Best of the Northwest (3/24/05)

Tom Grant , ex-TV reporter and mayoral wannabe (pictured in 1996 photo at work at KXLY), and KXLY-TV didn’t defame a Spokane businessman 7 years ago by omitting certain facts from their story, according to the state Supreme Court. The court exonerated Grant and the Spokane TV station today here .

1. David Horsey /PI knocks one out of the park with his doodling about Boeing’s troubles here .

2. Vandal Friday is back. UI is hosting its largest event of the year tomorrow as 1800 high school students are expected to invade to check out the campus here .

3. The Idaho Statesman provides whitewater forecasts for 12 rivers here .

4. The Inlander has published its annual “Best Of” edition here .

5. Mariners Moment: After a 15-15 tie and a 4-3 win, Seattle Times sports reporters rated Mariner pitchers good, bad and ugly here .

6. IMHO-NW: Jonalynn McFadden /Daily Evergreen ( Conserve water ), Robert Herold /Inlander ( Schiavo saves DeLay ), Jason Crawforth /Statesman ( Corporate incentives necessary ), John Levesque /PI ( M’s pitcher Bobby Madritsch ), and Gail Wells /Oregonian ( Sen. Gordon Smith’s gutsy stand ).

*Looks like the Hauser Times is alive, well and back on line, discussing P&Z issues with an angry reader, here . And Editor Frum Helen Back has a new photo of Hauser Lake on the city’s home page here .

*RuralNorthwest.com provides Bonner County police logs here .

*WSU baseballers had a successful preseason, but they’ll have to step things up to compete in the tough PAC-10 here .

*Wounded Nampa officer recalls the flash of his assailant’s gun here .