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Three conservative challengers file 11th-hour write-in campaigns for Spokane Public Schools board

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

A week before Election Day, three conservative hopefuls registered as write-in candidates for uncontested seats on Spokane Public Schools board.

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Candidate for Post Falls School Board wants future-thinking approach to district construction

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 30, 2025

An empty seat on Post Falls School Board of Trustees drew the interest of two parents.

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Post Falls School Board race draws former district principal challenging incumbent

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 29, 2025

Both candidates in a race for Post Falls Board of Trustees have experience with the district: one as the incumbent trustee and the other as a former teacher and principal of more than two decades.

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Geothermal, academic complex building in progress at CWU

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 24, 2025

Oct. 24—ELLENSBURG — Central Washington University is enhancing its campus infrastructure with the construction of the new North Academic Complex. Spanning 108,000 square feet, this building is expected to serve as a hub for social sciences, housing general classrooms, an auditorium and dedicated spaces for the Law and Justice program, slated for completion in fall 2026. The NAC, which is ...

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Seattle student punched by teacher seeks millions in damages

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 22, 2025

For years Seattle Public Schools received warnings about math teacher James Johnson for allegedly using profanity and making students uncomfortable. That was before he punched a student in the face. Now, attorneys in a civil case underway in King County Superior Court want the district to pay between $76 million and $124 million for the harm they argue then-13-year-old Zakaria Sheikhibrahim ...

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FAFSA applications lag in WA, and it worries the governor

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 17, 2025

Washington has one of the country’s most generous college financial aid programs, yet lags behind almost every other state in getting students to apply for it. The governor is determined to understand why.

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Together Spokane: Schools, parks $440 million tax proposal focuses on growth in Southwestern part of the city

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 17, 2025

A new playground, a splash pad, a gazebo, a turf field, sport courts, a parking lot, even a dog park could be coming to the “rapidly developing” Latah/Hangman Neighborhood in southwestern Spokane.

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Northwest Public Broadcasting halts KWSU-TV operations

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 19, 2025

A public television station founded 63 years ago on the campus of Washington State University will go dark at the end of the year.

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Together Spokane: Rebuilt elementary school, new park and expanded sports facilities among plans for Shadle Park High School boundary in schools, parks $440 million tax proposal

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 14, 2025

Once again, voters are being asked what should be done with the former Joe Albi Stadium. Instead of an advisory vote, this time it’s through a $240 million parks levy and $200 million school bond.

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Together Spokane: Replacing the oldest school in the city, boosting field space among plans for Ferris High boundary in schools, parks $440 million tax proposal

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 14, 2025

Among the 200-plus projects that would be addressed in Spokane Public Schools’ $200 million bond and city parks’ $240 million levy is the replacement of the city’s second oldest public school still in use.

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Together Spokane: Here’s how the $440 million schools and parks tax proposals would touch the North Central High School boundary

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 13, 2025

Though it’s officially named “North Central High School,” some school officials dubbed the patchwork school “the SeaTac project that’s never-ending,” or “A Tale of Two Cities,” for the piecemeal updates made over the years.

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‘What we do here is very different’: Spokane Falls Community College student-run paper, the Communicator, is a finalist for print Pacemaker Award

Mon., Oct. 13, 2025

Spokane Falls Community College’s student-run newspaper the Communicator is in the running for what is considered to be the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.

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New 4-year, full-time trades high school would open in Spokane if voters approve $200 million bond

Sun., Oct. 12, 2025

Spokane public school students may in coming years have the opportunity to spend their entire four years learning how to weld sheet metal or suture a laceration instead of studying Shakespeare, which school officials believe will in many cases better meet their personal learning needs and fast track them into a well-paying career out of school.

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Candidate forum: School board hopefuls from across Spokane region talk trades, transgender athletes and more

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 9, 2025

Transgender athletes, school safety and getting back to the trades were some of the major topics Spokane-area school board candidates addressed Thursday, less than a month away from Election Day.

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Data difficulties complicate WA’s effort to close educational achievement gaps

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 8, 2025

Work to close educational achievement gaps for several minority groups in Washington state is being hindered by a lack of data, according to people involved in the yearslong effort.

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The number of fluent Spokane Salish speakers has more than doubled after the first graduation of a pilot adult immersion program: ‘This is historic’

Wed., Oct. 8, 2025

WELLPINIT, Wash. – Felicia Pichette was overjoyed the first time her grandson told her “no.”

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Trades and trans athletes: There’s a lot that distinguishes the candidates for Central Valley School Board

Sun., Oct. 5, 2025

The challenger in a race for Central Valley School Board seeks to end division in the community over what he characterizes as politically motivated actions that the incumbent defends.

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Dads square off for seat on Cheney School Board

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 4, 2025

Like so many things in life, the Cheney School District is experiencing the proverbial growing pains that come with expansion.

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Gonzaga expands nurse anesthesiology program, CRNAs training will move to UW medical school building in 2026

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 3, 2025

Amid a shortage of nurse anesthesiologists, Gonzaga University is expanding its Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice.

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Artist and teacher Karen Rohn named Idaho K-12 Art Educator of the Year

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3—POTLATCH — When Karen Rohn graduated from Potlatch High School, she could not wait to get out of her hometown. Not only did she return years later, but her artistic fingerprints are all over the city she loves, and in the Potlatch School District where she teaches art. "It's not really about where you can go and be your best person, what it really is about is learning how to bloom where ...

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