Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Portland will not add fluoride to water

  May 23, 2013 in Health, Region on Page A7 SEATTLE – Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add …

• Alaska Airlines starting Fairbanks-Portland flight

  February 12, 2013 in Region SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines is adding daily, nonstop flights this summer between Fairbanks and Portland. Service starts June 9 and continues through Sept. 2. 1

• Zags throttle Pilots — again

  January 18, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 PORTLAND, Ore. – Normally Gonzaga has an inside-outside approach but it operated in reverse Thursday, knocking down eight 3-pointers in the first half and then pounding away in the lane …

• Zags throttle Pilots - again

  January 17, 2013 in Sports PORTLAND, Ore. – Normally Gonzaga has an inside-outside approach but it operated in reverse Thursday, knocking down eight 3-pointers in the first half and then pounding away in the lane …

• Olynyk’s ‘perfect storm’

  January 16, 2013 in Sports For months the popular question for coach Mark Few was, “Is this the best team you’ve had at Gonzaga?” The last several weeks that question has been replaced by another: … 1

• Gonzaga enjoyed week of respite

  January 16, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 There are no bye weeks in college basketball. Teams might have an extended break, perhaps during Finals week or over the Christmas holiday. Other than that, players generally don’t go …

• Gonzaga enjoyed week of respite

  January 15, 2013 in Sports There are no bye weeks in college basketball. Teams might have an extended break, perhaps during Finals week or over the Christmas holiday.

• Huckleberries: Shedding party label a liberating experience

  September 9, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Christie Wood is fed up with the hard-liners who are driving state and local Republicans further and further to the right. Unlike other disillusioned Republicans, however, the North Idaho College … 6

• Most of Portland’s visual arts scene is within 20-block radius

  May 13, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 PORTLAND — With a new Mark Rothko retrospective (and some even more eye-catching surprises) at the Portland Art Museum, Portland has plenty of visual-arts stimulation to offer – as well …

• Portland forces Game 7 in WHL finals

  May 13, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 PORTLAND – An epic Western Hockey League final will come down to a winner-take-all showdown. Oliver Gabriel scored his second goal of the game with 2:39 left in regulation as …

• Oregon kayaker capsizes, in critical condition

  January 29, 2012 in News, Region PORTLAND, Ore. — A 15-year-old boy whose kayak capsized on the Willamette River is in critical condition after rescuers pulled him from the water and performed CPR. Chad Berg was …

• Gonzaga pushes past stubborn Portland

  January 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PORTLAND – Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few suggested earlier this week that the Bulldogs’ rematch with Portland probably wouldn’t resemble the first meeting. He was right. About the only …

• Gonzaga opens WCC schedule against Portland

  December 28, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 At this time a year ago Portland was 12-3 with solid home wins against UC Santa Barbara, Saint Louis, Boise State, Nevada and Utah and a road victory at Montana. …

• Pilots cheer on former teammates

  July 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 PORTLAND – Japan’s victory over the United States in the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday certainly didn’t dampen the pride that the University of Portland has for the women’s …

• Gang detectives investigating Portland shooting

  April 22, 2011 in Nation/World An exchange of gunfire on a Portland street wounded a man and left a bullet hole in the window of a TriMet bus, police said. 2

• GU women rout Portland, roll into final

  March 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 LAS VEGAS – It had all the elements of a typical Gonzaga women’s basketball rout of an overmatched opponent, and a couple others that were particularly satisfying for head coach …

• Gonzaga women to face Portland in WCC semifinals; men get Dons

  March 6, 2011 in Sports on Page C11 LAS VEGAS – A year ago at the WCC women’s basketball tournament, Portland coach Jim Sollars stated that Gonzaga was the best team in conference history. His opinion has changed …

• Gonzaga women roll to 24th consecutive WCC basketball victory

  February 5, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 The way Gonzaga started against Portland on Friday night, it seemed like the toughest decision Bulldogs basketball coach Kelly Graves was going to have to make was whether to order …

• Zags rally, hold off Portland

  February 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 PORTLAND – The airborne chest bumps and high-fives after the final horn were a pretty good indicator of just how big this comeback win was for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. They …

• Gonzaga will face different Pilots

  February 2, 2011 in Sports There have been some subtle and perhaps even a few significant changes in Gonzaga’s and Portland’s basketball teams since the Bulldogs’ 74-61 victory over the Pilots nearly a month ago.

• Zags set for WCC

  January 8, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 The first two months of the men’s basketball season have pretty much shown every side of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. They started out ranked No. 12 and projected as national champions …

• GoGoFinder helps you find what’s hot, happening

  May 6, 2010 in Awayfinder destinations Plenty of events planned for this summer in the Northwest

• Northwest at risk of earthquake like one in Chile

  March 2, 2010 in Region Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.

• GoGo Finder helps you find what you are searching for

  September 25, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations Here’s the skinny on upcoming activities in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and more.

• Peruvian shooting victim remembered at memorial

  February 3, 2009 in City on Page A6 WHITE SALMON, Wash. – A foreign exchange student killed during a shooting spree in Portland, was remembered as a kind and curious young woman – eager to learn about life …

• Victim’s father wants ‘kids to live their lives’

  January 28, 2009 in City on Page A7 PORTLAND – A foreign exchange student critically wounded in a downtown shooting rampage is expected to live, and her parents say they want her to complete her experience of studying …

• Shooter left note, but no motive

  January 27, 2009 in City on Page A6 PORTLAND – The man suspected of shooting nine people and himself outside a Portland nightspot left a note in which he bequeathed his car and PlayStation 3 to a roommate …

• Two killed outside Portland club

  January 26, 2009 in City on Page A6 PORTLAND – A gunman opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland, killing two girls and wounding seven other people before shooting himself in what police say might be a …

• Portland mayor apologizes, says he won’t resign

  January 26, 2009 in City on Page A7 PORTLAND – Mayor Sam Adams said Sunday he will not resign despite calls for him to step down after admitting he lied about a sexual relationship with a teenager. “Tomorrow, …

• Ore. AG to investigate mayor’s affair with teen

  January 22, 2009 in Region Four Portland newspapers and the city police union are calling on the mayor to resign, after he admitted he lied by denying he had a sexual relationship with a teenage …

• 1
• 2
• Next page ›