Spokane

There’s no doubt of Steve Moe’s love for Bloomsday. It’s tattooed on his calf.

From 1975: When Craig S. Jordan, 17, crashed through a glass storm door, the thought that flashed through the mind of Spokane police officer John D. Moore, was, “Oh, God, he’s got a gun.”

Last week, awash with a holiday glow, the former Ridpath Hotel resembled its grandeur of decades ago.

Spokane landlords may soon be required to participate in eviction prevention programs.

Some assembly was required Monday as Christmas Bureau volunteers unboxed new toys and put some together for display so parents looking for a gift for their children could see what they look like.

The owner of a Spokane Valley company will receive roughly $64,000 from the city of Spokane three years after a police vehicle responding to a false alarm crashed into one of its vans.

Students in the Woodshop Club at Rogers High School have been working for months to make wooden tools, tool boxes, cars, reindeer and sleighs to be given to children at the Christmas Bureau when it opens later this week.

The Knickerbocker Apartments at Fifth Avenue and Howard Street in Spokane were built in 1911 in the midst of the city’s great period of growth. Apartments and hotels were springing up to house the workers flooding into the city.

Spokane’s Marshallese community came together in a celebratory church service at the Salvation Army on Sunday to remember a time more than 100 years ago when the power of faith brought them together.

The Spokane Chiefs figured their fans had waited long enough and scored their first goal of the annual Teddy Bear Toss game three minutes and four seconds into the second period, with quite a few fans still in line for concessions.

Charlie Bean has completed all 49 Bloomsdays, several of them accompanied by his wife, Carol. One year, he accidentally ran the race wearing his wife’s number, not his own, requiring a phone call to race founder Don Kardong to fix the error so he could maintain his Perennial status.

From 1975: Guitar legend Chet Atkins headlined a pops concert at the Spokane Opera (Opry?) House, and Atkins opened by saying, “I hope you like guitar pickin’, because that’s all I do.”

From 1975: A two-block area of downtown was cordoned off after at least four shots were fired in the vicinity of the Globe Annex Hotel, 225 N. Division.

The Christmas Bureau has often been called a fine-tuned machine, with hundreds of volunteers and several local companies coming together to make sure the distribution of grocery store vouchers, toys and books goes smoothly.

From 1975: A Spokane judge presiding over a grand larceny case declared a mistrial for an unusual reason: A witness escaped from custody on the way to the courtroom.

Spokane has joined the growing list of cities across the country to ban the use of algorithmic software that landlords have allegedly used to coordinate rent increases, which some Spokane City Council members and prosecutors across the country have likened to cartel-like behavior.

A steady stream of books arrives at Marilee Roloff’s house all year long. She sorts and then puts them in storage until it’s time to give them away at the Christmas Bureau.