PM Headlines — 4.5.11

“I’m just ready to be in the dirt,” said Karen Roetter, left of Hayden as she talked with Georgiann Davis of Vanhoff’s Garden Center in Coeur d’Alene today. Spring fever is starting to spread through the Inland Northwest. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Olympia to pay woman $260K for jail strip search /Associated Press
• No sign of woman seen falling into Spokane River /Thomas Clouse, SR
• Landslides block 2 north-central Idaho highways /KREM
• Judge orders mental health exam for Steele /David Cole, Hagadone News Network
• House OKs energy bills after loud debate /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• House passes 2 bills that would stymie referendum efforts /Dustin Hurst, Reporter
• Personal, corporate income tax bill won’t be considered this year /Dustin Hurst, Reporter

Question: Have you caught the gardening bug yet this spring?