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Rebecca Daignault-Walker went to Spokane’s BLM protest ready to help. Now Spokane Street Aid turns eyes toward larger goals
If you’ve attended any protests in Spokane in recent weeks, you’re likely to recognize Rebecca Daignault-Walker.
Tough conversations with Love: Black leaders discuss politics and policy over dinner
Kiantha Duncan and her wife, Sylvia Brown, hold dinner parties twice a month to discuss the challenges facing their community, both in Spokane and across the nation. This month, those discussions included perspective on the Black Lives Matter movement and protests following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.
Father’s Day parade brightens Touchmark residents’ weekend amid COVID pandemic
A line of decorated cars paraded through the South Hill facility’s roundabout on Father’s Day morning, an attempt to celebrate the holiday while maintain safe social distance.
Spin Control: What’s in a name? For some counties, history
Perhaps Pierce County could look to M*A*S*H for some help with its namesake troubles.
Spokane city officials weigh how to spend federal coronavirus relief
The city of Spokane will soon decide how to spend at least $3 million in coronavirus relief money.
Enterprising Spirit: The Candle Bar Co. in the Garland district upcycles used jars
The Candle Bar Co. celebrated its first year in business on April 4, and owner Holli Brown said the community has been supportive during the stay-home order.
Then and Now: West End Drug
West End Drug store was a fixture at West First Avenue and Monroe Street from 1927 to 1965.
Protesters decrying police brutality meet downtown Spokane for third straight weekend
Protesters gathered in downtown Spokane for a third straight weekend following the death of an unarmed Black man in police custody in Minnesota. A crowd smaller than the thousands who have marched in recent weeks began filling the Lilac Bowl on Sunday afternoon.
Historic Rose Apartments moves to new home in East Central
After more than a century on Third Avenue in the East Central Neighborhood, the historic Rose Apartments has a new home.
Jefferson Elementary School ducks
The staff at Jefferson Elementary School discovered a duck family which hatched in the school’s inner courtyard and gently guided them to the outside when they were ready to travel. Video by Anne Walter.
From hundreds of Clallam County families, an apology
Ankur Shah has lived on the Olympic Peninsula all his life. What he saw on June 3 is not the community he knows.
Gardening: Time to start writing
Most of the vegetable garden should be planted by now. The exception might be basil, which needs warm temperatures and soil to grow well. Getting the garden ready and then getting the garden planted is always a rush from one deadline to another. You will have a couple of weeks before the weeds start popping up. Now is a good time to get your garden journal caught up, or start one.
Spokane Valley Fire roundup: Homeowner forgets about pot of food that burns, damaging kitchen
The Spokane Valley Fire Department respond to steady reportes of structure blazes
Front Porch: An almost meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. seared in memory
I almost met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Westerners Spokane Corral celebrates 65 years of chronicling history of American West
For 65 years, a group of dedicated history buffs have met monthly to share their passion for the American West.
Taking a breather for prayer
“Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7
Liberty Lake seniors celebrate graduation
A few parents in Liberty Lake took matters into their own hands to make sure their high school seniors had a graduation celebration and recruited friends and family for a parade by Orchard Park on Saturday. The graduates donned their caps and gowns and waved to the passing cars, some of which were decorated. Liberty Lake Mayor Shane Brickner said some parents contacted him about using the park and he gave his approval.
Spokane Police Guild eyes long-overdue contract; City Council has questions
The city of Spokane and the Spokane Police Guild could strike their first new labor agreement in more than three years.
Spokane officials weigh in on calls to join other cities, defund police department
In interviews with The Spokesman-Review on Monday, many officials endorsed a community-centered approach and reforms to policing but stopped short of advocating the department be disbanded.
Enterprising Spirit: Business is at a crawl for Spokane travel agency as it waits for the rebound
Cathy Nystrom, owner of Edwards LaLone Travel Agency, had to lay off all her agents as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but she’s staying open.