HBO’s Best Of The INW — 3/30/09

Carl and Sally Gidlund along with their new puppy, Sadie at their home in Hayden on Friday. (Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review)

• Cartoon: Lex Luthor to buy Daily Planet /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Idaho gets above-average grades for economic outlook /Idaho Statesman
• Sun Valley loses bookings due to corporate junket perception /Twin Falls Times-News
• Hybrid trout complicates counts for protected species listing /Missoulian
• Montana’s U.S. senators leading fight against gun control /Missoulian
• Spokane to ban smoking in city parks this summer /KREM2
• Montana House panel votes against death penalty ban /Helena Independent-Record
• Orbusmax Special: Portland symbolizes nation’s hesitancy here .

Question: When did you last have a new puppy in your home?