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100 years ago in Spokane: Two bootleggers were caught running a ‘neighborly moonshine industry’ that was on the rise

Sat., July 31, 2021

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News > Home and garden

Ask the Builder: Connecting deck posts and piers

Sat., July 31, 2021

Q. Tim, you helped me years ago, and now I’m back. I’m going to build a freestanding deck at my house during my vacation. After watching lots of online videos, I’m somewhat confused about how to connect the deck posts to the concrete piers.

News > Spokane

Natural gas debate heading to Spokane ballots in November

Sat., July 31, 2021

A pre-emptive effort to protect natural gas hookups in Spokane is officially heading to the November ballot.

Opinion > Column

100 years ago in Spokane: Two bootleggers were caught running a ‘neighborly moonshine industry’ that was on the rise

Sat., July 31, 2021

A “neighborly moonshine industry” was producing more than 20 gallons of “cawn likker” (corn liquor) in northeast Spokane, until police raided it.

News > Health

Water Cooler: Why does it feel good to be in nature?

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

Nature has always been associated with good health. In today’s lifestyle marketing, “natural” is nearly used as a synonym of “healthy.” Open-air classrooms were popular in the early 1900s as a way to teach ill school children while exposing them to plenty of fresh air and sunshine per the medical advice of the time. Nineteenth-century public asylums began to be designed with acres of surrounding gardens and natural landscapes.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Investigators: Clark County Detective Brown used force the night he died

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

Investigators said Friday that slain Clark County sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Brown used force the night he was fatally shot in his vehicle as he worked undercover at The Pointe Apartments in east Vancouver.

News > Pacific NW

They were driven from their land in 1877 by U.S. soldiers. Now the Nez Perce tribe is home again.

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

AM’SÁAXPA, Wallowa County, Oregon – They were exiled from this place during the Nez Perce War in 1877, driven from their homes and ancestral lands by U.S. soldiers.

News > Local government

Five vie for open Cheney City Council seat in Tuesday’s election

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

A vacant Cheney City Council seat has attracted a lot of attention, drawing five people seeking to win one of the top two spots and advance to the general election in November.

News > Health

COVID hospitalizations are increasing in Washington, as some hospitals struggle to transfer patients

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients in Washington state have increased steadily all month long.

News > Health

Now-retired Spokane health district employee asks board to fire Administrator Amelia Clark

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

Longtime Spokane Regional Health District employee and former director for preventive public health Lyndia Wilson wrote Spokane Board of Health members a letter this week recommending they fire Administrator Amelia Clark.

News > Crime/Public Safety

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UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

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News > K-12 education

Cotton gin lesson at Sacajawea Middle School had no intent to harm, investigation finds

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

The Spokane Public Schools released the findings of an investigation into an early May incident at Sacajawea Middle School when Black twin sisters were asked to clean cotton along with the other students in a social studies class exploring the industrial revolution, including use of the cotton gin.

News > Business

Robinhood’s race to seize its moment faces a harsh reality

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

It was supposed to be a triumph for today's memeified markets a validation for all those amateurs who took on the Wall Street pros. Instead, the public debut for Robinhood Markets Inc. turned out to be an embarrassment for the company that's become synonymous with the rise of individual investors.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Pioneer Fire grows on Friday; hot weather and dry conditions to continue to pose challenges

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

The fire near Priest River grew on Friday and continues to have no containment as firefighters battle the blaze in extreme temperatures.

News > Nation/World

Justice says IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.

News > Washington

Inslee calls for investment to fight climate change on wildfire call with Biden

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

Inslee joined six governors in a virtual meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday to discuss wildfire fighting and prevention.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Family of mentally ill man alleges ‘warrior mindset’ training at Spokane sheriff’s office contributed to son’s death

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

The family of an unarmed mentally ill man shot and killed by a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy in 2019 filed a federal civil rights law suit Thursday, alleging the department doesn’t train deputies properly on mental health calls.

News > Nation/World

Russia blames space station lab incident on software failure

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab for briefly knocking the International Space Station out of position.

News > Business

Bonneville, Northwest’s biggest clean-power supplier, to cut rates for first time in more than a decade

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

The Bonneville Power Administration will cut its contract power rates by an average of 2.5% for the electricity produced from federal dams in the Columbia River basin and a nuclear power plant near Richland.

News > Nation/World

Senate advances nearly $1 trillion infrastructure plan

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

The Senate advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan on Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it.

News > Nation/World

Biden sees shortages to stop climate-change fueled wildfires

UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in western states, as climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of the blazes.

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