INW Headlines — 3.2.11

Jacob McHugh, 13, and Logan Kanta, 12, students at South Junior High School in Boise join other students in leaving classes and protesting at the Idaho Statehouse earlier today. Lawmakers in the Idaho House started taking public testimony on legislation to eliminate “tenure” for new teachers, restrict collective bargaining and introduce merit pay. (AP photo, Idaho Statesman/Darin Oswald)

• Cartoon: A civic-minded billionaire /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• World-class powder dump smothers Lookout Pass /Rich Landers, Outdoors
• Spokane credit card users among most indebted /Bert Caldwell, SR
• Students accept truancy to take part in protests /Scott Evans, KTVB
• Idaho Ed Board names Fernandez as new LCSC prez /Lewiston Tribune
• $300M trimmed from cleanup of Upper Coeur d’Alene Basin /Alecia Warren, Press
• Megaload travels 33 miles after sitting for 9 days in Kooskia /Associated Press
• Risch, Crapo among 9 who vote against 2-week budget extension /Erika Bolstad, Statesman
• Nez Perce Tribe investigating claim of waste in bison hunt /Matt Volz, AP
• Orbusmax Special: College of Idaho women’s basketball team loses heartbreaker in trick shot here