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Getting There: Latino-led nonprofit launches bilingual driving school aiming to bridge language barriers, expand access

After years as its most requested service, a local Latino-led nonprofit officially launched its long-awaited bilingual driving school.

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Widower ‘disappointed’ in sentence 18-year-old received for drunken-driving crash that killed wife on South Hill

‘Everybody works but the empty lot’: Some Spokane leaders eye property tax reform to promote building

Family Owned: One year later, Brew Peddler family focuses on good coffee, good food

US factory sector contracts for 10th straight month in December

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Lawmakers return to Washington facing Venezuela concerns, shutdown threat

Updated 6:13 p.m.

Ousted Maduro pleads not guilty to U.S. narcotics charges

Updated 6:52 p.m.

Spokane-area contractors fined by state regulators

Rule changes, work requirements coming for Idaho SNAP recipients

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson backs an income tax. Will it finally gain traction 94 years after voters once backed it?

New chief judge named for federal court in Idaho

Coeur d’Alene area Catholic teens flock to youth group in record numbers

A couple in northeast Washington spent 30 years restoring a neglected tree farm. Last month, they donated it for research

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest cancers. A new drug being tested at Penn is giving patients and doctors hope

Getting There: Lime scooters remain on Spokane’s streets this winter

Ask Dr. Universe: Everybody asks – what came first, the chicken or the egg?

Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ plan to resurrect battleships meets sharp criticism in Connecticut submarine country

Sick of winter? January thaw coming for eastern half of US

Spin Control: The crystal ball for 2026 might be a little hazy

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This day in history: How Gonzaga economists suggested people cope with inflation in 1975

Braver Angels trains Washington residents to bridge political divide

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News > Military

Volunteers of America unveils new low-income Hillyard housing dedicated to veterans

Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Local leaders say a new apartment complex in the Hillyard Neighborhood will help a particularly vulnerable segment of the region’s homeless residents.

News > Nation

Package containing explosives found near Arizona Supreme Court

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court building near downtown Phoenix was evacuated on Jan. 5 as law enforcement agencies investigated a package that tested positive for explosives, authorities said.

News > Nation/World

Denmark says U.S. attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance. “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland,” Frederiksen said in an interview with Danish broadcaster TV2. “But I will also make it clear that if the U.S. chooses ...

News > Washington

Alaska Airlines pilot says Boeing blamed him for door plug blowout

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

SEATTLE – The Alaska Airlines pilot flying Boeing’s 737 Max plane that lost a panel midflight has sued the aircraft manufacturer, accusing the company of initially casting blame for the incident on himself and other parties.

News > Health

Health experts criticize Trump administration’s slashing of childhood vaccination recommendations

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

On Monday morning, Spokane County Health District immunization coordinator Kayla Myers learned that the United States' longstanding vaccine guidance for all children had drastically changed.

News > Nation

Lawsuit alleges negligence in deadly Pa. nursing home explosion

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the deadly explosion at a Bucks County nursing home just before Christmas was the result of negligence on the part of the facility’s operator and its natural gas supplier. Filed by Philadelphia law firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky on behalf of four survivors of the explosion, the lawsuit claims that Saber Healthcare Group, Peco, and others failed ...

News > National business

McDonald’s says class action McRib lawsuit ‘distorts the facts’

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

McDonald’s has pushed back against claims in a class action lawsuit that the company misled customers by advertising the McRib as a rib meat sandwich when its patty allegedly comes from other pork cuts.

News > National business

Hyundai Motor Group plans to deploy humanoid robots at US factory beginning 2028

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group plans to deploy humanoid robots at its U.S. manufacturing plant in Georgia starting in 2028, marking a step toward automating higher-risk and repetitive manufacturing tasks, the South Korean company said.

News > National business

Amazon must face price gouging lawsuit, U.S. judge rules

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Amazon.com's bid to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the online retailer of price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic.

News > Nation

Hegseth announces censure and potential demotion of Sen. Mark Kelly

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he has formally censured Sen. Mark Kelly and launched administrative proceedings against the Arizona Democrat to consider whether to reduce his Navy rank in retirement, the latest twist in a weeks-long dispute about the lawmaker’s political commentary.

News > World

Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister and Auschwitz survivor, dies at 96

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz survivor who dedicated her life to speaking out against prejudice and to preserving the legacy of her stepsister Anne Frank, died Saturday at a care home in London. She was 96.

News > Nation

Tommy Lee Jones daughter was slated for plea deal response before death

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Actor Tommy Lee Jones’ late daughter Victoria Kafka Jones was due in court later this month to respond to a plea deal that would have required her to get sober, according to a report.

News > Nation

Tim Walz ends reelection bid as fraud scandal rocks Minnesota

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he won’t seek reelection after coming under fire for a scandal involving alleged fraud in state programs that has been amplified by President Donald Trump and Republicans.

News > World

Cuba says 32 of its ‘combatants’ were killed in US raid to capture Maduro

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

The Cuban government said 32 officers of the Cuban army and the Interior Ministry were killed in Caracas during the raid by U.S. forces to apprehend Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro early Saturday, in an acknowledgment of the presence of Cuban military and intelligence personnel in the South American country.

News > National business

Will Venezuela strike lower gas prices for Americans?

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

As policy experts continue to debate the ethical and legal ramifications of the weekend raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Americans may be worried about the effects to their own pocketbooks.

News > Weather

Arctic blast triggers alerts and disruptions across Europe

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

A blast of Arctic air is spreading bitterly cold weather across much of Europe, boosting power demand and disrupting transport in some areas. Hundreds of flights were canceled at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam due to snow on runways.

News > National business

Chicago-based Farmer’s Fridge has turned vending machine salad into fast-food success

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

When Luke Saunders came up with the novel idea to sell salads from a vending machine 12 years ago, it was so far out of the box that he had to invent a new one.

News > Nation

Tariffs may lower inflation, San Francisco Fed research suggests

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

The sharp increase in tariffs imposed last year by the Trump administration may reduce inflation rather than increase it, according to research published Monday by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, suggesting that interest-rate cuts may be the proper policy response.

News > Weather

This state had the most lightning strikes last year, says a new report

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States – but it may have competition. A new report by environmental consulting firm AEM found that Oklahoma was the nation’s lightning hot spot last year, with approximately 73 flashes per square mile, while Florida was bumped down to second place.

News > National business

US factory sector contracts for 10th straight month in December

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

U.S. manufacturing activity slumped to a 14-month low in December, with new orders contracting further and input costs grinding higher as the sector continued to bear the imprint of President Donald Trump's import tariffs.

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