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• With cancer in remission, a college career awaits Carissa Outen

  August 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 Carissa Outen is cancer-free and ready to start classes at Gonzaga University. The 19-year-old realized her dream of becoming a Bulldog Friday when she moved into her dorm room – …

• ‘Go, stop, rest’

  December 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 A life’s chapter can be filled with heights a person will never forget and lows they’d rather never existed. That was 2010 for Carissa Outen and her mother, Gwen Ashcraft, …

• S-R wins PNNA awards for coverage

  September 18, 2010 in City on Page B3 The Spokesman-Review brought home six awards from the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association convention in Portland this week.

• Spokane teen meets her goals, even as she fights cancer

    June 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Carissa Outen crossed one of many self-designated finish lines Saturday when she graduated from North Central High School. The 18-year-old has been fighting her second battle with a rare form …

• Spokane teen’s resolve in tackling cancer touches doctors, friends

  March 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 At 18, life is pretty predictable. Embracing your last year in high school, applying to colleges, planning for the prom and preparing to walk at graduation. It’s a different world …