PM: Zags, St. Mary’s Tip Off Tonight

Sorensen Magnet School third-grader Lauren Baldeck demonstrated ways to keep warm and dry in the wilderness during the Hug A Tree program at the school in Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday. The program, offered through the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, teaches participants the importance of staying put and surviving until search-and-rescue personnel arrive. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Snowy weather likely next week /Mike Prager, SR
• Irgens new chairwoman of CdA arts commission /CdA Today
• Idaho prep poll: Post Falls still No. 1 despite loss /Statesman
• Levenseller will be offensive coordinator at Idaho /Josh Wright, SR
• Gonzaga, St. Mary’s resume heated rivalry tonight /Jim Meehan, SR
• Fresh Start warming center w/o sprinkler system /Cole Heath, KREM
• Spokane Valley senator opposes gay marriage bill /Annie Bishop, KXLY
• Silver Valley mining family re: closure: ‘Nothing we can do’ /News Press
• Idaho’s Otter backtracks, says $300M isn’t at risk /Kevin Richert, Statesman
• Liberal group derides Sen. Crapo’s ‘Koch 5’ ranking /Kevin Richert, Statesman
• Bonner County officials insist on counsel w/commissioners /Keith Kinnaird, Bee
• H&W chairman makes splash w/copies of fed health care bill /Betsy Russell, EOB
• Fewer state employees out-earn Otter who got a raise /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise