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Spokane joins together in peace
A heavy police presence greeted students at Lewis and Clark High School Thursday morning in anticipation that members of Westboro Baptist Church may protest outside the school.
Hurricane Michael menaces Florida
Supercharged overnight, Hurricane Michael closed in Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle with potentially catastrophic winds of 145 mph, the most powerful storm on record ever to menace the stretch of …
Artist and bookbinder Timothy Ely
In October, artist and bookbinder Timothy Ely is in residence at The Lab. He will be building books, working on manuscript pages, and doing a variety of activities that connect …
Quality Garage building
A garage that served the motorists of Spokane for 70 years on East Sprague Avenue has been placed on the Spokane Register of Historic Places. The Quality Garage building, 1919 …
Spokane County Sheriff’s Office flight medic program
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is starting a flight medic program with a new helicopter they got. It includes paramedics from Spokane Fire and Spokane Valley Fire.
Northwest Passages Book Club: Craig Johnson
The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages Book Club welcomes bestselling author Craig Johnson. Johnson discusses his new book, “Depth of Winter,” in a conversation with Spokesman-Review Senior Editor Donna Wares. “Depth of …
Sniffing out a new home
Luke, one of eight dogs rescued from an illegal meat farm in South Korea and accepted by SpokAnimal, will soon have a new home.
The winners of the 2018 Associated Press NW photo contest
The winners of the 2018 Associated Press NW photo contest
Fast-moving Hurricane Michael menaces Florida Panhandle
A fast and furious Hurricane Michael sped toward the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday with 110 mph winds and a potential storm surge of 12 feet, giving tens of thousands of …
Balloon Fiesta 2018
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the largest balloon festival in the world, launched 550 hot air balloons, Saturday morning, Oct. 6, 2018, from Balloon Fiesta Park. The nine-day event features …
Indigenous Peoples Celebration
People from around the region gathered, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at the Warehouse sports center in Spokane to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, a renaming of Columbus Day.
Deadly limousine crash
A community gathers Monday evening at a candlelight vigil in memory of 18 limousine passengers, including the driver, and two pedestrians who were killed when the limousine crashed Saturday, Oct. …
Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow
Hundreds gathered for an Indigenous Peoples Day powwow at the Warehouse sports center on North Hamilton Street.
Then and Now: Union tracks
The 1894 Spokane City Hall at Howard and Front streets symbolized the optimism and grand dreams of a railroad boomtown.
Pet blessing at St. John’s Cathedral
A chorus of animal voices joined the Sunday morning hymns at St. John’s Cathedral as pariotioners brought their pets to receive blessings for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Recycling in Spokane
Now the recycling industry in Spokane and the U.S. is suffering. Nationwide, single-stream collectors are struggling to sell their recycling that’s laced with contaminants. In Spokane, the path of single-stream …
Dogs raised for food headed here
Spokane’s canine population will grow by an extra 10 on Saturday when a plane touches down and delivers dogs rescued from an illegal meat farm in South Korea.
Movie and Dinner
Northern Quest Casino is opening an 8-theater cineplex next to the casino. When it opens, it will feature several innovations for a movie theater, including food and beverage service to …
Joe Albi Stadium
“I think that for Spokane, the urban experience is about arts, culture and sports,” Condon said last week as he expounded on the desirability of a new sportsplex and high …
Indonesia earthquake aftermath search and rescue
French rescuers said Friday they were unable to find the possible sign of life they detected a day earlier under the rubble of a hotel that collapsed in the earthquake …
People protest Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Spokane
People protest Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Spokane
Trump Baby brings blast of hot air to Spokane
The Trump Baby was every bit as much the enormous gaseous windsack as the man who inspired him, tethered in the Spokane breeze at the corner of Division and MLK …
Lunch at Lewis and Clark High
At Lewis and Clark High School, the lunchtime experience is what you make it. Depending on the student, it could be a burger in the band room, nachos on the …
Vice President Mike Pence visits Spokane
Vice President Mike Pence called U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers “one of the most important voices in Washington, D.C.” during a campaign luncheon for the Republican congresswoman Tuesday afternoon at …
Las Vegas memorial
Marking the anniversary of the night that a gunman opened fire from a high-rise casino suite on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval gathered with …
Then and Now: J.J. Newberry store
In the late 1800s, America entrepreneurs have created a revolution in retail business by appealing to the thriftiness of the shopper and offering a wide variety of merchandise to save …
Glover Middle School
Glover Middle School is a historic school that opened in 1959. It has no air conditioning, spotty hot water and lots of other problems because of age.
Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 amid search for survivors
Rescue officials feared the full scale of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami could climb far past the more than 800 already confirmed dead, as several large coastal towns remained cut off …
Scarywood Haunted Nights – “You’ve Been Warned ” at Silverwood Theme Park
Scarywood Haunted Nights opens with five haunted attractions and seven scare zones.
20th anniversary of the start of the United Steelworkers’ strike against Kaiser Aluminum.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the United Steelworkers’ strike against Kaiser Aluminum. About 2,100 hourly employees at the company’s Trentwood and Mead plants walked out in …