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    Verner takes questions from reporters on election night

    Spokane Mayor Mary Verner answers questions from reporters shortly after hearing election results at her campaign party at Taaj Indian restaurant.

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    Frances Conover Church

    Frances Conover Church reads from the World War I diary kept by her father, Harvey Conover. In this passage from Oct. 28, 1918, he describes the crash of the fighter … 1

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    George Maupin

    George Maupin of KHQ encourages people to not be afraid to take a job they are overqualified for in these tough economic times. He did it once and it paid …

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    Mayor Mary Verner addresses supporters on election night

    Spokane Mayor Mary Verner addresses supporters at her election night party at Taaj Indian Restaurant soon after the release of number showing her trailing her opponent, David Condon. She says …

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    EvaLassman

    Eva Lassman, a Holocaust survivor who in 2011 at age 91 in Spokane, shared her memories and legacy with Michael Gurian, who wrote “Eva’s Song,” a lyrical oratory poem. Here’s …

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    Julia Smith

    Julia Smith, music thanatologist, plays a song on the harp. Harp and song help ease dying people’s journey from this life.

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    Officer Amy Ross / 911 call

    Off-duty Spokane police Officer Amy Ross’ 911 call Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, after a knife attack on her fiance, Sgt. Brad Thoma.

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    Josh ‘Gasmasq’ Ogle part 06

    Rapper Josh Ogle on whether he’s bothered that the attention his duet is getting is getting is focused on the shock folks have from the mayor rapping rather than on …

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    Gene and Vicky Littell on daughter’s death

    Gene and Vicky Littell, the parents of Susette G. Werner, who was struck and dragged by a car early Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, talk about their daughter’s death. 1

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    Ian James’s phone call to 911

    Ian E. James, 38, made this call to 911 after his girlfriend, Lynea M. Sprung Hambrice, 36, fell 12 stories to her death at the Coeur d’Alene Resort on July …

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    Don Poffenroth of Dry Fly (Click player above for audio)

    Don Poffenroth of Dry Fly Distilling talks about plans to sell more whiskey this year, adding about 40 percent extra capacity at its Spokane production facility.

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    Brian Albrecht

    Brian Albrecht describes how quickly his work life changed in just one week. On a Monday, he found out his TV weather meteorologist contract wasn’t going to be renewed. By …

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    Tom Perko talks about Haiti

    Tom Perko is executive director of Extollo International, a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission to train local populations in the building of structurally sound homes and schools. In this …

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    Wise words with Julie Farley

    Julie Farley, owner of The Make-Up Studio in downtown Spokane, describes how the idea for Project Beauty Share, in which women donate makeup and hygiene items for low-income women, came …

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    Mary Verner: Otto Zehm

    Spokane Mayor Mary Verner reacts to the federal grand jury indictment of Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr., the first of several officers to confront Otto Zehm, a 36-year-old …

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    Father Armand Nigro

    Father Armand Nigro describes his call to the priesthood as a young boy.

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    Regina Belser on James von Brunn 01

    Regina Belser, a former Webmaster for James W. von Brunn, talks about what she knows of his life in an interview with Dan Mitchinson Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

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    Mary Verner at violence forum

    Spokane Mayor Mary Verner responds to criticism at a forum about violence on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. (Photo is of Verner at an event last year.)

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    Mary DeLateur

    Mary DeLateur, who counsels veterans at the Veterans Outreach Center in Spokane Valley, talks about why the recently passed tax credit for hiring vets is a good thing. Not just …

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    Ketchup popular before french fries, hamburgers

    Andrew F. Smith, who wrote “Pure Ketchup: The History of America’s National Condiment,” talks about the functionality of ketchup in the late 1800s and early 1900s before hamburgers, hotdogs and …