011 in City Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area school districts, colleges, some federal offices and at least one library district were closed Thursday after up to a foot of snow fell in the … 13

February 24, 2011 in Idaho, News Edgar Steele’s lawyers want his murder-for-hire trial moved to Wyoming. 4

    February 24, 2011 in News Spokane is asking residents to move their cars off of arterial streets to make way for plows. The city declared a Stage 2 snow emergency, which means that crews will … 5

February 24, 2011 in Nation/World, Region After a decade of delays and embarrassing missteps, the Air Force is poised to award one of the biggest contracts in military history — a $35 billion deal to build …

February 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 Washington’s Hispanic population grew by 70 percent over the last decade, fueling growth from border to border and earning the state another seat in Congress. It’s a trend that held … 8

February 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 All congressional districts in Washington have too many people – tens of thousands too many. And in central Washington’s 4th District and two districts in the fast-growing Interstate 5 corridor, …

February 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATLANTA – More than 21,000 people got whooping cough last year, many of them children and teens. That’s the highest number since 2005 and among the worst years in more …

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February 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 STOCKHOLM – Libya’s ex-justice minister on Wednesday was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. …