« March 1
March 3 »
Friday, March 2, 2012
-
Central Valley boys reach 4A title game
March 2, 2012 in Sports The feel-good story of the Central Valley boys basketball team will add another chapter. For a second straight year, a Greater Spokane League team will have an opportunity to capture …
-
GU will take on BYU in men’s WCC semis
March 2, 2012 in Sports Gonzaga and BYU will meet for the third time this season and the second time in nine days – and the Cougars will be a bit healthier this time. 1
-
Sydney Emory hits game-winner for CV girls
March 2, 2012 in Sports It’s a shot Sydney Emory will remember the rest of her life. And the Central Valley senior wasn’t the first option on the Bears’ final play. Still, when Emory took …
-
Friedt scores 35 as Whitworth advances
March 2, 2012 in Sports Felix Friedt scored a career-high 35 points as No. 7-ranked Whitworth University held off a pesky McMurry University 90-79 Friday to advance to the second round of the 2012 NCAA … 1
-
Two-alarm blaze breaks out in Spokane warehouse
March 2, 2012 in News Spokane Fire Department crews battled a two-alarm blaze tonight that presented them with one challenge after another.
-
WSU football dismisses another linebacker
March 2, 2012 in Sports Washington State linebacker Sekope Kaufusi was dismissed from the team Friday for a violation of team rules. 1
-
GU women face Saint Mary’s in semifinals
March 2, 2012 in Sports It’ll be a clash of styles when Gonzaga faces Saint Mary’s Saturday in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference women’s basketball tournament.
-
Eastern men guarding against overconfidence
March 2, 2012 in Sports Eastern Washington has beaten Idaho State twice in the last week, which in terms of Saturday’s Big Sky Conference quarterfinal game means exactly …. nothing.
-
Police: Body found in lake may be Spokane fugitive
March 2, 2012 in News A man authorities believe is a fugitive from Spokane was found dead in a Western Washington lake Wednesday. 3
-
Longtime Washington Rep. Norm Dicks is retiring
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World, Region Washington Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks, the top Democrat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, says he’ll retire at the end of the year after 18 terms in the House. 6
-
Freaky Friday news: Lt. governor no sex star
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s flattering comments about Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia turned into a bit of a flub. The governor mistakenly referred to Garcia as a “rising sex star” this … 2
-
Lawmakers OK tire socks for traction in snow
March 2, 2012 in News, Region Tire socks are fabric covers that slip over wheels to give drivers better traction in the snow. They originated in Scandinavia and now they may roll on Washington highways. 11
-
Extend or end it? GOP voters torn over best route
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World To hear some weary rank-and-file Republicans tell it, the increasingly bitter fight for the party’s presidential nomination can’t end quickly enough. 18
-
Cost estimate for insurance aid prompts questions
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World Cost estimates for a key part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year’s budget, and a senior Republican lawmaker today demanded … 8
-
Shawn Vestal: Threads of change
March 2, 2012 in City on Page A1 If you want to give Patrick Malone a nice present for his 60th birthday, buy something for yourself. A cup of coffee. A sandwich. A book. He won’t mind. Malone, … 5
-
Tax cut on higher incomes advances
March 2, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – A $36 million tax cut for Idaho’s top earners is roaring through the Idaho Legislature, backed by Gov. Butch Otter and co-sponsored by a majority of the members … 15
-
Senate rejects health-plan change
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effort by Senate Republicans to overturn President Barack Obama’s order that most employers … 34
-
Condon fires city attorney
March 2, 2012 in City on Page A1 In the biggest shakeup of his administration yet, Spokane Mayor David Condon on Thursday fired City Attorney Howard Delaney following worsening criticism of the legal office’s handling of a series … 81
-
Sleep doesn’t worsen with age, study finds
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The myth that you sleep worse as you get older isn’t true, scientists argued in a study published Thursday. While older people may have more sleep disturbances … 1
-
In brief: N. Korea nuclear envoy to visit U.S.
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEOUL, South Korea – In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a … 1
-
Maryland legalizes gay marriage
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Cheers rang out in the marble hallway of the Maryland State House as Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a gay marriage law and handed the pens to gay members … 4
-
Judge wants own actions reviewed
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A judicial misconduct review has been opened against the chief federal judge in Montana for using his computer in his courthouse chambers to forward a racially insensitive email … 2
-
Conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart, 43, dies
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Andrew Breitbart, the pugnacious conservative Internet entrepreneur who took on the left and what he called the “media bully cabal” with a series of exposes that were … 4
-
Midwest, South face more violent weather
March 2, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 HARRISBURG, Ill. – Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held …

Spokane7
Win big with the NEW Spokane7!
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane