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After Spokane group home’s closure, parents of children with intensive medical issues struggle to find support they need

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new The only group care home in northeastern Washington available for families with medically intensive children closed this summer, after the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families suspended its license, following several injuries and incidents reported there. The closure left families with difficult decisions.

Spokane

Emails reveal city’s tumultuous handling of new regional 911 dispatch center

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Spokane

Spike in domestic violence cases prompt new system to improve protection for victims

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Spokane

Ecology officials offer answers about controversial ‘variance’ for pollutants in Spokane River

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Idaho

Controversial church aims to ‘make Moscow a Christian town’

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Spokane

Beggs’ first job as council president is to fill his seat on council

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Spokane

Changing fortunes: Rogers High boys cross country receives big donation to get to major meet

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Public Safety

Search for missing Colville pilot ends with discovery of body

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Local Government

Spokane Valley council votes to ban camping in parks, shorten park hours

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 13, 2019

Local Business

Realtor.com: Spokane named top market for out-of-area home buyers

Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Nation Business

Oklahoma judge reduces J&J order in opioid lawsuit by $107M

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 15, 2019

Nation

Democrats hold on to Louisiana governor’s seat despite Trump

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

World

Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas

Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Washington

After Spokane group home’s closure, parents of children with intensive medical issues struggle to find support they need

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Idaho

Controversial church aims to ‘make Moscow a Christian town’

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

WA Government

Ferguson says his office can defend I-976 from legal challenges

Tue., Nov. 12, 2019

ID Government

As Lake Coeur d’Alene gets sicker, Idaho governor orders review of data

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2019

Education: K-12

Spokane schools work to bridge socially determined ‘math gap’ between boys and girls

Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Higher Education

‘It made me stronger’: EWU professor goes from foster care to Steinway Hall of Fame

Thu., Nov. 14, 2019

Health

WSU cares for low-income people, pets: Annual free clinic provides basic treatment, vaccines

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 14, 2019

Transportation

Dale Stedman, advocate of north-south freeway and local AAA leader, dies at 91

Fri., Nov. 15, 2019

Science & Tech

Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 15, 2019

Marijuana

WSU partners with California company in hopes of receiving marijuana for research

Sun., Nov. 10, 2019

Military

Trump intervenes in military justice cases, grants pardons

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 15, 2019

Columnists

Rob Curley: Kindred spirits of community kindness and a transformational kitchen

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Religion

An appetite to help out: Hundreds help Christian nonprofit, Feed My Starving Children, pack meals for youth in communities abroad

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 4, 2019

Outdoors

This ski spot in Montana offers a perfectly powdered mountain, minus a steep price

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Agriculture

The Cowboy Whisperer: Ferry County range rider works to build understanding in Washington wolf country

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2019

History

After 20 years, Washington tribe hopes to hunt whales again

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

2020 Election

Bloomberg opens door to 2020 Democratic run for president

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2019

Weather

Winter outlook for Spokane region has forecasters guessing

Fri., Nov. 15, 2019

News > Spokane

100 years ago in Mullan, Idaho: Rescuers try to save miners caught in cave-in

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

A dramatic rescue attempt was underway at the Hunter Mine in Mullan, Idaho, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported. Miners P.P. Grant and Emil Slayko were caught in a cave-in 1,500 feet deep, and rescuers did not know at first whether the men had been killed outright or were trapped.

News > Spokane

After Spokane group home’s closure, parents of children with intensive medical issues struggle to find support they need

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

The only group care home in northeastern Washington available for families with medically intensive children closed this summer, after the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families suspended its license, following several injuries and incidents reported there. The closure left families with difficult decisions.

News > Spokane

Emails reveal city’s tumultuous handling of new regional 911 dispatch center

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

According to emails obtained by The Spokesman-Review through a public records request, the weeks leading up to the launch of new regional 911 dispatch agency called Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, were riven with behind-the-scenes turmoil.

News > Spokane

Spike in domestic violence cases prompt new system to improve protection for victims

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

A new initiative is spotlighting the high rate of Spokane County domestic violence, a trend that’s also increased the workload for processing protection orders. About a year ago, the Spokane County Clerk’s Office launched a program to speed up the sending of legal protection order details to law enforcement, with two workers entering information electronically as documents are approved.

News > Column

Spin Control: Time for filing election challenges and grousing about ignoring ‘will of the voters’

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

It’s that time of the year for filing election challenges and complaining about those challengers ignoring the will of the people.

News > Business

Front & Center: Whitworth economist speaks from experience

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Vange Ocasio Hochheimer, an assistant professor of economics at Whitworth University, will be a panel member at Greater Spokane Incorporated’s 2020 Economic Forecast event at the Spokane Convention Center later this week.

News > Column

Shawn Vestal: Rep. Matt Shea saw ex-WSU GOPer James Allsup not as a bigot but as an ally

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

James Allsup would be a natural fit on Matt Shea’s team – that circle of loose screws, online tough guys, racist ignoramuses, Islamaphobes and homophobes, violent fantasists, Trump cultists and gun lovers who orbit Shea like planets circling a dying sun.

News > Business

The Dirt: Evans Brothers cafe, High Tide Lobster Bar open in Wonder Building

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Evans Brothers cafe and High Tide Lobster Bar join Bean & Pie, a Coeur d’Alene-based pie bakery with limited hours at the renovated bread factory.

News > Column

Rob Curley: Kindred spirits of community kindness and a transformational kitchen

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Christ Kitchen teaches practical job skills in the warmth of a nurturing ministry. One of the job programs it’s been working for a couple of years to try to fund aims to teach these women how to become baristas in one of the coffee capitals of the Pacific Northwest.

News > Washington

After 20 years, Washington tribe hopes to hunt whales again

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

A weeklong hearing in Seattle will help determine whether a small American Indian tribe in Washington state can once again hunt whales

News > Business

BBB Tip of the Week: 150 complaints filed over business 30 Day Success Formula

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

In total, consumers all over the country report losing $150,000, including Idahoans who put their full faith and hard-earned money into the company

News > Business

Business Beat

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Accounting BDO USA LLP has promoted Amy Roberts to assurance office managing partner at the firm’s Spokane office. She has more than 19 years of accounting experience.

News > Idaho

Controversial church aims to ‘make Moscow a Christian town’

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

An area of progressive values in a part of the state and country that is deeply red, Moscow is just about perfect for a lot of residents. But leaders of Christ Church say they’re trying to evangelize in an area that has shown indifference toward religion, prompting tension in the city of roughly 25,000 residents.

News > Business

Motley Fool: Profits are brewing

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

If you’re looking for a company that’s growing at a healthy clip, pays a dividend and has been increasing that dividend regularly, take a closer look at Starbucks.

News > Business

Nerd Wallet: What to do if your parents need financial help

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Sometimes, it’s parents who turn to their kids for financial help; here’s how to think it through.

News > Washington

Tribes consider a Pasco casino, maybe a water park, after signing agreement with city

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

The city of Pasco and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are cooperating as tribal work advances toward creating a casino or other economic development in northeast Pasco.

News > Business

Week Ahead

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

Conventions 2019 Annual Northwest Bigfoot Battle – USA Wrestling, today, Spokane Convention Center, 2,000 attendees.

News > Spokane

Dangerous fire weather conditions return Sunday to Southern California

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Red flag warnings will be in place Sunday for a broad stretch of Southern California, from Ventura County through Orange County, the Inland Empire and most of San Diego County, according to the National Weather Service. The mountains of Los Angeles County and the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys are also at high fire weather risk.

News > Spokane

Prince Andrew denies claims of Epstein accuser in interview

Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Britain’s Prince Andrew is questioning the authenticity of a photograph of him posing with a woman who says she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein

News > Spokane

Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for science

Sat., Nov. 16, 2019

Scientists need 10,000 pet dogs for the largest-ever study of aging in canines

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