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The latest back-to-school accessory: Bulletproof backpack sales up after recent mass shootings
Goodbye Kitty, hello Kevlar.
Miss Kendra program coming to Logan Elementary this fall
When classes start at Logan Elementary later this month, teachers and staff will have just completed new training designed to teach them how to support students affected by adverse childhood experiences thanks to a $35,000 grant from the Hagan Foundation.
Steve Christilaw: Do you have a sharp eye and thick skin? Consider becoming an umpire or referee
Some are referees. Others are umpires. Still more go by (something) judge. Some are casually referred to as zebras while others are simply “Blue.”
Front Porch: Picking the perfect paint problematic
It’s amazing how a fresh coat of paint and updated décor improves a home’s entryway.
Feature creature: Artimus, a hound mix, needs human family
Artimus, a red and brindle-colored hound-mixed breed dog, is available for adoption at the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service.
Somebody needs you: Baby items, conventional phone, dining set sought
The goal of Somebody Needs You is to match donors with the specific requests of needy Spokane residents
Famed pilot Nick Mamer’s personal collection on display in Spokane Valley
Personal artifacts from famed pilot Nick Mamer will be on display in Spokane Valley for the next several months, including many of the notes he dropped from his plane during his historic five-day, cross-country flight.
Possible E. coli contamination keeps Marshall residents without safe water
While a new pump began sending water into houses on Thursday, according to Jim Brown, president of the Marshall Community Water Association, the private purveyor of the town’s water, it wasn’t the kind of water anyone would want to drink. It was that may be contaminated with E. coli.
100 years ago in Spokane: Stray dogs sought to chase rabbits; strike closes mines
The farmers of Wheeler, Wash., near Moses Lake, were willing to take stray dogs off the hands of the Spokane Humane Society and give the dogs permanent jobs as rabbit chasers, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported.
Man in Spokane standoff taken into custody without incident
A man wanted by Spokane police barricaded himself in a multifamily home Wednesday afternoon, but was later taken into custody without incident.
‘There are so many great writers in town’: Summer Stories contributors join readers at Northwest Passages event
Spokane authors got the chance to meet local readers and Spokane readers got a chance to hear from a slate of local writers Wednesday night, during a Northwest Passages Book Club celebration of The Spokesman-Review’s annual Summer Series of short fiction.
Man attempts pot shop break-in with underwear wrapped around his head, police say
A man wearing underwear wrapped around his head and socks on his hands attempted to break into Apex Cannabis in Otis Orchards Sunday morning.
K9 cop helps apprehend man accused of resisting arrest
A man who allegedly tried to escape a traffic stop Thursday night and led Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies on a car chase was apprehended after a sheriff’s K9 stopped the suspect.
Mysterious missile explosion in Russia raises questions
Last week’s mysterious accident on the White Sea, along with changing or contradictory information from Russian authorities, has led to speculation about what happened and what type of weapon was involved, and has even raised comparisons to the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Rep. Matt Shea endorsed training children to fight in holy war
Leaked emails, first reported by The Guardian on Wednesday, as well as a video on Shea’s public Facebook page, reveal the Spokane Valley lawmaker has had close ties with a group that trained children, teens and men in their early 20s for religious combat.
U.S. officials shield Ivanka Trump, Pence projects in review of foreign aid
In coming days, the White House is expected to send a proposal to Congress for returning billions of dollars of unspent foreign aid funds to the Treasury in a process known as rescission. Officials say they will also safeguard funding for global health programs.
Spokane officials pick operator for new homeless shelter, but location, funding questions remain
The city announced a service provider for its proposed homeless shelter on East Sprague.
Iowa GOP Rep. King suggests rapes, incest helped populate the world
U.S. Rep Steve King is defending his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be “any population of the world left’ if not for births due to rape and incest.
Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest
Authorities say a man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game in California.
Man suspected of shooting at police says he thought he was being robbed
A felon is accused of causing a crash with a police officer in an unmarked car on the South Hill early Tuesday morning and then shooting at him. .