Archives | March 2025

• Outside view: Can the world relax about killer asteroids now?

• Urgently needed: A reborn patriotic belief in Western virtues

• This day in history: Vandals hit Franklin Elementary School with 10 dozen eggs in a mess ‘almost beyond description’

• A Grip on Sports: A win (tonight) for Gonzaga, a loss (Friday night) for Whitworth and a near-perfect day make up a throwback Saturday column

• Late-season push: Ben Gregg, Ryan Nembhard carry Gonzaga past USF to earn second seed in WCC Tournament

All stories for March 1, 2025 »

• This day in history: Legendary Spokane attorney Carl Maxey decried the ‘bunch of Archie Bunkers’ behind the nation’s lack of progress

• Who’s who in the Coeur d’Alene GOP town hall fracas that sparked free speech debate

• Meet MassResistance, the group taking credit for Idaho’s push to overturn same-sex marriage

• Gonzaga rewind: Zags solve USF’s defensive tactics, Malik Thomas shut down and WCC tournament pairings

• A Grip on Sports: What else are we supposed to do the first weekend of March other than celebrate finishes and beginnings in basketball?

All stories for March 2, 2025 »

• Then and Now: Lawrence ‘Dutch’ Groshoff

• This day in history: Grand Coulee Dam topic of environmental impact in 900-page draft

• A Grip on Sports: Complaining is a constitutional right and few Americans take more advantage of it than basketball fans

• How a 14-pitch at-bat could define spring for Mariners’ top prospect Colt Emerson

• Despite 22-4 mark and NWC regular-season title, Whitworth basketball passed over for DIII Tournament

All stories for March 3, 2025 »

• This day in history: A longtime resident of Spokane’s Chinatown neighborhood boarded train to move back to homeland

• Trudy Rubin: In attack against Zelenskyy, Trump and Vance shame America

• Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard, Graham Ike and Nolan Hickman voted first-team All-WCC

• A Grip on Sports: Though he wasn’t a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, no college point guard plays more like the player it was named for than Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard

• How does the ‘new’ Pac-12 compare to the former version? Favorably, according to the current NET rankings

All stories for March 4, 2025 »

• This day in history: Spokane’s Looff Carrousel finally was moving to new home in Riverfront Park; police find morphine, opium in raid

• ‘We’ve seen this play out’: New bill to curtail Idaho’s Medicaid expansion moves forward

• ‘Murder,’ ‘psychopath’: Kohberger defense wants to limit phrases, evidence in Idaho trial

• A Grip on Sports: The awards fade, as do the memories, but the ‘how’ in earning them is what should never be forgotten

• Raiders to release Gardner Minshew at start of new league year: Sources

All stories for March 5, 2025 »

• This day in history: Boys at Gonzaga Prep had mixed feelings about decision to admit girls

• Gardening: Using our landscapes as a bridge to the natural world

• Friends with class: The ‘ROMEOs’ – or, Retired Old Men Eating Out – have been friends since their days at Rogers High School

• A Grip on Sports: So long Tyler Lockett. You too (maybe) DK Metcalf. And same to a couple of former Kraken players

• The Spokesman-Review wins two awards in Associated Press Sports Editors Contest

All stories for March 6, 2025 »

• This day in history: Bunker Hill mine’s lead study showed less lead in the air than EPA’s; woman claimed cemetery lost her husband’s skull

• More DOGE layoffs: Workers fired from CDC’s mining safety lab in Spokane

• A Grip on Sports: College basketball’s split personality is on full display this weekend, but that’s not all there is to watch

• Cheney partnering with Comcast for internet

• State B roundup: Northwest Christian boys, Liberty girls reach fourth-place games

All stories for March 7, 2025 »

• This day in history: Anonymous Spokane residents questioned benefits of Expo ‘74; Curious cop caught thieves

• Election integrity has been a big issue in past Idaho legislative sessions. Then Trump won

• How the 3-ball has influenced Gonzaga’s season and past WCC and NCAA tournaments

• A Grip on Sports: It may not seem all that important, but covering prep sports is one of the many things newspapers do that stand the test of time

• Pac-12 expansion options: Texas State, not UNLV, should be the top target because membership is about the future, not the present

All stories for March 8, 2025 »

• Trudy Rubin: German election experience holds lessons for Democrats in pushing back MAGA

• Wilson Beaver and Ka’Von Johnson: It’s time to reform Veterans Affairs

• This day in history: Future of Five Mile Prairie debated; Irving Berlin sued Spokane’s Canton Cafe

• The Dirt: Warton Building to become apartments

• A Grip on Sports: The spring forward was made more challenging by last night’s anticipated – and long – wait for basketball games to finish

All stories for March 9, 2025 »

• Butterflies in the U.S. are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate

• This day in history: Preps tournament sets attendance record with nearly 42,000 people across four-day period

• After bowing out of the WCC Tournament, what does WSU’s future look like?

• Then and Now: In a different era, this building was Spokane’s ‘school for backward children’

• ‘You’ve completed my childhood dream’: Kids’ letters addressed to Anne McClain reflect hopes, fears, jokes from Spokane and beyond

All stories for March 10, 2025 »

• Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s renew rivalry with WCC Tournament title on the line

• This day in history: ‘Wet’ candidates sweep Spokane city elections; plan for major amusement park at Riverfront rejected

• A Grip on Sports: The Seahawks make a big bet on a quarterback and the Zags face a big hurdle in Las Vegas

• Back on top: Gonzaga rides defense, Braden Huff’s clutch performance to title-game win over Saint Mary’s

• Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford swinging free after epiphany

All stories for March 11, 2025 »

• This day in history: ‘High-risk’ performers were sought for Spokane, as long as they were insured

• Gonzaga’s Braden Huff ‘ready for the moment’ in title-game win over Gaels

• A Grip on Sports: If you want to use one key word to describe Gonzaga’s WCC title win over Saint Mary’s, ‘effort’ is probably the right one

• Seahawks sign veteran receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling

• Cooper Kupp era ends: Rams release veteran wide receiver

All stories for March 12, 2025 »

• This day in history: Spokane schools reported spike in vandalism; out-of-control horse and buggy attracted gawkers downtown

• West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs

• Gardening: A new seed-starting hack

• The Collector: Dicus enjoys her favorite flower year-round on mugs and more

• A Grip on Sports: Some folks can rest easy today but for others – including Seahawk fans – the future’s uncertainty weighs heavy

All stories for March 13, 2025 »

• This day in history: Kaiser faced cuts, and was Spokane the ‘golf and humor capital of the world’?

• Short of cash, Idaho fair-housing nonprofit sues DOGE — and makes this case for survival

• Notebook: Seahawks introduce Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Is Cooper Kupp next?

• DeMarcus Lawrence feuds with Micah Parsons after Cowboys’ Super Bowl dig

• Commentary: Can Sam Darnold lead Seahawks to a Super Bowl win? Here are two musts

All stories for March 14, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: This is the greatest threat to free speech since the Red Scare

• Commentary: In Trump’s war on NOAA, the losers will be Americans and the economy

• Conor Sen: These unpopular mortgages may be the key to affordable housing

• This day in history: Carl Maxey delivered a short but blunt response to an Expo backer withholding information from his clients

• A Grip on Sports: When the NCAA bracket is announced Sunday, there is a good chance we will all learn, once again, the NCAA’s duplicity

All stories for March 15, 2025 »

• Commentary: Did we learn or not? Why there can be no going back on COVID lessons

• Bret Stephens: Democracy dies in dumbness

• This day in history: The North-South Freeway was a long time coming even in 1975

• Tilting at windmills: How a developer’s emails became the bullhorn of Spokane’s anti-progressive politics

• The Dirt: Catholic Charities exploring new project

All stories for March 16, 2025 »

• Then and Now: Corbin Park

• This day in history: University of Montana is ‘underdog in Portland’ at NCAA basketball tourney

• 5 years ago: St. Patrick’s Day without parade was proof that Spokane could not avoid COVID chaos

• Idaho was once the fastest-growing state in the country. Is it still up there?

• WSU selected to take part in inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament

All stories for March 17, 2025 »

• This day in history: 5 injured when car fell 35 feet from bridge in Spirit Lake; new Spokane recycling center gave kids new opportunity

• Gonzaga packs chip on shoulder for NCAA Tournament trip

• A Grip on Sports: Though the NCAA tourney begins tonight, there is still time to make plans or, if you want, you can just wing it

• Commentary: Seahawks added Cooper Kupp, Sam Darnold and DeMarcus Lawrence. Are they better?

• ‘Content neutral’? West Ada says policy directs school to remove ‘everyone is welcome’ sign

All stories for March 18, 2025 »

• This day in history: More uranium discovered on Spokane Indian Reservation; drug company warned of nonexistent flu epidemic

• The ‘Idaho way’: Republicans want to eliminate voters’ power to legalize weed

• Will DOGE close more federal offices in Idaho? These 4 leases are slated to be terminated

• Gardening: Best way to improve soil is to add compost

• In Khalif Battle, Gonzaga found aura, attitude and someone with an undying appetite for March Madness

All stories for March 19, 2025 »

• This day in history: KKK membership was growing in Spokane; study said Spokane Valley zoo could become one of top in nation

• The Collector: John Simanton’s ship model started when he was a teen and helped during his Navy career

• Need treatment your doctor doesn’t support? Under new Idaho law, they can deny it

• A Grip on Sports: So many times over the years, big news events have featured a local connection, with the next major one possibly beginning its run today

• Buzzer breakdown: Gonzaga’s blazing start, guard dominance and Braden Huff shines in starting lineup

All stories for March 20, 2025 »

• This day in history: WSU proposed to buy Spokane’s pound dogs and cats for research; Gonzaga play got costumes from Hollywood silent film

• A big Idaho employer is spending half a billion dollars to expand. What’s coming and why.

• Clash of styles: Gonzaga’s high-powered offense tangles with Houston’s top-ranked defense

• Gonzaga-Houston key matchup: Milos Uzan toughens up, directs Cougars’ offense

• Prep teammates Dusty Stromer, Mercy Miller on opposing squads for Gonzaga-Houston clash

All stories for March 21, 2025 »

• Federal court rejects longer block on Idaho’s transgender bathroom restriction law

• This day in history: First girl enrolled at Gonzaga Prep; Episcopal bishop unveiled plans for St. John’s Cathedral

• Commentary: Under Trump, the Voice of America has fallen silent. US enemies are cheering

• A Grip on Sports: Sometimes the NCAA tourney is a numbers game and those don’t seem to favor Gonzaga much tonight

• Gonzaga’s late rally comes up short in 81-76 loss to No. 1-seeded Houston

All stories for March 22, 2025 »

• Trudy Rubin: In phone call, Trump offers sticks for Ukraine and all carrots for Russia

• This day in history: Spokane was closing in on snow record; Columbia River dam proposed

• The Dirt: Luxury apartments planned in Spokane’s West Hills

• ‘As good as anybody we’ve played.’ Houston’s Kelvin Sampson gives high praise to Gonzaga after dramatic finish in Round of 32 matchup

• A Grip on Sports: While the rest of us wondered what just happened, Kelvin Sampson saw a worrisome future Gonzaga made come true, though the Zags fell just a bit short of their ultimate goal

All stories for March 23, 2025 »

• This day in history: Arab investment group considers purchase of town of George, Wash.

• Then and Now: Superfluities Shop

• A Grip on Sports: Midnight came early this weekend, and not because of any time change, though we may be witnessing a real-time transformation in March’s madness

• WSU guard Nate Calmese entering the transfer portal

• Gonzaga’s NCAA departure: What’s next for the Zags as revenue sharing arrives and the Pac-12 looms

All stories for March 24, 2025 »

• This day in history: Spokane City Council agreed to sell pound dogs and cats for research; Coolidge vetoed compensation to Colville tribe

• A Grip on Sports: Spokane’s unending relationship with national news stories touches a sad one this week

• ‘It’s really all I know’: At 33, David Stockton’s basketball journey rolls on for G League’s Suns

• Mariners sign catcher Cal Raleigh to massive extension

• Commentary: Can Mariners starting pitchers — already MLB’s best — be even better?

All stories for March 25, 2025 »

• This day in history: Plan to condemn lakefront property in Twin Lakes sparked outcry from property owners; hospital workers rescues woman from burning building

• Pending bankruptcy exposes how genetic code has power to explore, exploit

• Can Dan Wilson again be the missing link for a Mariners’ breakthrough?

• A Grip on Sports: All the change this time of year may seem willy nilly but there often is a method amidst the madness

• Meta, Micron projects will guzzle Idaho electricity, lawmakers say. Who’s going to pay?

All stories for March 26, 2025 »

• This day in history: KSPS boosted its power; Robbers hold up armored car in Spokane and get $5K in cash

• Shear longevity: Hair Etc. celebrates 50 years of business

• Gardening: Finding flavor and healing in growing and using herbs

• 2025 Spring Sports Preview: Donyelle Strauss looking for memorable end to family’s time at Ferris

• 2025 Spring Sports Preview: Fastpitch softball capsules for Greater Spokane League

All stories for March 27, 2025 »

• This day in history: One option for new Spokane Valley zoo was ‘glorified deer farm’; authorities searched for alleged holdup accomplice

• ‘Trapped here in hell’: Boiseans, officials say camping-ban bill won’t help homelessness

• Former Gonzaga great Drew Timme signs multi-year contract with Brooklyn Nets

• A Grip on Sports: Thursday may not have a catchy nickname or an alliterative affectation but it certainly knocked us back this week

• Widen roads first, put bicyclists & pedestrians second, Legislature tells ACHD and cities

All stories for March 28, 2025 »

• Andreas Kluth: Obsessed with Greenland? You too may have the wrong map

• Outside view: Caught in the lie: Trump team doubles down on Signal chat lies

• This day in history: Expo ‘74’s deficit already covered by pledges;

• ‘It’s really, really, really hard’: Gonzaga’s NCAA Tournament run, often taken for granted, built on more than cluck

• Analysis: 4 things to know as Seahawks head to NFL spring meetings

All stories for March 29, 2025 »

• Patricia Murphy: Pete Hegseth has to go

• This day in history: What would become The Walk in the Wild Zoo encountered an early bureaucratic stumbling block

• The Dirt: Hundred housing units planned for Perry Street

• A Grip on Sports: The activities around downtown Spokane bloomed on Saturday like so many crocus and covered the area with colors from crimson to cardinal

• Gautam Mukunda: Universities may offend you. That’s how innovation works.

All stories for March 30, 2025 »

• University High’s Raegan Miller is 2025 Lilac queen

• This day in history: Gusts push skier over ridge on Mount Hood killing him

• Then and Now: Morrison Bros. Seed Company helped feed allies in WWII

• A Grip on Sports: Hey, is that April just round the bend? Time to sort through the mess left by March and see what’s ahead

• S&P 500 and Nasdaq face worst quarter since 2022 as new tariffs loom

All stories for March 31, 2025 »