HBO’s INorthwest Roundup — 3/6/09

Bill Bowen of Whitehall, Mont., keeps dry with a little help from an umbrella as he fishes for steelhead Thursday, near Orofino. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills)

• Avista reimburses Hayden couple $2000 /KXLY
• Otter will ‘hold nose,’ accept stimulus /Idaho Statesman
• Salazar OKs wolf removal from endangered list /AP ( Kevin Richert reaction )
• Spokane student may have tuberculosis /SR
• American Indians celebrate removal of ‘squaw’ from Montana /Missoulian

• Idaho Senate votes 18-17 to kill power assistance bill /KHQ
• Tamarack’s plight: River of money now a trickle /AP
• Concern, confusion followed Bozeman concussive blast /Billings Gazette
• W.R. Grace: Witness provides emotional testimony /Missoulian
• Atheist group places billboard in Boise /Idaho Statesman