Steve Hanks/Lewiston Tribune, AP
Another dose of winter coats the Palouse with a layer of snow Saturday, near Genesee, Idaho.

1. Ellen Craswell, a born-again Christian and conservative Republican stalwart who served in both houses of the Washington Legislature and ran for governor, is dead at 75 here/SR.

2. The Idaho Statesman has been named a 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalist for its coverage of the Larry Craig scandal that began with his arrest and guilty plea in an airport restroom last August here/Statesman.

3. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama sampled a french fry at the M&M Bar and Cafe on Saturday afternoon in Uptown Butte, but he politely declined one of Stevie Faulkner's famous shoeshines here/Billings Gazette.

4. IMHO: Debate at WSU: Liberals talking/Michael Costello, Lewiston Tribune; Romanticizing war/David Horsey, Seattle PI; Rehabilitation efforts are worth it/Rebecca Nappi, SR; McDermott should have been suspicious/Tom Henderson, Lewiston Tribune; and Truckers set example we can follow/Doug Bauer, Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

5. Blogosphere: GOP complains about Gregoire's polling & listening tour/Rich Roesler, Eye On Olympia; Room for mischief/Randy Stapilus, Ridenbaugh Press; Hillary: Tested and ready?/Dogwalk Musings; Rammell on religion/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman; and Spring chinook return at snail's pace/Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman.

6. News Roundup: Missoula embraces Clinton after rockin' to Obama/Missoulian; Ambassador Crocker: Premature Iraq exit would be devastating/SR; Wife of long-time WSU/UW cage coach dies/Seattle Times; Loose bison lead police on low-speed chase/KTVB; and Prostitution ring operator leaves court a free man/KREM2.

Orbusmax Special: Oregon State picks Obama's brother-in-law as new basketball coach here.

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