March 26, 2012 in Sports Washington State’s D.J. Shelton blocked a last-second shot by Tray Woodall as the Cougars hung on to beat Pittsburgh 67-66 on Monday in Game 1 of the best-of-three CBI Finals … 2

March 26, 2012 in City, News The City of Spokane may sever its contract with its risk management firm following allegations that the firm pressured police and a city employee to hide potentially incriminating details surrounding … 19

March 26, 2012 in City, News A bicyclist and motorcyclist who died Saturday in a crash in the Millwood area have been identified as James Wilson, 46, and Jerrel I. Bailey-O’Neal, 22. 11

March 26, 2012 in City, News Authorities today found what they believe to be the body of a Moses Lake man missing since Dec. 23.

March 26, 2012 in Idaho Idaho lawmakers continued their session-long skirmish with Occupy Boise supporters on Monday, with emergency legislation clearing a House committee to allow new state rule-making regarding the site where the protest … 9

March 26, 2012 in Idaho The Idaho House has backed a new $200,000 fund for the Legislature to hire its own outside lawyers, despite protests that lawmakers already have the Attorney General and that the … 12

March 26, 2012 in City, Idaho The Whitman County sheriff this morning said that the body of a man retrieved from the creek at the south end of Bonnie Lake on Sunday was the apparent victim …

March 26, 2012 in City, Idaho Today’s rainfall pushed the March precipitation total to the third highest on record, according to the National Weather Service. 14

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America’s greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick … 35

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World LUBBOCK, Texas — The company that makes “pink slime” is suspending operations at three of four plants where the low-cost beef filler amid a public outcry over concern about the … 4

March 26, 2012 in City Spokane Valley police responded to a report of an armed robbery early this morning. 19

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — With demonstrators chanting outside, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments today on the fate of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul, no less controversial two years after … 26

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The last frontier on Earth is out-of-this-world, desolate, foreboding, and moon-like, James Cameron said after diving to the deepest part of the ocean. And he loved it. 8

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. job market remains weak despite three months of strong hiring and that the Federal Reserve’s existing policies will help boost growth.

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama told Russia’s leader today that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, … 4

March 26, 2012 in City SPOKANE — Spokane police used a bean bag gun to subdue a suicidal man who advanced toward officers with a knife. 44

March 26, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 PABLO, Mont. – Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are trying to prevent an underground copper and silver mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwestern Montana by … 11

March 26, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – As he moves toward the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has cast himself as the only GOP candidate with an organization hefty enough to take on President Barack … 2