HBO’s INorthwest Roundup — 2/25/09

Dominic Conigliaro, 11, left, watches Tendai Muparutsa, a ethnomusicologist originally from Zimbabwe and now pursuing a doctorate degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, teach Ali Carlson, 10, the tempo of a melody during a workshop with marimba students Monday in Coeur d’Alene. (AP Photo/Coeur d’Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)

• Cartoon: Alcohol sales drop 9.3%/ David Horsey, Seattle PI
• Court: Montana law violated church’s rights /Billings Gazette
• Montana Senate OKs medical marijuana bill /New West
• Idaho guv’s wife gets good deal on White House gala dress /Idaho Statesman
• Idaho farmer watches Obama speech in person /KTVB
• Death Row nonprofit group leaving Moscow /Moscow-Pullman Daily News
• Man who impersonated Rescue Mission kitchen boss goes to prison /Billings Gazette
• Missoulian unveils streamlined, easier-to-read newspaper /Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: King County assessor suspected in DUI crash here .