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Shelley Redinger named semifinalist for top job at Nashville school district

UPDATED: 8:53 p.m.

updated Three days after withdrawing from consideration for a schools chief position in Arizona, Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Redinger is one of five semifinalists to lead the second-largest district in Tennessee.

WA Government

Transportation projects paused by I-976 could restart soon as lawmakers near budget agreement

UPDATED: 9:12 p.m.

Education

Public welcome at pair of Wednesday meetings on possible Spokane Public Schools levy

UPDATED: 8:56 p.m.

Health

Washington lawmakers consider restrictions on insulin prices

UPDATED: 9:39 p.m.

Crime/Public Safety

Lori Isenberg charged with killing her husband on Lake Coeur d’Alene in 2018

UPDATED: 9:43 p.m.

Idaho

Post Falls adult film actress who sought ‘hitman’ sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

UPDATED: 9:47 p.m.

Spokane

Bounty hunters who were criminally charged file lawsuit against city, Spokane Police Department

UPDATED: 9:54 p.m.

40th annual Spokane Langlauf (Feb. 9) | View photo gallery

Decadence! Chocolate Festival

Mayor Nadine Woodward’s first State of the City address

Catholic Charities Eastern Washington Veterinary Clinic

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Public Safety

Lori Isenberg charged with killing her husband on Lake Coeur d’Alene in 2018

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Local Government

City follows through on pledge, gives affordable housing complexes $280,000

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Local Business

North Monroe Street road diet receives mixed reviews

Sun., Feb. 23, 2020

National Business

Dow suffers third largest point drop in history

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

Nation

Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

World

Syrian father teaches daughter to laugh when the bombs fall

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Washington

Washington lawmakers consider restrictions on insulin prices

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Idaho

Post Falls adult film actress who sought ‘hitman’ sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

WA Government

Transportation projects paused by I-976 could restart soon as lawmakers near budget agreement

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

ID Government

North Idaho looks to keep time in sync with Washington

Sat., Feb. 22, 2020

Education: K-12

Public welcome at pair of Wednesday meetings on possible Spokane Public Schools levy

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Higher Education

Spokane’s Catholic bishop criticizes new LGBT legal clinic at Gonzaga

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 21, 2020

Health

‘A world of hurt’: 39 states to investigate Juul’s marketing

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Transportation

WSDOT to city: Pause development, deal with safety issues on Highway 195, or we’ll restrict local access

Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

Science & Tech

Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome’s founder, Romulus

Fri., Feb. 21, 2020

Marijuana

Alaska pot shops to be among 1st in U.S. to allow consumption

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 23, 2020

Military

U.S.-Taliban truce takes effect, setting stage for peace deal

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 21, 2020

Columnists

Getting There: Process of changing downtown parking to dynamic, tiered system moves forward

Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

Shawn Vestal: EWU would be reckless not to consider proposal to cut, or eliminate, sports

Religion

‘Make your voices heard’: Gonzaga lecturer urges strong response to priestly sexual abuse crisis

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Outdoors

Public help sought to collect steelhead broodstock in Idaho

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Agriculture

China agrees to import Washington, Idaho potatoes

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

History

100 years ago today in Spokane: Airplanes, priced at $5,000 each, shipped to Spokane

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

2020 Election

Nevada finish doesn’t dampen Elizabeth Warren rally in Seattle

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 22, 2020

Weather

Spain closes airports on Canary Islands due to sand storm

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

News > Spokane

‘Make your voices heard’: Gonzaga lecturer urges strong response to priestly sexual abuse crisis

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Jennifer Beste acknowledged the message she brought to Gonzaga University on Tuesday evening wasn’t going to leave her lecture audience in a good mood. It was a message about how the Catholic Church Church has the power and wealth to address the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis and is complicit in abuse as long as it doesn’t act.

News > Spokane

South Korean virus cases jump again, 1st U.S. soldier infected

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

New virus cases in South Korea jumped again and the first U.S. military soldier tested positive.

News > Education

Public welcome at pair of Wednesday meetings on possible Spokane Public Schools levy

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

The Spokane Public Schools board of directors will face some tough choices Wednesday night as they consider whether to put a one-year supplemental levy on the April ballot.

News > Spokane

Administration freezes study that considered a NYC sea wall Trump called ‘foolish’

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been overseeing a six-year, $19 million analysis of what steps New York and New Jersey residents living along the Atlantic Ocean’s coast to avert the kind of damage Superstorm Sandy wreaked in 2012. Scientists predict coastal storms will only intensify in coming years, and their impact will be exacerbated by sea-level rise linked to climate change.

News > WA Government

Transportation projects paused by I-976 could restart soon as lawmakers near budget agreement

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

House and Senate leaders have plans to fill a $450 million hole in the state’s transportation budget created by the passage of Initiative 976, but warn it’s a stop-gap measure that won’t last past mid-2021.

News > Spokane

Hindu, Muslim clashes kill 13 in Delhi as Modi, Trump talk

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Hindus carrying pickaxes and iron rods hurled rocks at Muslims protesting a new citizenship law on a second day of deadly clashes casting a shadow over President Donald Trump’s visit to India.

News > Health

Washington lawmakers consider restrictions on insulin prices

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Eight-year-old Levi Markland told lawmakers Tuesday he’s not supposed to worry about dying, but he does. Levi has Type 1 diabetes and his family spends up to $1,000 a month on insulin so he can be healthy.

News > Education

Shelley Redinger named semifinalist for top job at Nashville school district

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Three days after withdrawing from consideration for a schools chief position in Arizona, Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Redinger is one of five semifinalists to lead the second-largest district in Tennessee.

News > Spokane

Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Bernie Sanders is facing a torrent of attacks from his Democratic rivals in a high-stakes debate that could be their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the 2020 nomination fight

News > Idaho

Post Falls adult film actress who sought ‘hitman’ sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Katrina Danforth, 32, was sentenced to a decade in federal prison on Tuesday after soliciting the services of someone whom she thought was a hitman, but was actually an undercover police detective.

News > Spokane

Bounty hunters who were criminally charged file lawsuit against city, Spokane Police Department

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Shaun Beveridge, Reed Alfeteras and Robert Elder sued the Spokane Police Department last week, alleging they were unfairly prosecuted to protect a confidential informant when they were charged with crimes stemming from an incident in September 2016.

News > Spokane

Syrian father teaches daughter to laugh when the bombs fall

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Syrian father Abdullah Mohammed would do anything for his 3-year-old daughter Salwa – even forcing himself to laugh with her at the sound of exploding bombs

News > Spokane

Trump, U.S. officials send mixed messages on virus risk here

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

President Donald Trump and his chief economic adviser say coronavirus is under control in the U.S., even as the government’s top disease fighters warn Americans to prepare for an outbreak.

News > Spokane

FBI raids Canadian fashion mogul following sex abuse claims

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Federal authorities have raided the Manhattan headquarters of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard.

News > Business

Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down; Bob Chapek named new head

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Bob Iger will become executive chairman of the Walt Disney Co. Bob Chapek, who was most recently chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, will succeed him. Iger will remain chairman through the end of his contract Dec. 31, 2021.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Teens suspected of planning armed robbery of South Hill gas station arrested

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Three boys suspected of planning an armed robbery of a South Hill convenience store on Monday in order to get money for marijuana have been arrested.

News > Spokane

City follows through on pledge, gives affordable housing complexes $280,000

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

The Spokane City Council dipped into reserves Monday to fund two affordable housing projects. The council unanimously approved a two-year funding plan totaling $280,000 to support services at The Carlyle and Home Yard Cottages.

News > Pacific NW

3 structures at high risk of collapsing at Hanford site

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Three radioactively contaminated structures are at high risk of collapsing on a former nuclear weapons production site, but could be stabilized by filling them with a concrete-like grout within the next year, the federal government said.

News > Idaho

Hayden officials say prison re-entry center not wanted

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Hayden city officials say they don’t want a re-entry center built in their northern Idaho town.

News > Idaho

Jazz Fest to ring in 53rd year at UI

Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

The University of Idaho kicks off its 53rd Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Friday with two days of workshops, music competitions and performances including Friday’s headliners, the vocal jazz group Vertical Voices.

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