March 26, 2011 in Sports A fourth straight trip to the Final Four is within Stanford’s reach. A national championship? That, too, is in the Cardinal’s site.

March 26, 2011 in Sports CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The Spokane Chiefs are in the driver’s seat of their Western Hockey League first-round series after posting a 5-0 victory over the Chilliwack Bruins on Saturday night. …

  March 26, 2011 in Sports The Gonzaga women’s basketball survived a frenetic Louisville second-half rally, and the Bulldogs are headed to their first Elite Eight. 1

March 26, 2011 A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed early this morning on Highway 2 nine miles south of Newport. 3

March 26, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 TOKYO – A possible breach at Japan’s troubled nuclear plant has escalated the crisis anew, two full weeks after an earthquake and tsunami first compromised the facility. The development suggested …

March 26, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of …

March 26, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 MIDLAND, Texas – Baby Jessica is all grown up. The toddler who tumbled down an abandoned water well and got trapped more than two decades ago turns 25 today, a …

March 26, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A top Senate Democrat said Friday that progress was being made in closed-door negotiations to resolve the budget impasse in Congress, but wide disparities continue to risk a … 2

March 26, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 TRIPOLI, Libya – Fellow Arab and African nations raised the international pressure Friday on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, with tiny Qatar flying the Arab world’s first combat missions over his …

March 26, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 MARTINSVILLE, Ind. – Dustin Tatum was leaving his middle school cafeteria Friday when he heard a loud bang, then chaos ensued as a teacher rushed him and several fellow students … 1

March 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 Anonymous requests for hundreds of thousands of Spokane County assessor’s records have been traced to a former employee. Appraiser Josh Bungen, who resigned Jan. 5, used untraceable Hotmail email addresses … 19

March 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho senators killed a bill to permit guns on the state’s college campuses Friday, after a hearing in which proponents of the measure said students who have concealed … 3

March 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 The knock on the door came around 8 p.m., right in the middle of Monday’s Gonzaga women’s basketball game. “Hi!” said the perky young woman at the door, stooping to …

March 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The Senate approved a ban on phosphorus in lawn fertilizers, but with changes that will send the bill back to the House for another vote. Among the changes: … 2

March 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A “vivacious lass” named Phoebe Eversole was arrested for masquerading as a man at the Brown Hotel bar.

March 26, 2011 in City on Page A6 A Canadian man arrested near the international border – allegedly toting 71 pounds of cocaine – may be a major drug smuggler who’s been on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s radar … 2