Today's Spokane Washington Headlines...
Daylight saving time returns overnight - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 PST
WASHINGTON (AP) — America is springing forward.
Most Americans trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work.
Scotties claim title - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 PST
They’d knocked before, but always were denied. They’d stood on the doorstep before, but found the front door locked and bolted.
A blooming blast - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 PST
Three women swung hula hoops around their hips and up to their hands, held high over their heads. As the hoops traveled back down again, the women moved in formation to the beat of drums. Pole dancers slid up and down the cold steel in a show of athletic prowess, and musicians commanded the stage with heartfelt songs. And there were cupcakes – dozens of them, with frosting in many shades of lilac, in honor of Spokane and in celebration of the Shrinking Violet Society’s first birthday.
Missed chance - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 PST
On to Plan B. Needing a win to keep alive hopes of finishing first in the Western Hockey League’s Western Conference, the Spokane Chiefs fell flat, dropping a 4-3 decision to rival Tri-City before a sold-out crowd of 10,528 at the Arena on Friday night.
Highlanders get cold start - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 PST
TACOMA – Shadle Park added itself to the boys State 3A tournament record book Friday. It just wasn’t in a way the Highlanders would have liked.
Vandals out - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 PST
RENO, Nev. – Fresno State’s 3-point shooting was too much for Idaho as the Vandals fell to the top-seeded Bulldogs 80-66 in the semifinal round of the Western Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament Friday night at the Lawlor Events Center. The Idaho (11-20) women advanced past the first round of the tournament for the first time since joining the conference but couldn’t compete with Fresno State’s long-range shooting.
