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No endorsement from Medical Lake Mayor Terri Cooper after she suspends congressional campaign

Updated 9:21 p.m.

Medical Lake Mayor Terri Cooper has suspended her campaign to represent Eastern Washington in Congress, she acknowledged in a news release after not filing to run before the Friday deadline.

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Two hurt in Spokane Valley apartment fire

Updated 9:19 p.m.

Updated: Riverside Elementary School paraeducator jailed, accused of sex crimes against teens
Multiple people injured in reckless driving motorcycle collision on I-90
Riverside School District employee investigated for alleged child pornography possession

Spocanopy and the Lands Council plant 500 trees in honor of Expo ‘74

Thousands of grocery workers in region approve union contract

What’s seen as the best hedge against inflation? It may be a tech stock.

Updated 8:25 p.m.

Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin

Putin turns to a technocrat to crank up Russia’s war machine

Updated 7:40 p.m.

Seattle Times publisher and CEO Frank Blethen will step down in 2025

Updated 8:25 p.m.

Secret recording shows how a right-wing Idaho lobbyist tried to keep a legislator in lockstep

Updated 9:18 p.m.

One Bob to rule them all: Two of the three candidates for governor named Bob Ferguson drop out of Washington’s race

Updated 10:10 p.m.

Traditional Republicans flood May ballot for control of Kootenai County GOP

Riverside Elementary School paraeducator jailed, accused of sex crimes against teens

Updated 9:19 p.m.

What’s happening with the pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Washington

Gonzaga graduate spreads mental health message on college campus

Roadwork to watch for in Spokane County this week

Underground fire still burning in a landfill on Eastern State Hospital nearly a year after Gray fire

30 sailors, Marines assigned to Norfolk-based ships injured in hovercraft training mishap, Navy says

A first for 2024: Inland Northwest to hit 80 degrees and higher this weekend

Faith and Values: Pecking order: A bantam hen’s lesson in patience

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Faith and Values: Pecking order: A bantam hen’s lesson in patience

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News > WA Government

One Bob to rule them all: Two of the three candidates for governor named Bob Ferguson drop out of Washington’s race

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Drama that ensued last week when three people named Bob Ferguson all filed campaigns to run for Washington’s governor appeared to have boiled over Monday when two of the trio of Bobs dropped out of the race. On Monday afternoon, state attorney general Bob Ferguson issued a public statement in which he threatened to take legal action if the other two people by the same name did not withdraw their candidacies by the deadline later that day.

News > Business

Seattle Times publisher and CEO Frank Blethen will step down in 2025

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Frank Blethen, 79, confirmed his plans Monday in a Seattle Times interview. He said he expects to retain his position as board chair of the Seattle Times Co.

News > WA Government

Here’s who filed for office in Spokane County

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Friday was the deadline to file for political office in the Aug. 6 primary in Washington, and Monday was the deadline for candidates to withdraw from races if they changed their minds.

News > Washington

No endorsement from Medical Lake Mayor Terri Cooper after she suspends congressional campaign

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Medical Lake Mayor Terri Cooper has suspended her campaign to represent Eastern Washington in Congress, she acknowledged in a news release after not filing to run before the Friday deadline.

News > Pacific NW

Secret recording shows how a right-wing Idaho lobbyist tried to keep a legislator in lockstep

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

It was the middle of March in the Idaho Legislature and Maria Nate, one of the most powerful lobbyists in right-wing Idaho politics, sounded like she’d been stabbed in the back.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Riverside Elementary School paraeducator jailed, accused of sex crimes against teens

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

A Riverside Elementary School paraeducator and high school coach admitted to recording himself engaging in sex acts with underage boys and sending the videos to other children, court records say.

News > Business

Melinda French Gates resigns from the Gates Foundation

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Billionaire philanthropist and business executive Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she is resigning from the foundation she co-founded with Microsoft founder Bill Gates, her former husband, to start her own philanthropic venture.

News > Higher education

In teaching disability-inclusive engineering, Whitworth University professors hope to open lab creating inclusive toys for Spokane children

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Designs created by freshman engineering students at Whitworth University may one day help create toys for Spokane children with disabilities.

News > Business

What’s seen as the best hedge against inflation? It may be a tech stock.

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

The biggest US tech stocks are not only a bet on innovation but also a possible hedge against inflation, according to some respondents in the latest Bloomberg Markets Live Pulse survey.

News > Nation/World

Severe storms and flooding to affect Southern U.S. this week

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Relentless rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms have been plaguing the United States for nearly three weeks straight, and more are on the way to start the workweek. A broad risk of damaging winds, destructive hail and a few tornadoes spans the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, and could be accompanied by flooding as well.

News > Business

Cocoa plunges 19% as rain forecasts stoke market volatility

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Cocoa futures in New York saw the largest price drop in records going back more than 60 years, with a forecast of wetter weather for key producers feeding further volatility to the market.

News > Nation/World

Michael Cohen says he’d ‘lie, bully’ and threaten people for Trump at hush money trial

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

More than six years after his conviction for doing Donald Trump’s dirty work — cementing a bitter rivalry with the man he once said he’d “take a bullet” for — Michael Cohen testified on Monday at the former president’s hush money trial. Prosecutors called Trump’s former personal lawyer to the stand as the marathon Manhattan Supreme Court trial passes the monthlong mark.

News > Nation/World

Former U.S. State Dept. officials explain resigning over Gaza policy

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

A growing number of U.S. federal government officials are said to have resigned due to dissatisfaction with Washington’s pro-Israel diplomatic stance on the ongoing fighting in Gaza.

News > Business

Airlines sue Transportation Department over rules requiring fee disclosures

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Several US airlines and a major lobbying group sued the US Transportation Department over new regulations mandating upfront disclosure of certain fees.

News > Nation/World

Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from California prison officials who sought immunity from lawsuits for having transferred inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin in May 2020, setting off an outbreak that killed 26 prisoners and one guard. The justices denied the appeals with no comment or dissent.

News > Nation/World

Retired cop meets abandoned baby he helped 23 years ago: ‘What are the odds?’

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

More than two decades have passed since a crying newborn baby boy was found abandoned in a cardboard box at an apartment complex in South Bend, Ind.

News > Nation/World

Putin turns to a technocrat to crank up Russia’s war machine

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

President Vladimir Putin’s surprise late-night shuffle of his defense and security team signals his determination to mobilize Russia’s war economy for a long and intensified conflict in Ukraine against the West.

News > Business

Stocks rise before make-or-break inflation data

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Stocks rose at the start of a week that will bring inflation data seen as key in shaping the outlook for Federal Reserve policy and the direction of markets.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Two hurt in Spokane Valley apartment fire

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

More than a dozen Spokane Valley residents were displaced early Monday in a blaze that destroyed six apartment units.

News > Nation/World

Jury selection begins in Sen. Bob Menedez trial

UPDATED: Mon., May 13, 2024

Sen. Bob Menendez is set to stand trial in Manhattan federal court starting Monday in a sprawling corruption case brought by prosecutors who say the New Jersey Democrat accepted bribes, acted as a foreign agent and obstructed justice.

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