Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Education Notebook: High schoolers win scholarships

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Eight students from Spokane Public Schools have received full-tuition, full-need scholarships to Northwest colleges and universities through the Act Six Leadership and Scholarship Initiative. More than 700 students applied and …

• Students’ raps convey life lessons

  February 23, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S5 There’s nothing uniform about sixth-graders. Some are so tall they look like high school freshmen, others so small they look like fourth-graders. Individual clothing styles run the gamut from jeans … 1

• Budget preserves East Side Library

  December 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 Spokane’s endangered East Side Library will remain open at least another year. The Spokane Public Library branch had been on the chopping block to deal with budget cuts.

• Contract may save East Side Library

  December 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 Spokane’s library workers approved a new contract Tuesday that likely will save enough money to keep the East Side Library open next year. Library trustee Rick White said he has … 3

• Schoolchildren join ranks of library branch supporters

  November 30, 2010 in City on Page A6 Nearly 50 Spokane students got a lesson in local government Monday as they arrived at City Hall to share their disapproval of the proposed closure of the East Side Library. … 2

• In brief: 11-year-old checks wallet, gets mugged on way to school

  March 6, 2009 in City on Page A7 An 11-year-old boy was robbed on his way to school Thursday when he pulled out his wallet to check for money, police said. The boy was walking near Second Avenue …