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Antique gas and steam engines at fair kept in good condition, for a purpose
Eastern Washington’s rich farming heritage can still be found on display at Spokane County Interstate Fair.
Then and Now: The Women’s Army Corps in Spokane
In Spokane, the Women’s Army Corps served mostly at Fort George Wright and Baxter Hospitals, where they helped care for the wounded men returning from World War II battle overseas.
Cheney school board candidates representing Airway Heights tout elected experience, say district needs more schools
Both incumbent Cheney School Board member Henry Browne and challenger James “Sonny” Weathers are pointing to their experience as elected officials as reasons to vote for them and think the school district needs to build more schools to address growth in enrollment.
At ‘American Idol’ auditions in Spokane, high notes abound
Thousands of ‘American Idol’ contestants showed up for a shot at a golden ticket Sunday at the Davenport Grand Hotel.
To visiting cyclists, SpokeFest has traction
Rain did little to dampen enthusiasm as hundreds of cyclists participated in SpokeFest on Sunday. The event is now in its 12th year.
100 years ago in Spokane: ‘Golf fiends’ push Downriver expansion; Deaconess lays cornerstone
A delegation of “golf fiends” asked the Spokane City Council to add $37,000 to the park budget for use in enlarging and improving Downriver Golf Course, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported.
‘I started my own herd’: Kids have a good time raising livestock, hard time finding buyers at Spokane fair
Spokane-area kids don’t lack enthusiasm for raising livestock but interest in their product is flagging at Spokane’s fair, where beef auction prices are lower than at other regional fairs. And that’s a sore point for some farm families.
Associated Industries settles ‘self-dealing’ complaint by paying feds $1 million
The U.S. Department of Labor has settled a claim against a Spokane-based business organization over allegations that its leaders secretly transferred $3 million from a trust fund set up to lower health insurance costs for 800 local businesses to instead enrich their own for-profit company.
Facing turnover, huge caseloads and complaints, Spokane County considers turning Public Defender’s Office into nonprofit
Spokane County appears poised to overturn decades of precedent and hand the responsibility of representing indigent suspects to lawyers who work for a nonprofit rather than the county. The move comes as turnover in the Public Defender’s Office has meant more time in jail for some clients as they await progress on their cases.
Nevada, South Carolina, Kansas GOP drop presidential nomination votes
Republican leaders in Nevada, South Carolina and Kansas vote to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, another hurdle for those who challenge him
Why does so much news seem negative? Human attention may be to blame
The findings, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, hint that this human bias toward negative news might be a large part of what drives negative news coverage. But the results also revealed that this negative bias was not shared by everyone, and some even had a positive bias – a sign that there may be a market for positive news.
Director of MIT’s Media Lab steps down over Epstein ties
The director of a prestigious research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has resigned following an uproar over his financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein
‘An outlet for their art’: Street artists paint downtown Spokane wall in first of planned monthly sessions
Street artists gathered Saturday to paint a rotating art wall on the side of Boots Bakery in downtown Spokane. The organizers’ goal is to turn the painting of the art wall into a monthly all-day event with food trucks, music, break dancing and painting.
Saudi king replaces energy minister, naming one of his sons
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has replaced the country’s energy minister with one of his own sons, naming Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman to one of the most important positions in the kingdom
‘Friends’ pop-up lets sitcom’s fans explore show’s key props
’Friends’ fans get to relieve the sitcom with a new pop-up experience.
Trump calls off secret meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders
Trump says he’s calling off a secret Camp David meeting with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders
Trump administration officials discuss slashing refugee cap
Trump administration officials will meet next week to discuss whether to further restrict the number of refugees accepted to into the U.S, official says
Hong Kong thwarts airport protest, but battles continue
Hong Kong police thwarted another disruption at the airport by pro-democracy activists but had to battle protesters at subway stations, as the months-long unrest showed no signs of abating even after the government offered a concession days earlier
Protests over Russian local election make Kremlin nervous
A seemingly second-tier local election has evolved into a major challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin, triggering the biggest protests against his rule in seven years and causing divisions among his top lieutenants.
NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim
Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian had threatened Alabama.