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Stolen Motorcycles, drugs and gun seized from felon’s home in Spokane Valley
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
‘We decided to honor a woman warrior’: Spokane Tribe proposes new name for Fort George Wright Drive
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
New jobless claims decline for second consecutive week in state, Spokane County
Fri., Oct. 30, 2020
Lawsuit planned over hunting, fishing at U.S. wildlife refuges
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
Idaho AG office: Kootenai County ban on political apparel at polls incorrect
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
Spokane Public Schools to seek $221 million replacement levy in February
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Governor announces tightened COVID-19 guidelines for universities and colleges
UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 20, 2020
Getting There: Bicyclists in Washington will no longer need to stop at stop signs, if the coast is clear
Mon., Oct. 26, 2020
- Getting There: Funding remains murky for transit agencies after court shoots down I-976
- Getting There: Developers may fund fixes to unsnarl traffic issues stalling housing growth in Latah Valley, but will it be enough?
- Getting There: Effort underway to extend Ben Burr Trail to Iron Bridge, Moran Prairie
Geek city: 1 in 5 Seattle residents work in STEM fields, top in US
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
WSU studies on rats and marijuana among work tracked by state as officials consider updates to cannabis regulation
UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 28, 2020
Medal of Honor recipient, WSU graduate laid to rest at Arlington
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
Shawn Vestal: ‘Panhandle Board of Death’ is more appropriate
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Trump administration to remove federal protection for gray wolves across most of US
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Crews vacuum ‘murder hornets’ out of Washington nest
UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 24, 2020
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100 years ago in Spokane: The ‘Irish question’ causes a stir at city council meeting
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
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Trump fights headwinds as he and Biden battle over Florida
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are chasing votes Thursday in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican's pathway to another term, as both nominees turn their focus to encouraging voters to turn out in person on Election Day.
Private website wrongly listed Washington ballots as rejected
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
OLYMPIA – A private website designed to give Washington voters information about the status of their ballots was incorrectly saying that many had been rejected.
Spokane County COVID death toll reaches 200 as soaring cases force change in testing priorities
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Inland Northwest hospitals are treating more than 100 COVID-19 patients currently, and health officials confirmed more than 200 cases in Spokane County and the Panhandle on Thursday.
As virus surges, Trump rallies keep packing in thousands
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — There are no crowds at Disneyland, still shut down by the coronavirus. Fewer fans attended the World Series this year than at any time in the past century. Big concerts are canceled.
Moses Lake Republican Rep. Dent recovering from COVID-19 after trip to ICU
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, returned from the intensive care unit this week after being admitted on Oct. 21 due to COVID-19 complications, according to a news release from his office.
Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and water that splintered homes and were blamed for at least three deaths.
Spokane Valley-based Duncan Produce pivots again, now offering home delivery service during pandemic
Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Drive-thru business has been brisk, prompting Duncan Produce to expand again with a home delivery service that it launched last week, serving residents within an 18-mile radius of its facility at 69 S. Henry Road.
Walmart removes guns, ammunition on display at U.S. stores
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Walmart says it has removed ammunition and firearms from displays at its U.S. stores, citing “civil unrest" in some areas.
Hundreds of shelter dogs, cats flown across the Pacific
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
HONOLULU – More than 600 dogs and cats were flown across the Pacific Ocean from crowded Hawaii shelters to Washington state, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, where there’s more space for them to await adoption – an operation called Paws Across the Pacific that organizers said is the largest pet rescue flight.
Nespelem man sentenced to 10 years in prison after assaulting brother on Colville Reservation
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Jesse McKay, 45, had previously spent 10 years in prison following a conviction for second-degree murder.
Investigators close in on two suspected traffickers in Spokane County
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Investigators are a step closer to filing charges against two suspected human traffickers after filing two warrants Tuesday.
Water Cooler: Use leaves for mulch in your outdoor space
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Kathy Plonka/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW A maple leaf is surrounded by snow in the front lawn of a home on Idaho Street in Post Falls in October 2019. Leaves make good mulch.
Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.
100 years ago in Spokane: The ‘Irish question’ causes a stir at city council meeting
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Emotions reached the boiling point at a Spokane City Council meeting over the “Irish question.”
JetBlue is the latest airline to retreat from blocking seats
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
JetBlue is the latest to indicate it is rethinking the issue. A spokesman for the carrier said Thursday that JetBlue will reduce the number of seats it blocks after Dec. 1 to accommodate families traveling together over the holidays.
Fair housing groups: Redfin ‘redlines’ minority communities
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Several fair housing organizations accused Redfin of systematic racial discrimination in a lawsuit Thursday, saying the online real estate broker offers fewer services to homebuyers and sellers in minority communities — a type of digital redlining that has depressed home values and exacerbated historic injustice in the housing market.
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UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
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2020 election: Unprecedented in some way, not in others
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
The election of 2020 has been called many things: extraordinary, bizarre, unprecedented.
‘We decided to honor a woman warrior’: Spokane Tribe proposes new name for Fort George Wright Drive
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Margo Hill doesn’t want people to forget the mid-19th century history of what is now the city of Spokane and what was then Spokane tribal territory. She wants them to know its brutal truth.
Trump administration to remove federal protection for gray wolves across most of US
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 29, 2020
Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting states in charge of overseeing the predators.