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Born in 1957 Philadelphia, Gary Stokes grew up in a world where “public media” meant “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

Plan a classic road trip in the year ahead. Here are five ways to hit the open road. Celebrate the Route 66 Centennial Route 66, known as the Mother Road, will celebrate its centennial this year. The original route spanned 2,448 miles, winding from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. Tap into the glory with a visit to Albuquerque, where the Mother Road dazzles with 18 miles of ...

Dr. Universe: What is a chemical reaction? – Tim, 10, Virginia

In 1928, Giuseppe Falco, an Italian immigrant, opened a fruit stand in Spokane Valley at 9310 E. Sprague Ave.

New year, new Amtrak trip.

Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center deep in Chelan County’s North Cascades, might be closed for more than a year after winter landslides shut down access to the remote location.

Tell the truth. Are there days in the winter when your heating system can’t provide the heat you need to keep you comfortable? What about your AC system? Are there blistering hot summer days when you feel like a simmering sausage in a skillet?

The best-designed hotel rooms often come down to the details. Blackout shades, well-placed light switches and other thoughtful features can make all the difference. “If someone has anticipated these things, that’s the biggest gesture of hospitality you can offer,” said Jo Littlefair, who with her husband, Martin Goddard, runs Goddard Littlefair, a London- and Portugal-based interior design firm that’s worked on projects like the Mandarin Oriental in Vienna and the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland.

SAN DIEGO — Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we come face to face with destruction, only the wreckage is beautiful. A long, winding path takes guests around and under felled trees. Aged gray tree hunks form arches, for instance, over bridges that tower over clay-colored paths with hoof prints. The design is meant to reorient us, to take us on a trail ...

DALLAS – In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women.

I still can’t read the weather gods well enough to predict what our weather is going to be for the next few weeks, but we are close to planting time. There is a lot of interest in adding fruit trees to backyards. You can’t beat picking a dead ripe plum, cherry or peach? Here are a few things to think about.

Danny Scalise II has been revealed to be "Candidate A," the person the Spokane Regional Health District board voted to hire as the agency's new leader.

A pilot program from MultiCare Deaconess Hospital now provides long lasting opioid withdrawal medication.

The identity of the new Spokane Regional Health District administrator has been kept under wraps ahead of their hiring.

OLYMPIA – The Washington attorney general’s office can continue to probe whether the Catholic church misused funds to cover up alleged child abuse, a state court ruled Monday.

If you happened to spot a honey bee buzzing around Spokane this February, you would be forgiven for thinking it too early in the year for their forage.

Dr. Universe: What creates icebergs? – Kenton, 8, Washington state