The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper The Spokesman-Review
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883
Current Temperature
50°F
Current Conditions
Clear sky
View complete weather report

Color Scheme

Subscribe now

Nicholas Deshais

This individual is no longer an employee with The Spokesman-Review.

All Stories

News >  Military

Fairchild unveils memorial to airmen killed in 1958 B-52 crash

In 1958, 13 airmen were killed when two B-52s collided at Fairchild Air Force Base. Those men were memorialized Friday afternoon on base in a ceremony attended by about 50 people, including Col. Ryan Samuelson, the base commander, and family and friends of the fallen.
News >  Business

City restoring historic restrooms at Byrne Park

The city of Spokane is restoring Depression-era restroom facilities at Byrne Park in north Spokane that were damaged during the 2015 windstorm. The $243,000 project will include restorative work on the restroom’s existing masonry walls and a complete replacement of the roof.
News >  Business

Gonzaga Prep adding to wrestling building

A $6.7 million project to improve Gonzaga Preparatory School’s athletic facilities is entering its third phase this fall, with a nearly $1 million addition to the private school’s wrestling gymnasium.
News >  Spokane

Houston’s lack of zoning left city vulnerable to catastrophic floods

The nation’s fourth largest city is facing a one-two punch of catastrophic rains from a storm that has yet to reach its peak, with water that is expected to keep rising by rain that is still coming, and a near complete lack of city zoning rules in Houston that has made an uncommonly disastrous weather event even worse.
News >  Spokane

Getting There: Spokane, Coeur d’Alene drivers already living American dream of shorter-than-average commute

Summer’s ending. The kids are going back to school. Vacations are fading to memory. It’s time to get back to work. But how long does it actually take to get to work? Too long. Admit it. We’ve all thought about it. How can this commute get shorter? Isn’t there a better way with less traffic or more lanes or fewer red lights or more transit lines or something, anything?
News >  Business

The Dirt: Old Elks building hosts robotics, AI firms in CdA

A workplace focused on the “new economy” opened its doors earlier this month in downtown Coeur d’Alene, and it’s already filled to capacity. The Innovation Den, 418 E. Lakeside Ave., is in the 110-year-old Elks Club. Most of the companies in the building are focused on technology, robotics and artificial intelligence. The University of Idaho’s computer science and robotics department is in the building’s basement. An unmanned aerial vehicle company, xCraft, also leases space.
News >  Spokane

In downtown Spokane, the eclipse brought wonder and an eerie sky but no big moment

The light dimmed, the air cooled and the solar eclipse showed its growing crescent in shadows cast by leaves. For a moment, as people turned their eyes sunward, or stared at their pinhole projections on the ground, or wondered what everyone was looking at, the world slowed down. Traffic calmed. Jackhammers stilled. People gathered on sidewalks.