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Washington, Idaho colleges bracing for ‘enrollment cliff’ in 2025

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Colleges and universities across the United States are bracing for an “enrollment cliff” in about five years – the result of a downturn in birth rates after the Great Recession. Washington and Idaho are expected to fare well compared to other states, though schools in the region are rethinking their recruitment strategies.

Spokane

Repelling Mosquito: Law would ban noise machines designed to deter homeless, youth

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Police ombudsman may recommend SWAT members start wearing body cameras

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Spokane

Foundation seeking names, birthdates of hundreds of thousands of government workers

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Spokane

Hawaiian holiday music soothes long lines at Christmas Bureau

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Spokane

Longtime volunteers bring festivity to the Christmas Bureau

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Spokane

‘This is a treat for all of us’: Tree trimmers turned ice carvers help shoppers celebrate on East Sprague

UPDATED: 3:02 p.m.

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Public Safety

Man receives critical burns in Browne’s Addition RV fire on Saturday evening

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Local Government

New Spokane Valley leaders hope to take on public comment, inclusion in 2020

Thu., Dec. 12, 2019

Local Business

BBB Tip of the Week: Buying Gift Cards

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Nation Business

Fed leaves low rates alone and foresees no moves in 2020

Wed., Dec. 11, 2019

Nation

Shooting at suburban Atlanta mall injures 1 as shoppers flee

Sat., Dec. 14, 2019

World

Fighting rages near Libya’s capital amid push by rebel army

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 14, 2019

Washington

Foundation seeking names, birthdates of hundreds of thousands of government workers

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Idaho

Huckleberries: Library caper slows amid the hubub

Thu., Dec. 12, 2019

WA Government

Foundation seeking names, birthdates of hundreds of thousands of government workers

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

ID Government

Vote on divisive Wolf Lodge Bay project delayed after packed meeting

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 11, 2019

Education: K-12

West Valley schools superintendent Gene Sementi retires; Kyle Rydell to take over

Sat., Dec. 14, 2019

Higher Education

EWU president vows to keep campus safe after racist vandalism in Cheney

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 12, 2019

Health

Aid for Angelman syndrome: Mother creates tincture she says helps daughter with genetic disorder

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 11, 2019

Transportation

Getting There: ‘Clear gas’ a returning phenomenon, but most cars don’t need it

Mon., Dec. 9, 2019

Science & Tech

SpaceX launches caring robot, beer malt and ‘mighty mice’

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 5, 2019

Marijuana

WSU study links cannabis businesses to poorer neighborhoods, as local laws limit locations

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 4, 2019

Military

As Navy works to keep flight paths clear for fighter jets, cities and counties plan for growth

Wed., Dec. 11, 2019

Columnists

Shawn Vestal: Stats show crime continues to fall in Spokane, whatever people ‘feel’ about it

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Religion

Faith and Values: Why people of faith shouldn’t support President Trump

Mon., Dec. 9, 2019

Outdoors

Ring in the New Year with an outdoors adventure near Spokane

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Agriculture

McMorris Rodgers joins Democrats, region’s Republicans to pass migrant farmworker reform bill

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 11, 2019

History

100 years ago in Spokane: Police identify suspect in Union Park Bank holdup

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

2020 Election

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers only has one 2020 Democrat challenger – but that may change

Fri., Dec. 13, 2019

Weather

Heavy snow hitting mountain passes. Here’s what to know before you go.

Fri., Dec. 13, 2019

News > Spokane

Getting There: Coming soon to a reader board near you - holiday reminders to not drink or text and drive

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

The Washington Department of Transportation is hoping to turn some heads with their reader boards on Interstate 90 and throughout the region this holiday season, with messages intending to make you think, chuckle – and stay safe.

News > Spokane

New Christmas Bureau volunteer looks after fellow volunteers

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Volunteer Butch Slaughter has a unique job at the Christmas Bureau this week as volunteers hand out food vouchers, toys and books to families in need. It’s his job to keep the other volunteers happy.

News > Spokane

‘They’re the ones who paid the price’: Spokane Valley veteran remembers fallen brothers in Battle of the Bulge

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Everett Martin, 94, was one of thousands of Americans who fought in the snowy Ardennes Forest 75 years ago in an attempt to beat back a counterattack by Nazi Germany. What came to be known as “The Battle of the Bulge” lasted a month and claimed more than 19,000 American lives, but the victory by Allied forces hastened the war’s end that May.

News > Column

Faith and Values: Christmas gifts are are not ends but byproducts of relationship with God

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Let the incarnation – God clothed in humanity, born of a virgin – remind us that there is nothing we can do for our salvation, it must be a work of God. Let the incarnation remind us that Jesus did not come to be remembered briefly each year and then stored away.

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Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

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News > Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Police identify suspect in Union Park Bank holdup

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Chester Clark, who also went by the names Leo Hartman and James Conley, was believed by police to be responsible for the bank robbery on Dec. 12. His wife was arrested on a train in Hood River with $595 in cash, but the suspect was still on the loose.

News > Spokane

Chinese TV pulls Arsenal game coverage after Ozil criticism

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Chinese television pulled coverage of Arsenal’s Premier League match against Manchester City after Mesut Ozil criticized Beijing’s brutal mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims.

News > Spokane

Greta Thunberg, German railway company in tweetstorm

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany’s national railway company created a tweetstorm after she posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a train surrounded by lots of bags.

News > Spokane

Hallmark to reinstate same-sex marriage commercials it pulled

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

The Hallmark Channel says it will reinstate same-sex marriage commercials that it had pulled from the network.

News > Spokane

Schumer calls for Mulvaney, Bolton testimony in impeachment trial

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

The top Senate Democrat on Sunday called for subpoenaing several senior Trump administration officials who have yet to testify in the House’s impeachment probe as witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

News > Spokane

Then and Now: Sears, Roebuck and Co. warehouse

Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Leased in the 1930s as the retail giant was ramping up brick-and-mortar operations after decades in the mail-order business, the warehouse that once housed merchandise destined for retail stores or homes is now home to the Pride Prep charter school.

News > Spokane

Santa Express offers children a grown-up Christmas experience

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

The shop allows children to look for gifts for their parents, while learning about budgeting with the help of an elf. The tradition now spans multiple generations.

News > Nation

Aides to party-switching House lawmaker resign

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Five aides to a House Democrat who plans to become a Republican are resigning, saying his party switch “does not align with the values we brought to this job when we joined his office.”

News > Spokane

Comey: ‘Real sloppiness’ in Russia probe but no misconduct

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Former FBI Director James Comey is acknowledging that a Justice Department inspector general report identified “real sloppiness“ in the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide.

News > Spokane

New North America trade deal hits snag as Mexico objects to U.S. labor inspectors

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

A top Mexican trade negotiator flew to Washington for urgent talks Sunday as a hitch emerged in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, just days after it was signed.

News > Nation

Democrats push for Amash as impeachment manager

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

WASHINGTON - A private campaign is underway to draft Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., as an impeachment manager in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump, a bid to diversify House Democrats’ appeal to voters with a rare conservative voice. A group of 30 freshman Democrats, led by Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., has asked House leaders to consider the libertarian, who left the Republican Party earlier this year, for the small group tasked with arguing its case for removing Trump in the upper chamber, according to several Democratic officials.

News > Spokane

’Jumanji’ ends ‘Frozen 2’ hot streak to claim top spot

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

“Jumanji: The Next Level” has claimed the top spot over “Frozen 2” at the box office.

News > Spokane

Disappointment as marathon climate talks end with slim deal

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Marathon U.N. climate talks have ended with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment.

News > Spokane

No letup for UK lawmakers: Johnson presses ahead with Brexit

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

LONDON – There will be no letup for U.K. lawmakers worn out after Britain’s bruising election campaign. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to begin “before Christmas” the push to secure Parliamentary approval for his Brexit deal. Buoyed by its landslide victory in Thursday’s election, Johnson’s Conservative government plans to move fast to make good on his campaign mantra to “get Brexit done.” That means ensuring legislation known as the Brexit withdrawal agreement bill is passed in time for the U.K. to complete its historic departure from the European Union by the current deadline of Jan. 31.

News > Spokane

Military academies probe possible ‘white power’ sign at game

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Officials at the Army and Navy academies are investigating whether hand signs flashed by students standing behind a reporter during a TV interview were intended to convey a message of white supremacy.

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