Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• In vets’ eyes, Spokane a gracious host

    July 18, 2009 in Sports, City David Fowler travels all over the country. Until his Spokane visit this week for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, he had seen only one piece of public art with a … 2

• Veterans Games for women, too

  July 18, 2009 in Sports on Page C1 Not long after multiple sclerosis struck Laura Schwanger, she found an outlet for her competitive urge. The former solider became involved in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

• Games helped Bemis bounce back

      July 16, 2009 in Sports on Page B1 Winning and losing doesn’t really matter this week to Loon Lake’s Roy “Bud” Bemis, who is competing in five events at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games. “Six hundred of the … 1

• Basketball kicks off games planned across Spokane

  July 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 The National Veterans Wheelchair Games are not about athletes with disabilities, the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday. “The games are all about heart,” VA Secretary …

• Families and fans welcome wheelchair athletes

  July 13, 2009 in City Vicki Emmerson waited for opening ceremonies at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games to begin Monday night in the Spokane Arena, checking to make sure she had the most important item … 1