March 2, 2011 in Sports Jeffrey Forbes and Cliff Colimon each scored 17 points and Eastern Washington beat Weber State 75-59 on Wednesday to earn a rematch in the Big Sky Conference tournament quarterfinals.

March 2, 2011 in City, News A cold, damp picket line of state prison guards asked for safety and respect Wednesday in Airway Heights. The picketers got an occasional car-honk salute as they called attention to … 1

March 2, 2011 in Sports The legend-making began quickly this week with news that former Idaho Sen. James McClure, 86, had died. Even in the case of a politician’s death, Americans have a natural inclination …

March 2, 2011 in Idaho A federal judge on Wednesday declared Idaho’s open primary election system unconstitutional, ruling that it violates the right of the state’s Republican Party to ban anyone who’s not a party … 8

March 2, 2011 in Sports The WIAA has renamed the boys and girls state basketball tournaments the Hardwood Classics. At least in Tacoma, though, it should be called the Hard-to-Attend Classics.

March 2, 2011 in Idaho North Idaho lawmakers helped lead an unsuccessful move in the House today to boot 17,000 unemployed Idaho workers off their federal extended unemployment benefits - a move that would have … 16

March 2, 2011 in Sports The Seattle Mariners won’t know if 22-year-old Michael Pineda is ready for their five-man starting rotation until they see him for a full spring training. In one at-bat in his …

March 2, 2011 The Idaho State Board of Education has named Tony Fernandez the president of Lewis-Clark State College.

March 2, 2011 in Nation/World The U.S. Air Force says two of its airmen have been killed and two wounded in a shooting outside Frankfurt airport. 12

March 2, 2011 in City Former Spokane Police Officer James “Jay” Olsen won’t face any civil penalties for shooting a fleeing, unarmed man in the head in 2007. U.S. District Court Judge Edward F. Shea … 42

March 2, 2011 in Region The chairman of the Nez Perce tribe in Idaho says an investigation is under way into allegations that tribal members wasted game during a recent bison hunt in Montana. 1

March 2, 2011 in Nation/World The Supreme Court ruled today that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families. 18

March 2, 2011 in City, Idaho The mix of snow and rain falling at daybreak this morning should change to all rain today as a milder Pacific storm system moves across the Pacific Northwest.

March 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The House approved a stopgap measure Tuesday to keep money flowing to the federal government for the next two weeks and avert for now a government shutdown as … 22

March 2, 2011 in City on Page A1 Recession-weary consumers probably aren’t too tired to notice the spike in gasoline prices. In both Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, the average price of unleaded regular gas has jumped about a … 27

March 2, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – The centerpiece of Idaho’s controversial school reform plan may be dead, senators indicated late Tuesday, even as separate bills on teacher contracts and pay move through hearings in … 1

March 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – High blood pressure often goes hand-in-hand with heart disease. But some people with heart disease don’t have hypertension. Those people, however, may still benefit from taking medications …