OLYMPIA – Public hospitals that provide maternity services must also provide access to contraception and abortion, even if they contract with a private company that bars such services, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday. In a formal attorney general’s opinion, Ferguson said state law,…
Former Spokane Mayor John Talbott made headlines in the Tri-Cities this week after speaking to the Pasco City Council, getting his microphone cut off and being escorted out of the building by the police chief. Talbott, who was elected to one term in Spokane City…
OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Natural Resources apparently thinks Sasquatches, like everyone else, need a Discover Pass if they want to spend any time in state parks or state lands. The DNR is kicking out a whole line of public service announcements trying to…
Always fun to see how other folks view Spokane. Here's the take of a New York Times writer who reported this week on the controversy over coal ports and coal trains expanding in the Northwest. SPOKANE, Wash. — The Pacific Northwest’s sense of itself can…
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