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Proposal to rename East Central Community Center after MLK creates debate
The effort to rename the East Central Community Center after a civil rights icon has met pushback from those who believe the name should continue to reflect the neighborhood it serves.
100 years ago in Vantage, Washington: Wait continues for stranded motorists
A watered-down firecracker ordinance “won’t spoil Fourth fun,” said a Spokane Daily Chronicle headline.
Paul Turner: Spokane, for some, is near perfect
We all know people who like to grouse about Spokane.
Afghan official: Suicide attack in wedding hall kills 63
An Afghan official says at least 63 people have been killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a packed wedding hall late Saturday night in Kabul.
Italy’s Salvini agrees to let 27 minors off migrant ship
Italy’s hard-line interior minister has buckled under pressure and agreed to let 27 unaccompanied minors leave a migrant ship after two weeks at sea, temporarily easing a political standoff that has threatened the viability of the populist government
From tusks to tails, nations eye trade in endangered species
Representatives of 180 nations are meeting to agree on protections for vulnerable species, taking up issues such as the trade in ivory and the demand for shark fin soup that is decimating shark populations.
New York City subway scare suspect taken into police custody
New York City police say they’ve apprehended a man suspected of placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a subway station.
Dick Cheney to appear at fundraiser for Trump and RNC
Former vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., are to appear at a lunch fundraiser Monday in support of President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to an invitation to the event.
Alaska records its warmest month ever; future records likely
Federal weather experts say Alaska just went through its warmest month ever.
Sudanese protesters sign final power-sharing deal with army
Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and ruling military council signed a final power-sharing agreement at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, after weeks of tortuous negotiations
Hong Kong’s divide: Protests for democracy, rally for China
Pro-democracy protesters are marching on one side of Hong Kong’s harbor to demand the government heed their demands, while across the water, a pro-government rally is calling for an end to the often violent protests.
‘It was a big deal’: Antique planes fly from Felts in honor of Spokane Sun God’s 90th anniversary
When Nick Mamer and Art Walker touched down at Felts Field in Spokane Valley on Aug. 20, 1929, they had just set become the first pilots to complete a non-stop transcontinental flight and had set a world record for longest non-stop flight. On Saturday, three local pilots celebrated that achievement with flights of their own.
Advocates already see fallout from immigration rule change
Some public health experts say they’re already seeing the reverberations of a planned Trump administration change to who gets a green card
Three Mile Island, where America flirted with its own Chernobyl, slated to close
Plant owner Exelon Corp. is scheduled to shutter the entire facility, 15 years before its license is set to expire.
At least 13 people arrested at Portland protest
Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland.
Unity in the Community teaches children about cultures, awards school supplies
Charlie Lentz, 5, looked at a stamp on Saturday of a man kicking a ball. “You know what sport that is?” said Janet Jorgensen, a representative of a German booth at the 25th-annual Unity in the Community, a free cultural event held Saturday at Riverfront Park.
Right-wing rally, counterprotests face off in Portland
Right-wing groups and counterprotesters gathered in downtown Portland, Oregon, Saturday and authorities set up concrete barriers and closed streets in an effort to contain the groups
One killed in rollover crash north of Valley
A one-car rollover crash killed one person Saturday morning in Stevens County, and the road was closed as of 11 a.m. while the crash remained under investigation.
‘These properties are weird’: Investors, speculators, neighbors snap up unusual parcels at Spokane County tax auction
While previous buyers passed on 18 oddly shaped and nearly unbuildable tax title properties for sale at the county, a group of investors and adjacent landowners who showed up for a Friday morning Spokane County auction were willing to get into small bidding wars over the unusual pieces of land.
100 years ago in Spokane: Down Columbia River ferry snarls traffic, strands drivers for days
The ferry at Vantage over the Columbia River remained out of service, vastly complicating cross-state auto travel, The Spokesman-Review reported.