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Incumbents advance in Spokane Valley City Council races; Woodard’s opponent uncertain
Voters whittled down their choices for three seats on the Spokane Valley City Council on Tuesday night, but with some votes still to be tallied, the slates for the general election were not entirely clear.
Medical Lake to become part of Fire District 3 after measure earns strong voter approval
Voters in both Medical Lake and Spokane County Fire District 3 voted to merge the city’s fire department with the district Tuesday night.
Voters renew Spokane County public safety sales tax
Spokane voters overwhelmingly chose Tuesday to renew
Voters signal support of Spokane County library levy
In the first night’s count, many Spokane County voterscast their ballots for an increase in property taxes for county libraries, with about 53.3% voters saying yes on Spokane County Library District Proposition 1.
Two of three Spokane school board primaries have clear winners; Position 1 still up for grabs
Two of the three races for the Spokane Public Schools board appeared clear cut after initial results came back from Tuesday’s primary election, but the Position 1 race was far from decided.
Beggs and Wendle in lead for Spokane City Council president; Fagan lags
Breean Beggs and Cindy Wendle earned the most votes for Spokane City Council president in early returns posted Tuesday night.
Nadine Woodward bests Ben Stuckart as both advance to November election for Spokane mayor
Political newcomer Nadine Woodward bested Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart in the primary race for Spokane’s mayor Tuesday night, with both vowing a tough general election campaign ahead.
New statewide same-day registration and voting system provides relief for address-changers and procrastinators
For the first time since the state Legislature required voting by mail statewide in 2011, people could register and vote in person up until the night of the 2019 primary election. And the online and by-mail registration deadline moved from 29 days before the election to just eight.
U.S. News and World Report names Providence Sacred Heart as region’s top hospital in 2019
U.S. News & World Report has named Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital the top hospital in the region.
Trump’s divisive words collide with his call for unity
Trump’s efforts to play healer to divided nation complicated by incendiary rhetoric.
Ohio Republicans again faced with calls to enact gun reforms
Prompted to act by the bloodshed in Dayton, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine proposes a package of measures he says will address mass shootings, while gun-control supporters remain skeptical.
Montana teen allegedly assaulted for disrespect to national anthem; released from Sacred Heart
A thirteen-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted on Saturday at the Mineral County fairgrounds by a man who claimed he was disrespecting the national anthem, KPAX reported.
Live Updates: 2019 Washington Primary
Live updates from the August 6, 2019 primary election in Spokane County, with the latest headlines and updates from major races and ballot measures brought to you by Spokesman-Review and KHQ reporters and photographers.
U.S. Marshals arrest man accused of shooting police officer in Prosser
U.S. Marshals arrested a 19-year-old in Centralia for allegedly shooting a Prosser Police Officer and a bystander in Prosser on Monday.
Air quality worst in country; heat advisory issued for Spokane
Smoke from a growing fire on the Colville Indian Reservation continued to blow into Spokane on Tuesday, causing air quality to be unhealthy for some groups including children and the elderly.
Bonner County investigators hope tools used to find Ramey killing suspect will help solve another homicide
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the 2017 killing of Shirley Ramey was Idaho’s first case of a federal gun database leading to a murder suspect.
Blame bigotry, not mental health, for mass shootings, Murray says
Stop sending “thoughts and prayers” and vote on gun control measures, Sen. Patty Murray tells Republican colleagues.
Spokane County Sheriff’s Office will soon be able to watch schools’ live security footage
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office could have access to live camera feeds for 10 area school districts’ security systems during a mass shooting or other emergencies as soon as this coming school year.
‘Non Sequitur’ cartoonist apologizes for mistake as comic strip returns to publication
Wiley Miller, the cartoonist behind the popular “Non Sequitur,” told an audience for the first time Monday that he almost lost his livelihood and marriage after he scrawled a vulgar note to President Donald Trump that appeared in newspapers nationwide. The comic that ran on Feb. 10, 2019, was created weeks before on a day like many others since Trump took office. The president had said something that upset Miller, so he penciled the note.
100 years ago today in Spokane: Railroad strike grows to 1,000 amid call for higher pay
The number of strikers in Spokane’s railyards grew to 1,000 as locomotive shop men from two other railroads, the Northern Pacific and Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., joined the strike.