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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ prison release date moved up again

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release from prison is now set for February 2028, weeks earlier than his previously scheduled date. The disgraced music mogul, who is currently behind bars at New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix, was ordered to spend 50 months in prison after he was found guilty in July 2025 of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution following a federal sex trafficking trial ...
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Grammy Awards update new artist and album eligibility, add Asian, Latin categories

LOS ANGELES — The Recording Academy announced significant changes for the 2027 Grammys, introducing several new genre categories and updating eligibility rules for two of its top awards. The rule changes will most prominently affect the new artist and album categories. A change to allow for four submissions for new artist instead of three "establishes more specific language surrounding ...
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Snacks At Midnight gives back to supportive Sandpoint community through fundraiser

Local indie rock group Snacks At Midnight have become a staple of not only the Spokane scene, but also the Inland Northwest as a whole. It isn’t out of the ordinary to see frontman Rory Babin running off stage through the crowd, continuing to perform with microphone in hand especially during their cover of the Killers’s iconic hit, “Mr. Brightside.”
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Movie review: ‘The Furious’ delivers with nonstop martial arts action

The hero of “The Furious” – let’s call him “Dad” – is a man of few words. Played by the iconic Chinese action actor Xie Miao, he does most of his talking with his fists and his feet, while also employing a few occasional phrases in sign language and hastily scrawled notes. But there’s no mistaking the urgency of his situation: his daughter Rainy (Yang Enyou) has been kidnapped, and he’s going to plow through every single person who stands in the way of her rescue. Unfortunately, that’s quite a lot. And they all fight.
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‘A footnote in rock and roll history’: 50 years ago, concertgoers rioted in North Idaho at Nor’Wester ‘76

The thousands of concertgoers who arrived in Stateline half a century ago expected to see rock and roll royalty with planned sets from Blue Öyster Cult, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Heart. Blue Öyster Cult, headed for success that summer with their most successful single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," did in fact perform, but the weekend ended with the speedway smoldering and still-hazy explanations about why the festival was called off on Saturday just before rioters caused an estimated quarter million dollars in damage.