Spokane

The stately five-story building, with a soaring roofline, on the northeast corner of Riverside Avenue and Washington Street has had several different names through the 20th century.

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, Polly Schindler says, “the whole family is diagnosed.”

A reader from Twisp wrote into The Spokesman-Review and asked, “What happened to the street signs in downtown Spokane?”

An Expo ’74 box office opened up at the Coliseum, and “excellent seats were available for every event.”

Several area tribes announced plans to have an encampment along the Spokane River at the Expo ’74 site.

Mid-March is the perfect time to start warm season vegetables indoors. Plants like tomato, eggplant and peppers started now will be ready to plant out at the end of May when we are less likely to get a frost. There is still time to start cool season vegetables like cabbage, onions, cauliflower and broccoli but don’t wait too long as these crops need cooler spring weather to grow properly.

A battered soldier with bandages on his face – his shield splattered with egg.

For the first time in 52 years, Havermale Island on the Expo ’74 site had become a true island again.

Spokane County deputy prosecutors are juggling more than 100 cases at any given time while receiving far less compensation than other prosecutors in the state.

Thrive International is in the process of purchasing a piece of vacant land in northeast Spokane from the Spokane Public Library with plans to develop at least 45 units of affordable housing by 2025. 

A “bare-chested pipe-puffing hippie” named Mr. Love Child protested city council member Jack Winston’s stand against the establishment of an Expo ’74 youth park.

Melody Chang Heaton has never been one to sit idle, as evidenced by her current roles as the executive director of the Asian Opera Alliance and the communications and marketing director for the Spokane Valley Summer Theatre.

On Monday, the Spokane City Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution that, if passed, would call on Gov. Jay Inslee to declare a state of emergency for the fentanyl and opiate overdose crisis in Spokane and the greater state of Washington.

Details about the reason Bob Lutz resigned from his post at the state agency after three years remained unclear Tuesday evening. His sudden departure was met with disappointment from some local elected officials, including Mayor Lisa Brown. 

Democratic candidate for Congress Carmela Conroy boasts a long list of endorsements, including the most prominent elected Democrats in the greater Spokane area.

The city of Spokane received an unexpected gift from the federal government – the “soaring, canopied” U.S. Pavilion at Expo ’74.

Between 25,000 and 30,000 people visited the Expo ’74 grounds for the last time before it would be closed off until opening day in May.

Stretching from the Model T to the Model A era, the Universal Auto Company was a Ford car dealership that began operation on Havermale Island. The name was likely borrowed from Ford’s nickname for the Model T as the “universal car,” referencing the car as a platform that could serve as a passenger car or adapted as a truck or cargo van. Fifteen million Model Ts were sold between 1908 and 1926.

Dozens gathered for a Selection Sunday watch party at the Spokane Arena, holding their breath to find out which eight NCAA men’s basketball teams will visit Spokane – the result of a yearslong effort to lure the NCAA back to Spokane as a March Madness host city.