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Over $175k in donations to Spokane-area nonprofits withheld as fundraising platform files for bankruptcy
Ten Eastern Washington and North Idaho nonprofits are cutting costs and services after a popular online fundraiser and management company folded without refunding them over $175,000 in community donations.
A new roof, track, cameras: Nine Mile Falls School District seeks capital levy for Lakeside High School
Eyeing a leaky roof, a cracked track, noncompliant cameras and a busted boiler, Nine Mile Falls School District is asking voters to weigh in on a property tax levy.
WA launches study on reparations for descendants of slavery
Washington has launched its study into reparations for descendants of enslaved people to address the enduring repercussions of chattel slavery in America.
The Spokane Badgers: City’s new semipro team ready for weekend tournament
Spokane’s semipro pickleball team is readying for its first official tournament this Saturday, competing against the Bellevue Ballers at the Press Pickleball Club.
Hungary rivals make final pitch as Orbán fights for political life
DEBRECEN, Hungary — Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made competing final pitches to voters on Saturday, a day before the country heads to the polls in what is seen as its most critical election since the transition to democracy. Magyar told supporters in the eastern city of Debrecen that Orbán, who trails in the polls, would be ejected from office. He …
‘I want to share where I come from’: Spokane’s Tacos El Sol expands into Cheney
Long serving a taste of Mexico City to downtown Spokane customers, Tacos El Sol is now seeking to satisfy Cheney residents’ hankerings for quesabirria, burritos, sopes and more.
Despite court ruling, WA still blocked from inspecting immigrant detention center
Washington state health inspectors have been trying for months to enter the Tacoma immigrant detention center amid longstanding concerns about the conditions there.
Months later, DOJ lawsuit to obtain WA voter rolls can move forward
It took the federal government months to properly serve attorneys for Washington in the Trump administration’s litigation to force the state to turn over its voter rolls.
Providence completes expansion in rural northeastern Washington town: ‘It’s just a really proud day’
CHEWELAH – Providence has completed a remodel in Chewelah that will double patient care space and improve access to its services, the hospital said.
Eastern Washington teacher entered a photo contest. Now her work will be displayed in Idaho’s newest U.S. Navy submarine
Tracey Delyea was watching the Antiques Roadshow at her family’s cabin in Coeur d’Alene last summer when an ad caught her attention.
Washington’s space economy powers the Artemis II moonshot
MUKILTEO — In 1967, as three astronauts performed a test ahead of the first crewed mission to space, a fire sparked inside the Apollo spacecraft. Unable to exit quickly, the three astronauts died. The Apollo 1 tragedy shook the nation and led to changes in the industry to ensure something like that couldn’t happen again. Today, as NASA prepares to send four astronauts to circle the moon, …
Cities in Washington ban new ICE detention centers amid Trump push to expand
As the Trump administration continues its mass immigrant detention and deportation effort, city and county officials across the Seattle region have approved various bans on new or expanded immigration detention centers.
Seahawks GM John Schneider says WA high-earners tax will ‘affect us’
PHOENIX — On the day that Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a high-earners income tax into law, Seahawks general manager John Schneider reiterated that it could make life more difficult for the state’s professional sports teams.
At least 70 killed in Haiti massacre, rights group says, far exceeding official toll
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Riviere in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region, a human rights group said on Monday, significantly higher than official estimates which put the death toll at around 16.
WA’s status solidifies as one of the most expensive places in U.S.
In the past decade, Washington has become one of the most expensive states to live in.
Washington’s gender wage gap is widening, study finds
The wage gap between men and women in Washington is the second widest in the country.
WA homebuyers increasingly turn to riskier adjustable-rate mortgages
With persisting high mortgage rates and home prices, more Washington homebuyers — especially in King County — are turning to a riskier type of loan that was last popular leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Adjustable-rate mortgages, loans that start with a lower fixed interest rate than other mortgages for several years before eventually moving with the market, are gaining popularity …
Venezuela pushes to reopen embassy in U.S. as diplomatic relations restart
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced Tuesday that her government will send a diplomatic delegation to Washington later this week to launch a new phase of political and diplomatic dialogue with the United States, as the Trump administration moves to facilitate the reopening of the Latin American nation’s diplomatic facilities on U.S. soil. Speaking during a meeting with …
Why more Washington state utilities want to remotely control your thermostat
At 6 p.m. on a recent chilly Tuesday, Jim Sullivan’s thermostat in his Maple Valley, Minnesota, home automatically turned down to 60 degrees — not because he set it, but because his utility adjusted it down 4 degrees during a “rush hour” event of high energy demand.
Washington turns to goats for affordable, sustainable landscaping
Last summer, Juris Sarins hosted a bevy of first-time guests for two weeks on his property in Klickitat County’s Snowden, feeding them fresh vegetarian meals. His visitors: More than 100 goats, chomping through several acres of thick vegetation.