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Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Reardan repeats as State 2B champ
March 3, 2012 in Sports The 2012 State 2B girls basketball championship may have been decided in the 2011 title game. Locked in a tense battle with the Brewster Bears and Chandler Smith, the Reardan …
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Zags whip BYU, get Saint Mary’s in Monday title game
March 3, 2012 in Sports Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few was feeling the pressure Saturday. No, he wasn’t too worried about the Bulldogs’ position in the eyes of the NCAA tournament selection committee. 1
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Vandals beat San Jose State, wrap up third seed
March 3, 2012 in Sports The Idaho men’s basketball team narrowly missed out on the second seed for next week’s WAC tournament. Just about everything else, though, is going the Vandals’ way. Idaho held on …
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Post Falls struggles in 5A state title loss
March 3, 2012 in Sports The Post Falls boys basketball team picked a bad time to have an off night. The Trojans’ shots didn’t fall. Loose balls and whistles didn’t go their way. Star guard …
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Romney wins Washington straw poll
March 3, 2012 in News Mitt Romney finished in the straw poll of Republicans attending their precinct caucuses Saturday. Ron Paul and Rick Santorum battled for the number two spot and Newt Gingrich was a … 19
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Surprise GOP coup puts kink in state budget’s path
March 3, 2012 OLYMPIA – A $30 billion budget drafted by minority Republicans passed the Senate early Saturday morning after more than nine hours of sometimes contentious debate and parliamentary maneuvering. That spending … 4
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Whitworth men power ahead to final 16
March 3, 2012 in Sports Idris Lasisi hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points, but Whitworth University nearly squandered a 21-point second-half lead in its 64-53 win Saturday to advance to the Sweet …
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CV girls lose on last-second shot
March 3, 2012 in Sports Freddie Rehkow talked about it all season. He reminded his Central Valley girls basketball team frequently that luck can affect the outcome of games. The Bears had a good batch …
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Central Valley boys edged in 4A title game
March 3, 2012 The magical ride had an egg-falling-off-the-wall ending Saturday for the Central Valley boys basketball team.
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‘Stereo Sam’ Huppin, electronics merchant, dies at 85
March 3, 2012 in News Sam M. Huppin, who helped transform his family’s men’s clothing store and pawn shop in downtown Spokane into a major electronics retailer, died of natural causes Friday. He was 85. … 11
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Gonzaga Prep girls finish fifth at state
March 3, 2012 in Sports The Gonzaga Prep girls basketball program had been to the State 4A tournament on several occasions over the last 30 years or so. But none of those squads had brought … 1
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Motum’s 27 points leads Cougars past USC
March 3, 2012 in Sports Brock Motum scored 16 of his 27 points in the second half and Washington State withstood a late rally to beat Southern California 43-38 on Saturday.
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University boys third, girls fifth at state
March 3, 2012 in Sports From the opening tip, it was obvious the University boys basketball team was determined to capture the third-place trophy Saturday morning.
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GOP turn out in force for local caucuses
March 3, 2012 in City, News A couple of decades after voting for independent presidential candidate Ross Perot, Greg Keller regrets the choice. Keller was one of nine participants in his precinct caucus Saturday morning at … 2
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Eastern men advance in Big Sky tourney
March 3, 2012 in Sports Fittingly, it was Jeffrey Forbes who punched Eastern’s ticket Saturday afternoon. With the Eagles clinging to a two-point lead with 40 seconds to play, Forbes punched the ball away from …
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Standish leads GU women to WCC title game
March 3, 2012 in Sports Saturday’s game against Saint Mary’s brought back a fond flashback for Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves.
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Kootenai County vacuum store destroyed in possible arson
March 3, 2012 in News A fire that destroyed two businesses in Kootenai County is being investigated a possible arson. Firefighters responded to the fire at 5648 N. Government Way in Dalton Gardens at 8:20 … 4
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Storms destroy Indiana towns in ‘worst-case’ weather scenario
March 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 HENRYVILLE, Ind. – Powerful storms leveled small towns in southern Indiana, transforming entire blocks of homes into piles of debris, tossing school buses into a home and a restaurant and … 5
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U.S. force is ‘option’ in Iran
March 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said for the first time that he does not view “containment” as an option if Iran were to develop a nuclear weapon, warning Iran’s leaders … 29
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State’s longtime champion Dicks to step down
March 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 Rep. Norm Dicks, a powerful Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives often referred to as Washington’s “third senator,” is stepping down at the end of this term after 36 … 8
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Photo: Proud of their Panthers
March 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 Next stop: State 1B final. Valley Christian fans raise the roof as their team takes the lead against Neah Bay on Friday in the state 1B boys basketball tournament at …
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GOP kicks off states’ caucuses
March 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 Today is caucus day for Washington Republicans. The ballot is a straw poll that provides a picture of where Republicans stand as they enter their caucuses. 24
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Accuracy watch
March 3, 2012 in City on Page A2 For 03-03-2012
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Lying to record animal abuse a crime
March 3, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa became the first state Friday to make it a crime to surreptitiously get into a farming operation to record video of animal abuse. Republican Gov. … 8
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