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Scientists discover fossilized remnants of earliest known forest

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

Scientists have discovered fossilized evidence of the world’s earliest known forest atop remote cliffs in England, researchers announced late last month - offering a glimpse of how plants grew hundreds of millions of years ago.

News > Nation/World

Suspect in Pennsylvania shootings that killed family members is captured several hours later in N.J.

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

The man in the black skull cap and what looked like a gas mask banged on the window of her silver Nissan on a street in Trenton, New Jersey, about 8:40 a.m. Saturday. When he pulled out a gun, said Sonya Hanson, whose 9-year-old grandson was in the car, “I was shaking. I thought he was going to kill me.”

News > Crime/Public Safety

Former Idaho trooper on trial for wife’s murder arrested Friday night at Spokane airport

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

From staff reports

News > Nation/World

Humanitarian aid ship completes first food delivery to Gaza by sea

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

A humanitarian aid ship has completed the first aid delivery by sea to Gaza via a new maritime corridor, unloading 200 tons of food and water to the besieged enclave, the nonprofit World Central Kitchen said Saturday. A second aid ship is preparing to sail from Cyprus, the group said.

News > Nation/World

Landline users remain proudly ‘old-fashioned’ in the digital age

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

To many, landline phones have come to seem as essential as steamships and telegrams in the smartphone era. But to those who still use them, they offer distinct advantages. Prompted by a push by AT&T to phase out traditional landlines in California, those who have them are speaking out in their defense.

News > Health

Ask the Builder: Beware of how-not-to-do-it videos on YouTube

Sat., March 16, 2024

You may think that YouTube is an oasis of helpful home improvement videos. After all, anyone with a smartphone can upload a video . Each week I scour YouTube for videos I feel may help you save time and money. With each passing day, I’m convinced that YouTube is a cesspool of bad advice. For every decent video that contains good information, I see 20 or 30 that are created by fools.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Once seen as a longshot, the fair seemed to have fully arrived in terms of public perception

Sat., March 16, 2024

The Spokesman-Review editorial page said that the last cloud of “uncertainty” about Expo ’74 “seems to be lifting.”

News > Spokane

Spokane’s St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday could be a record-breaker

Sat., March 16, 2024

Prepare for a sea of green. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick’s 44th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is Saturday.

News > Washington

Wenatchee-based CMI Orchards, Royal Family Farms partner to turn agriculture waste into soil

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Mar. 15—ROYAL CITY — The Soil Center will break ground in late May in Royal City and provide orchard growers and dairy farmers an opportunity to get rid of waste and compost it into reusable soil amendments, according to CMI Orchards. Wenatchee-based CMI Orchards announced The Soil Center was a partnership with Royal Family Farms of Royal City in a March 5 press release. The Soil Center will ...

News > Nation/World

A United Airlines plane external panel discovered missing after Oregon flight

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

A section of a United Airlines aircraft was discovered missing upon inspection Friday afternoon in southern Oregon, adding to a growing list of mishaps for the airline.

News > Washington

Feds plan for 14,000-acre ‘clean energy’ park in Eastern WA called shortsighted

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Mar. 15—The federal government has a new plan for land it has controlled in the Tri-Cities area since World War II. By April 15 the Department of Energy wants to hear proposals from companies wishing to negotiate leases and develop unused land into clean energy projects, such as solar farms. The 14,000 acres are at the south end of the Hanford nuclear site by Richland in Eastern Washington. A ...

News > WA Government

Inslee and Governor of Kyiv Oblast sign Sister State Agreement

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Washington became the first state to commit to a Sister State Agreement with a region in Ukraine on Friday, continuing its public support for Ukraine during the Russian invasion.

News > Weather

Sun reaches Spokane in time for St. Patrick’s Day, other weekend activities

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Gardeners, outdoorspeople and children, rejoice: sunshine will grace Spokane this weekend.

News > Spokane

YWCA Women of Achievement Awards: U.S. Attorney Vanessa Waldref ‘has overachieved at every level’

UPDATED: Mon., March 18, 2024

Vanessa Waldref, the U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington, has used her position to go after perpetrators of fraud, drug trafficking and violent crime. Her work is being honored with the YWCA Women of Achievement Government and Public Service award.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Prosecutor: Spokane Police justified in shooting, killing Robert Bradley in 2022

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

Two Spokane Police officers were justified in shooting and killing a man who they say pulled a handgun on them when they were attempting to serve a court order in September 2022, Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell announced Friday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Prosecutor asks for 65-year prison sentence in shooting case that injured Spokane police officer

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Preston McCollam helped 23-year-old Ray Wynecoop with his neck tie before asking a judge Friday to sentence him to 65 years in prison for a series of drive-by shootings that wounded a Spokane police officer.

News > Idaho

Idaho bill banning public funds for gender-affirming care goes to Senate

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

In a 4-3 vote Thursday morning, Idaho lawmakers on the Senate State Affairs Committee voted to move a bill forward that would prohibit transgender and nonbinary Idahoans enrolled in Medicaid, or state employees enrolled in the state’s insurance plan, from obtaining gender-affirming care.

News > Nation/World

Ex-Vice President Pence won’t back Trump for White House

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday announced he won’t back Donald Trump in the 2024 race for the White House.

News > Spokane

‘It’s been a long time’: Riverfront Park’s twin suspension bridges open after years of construction

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

More than just blue skies and sun greeted Riverfront Park goers Friday; The twin pedestrian suspension bridges that connect Havermale and sn̓xʷméneʔ islands were both open after years of construction.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Supreme Court: Bar exam will no longer be required to become attorney in Washington State

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The bar exam will no longer be required to become a lawyer in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders Friday.

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