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100 years ago in Spokane: The Valley’s second apple blossom festival became an ‘ingenious’ marketing tool for the area

Sat., May 21, 2022

Hundreds of autos jammed the farm lanes of Otis Orchards and the vicinity for the second annual Spokane Valley Apple Blossom Festival.

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Querida Kiantha: Los problemas de salud mental merecen compasión, no estigma

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

Querida Kiantha,

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Shawn Vestal: Idaho said no to the far right, but Kootenai County said yes, yes, yes

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

Broadly speaking, Idaho rejected the wingnut right in Tuesday’s major races.

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Dear Kiantha: Mental health issues deserve compassion, not stigma

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

Dear Kiantha,

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100 years ago in Spokane: A free radio was the big draw in a Chronicle contest to get more subscriptions

UPDATED: Thu., May 19, 2022

The Spokane Daily Chronicle announced an audacious giveaway: a free radio receiving set to “every man, woman and child” in its circulation area.

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Front Porch: Keeping falls in context as we navigate aging

Thu., May 19, 2022

I really intended to find a nice happy topic to write about today. What with the general gloom swirling about these days, it seemed time to feature something to smile about.

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Sue Lani Madsen: Demographics are not destiny in politics

Thu., May 19, 2022

Reports following the domestic terrorist attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store have pushed the phrase “great replacement theory” into the vocabulary. It’s being used as a weapon to otherize with fear and division at a time when we need to be building unity.

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Shawn Vestal: Let unvaxxed Spokane firefighters live with the consequence of their choice

Wed., May 18, 2022

As the City Council looks at soaring overtime costs in the fire department, some council members want to rehire firefighters who chose to leave their extraordinarily well-paid jobs rather than get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Faith and Values: Finding rest, whether on the Sabbath or not, is important

Mon., May 16, 2022

I’ve always been good at being busy. In college a family friend gave me the book, “The Art of Doing Nothing,” in hopes that I’d learn to slow down and make time for myself.

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Support it or not, but protesting at a judge’s home is not a new tactic

Sun., May 15, 2022

While the Founding Fathers enshrined the right to “peaceably assemble to petition the government for a redress of grievances” in the Bill of Rights, they did not define peaceably.

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100 years ago in Spokane: Radio, then called the ‘radiophone,’ was becoming so popular that the Chronicle predicted it could rival the telephone

Fri., May 13, 2022

The Spokane Daily Chronicle said a new electronic technology – radio – might have an impact as profound as the telephone.

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Chris Cargill: Left should let voters decide on tax

Fri., May 13, 2022

By Chris Cargill

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Dear Kiantha: As pandemic restrictions ease, remember our global neighbors

Fri., May 13, 2022

Dear Kiantha,

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Front Porch: Taking the unexpected gifts of COVID-19 into post-pandemic life

Thu., May 12, 2022

On Jan. 17, 2019, Derek and I whooped, hollered, an danced at Northern Quest Resort & Casino as REO Speedwagon made us feel like teenagers again – albeit teenagers whose ears rang for hours after the high-decibel show.

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100 years ago in Spokane: Fear of the jinx was suspected when Teddy, Gonzaga’s bulldog athletics mascot, disappeared

Thu., May 12, 2022

Teddy Gonzaga, the bulldog mascot of Gonzaga University’s athletic teams, disappeared following a baseball loss to the University of Montana.

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Sue Lani Madsen: Taking action on abortion

Thu., May 12, 2022

A 2019 Notre Dame study based on personal interviews instead of limited choice surveys found most Americans don’t talk much about abortion, and they hate being labeled. Lack of information and a fear of being dragged into the political mud keep them quiet. Meanwhile, gloomy reporting on a possible decision overturning Roe v. Wade has stirred up visions of a Taliban-like future if the Supreme Court decides it’s an issue that must once again be left to each state to sort out. Barricades have been erected around the Supreme Court building in anticipation of an angry “pro-choice” mob attempting to storm the doors when the decision is announced. Five of the justices have been threatened by protesting crowds on their front lawns.

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100 years ago in Spokane: A grand jury found the city’s schools were hotbeds of immorality and came up with a list of the possible reasons

Wed., May 11, 2022

A Spokane County grand jury reported that it found conclusive evidence of immorality and drinking in Spokane’s grade schools and high schools.

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Faith and Values: What the Good Samaritan parable tells us about being good neighbors in wartime

Mon., May 9, 2022

Down through the centuries religion has fueled many wars. Or is it just that Might makes Right, and religion is irrelevant, powerless?

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Shawn Vestal: The scientific consensus on dam breaching is broad and deep, like it or not

UPDATED: Tue., May 10, 2022

If it’s springtime, the swallows must be returning to San Juan Capistrano and Todd Myers must be telling whoppers about salmon recovery.

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100 years ago in Spokane: A repeat offender had a very 1922 strategy for avoiding arrest – getting a respectable bob haircut

Sun., May 8, 2022

Ruch King, a well-known Spokane “police character” (repeat offender), said she had “read some place that a woman with bobbed hair had never been arrested in Spokane.”

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100 years ago in Spokane: The Valley’s second apple blossom festival became an ‘ingenious’ marketing tool for the area

Querida Kiantha: Los problemas de salud mental merecen compasión, no estigma

Shawn Vestal: Idaho said no to the far right, but Kootenai County said yes, yes, yes

Dear Kiantha: Mental health issues deserve compassion, not stigma

100 years ago in Spokane: A free radio was the big draw in a Chronicle contest to get more subscriptions

Front Porch: Keeping falls in context as we navigate aging

Sue Lani Madsen: Demographics are not destiny in politics

Shawn Vestal: Let unvaxxed Spokane firefighters live with the consequence of their choice

Faith and Values: Finding rest, whether on the Sabbath or not, is important

Support it or not, but protesting at a judge’s home is not a new tactic

100 years ago in Spokane: Radio, then called the ‘radiophone,’ was becoming so popular that the Chronicle predicted it could rival the telephone

Chris Cargill: Left should let voters decide on tax

Dear Kiantha: As pandemic restrictions ease, remember our global neighbors

Front Porch: Taking the unexpected gifts of COVID-19 into post-pandemic life

100 years ago in Spokane: Fear of the jinx was suspected when Teddy, Gonzaga’s bulldog athletics mascot, disappeared

Sue Lani Madsen: Taking action on abortion

100 years ago in Spokane: A grand jury found the city’s schools were hotbeds of immorality and came up with a list of the possible reasons

Faith and Values: What the Good Samaritan parable tells us about being good neighbors in wartime

Shawn Vestal: The scientific consensus on dam breaching is broad and deep, like it or not

100 years ago in Spokane: A repeat offender had a very 1922 strategy for avoiding arrest – getting a respectable bob haircut

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