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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87

UPDATED: 8:32 p.m.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Pacific NW

How to prevent another 2020 fire season? Northwest lawmakers call for more resources

UPDATED: 9:42 p.m.

Tree on power line likely cause of fire that destroyed Malden, Pine City

UPDATED: 9:32 p.m.

Former Pasco officer recharged with murder in connection with 1986 Spokane killing

UPDATED: 6:34 p.m.

Spokane

Air quality getting worse, but still expected to clear Saturday; air shelter closes

UPDATED: 7:41 p.m.

Today’s Headlines

Air quality getting worse, but still expected to clear Saturday; air shelter closes

UPDATED: 7:41 p.m.

Longtime and eager Bloomies share their plans for a virtual race that begins Friday

UPDATED: 8:59 a.m.

Federal judge in Washington issues temporary injunction against USPS operational changes amid concerns about mail slowdowns

UPDATED: 11:43 a.m.

Washington farmworkers push through hazardous smoke to feed America with little choice

UPDATED: 12:20 p.m.

Unemployment taxes in Washington likely will rise next year as trust fund depletes

UPDATED: 8:05 a.m.

After deadlocked vote, Davenport City Council poised to abandon plan for independent police force

UPDATED: 8:32 p.m.

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

UPDATED: 11:44 a.m.

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Pacific NW

How to prevent another 2020 fire season? Northwest lawmakers call for more resources

UPDATED: 9:42 p.m.

Tree on power line likely cause of fire that destroyed Malden, Pine City

UPDATED: 9:32 p.m.

Former Pasco officer recharged with murder in connection with 1986 Spokane killing

UPDATED: 6:34 p.m.

Spokane

Tree on power line likely cause of fire that destroyed Malden, Pine City

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

Sports

Prep football: Alden Waddington hauls in 2 TD passes, Lakeland downs Lewiston

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

A&E

Longtime Neil Young fan in Spokane cherishes mementos from music legend

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

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Visual stories

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Coronavirus

COVID-19 contact tracing app coming soon for Washington residents who opt in

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 17, 2020

Nation/World

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

Crime

Former Pasco officer recharged with murder in connection with 1986 Spokane killing

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

2020 election

McConnell pledges quick vote on next justice; Biden says no

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

Outdoors

S-R Hunting Outlook 2020: Washington big game hunters have opportunity for harvest

Thu., Sept. 17, 2020

Business

The Catalyst Building now open in the University District

Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

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Vanessa Veselka makes 2020 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

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Shawn Vestal: Smoke gets in your eyes, and throat, and lungs, and heart…

Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

Sue Lani Madsen: Inslee’s apple misstep indicates he’s out of touch with agriculture

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 16, 2020

Long reads

‘It has to be meaningful’: Parents recall a life that began in Spokane and ended in apparent political killing in Portland

Sun., Sept. 6, 2020

Summer Stories: ‘What Rises Beneath’ by Jess Walter

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 7, 2020

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