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• A jockey’s odyssey

  May 15, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 While mathemat- icians might be tempted to disagree, Akifumi Kato continues to demonstrate that the shortest distance between two points is not always a straight line. Those who remember horse … 2

• His mark on the game

  April 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 The hard part is Sunday. That’s the day that reminds Reid Hatley what might have been. That’s the day his old roommate, Ricky Barnes, might be contending with one of …

• Former U-Hi athlete would like NBA job

  April 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Inderbir Gill has a pretty lofty dream. Gill wants to be the first Spokane high school graduate to be in the NBA since Adam Morrison.

• Former U-Hi athlete would like NBA job

  April 2, 2012 in Sports Inderbir Gill has a pretty lofty dream. Gill wants to be the first Spokane high school graduate to be in the NBA since Adam Morrison. The 2005 University High School …

• Stage definitely bigger

  February 21, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Trish Harnetiaux could only laugh when a friend she hadn’t seen in years came to a stop outside her window seat at a downtown Spokane coffee shop to mouth, “Trish …

• Stage definitely bigger for Harnetiaux

  February 20, 2012 in Sports Trish Harnetiaux could only laugh when a friend she hadn’t seen in years came to a stop outside her window seat at a downtown Spokane coffee shop to mouth, “Trish …

• Holdin’ down the fort

  February 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Jennifer Williams never really worried about taking her own path but it wasn’t that long ago that she realized where the strength to make her own way came from. “I …

• Holdin’ down the fort

  February 13, 2012 in Sports Former Gonzaga Prep girls basketball star Jennifer Williams has landed in Tulsa, Okla., with two small daughters, Tessa, 2, and Ellie, 9 months, while her husband, Austin, an infantry platoon …

• Then & Now: Lisa Comstock-Schultz

  February 6, 2012 in Sports When Eastern Washington University’s diminutive point guard Chene Cooper this year became the women’s basketball all-time assist leader at the school, she broke a record that had stood for more …

• Lights, camera …

  January 31, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 A professional football career never panned out following a record-setting career as a wide receiver at Eastern Washington University, but Tony Brooks has never lost the thirst for competition. He …

• She’s a wife and mother now

  January 17, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 It might have been the quickest interview for a “Then and Now” subject. “Then: young and vibrant,” Andee Schmick wrote. “Now: old and tired.”

• Then & Now: Andee Schmick

  January 16, 2012 in Sports It might have been the quickest interview for a “Then and Now” subject. “Then: young and vibrant,” Andee Schmick wrote. “Now: old and tired.” But even though she is “unemployed” … 1

• Photos Then & Now: Glitzy Garland Theatre opened in 1945

  November 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 Good wishes came via telegram from superstars Bing Crosby, Cary Grant and Bob Hope when the Garland Theatre opened in 1945. The stylish interior, the record and gift shop in … 2

• Photos Then & Now: Public library

  October 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 The first libraries in Spokane, opening in 1880 and 1883, required paid memberships. Both failed. An effort in 1891 struggled, too, and the city took over the library and housed … 2

• Photos: Howard bridge, among first to cross Spokane River

  October 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 Beginning in 1881 and continuing for most of a century, Howard Street traffic crossed the Spokane River over a series of three bridges – dubbed the Howard, Havermale and Washington …

• Photos: Deer Park’s creation story a standard Western

  September 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 The history of Deer Park is a story mirrored throughout the West. Though a few pioneer families settled there in the 1880s, the town 25 miles north of downtown Spokane … 1

• Then & Now photos: Motorcycle cops

  September 19, 2011 in City on Page A5 The motorcycle cops of the 1940s rode year-round, said retired officer Jack Latta, 88, who started patrolling Spokane streets in 1952. When winter came, Latta said, officers added sidecars for … 4

• Photos Then & Now: The Interstate Fair

  September 12, 2011 in City on Page A5 According to spokanecounty.org, the earliest Spokane fair, the Washington and Idaho Fair, was held at Corbin Park in 1886, when neither territory was a state. For a while in the … 6

• Then & Now photos: Hayden Lake Country Club

  September 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Hayden Lake Country Club, which started out as a collection of cabins on a beach on the lake’s west side, has long been the place to see and be …

• Then & Now: Downtown Colfax

  August 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 Colfax, the county seat of Whitman County, was settled in the 1860s and incorporated in 1873. The town was originally called Belleville but was renamed to honor Schuyler Colfax, a …

• Then & Now: Lake CdA has long been airport to motorized birds

  August 22, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Although Coeur d’Alene’s Weeks Field was among Idaho’s first airports, seaplanes have long been common on Lake Coeur d’Alene. They have been used for commercial purposes such as scouting timber …

• Photos: Once-private home now a bed and breakfast

  August 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 The E.J. Roberts mansion is a symbol of the boom and bust of Spokane’s early years. It was built in 1889 for Bernhard Loewenberg, a Prussian immigrant and owner of … 5

• Then & Now: Harnessing water’s power changed the region

  August 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 From the Monroe Street Bridge, the lower falls of the Spokane River can be seen crashing over a level, manmade spillway that symbolizes the need to harness water to produce …

• Photos: Mining profits built downtown’s Hutton Building

  August 1, 2011 in City on Page A5 Levi Hutton and his wife, May Arkwright Hutton, financed the Hutton Building in 1907 with proceeds from their Hercules Mine in Idaho. The top three floors of the structure, designed …

• Photos: P.M Jacoy’s, downtown fixture for more than century

  July 25, 2011 in City on Page A5 P.M. Jacoy’s, a well-known seller of cigars, sporting-event tickets, magazines, books and the largest selection of out-of-town newspapers in Spokane, was opened in 1897 by Peter M. Jacoy. Originally named … 2

• Photos: Monroe Street structure bridges past and present

  July 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 The life of the Monroe Street Bridge spans much more than just the Spokane River. Destroyed by fire and resurrected as a steel structure in the early 1890s, it was … 1

• Expo ’74 forever changed Spokane’s landscape

  July 11, 2011 in City on Page A5 As preparations for the Expo ’74 World’s Fair shifted into high gear, this area facing Trent Avenue (now Spokane Falls Boulevard) was ready for the wrecking ball in 1972. The … 8

• Some day son to hear of ex-Eagle’s improbable success

  November 23, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Harry Leons has never told his 6-year-old son Jack about the magical football season he and his Eastern Washington University team experienced in 1997, the year the Eagles advanced to … 1

• Former Cougars stars get their sports fix in a different way

  November 16, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Back in the day it was all sports all the time for Doug and Darci Wellsandt, mixed in with helping on the family farm. It worked out pretty well since …

• Then & Now: Ex-Mead star left football after high school

    October 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Back when he finished a stellar high school football career as the second all-time rusher in the Greater Spokane League and first at Mead, Scott McGlocklin was the strongest athlete … 1

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