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Spokane-area resident elected president of the National Grange

A Spokane County woman has been elected as the president of the National Grange, the nation’s oldest agricultural and rural service organization.

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Spokane drug agents seize press capable of making 17,000 fentanyl pills an hour

Spokane County Jail inmate dies at hospital

Former Spokane Mayor Jack Geraghty dead at 89: 'He was very committed to the city of Spokane'
Despite skipping climate summit, McMorris Rodgers leads GOP messaging on energy policy
Spokane-area resident elected president of the National Grange

Starbucks looks to resume union talks, seeks contracts in 2024

Bankrupt trucker Yellow rejects offer to revive operations

Harvard president apologizes for congressional testimony on antisemitism

U.N. secretary-general demands cease-fire in Gaza

Toppenish craft business closes after 52 years of supplying Indigenous artists

Green writes book about recent UI crises

Inslee warns that state effort to move people out of encampments is getting short on cash

Former GOP heads say party needs ‘course correction’ after divisive changes

‘We don’t know people’s stories’: Former Gonzaga Prep student learns her own food drive story with teacher over 10 years later

NIC board has shown little progress, accreditation report says

After her own experience being hospitalized, Post Falls woman to donate over 200 pairs of cozy socks to behavioral health patients for Christmas

Getting There: Studded tires are unnecessary and destructive, WA officials say

Despite skipping climate summit, McMorris Rodgers leads GOP messaging on energy policy

‘He fought that war until the day he died’: Spokane survivors commemorate 82nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Local ski resorts are attempting to preserve their snowpack after consistent rainfall

100 years ago in Spokane: Two mysterious young women who showed up at a funeral ended up having a sad connection to the decedent

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100 years ago in Spokane: Two mysterious young women who showed up at a funeral ended up having a sad connection to the decedent

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$25,000 reward offered for tips leading to recovery of missing monk in Pend Oreille County

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News > Home and garden

Ask the Builder: The right hardware is crucial to connecting things in your home

Sat., Dec. 9, 2023

I live in rural New Hampshire. When I drive to town, I pass by a house that has a very tall outdoor shed. Every now and then, impressive nor’easters lash us with high winds and rain. We also get our fair share of powerful gales.

News > Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Two mysterious young women who showed up at a funeral ended up having a sad connection to the decedent

Sat., Dec. 9, 2023

News > Idaho

Former GOP heads say party needs ‘course correction’ after divisive changes

Sat., Dec. 9, 2023

Former leaders of the Idaho Republican Party fiercely criticized the current chair, Dorothy Moon, as a hard-right faction within the party battles with some of its more established members.

News > Pacific NW

Leavenworth, four Idaho towns named among ‘coziest winter destinations’ in America

Sat., Dec. 9, 2023

According to a new study from New York Travel Guides, Washington and Idaho are great places to be if you’re looking for a cozy winter town.

News > Washington

Inslee warns that state effort to move people out of encampments is getting short on cash

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

SEATTLE – State programs to help transition people out of homeless encampments and into housing are running out of money, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday, calling on the Legislature to provide funding to keep them going.

News > Local government

Former Spokane Mayor Jack Geraghty dead at 89: ‘He was very committed to the city of Spokane’

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

Jack Geraghty, who served as mayor of Spokane from 1994 to 1997, died Thursday evening in his home with his family by his side. He was 89.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Court documents: Man killed by police at Walmart had meth in his system, stolen gun

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

The 34-year-old man shot and killed by a Spokane police officer last weekend at the north Spokane Walmart was in possession of a stolen gun and had methamphetamine in his system, according to court documents.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane County Jail inmate dies at hospital

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

A Spokane County Jail inmate died Monday.

News > Nation/World

Hunter Biden indictment fuels impeachment inquiry at critical time

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

The federal indictment against Hunter Biden on tax evasion charges has provided a boost to House Republicans at a critical time in their impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, spotlighting the kind of wrongdoing by his son that they have repeatedly tried and failed to connect to the president himself.

News > Nation/World

Federal judge approves settlement barring migrant family separations

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

A federal judge in San Diego on Friday approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. officials from separating migrant families for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and offers aid to thousands of parents and children forced apart under the Trump administration.

News > Family

Ask Dr. Universe: No matter how big the circle, pi is always the same

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

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News > Crime/Public Safety

Pedestrian in critical condition from being hit by car near downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

A pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by a car Friday afternoon near downtown Spokane.

News > Nation/World

Defense policy bill stripped of most GOP culture war demands

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

Congress is expected to begin voting next week on the final version of its annual defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, which brought the U.S. military and national security spending more broadly to the main stage of America's culture wars over the summer.

News > Nation/World

Ryan O’Neal, star of ‘Love Story’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ dies at 82

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

Ryan O’Neal, a television heartthrob in the 1960s and longtime companion of Farrah Fawcett, died Friday, his son Patrick said in an Instagram post. O’Neal had announced that he had prostate cancer in 2012. He was 82.

News > Nation/World

Iran looks to Houthi proxies to escalate fight with Israel

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

The Houthis, Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen who have launched recent drone and missile attacks on Israeli and American targets, are emerging as an unpredictable and dangerous wild card in the Middle East -- the proxies that Iran considers most suited to widening the war with Israel.

News > Nation/World

Teenagers convicted in France for helping teacher’s killer

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

Six teenagers were convicted by a court in Paris on Friday in connection with the attack on Samuel Paty, a history teacher whose killing by an Islamic extremist in 2020 shook France to its core.

News > Nation/World

FDA approves two sickle cell therapies, including the first CRISPR medicine

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

In a major advance, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved two gene therapies that target sickle cell disease, one of which is the first commercially available treatment in the United States based on gene editing technology.

News > Business

Apple’s iPhone and watch product design chief to leave in shake-up

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

The Apple Inc. executive in charge of product design for the iPhone and smartwatch is stepping down, bringing a shake-up to the company's most critical product lines.

News > Nation/World

Trump gag order reinstated but narrowed in Jan. 6 case

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

A federal appeals court narrowed an order limiting what former president Donald Trump can say about people involved in the criminal case alleging that he tried to subvert the 2020 election results.

News > Nation/World

After toppling in 2019 fire, Notre Dame’s spire rises again

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

President Emmanuel Macron of France was in the heart of Paris on Friday to check on the progress of the restoration of an 860-year-old limestone landmark: Notre-Dame Cathedral, whose familiar silhouette is rising once again on the skyline of the French capital.

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