Spokane

When Bill Widrig retired from the U.S. Forest Service in Montana in 2002 and moved to Spokane, he needed a hobby.

The Expo ’74 promotional hot air balloon made a test flight – or test float? – from the Expo grounds.

You could be the proud owner of a former Spokane County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, if you have a spare $1 million lying around.

Officers issued a warning to 350 Spokane merchants: Expo ’74 tourists would be accompanied by Expo con artists.

It’s Thursday evening, the last basketball practice before the Spokane Dawgs fifth-grade girls’ team competes in the 2024 Washington Middle School Basketball Championship. Head coach Jen Kerns, assistant coach Doug Byrd and team manager Christina Demke are all on hand at the Salvation Army gym in Spokane for their bi-weekly practice. The previous practice was canceled because several girls, as well as Kerns, had whatever crud was circulating in Spokane.

The investigation into Spokane Valley city Councilman Al Merkel’s conduct toward city staff is moving forward – just not smoothly.

Mexico announced it was withdrawing from Expo ’74 – but was it, really?

For thousands of students in Spokane, it’s spring break.

The Union Pacific’s last steam-powered locomotive was making a grand tour of the West, on the way to its destination as an exhibit at Expo ’74.

Although it took hundreds of architects, engineers, designers and builders to create Expo ’74, the artistic vision of artist Harold Balazs was everywhere at the world’s fair.

A fifth-grade class in Sprague, Washington, came up with the cleverest – and most environmentally responsible – way to earn money for Expo ’74 tickets.

Expo ’74 General Manager Petr L. Spurney asked for, and received, the resignation of M.L. Alter as managing director of Expo’s Environmental Symposia Series.

The White House confirmed that First Lady Patricia Nixon would be on hand to open Expo ’74 on May 4, 1974.

When some kids were outside at recess without coats or gloves on chilly days, Jefferson Elementary fifth-grader Bennet Robertson took notice. She recruited her friend Frida Sanchez to help her create a Coat Cart to provide warm clothing that students could borrow to go outside and play.

Fears of a summer gasoline shortage were easing, and that was good news for Expo ’74.

A Spokesman-Review reader from Fairfield wrote a letter to the editor to say that when she first heard about Expo ’74, she thought “it was real dumb.”

The Spokane County Elections Office Tuesday conducted a recount of ballots cast for a single precinct during the special election in February.

Up With People, described as a “peppy traveling troupe” of clean-cut young entertainers, was getting ready to embark on a pre-Expo ’74 promotional concert tour.

John Harding attends almost every Spokane Valley City Council meeting.