A bit of good news today: Spokane schools showed strong scores on the WASL, which was pitched for Page One as relief from the hurricane news. However, we couldn't put it above the hurricane on the page, and didn't want to bury it at the…
The situation on the Gulf Coast is getting worse - locally, we'll look at area volunteers heading south to help out, and we're putting together a collection of blog entries from the scene. Also on Page One tomorrow: Four Spokane residents were among the 407…
A relatively slow news day at home means that Hurricane Katrina will dominate our front page tomorrow (although we're far out of reach of the wind and waves, the financial and human toll will be felt nationwide). Prominent in our coverage will be the expected…
For tomorrow's front page we have stories about...A federal bankruptcy judge ruled Friday that Catholic churches and schools are legally owned by the Diocese of Spokane and therefore available to settle its bankruptcy case, a victory to the dozens of people who have sued the…
Today's news is breaking very late, so the front page has a lot of flexability built into it. A rally held by Citizens for Integrity in Government is set as lead story, but ther may be changes depending on the turnout. Shannon Sullivan and her…
It's been a busy and surprising day for news. Here's how the front page is shaping up:Our lead story is a complete package on the state Supreme Court's swift decision in the Mayor West recall case. Plus an update from the Spokane County Auditor about…
Here's what tomorrow's Page 1 is looking like at this hour:-- Joseph Duncan is set to announce his plea at an arrainment currently underway. The county prosecutor is set to announce if he will seek the death penalty for Duncan. This story is developing, but…
Editors were full of praise this morning for some stories that were published over the weekend:M's pitcher Felix Hernandez is one cool cat90 years, and still campingTrail to mine honors PulaskiBranching out4 cruisers, 3 towns, 1 copThe last two were written by one of our…
Today's story about the arrests of 3 men in connection with the disappearance of a 13-year-old Spokane girl on Aug. 7 generated some discussion:The story ran the inside of today's region section and on the front of Idaho's region section and there was a number…
Here's what tomorrow's Page 1 is looking like at this hour:--A downtown Spokane homeless shelter is about to become homeless itself. The building where the shelter is located has been sold, and organizers now are looking for a new place to call home.--Pharmaceutical companies are…
For tomorrow:--You may have noticed big plumes of smoke over the Rathdrum Prairie today. It's the beginning of the annual field burning season for grass growers.--A review of tax records found no evidence that a prominent pedophile priest ever worked at Morning Star Boys’ Ranch…
Our lead story for tomorrow: Foreign nationals, including potential terrorists, could legally gain entry into the United States with fraudulent degrees purchased from Spokane-based diploma mills, docments made public today reveal.Also locally:--Under a city of Spokane tentative parking ticket amnesty plan, motorists could clear up…
Crews continue to battle the fire in southeastern Washington. Our reporter and photographer got close enough to the fire to "singe their sideburns." They'll have a story on the latest fire conditions, as well as a feature on what it takes to run a 1,600-person…
OK, not really. But I am going to be on vacation for the next 2 1/2 weeks - Ken Sands and the rest of the Web team will be updating the blog when they can, but bear with us if we miss a day here…
The photo of the fire camp in Pomeroy that you saw on the front page today was, believe it or not, the best photo we had available from the scene. Reporter James Hagengruber was able to file a story after all, before settling down into…
Yes, that story on Hanford's role in the Hiroshima bombing was written by the same Karen Dorn Steele that's neck-deep in the Jim West investigation. Pulling off the two tasks simultaneously did not go unnoticed...Where's the fire?We're discussing whether to send a reporter and photographer…
Today’s story on transgendered father Kimberly Stankovich generated a lot of discussion this morning – here’s a general summary of the arguments:The story was an overly-sympathetic portrayal of a deadbeat dad who could find work if he really wanted to, vs.: The story was a…
Word that Joseph Duncan had been linked to a 1997 slaying of a 10-year-old boy in California came into the newsroom late yesterday afternoon, and reporter Bill Morlin scrambled to get a story together for the Web site and then flesh it out for the…
"Yonder" is the word we were looking for on the airplane story on today's page B1. Not "younder." Sorry 'bout that. Follow the leaderIf you were following along yesterday, you know that as of the 4:30 news meeting, we had decided to lead with Toronto…
Reporter Jim Camden, who wasn't at yesterday afternoon's meeting, thought maybe the moose story should have gone to Page One. In retrospect, a compelling argument could be made that the moose photo might have made a better centerpiece than the space shuttle photo. However, no…
Did you spot it? A typo on our Ryne Sandberg commemorative section cover made it all the way through production before anyone saw it. Question is, what do you do about it? Does an error like this (that is, small enough that no one in…
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