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Pitcher Marco Gonzales won’t get his hands on the ball this weekend, but his fingerprints are all over the Mariners’ postseason drive

Marco Gonzales, solid in Wednesday’s season-finale, all but ensured he will not pitch in the AL Wild Card, a bitter result for the hurler out of Gonzaga who has been a fixture near the top of the Mariners’ rotation and in setting Seattle’s new playoff standard.

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Five arrested in connection to Franklin Park shooting that killed 1, injured 3

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Incumbent Kuney faces newcomer Noble in race among Republicans for Spokane County Commission District 4

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Fireclay Tile acquires Spokane Valley-based Quarry Tile Co.

National Business

BofA settles Ambac subprime mortgage case for $1.8 billion

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Nation

Kidnapped family of four found dead. ‘There’s no words,’ Merced sheriff says

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Iranian women at home and abroad cut their hair to protest Mahsa Amini’s death

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Pitcher Marco Gonzales won’t get his hands on the ball this weekend, but his fingerprints are all over the Mariners’ postseason drive

Idaho

Former Boundary County librarian to speak on freedom of expression at Central Library

WA Government

Chase and Christian disagree on election integrity during 4th Legislative District House debate

ID Government

Candidates for Idaho attorney general discuss abortion ban

Education: K-12

Reardan-Edwall School District asks voters for $4.2 million for better sports facilities

Higher Education

EWU police chief warns students of sexual assaults on campus

Health

Ask the doctors 10/6

Transportation

Washington state faces an epidemic of inaccessible sidewalks

Science & Tech

Google unveils new phones and watch that undercut Apple on price

Pacific Northwest

Tacoma woman pleads for help in solving father’s murder. ‘You would want answers, too.’

Military

Olga Custodio, America’s first Latina fighter pilot to speak at Gonzaga on Tuesday

Columnists

Dear Kiantha: Find your gifts during your alone time

Religion

Faith and Values: Keeping an eye out for spiritual ‘wrong-way’ signs

Outdoors

Montana paddleboarder travels 400 miles down Yellowstone River

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Agriculture

Cody Easterday, who perpetrated $244 million ‘ghost cattle’ fraud, sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

History

100 years ago in Spokane: Officials ruled a deadly train crash was caused by workers ignoring a key safety rule

2022 Election

Sheriff candidates talk Camp Hope, advocate for new jail

Weather

Weathercatch: It’s warm now, but here’s what the ‘triple dip’ La Nina could mean for the Northwest

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News > Business

Popularity of cryptocurrency plummets among millennials in 2022

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

The popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has plummeted in 2022, particularly among their most fervent supporters – millennial investors – according to a recent Bankrate survey.

News > Business

Gold tumbles after U.S. jobs data keeps Fed on hawkish track

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

Gold declined below $1,700 an ounce after U.S. jobs data showed the labor market remains tight, keeping the Federal Reserve on a hawkish policy track.

News > Business

Facebook is warning 1 million users about stolen usernames, passwords

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

Meta Platforms Inc. said it would notify roughly 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised due to security issues with apps downloaded from Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s software stores.

News > Business

CVS is in exclusive talks to buy Cano Health

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

CVS Health is in exclusive talks to buy Cano Health, the health-care provider backed by billionaire Barry Sternlicht, according to people familiar with the matter.

News > Business

BofA settles Ambac subprime mortgage case for $1.8 billion

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay $1.84 billion to settle claims by bond insurer Ambac Financial Group regarding residential mortgage-backed securities, clearing away the bank's last major legal hangover stemming from the 2008 financial crisis.

News > Business

U.S. jobs increase while unemployment drops, keeping pressure on Fed

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

U.S. employers continued to hire at a solid pace last month and the jobless rate unexpectedly returned to a historic low, indicating a sturdy labor market that puts the inflation-focused Federal Reserve on course for another outsize interest-rate hike.

News > Education

Washington State Supreme Court visits Gonzaga University for hearing on public collective bargaining

Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

The Washington State Supreme Court visited Gonzaga University’s School of Law on Thursday specifically to review a case on whether state law preempts a section of the city of Spokane’s charter that required union negotiations be open.

News > Business

Hundreds of Seattle micro-apartments are for sale. Will rents go up?

Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

Oct. 6—The financial stability of hundreds of Seattle tenants is on the line as public and private players vie for nearly two dozen apartment buildings that have been on the market since this summer. The entire portfolio of finished aPodment-branded micro-apartment buildings is for sale, a total of 23 properties and 1,402 apartments from Northgate to the Central District. Built by Calhoun ...

News > Washington

Pitcher Marco Gonzales won’t get his hands on the ball this weekend, but his fingerprints are all over the Mariners’ postseason drive

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

News > Crime/Public Safety

From experience to charging defendants, Haskell and Conklin counter each other at debate

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell said voters should consider his lengthy professional experience when hitting the polls next month while his opponent, Deb Conklin, said her experience in leading and motivating people is critical to the office.

News > Nation

First Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

A lieutenant of former longtime Proud Boys chairman Henry "Enrique" Tarrio became the group's first member to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on Thursday, deepening the government's case against an organization accused of mobilizing violence to prevent the inauguration of Joe Biden.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Sheriff candidates talk Camp Hope, advocate for new jail

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

From Camp Hope to a potential new jail, two Republicans with more than 20 years of experience at the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office fielded questions and made some of their final pitches to voters Thursday night as the race for sheriff nears an end.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Five arrested in connection to Franklin Park shooting that killed 1, injured 3

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

Five people were arrested and booked into Spokane County jail on Thursday in connection with a shooting that left one person dead and three others injured at a park in August.

News > Marijuana

No big changes from Gov. Inslee following Biden’s call for marijuana pardons

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

As he announced pardons on Thursday for everyone convicted of marijuana possession under federal law, President Joe Biden also called on governors across the country to issue similar pardons for state marijuana convictions.

News > Pacific NW

Tacoma woman pleads for help in solving father’s murder. ‘You would want answers, too.’

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

Speaking to a room of Tacoma police detectives and news reporters Thursday, Porche Evans described in unflinching detail the moments after her father was fatally shot in November 2020 outside her Eastside home.

News > Pacific NW

Former Bellevue man nabbed in San Diego for cannabis, stock schemes

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

A former Bellevue man was arrested Tuesday near San Diego for allegedly bilking cannabis businesses and investors of millions of dollars via a scheme involving shell companies, stock pumping and a made-up life story of a military vet-turned-billionaire.

News > Education

Reardan-Edwall School District asks voters for $4.2 million for better sports facilities

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

The Reardan-Edwall School District is asking voters to approve a new capital levy to improve facilities so tennis players and track athletes don’t have to be bused to outside facilities every day to practice.

News > Nation/World

Can Newhouse hold on to Washington’s most conservative congressional district in test of Republicans’ willingness to forgive Trump impeachment vote

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 7, 2022

WASHINGTON – In his nearly eight years representing central Washington in the House, Dan Newhouse has fended off challengers from across the political spectrum and carved out a niche as a pragmatic lawmaker more interested in policy than bluster.

News > Washington

Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton reassures voters that local elections are secure

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton sought to reassure voters of the integrity of local elections.

News > Washington

French and Yates disagree on need for new county jail during Thursday debate

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

Spokane County Commissioner Al French, a Republican who is running to maintain a seat on the commission in the newly drawn 5th Commissioner District, faced his opponent, Democrat Maggie Yates, in a Thursday night debate.

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