New rail project on West Plains aims to help county recruit Boeing factory

UPDATED: 11:15 a.m.

updated Spokane county, city and airport officials are building a $2 million short-line rail on the West Plains with hopes it can help attract more aerospace and manufacturing companies.

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Black Friday’s draw continues to wane, WSU survey finds

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Body found Saturday near Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara confirmed to be that of missing Spokane man

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Report: Ivanka Trump used personal email for government work

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With Thankgiving dinner, tolerance, goodwill on the menu

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These are the best premium economy cabins in the skies

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Spokane Police investigation leads to federal drug charges for three men

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Analysis: Gonzaga holds off late Illinois charge to win opener of Maui Invitational

UPDATED: 12:31 a.m.

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TV Take: ESPN’s Bill Walton praises Gonzaga … when he was actually talking about basketball

UPDATED: 12:07 a.m.

TV Take: ESPN’s Bill Walton praises Gonzaga … when he was actually talking about basketball

UPDATED: 12:07 a.m.

The Zags made their 2018 Maui Invitational debut late Monday night on ESPN2 with a 84-78 win over scrappy Illinois, but that wasn’t the main event, at least not on television. And not with Bill Walton doing the analysis.

City Council suspends sit-lie law amid shelter-bed shortage

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City Council suspends sit-lie law amid shelter-bed shortage

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After litigation concerns and the loss of 150 shelter beds in September, the Spokane City Council voted to suspend a law that banned people from sitting, or sleeping on sidewalks downtown.

John Blanchette: Madness in Maui gives Gonzaga first test of its season against Illinois

UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

John Blanchette: Madness in Maui gives Gonzaga first test of its season against Illinois

UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

Giorgi Bezhanishvili is a University of Illinois freshman from Georgia – the one wedged between Turkey and Russia, not between Florida and Bubba – via Austria and a New Jersey high school. Somewhere in the pronunciation of his name, you can extract the word “bashful,” which he is decidedly not.