Recent stories by Hilary

• Plenty to give

  November 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 It’s been more than six years since Jan-Michael Gambill played on the biggest stage in tennis, testing his skills against the top ATP players, with serious prize money on the …

• Inoue, Baldwin keep setting pace

  January 21, 2007 in City on Page O5 For America’s top pairs teams, retiring in 2006 was a more popular move than the side-by-side jumps. Since the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, pairs silver medalists …

• Dog’s trip to Australia delayed

  December 20, 2006 in City on Page B1 An Australian man and Cheney’s celebrity canine will have to wait a little longer to be reunited. Kevin Greer, of Brisbane, Queensland, was expecting his black Russian terrier, Duncan, to …

• School weather watch

  December 14, 2006 in Voices on Page N4 Listen up, all you boys and girls praying for a massive snowfall so you can get the day off school. Even if there’s a whiteout outside your bedroom window, the …

• In Boston, no word on Spokane

  December 11, 2006 in City on Page A6 BOSTON – The nine figure skaters committed to competing in Spokane at next month’s 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were outscored by the one skater who has dodged the question …

• The ‘Fabulous 14’

  December 7, 2006 in Voices on Page S4 The search for the next Spokane Lilac Festival queen has been narrowed to 14. The group – dubbed the “Fabulous 14” – was chosen from approximately 200 Spokane County girls …

• Royal scholarship fund loses sponsor

  December 7, 2006 in Voices on Page N6 Northern Quest Casino, past sponsor of the Spokane Lilac Festival royal scholarship funds, has decided not to sponsor the 2007 court. Dan Fitzgerald, casino community relations manager, said the Kalispel …

• Mead senior gets top score on ACT

  November 30, 2006 in Voices on Page N5 Phillip Choi’s ACT score is a hard act to follow. The Mead High School senior was one of 23 students out of 80,000 who scored the highest possible score of …

• Coming soon: seating details for figure skating event

  November 24, 2006 in City on Page B1 Listen up, skating fans: For those who bought tickets for the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships waaaay in advance, you’re finally going to find out where you’ll be sitting for …

• Ice storm: 10 years later

  November 19, 2006 in City on Page A1 Ten years ago today the Inland Northwest was sheathed in crystal. The combination of wet snow and freezing rain that hit Nov. 19 became known as ice storm ‘96. It …

• Overtime an understatement for utility crews

  November 19, 2006 in City on Page A12 No one has to remind Hassel Dotson that today is the 10th anniversary of the 1996 ice storm. It’s frozen in his mind like icicles on a full-leafed Norway maple. …

• National field set for trip to Spokane

  November 19, 2006 in Sports on Page C5 MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. – Danielle Kahle, Erin Reed, Michael Villarreal, Daisuke Murakami. Never heard of them, even though your interest in figure skating piques more than every fourth winter?

• Spokane a day away for some

  November 18, 2006 in Sports on Page C1 MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. – It was as if a pack of miniature ballerinas broke free from the top of their music boxes. There was hardly a moment at the Pacific …

• Seeking a ticket to Spokane

  November 17, 2006 in Sports on Page C3 MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. – Land jumps with high degrees of difficulty, skate with speed and confidence, wow the judges with fancy footwork and woo them with artistry. It could be …

• A work of art in progress

  November 16, 2006 in Voices on Page N4 Nothing like a fresh coat of paint to perk up a room. Imagine what it could do to a neighborhood. Community-minded residents of Latah Valley, more specifically Vinegar Flats, have …

• Protection against fire

  November 9, 2006 in Voices on Page S4 An outdoor plant in potting soil was used to snub out a cigarette in north Spokane. A plastic laundry basket was placed near the wall-mounted heater in the bathroom of …

• Book sale adds to fundraiser

  November 9, 2006 in Voices on Page N13 Cindy Coffman believes every book has at least one more read in it. And she came up with a creative way to spread the written words.

• Harkin rallies Democrats

  October 30, 2006 in City on Page A8 Sen. Tom Harkin, a one-time presidential hopeful and longtime ally of former Speaker of the House Tom Foley, returned to Spokane on Sunday after a long absence from Washington state …

• Camp Need aims to collect donations

  October 26, 2006 in Voices on Page N8 If Bethel Church of the Nazarene congregants show up for services on Nov. 5 in flannel shirts, long johns and woolly mittens, the Rev. Jim Clifton will excuse their outdoorsy …

• Ready to rumble

  October 22, 2006 in Sports on Page C5 It was 7:07 a.m. Kailua Kona, Hawaii, time last Sunday and Spokane professional tennis player Jan-Michael Gambill was in bed sleeping. What happened next even surprised this one-time People Magazine …

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