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Vaccine mandate: More than two dozen Spokane firefighters will be out of work Monday, while other agencies’ impacts vary

UPDATED: 6:37 p.m.

Fire departments across Spokane County have found ways to retain unvaccinated firefighters, despite a statewide vaccine mandate. But in the city of Spokane, dozens of firefighters will effectively be out of a job Monday.

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Sister Kathy Roberg makes sleeping bags for the homeless

10 top locally owned bars for brews to toast National Beer Day

Gonzaga basketball team returns to Spokane

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visits Central Washington

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Public Safety

Person found dead on downtown Spokane sidewalk

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Local Government

Meet Spokane’s new leader of the community and economic development division

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Local Business

North Idaho home designed by DIY Network show ‘Blog Cabin’ hits the market for $4.5 million

Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

National Business

FDA authorizes first e-cigarettes, cites benefit for smokers

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 12, 2021

Nation

Attorney: Nikolas Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school massacre

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

World

Russia says it pushed US destroyer from area near its waters

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Washington

Islamic Center of Tacoma overwhelmed with support following fire, ongoing arson investigation

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Idaho

McGeachin’s office says it can’t find invoices for legal bills

Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

WA Government

Several hundred march in downtown Spokane to protest vaccine mandate

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

ID Government

Group of Idaho legislators sign letter calling for 50-state audit, scrubbing voter rolls

Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

Education: K-12

Vaccine mandate: Spokane Public Schools makes accommodations for all employees who filed for exemptions

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Higher Education

Washington State University announces 88% COVID-19 vaccination rate among employees

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 8, 2021

Health

Legionnaires’ outbreak persists at North Portland senior apartment complex

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Transportation

Getting There: Closure of residential bridge over I-90 divides west Spokane neighborhood

Mon., Oct. 11, 2021

Science & Tech

Nothing funny about bad year for Maine’s clownish puffins

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Northwest

Washington ferries to slash service due to staffing issues

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 14, 2021

Military

Air Force general is second woman to lead a top U.S. command

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Columnists

Shawn Vestal: Kootenai County GOP gives thumbs-up to anti-Semitic carpetbagger

Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Religion

Southern Baptist leader resigns amid rifts over sex abuse

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Outdoors

Idaho reaches deal to reimburse hunters who kill wolves

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Agriculture

Drought conditions cause soft white wheat production in Washington to plummet to historic lows

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 11, 2021

History

100 Years Ago in Spokane: Jury acquits man of murder in hotel stabbing, determine killing was accidental

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

2020 Election

Bonner County’s 2020 ballot recount nearly mirrors certified results

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 2, 2021

Weather

Q&A: La Nina’s back and it’s not good for parts of dry West

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

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News > Idaho

Group of Idaho legislators sign letter calling for 50-state audit, scrubbing voter rolls

Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

Ten Idaho legislators are among those who have signed a letter calling for an audit of 2020 election results in all 50 states, despite results from an audit in Arizona that confirmed former president Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in the state’s most populous county.

News > Idaho

McGeachin’s office says it can’t find invoices for legal bills

Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

In a response to a public records request, Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s office says it cannot find invoices or records for private, outside legal expenses that McGeachin is asking taxpayers to pay $50,000 to cover.

News > Nation/World

Dr. Ben Carson addresses Washington Policy Center fundraiser dinner guests in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Former White House official and presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson lamented what he saw as challenges to America’s youth during the pandemic in a speech Friday night in Spokane.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Islamic Center of Tacoma overwhelmed with support following fire, ongoing arson investigation

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Islamic Center of Tacoma Executive Director Abdulhakim Mohamed was out of town Monday night when he learned that authorities were at his mosque, investigating a possible arson.

News > Health

Several hundred march in downtown Spokane to protest vaccine mandate

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Several hundred people took to Spokane City Hall and then the downtown streets Friday in a stand against Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s vaccine mandate and alleged government overreach.

News > Nation/World

U.S. vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August.

News > Business

Analysis: The era of uncomfortable inflation is here and it’s already changing the economy

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

One of the biggest problems with inflation right now is not the ships stuck at the Port of Los Angeles or the price of a pack of chicken thighs or even how difficult it is to nab a reasonably priced rental car – but what’s happening in Americans’ minds as their expectations shift about how much goods will cost going forward.

News > Health

First new community testing site will open Monday at Spokane Falls Community College

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

The first of two community COVID-19 testing sites will open Monday at Spokane Falls Community College.

News > Spokane

The finished lines: Spokane County redistricting committee has informal agreement on final map

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

The final map — which the committee hasn't formally voted on yet — creates two Republican districts, two Democratic districts and a swing district that has leaned Republican by 5.5 percentage points in recent elections.

News > Pacific NW

Legionnaires’ outbreak persists at North Portland senior apartment complex

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

A North Portland senior apartment complex had a new case of Legionnaires’ disease in late September, the Multnomah County Health Department has confirmed. The case is the latest in a series of infections attributed to the waterborne illness since January.

News > Pacific NW

Students at Washington State School for the Blind celebrate independence

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

White Cane Day was first established as a holiday to promote the cane as a symbol of safety for the blind and visually impaired. Today, it's become a symbol of independence.

News > Pacific NW

Tough subjects: Moses Lake School Board discusses student surveys, flags in classrooms, records requests

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

MOSES LAKE — Student surveys, handling public records requests and the kind of flags teachers should be allowed to display in classrooms were all matters discussed by the Moses Lake School Board during a regular meeting Thursday.

News > Pacific NW

Why did thousands of Chinook salmon die this month in the Nooksack River’s South Fork?

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

The South Fork of the Nooksack River has become a graveyard for one of the region's key species: Thousands of Chinook salmon have died due to high temperatures and low water flows since last month, according to a Lummi Nation news release on Friday, Oct. 15.

News > Pacific NW

‘Lawless city?’ Worry after Portland police don’t stop chaos

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage.

News > Nation

Former Boeing test pilot pleads not guilty in 737 Max case

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Boeing test pilot pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he deceived regulators by withholding information about a key system that played a role in two deadly crashes involving Boeing 737 Max jets.

News > Nation

President Biden open to shortening length of programs in spending bill

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden said Friday he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from moderates by trimming what had been a $3.5 trillion proposal.

News > K-12 education

Vaccine mandate: Spokane Public Schools makes accommodations for all employees who filed for exemptions

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

No employees at Spokane Public Schools will lose their jobs due to the statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

News > Education

Seattle schools suspending over 100 bus routes

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Beginning Monday, Seattle Public Schools is suspending 142 school bus routes. The cuts are necessary because of a national bus driver shortage and because some drivers are declining the state-mandated coronavirus vaccine for public employees, district officials say.

News > Nation

Climate activists resume weeklong protest at Capitol

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

WASHINGTON — Indigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol Friday as they continued a weeklong protest demanding that Congress and the Biden administration stop new fossil fuel projects and act with greater urgency on climate change.

News > WA Government

Inslee: Nine out of 10 state workers complied with vaccine mandate

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Gov. Jay Inslee said thanks to the more than 91% vaccination and exemption rate among state employees, essential state services should be relatively unaffected as the vaccination deadline passes on Monday.

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