Idaho Rep. Russ Fulcher announces cancer diagnosis
UPDATED: 6:06 p.m.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Russ Fulcher announced Thursday he has been diagnosed with a treatable form of cancer.
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New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations down
UPDATED: 6:25 p.m.
John Stockton featured in anti-vaccine film questioning COVID-19
UPDATED: 9:31 p.m.
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Asphalt spills onto Highway 395 after truck rolls, causing delays for drivers
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Applicants sought for Spokane County library board
UPDATED: Thu., June 17, 2021
Motorcyclist Alex Harvill dies while attempting Guinness World Record jump in Moses Lake
UPDATED: Thu., June 17, 2021
Southwestern Idaho couple wins second large lottery prize
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Senate hearing highlights rift between Democrats, Republicans on student-athlete rights
UPDATED: Thu., June 17, 2021
- Washington elected officials, hospital association praise Supreme Court ACA decision
- Inslee announces separate lottery for veterans and active-duty service members
- As high-profile infrastructure talks grind along in Congress, Cantwell-led Senate panel approves separate $78 billion transportation bill
Idaho Rep. Russ Fulcher announces cancer diagnosis
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Spokane school board postpones boundary decision: ‘We’re not trying to rush things’
UPDATED: Thu., June 17, 2021
- Graduation at the Riverfront Park Pavilion was such a hit that Spokane Public Schools is considering it for next year, too
- Lucia Jensen of Lewis and Clark High wins Eva Lassman Memorial Holocaust-themed writing contest, high school division
- Latest meeting on contentious Spokane school boundary issue set for Wednesday
Former EWU women’s basketball coach accuses AD Hickey of discrimination, downplaying abusive behavior in $5M claim
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Battling invisible disease: Distance runner Brayden Merrill, 19, isn’t letting cystic fibrosis hold him back
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Getting There: City aims to add new kinds of protected bike lanes along Illinois Avenue
UPDATED: Mon., June 14, 2021
- As high-profile infrastructure talks grind along in Congress, Cantwell-led Senate panel approves separate $78 billion transportation bill
- Cantwell unveils $78 billion surface transportation bill, including major funding boost for Amtrak, culverts that could aid salmon recovery
- 'Demand might be high at the swap': With bikes difficult to come by, Spokane swap offers rare opportunity
Highly vaccinated: Spokane retail shop offers free marijuana as part of ‘Joints for Jabs’ promotion
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Front Porch: Navigating the meme streets of social media
Thu., June 17, 2021
U.S. Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Joe Biden
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
History
100 years ago in Spokane: Mrs. Corbin revealed the ‘humiliating’ details of the true relationship with her co-defendant
Sat., June 19, 2021
- 100 years ago in Spokane: Mrs. Corbin tearfully begged her co-defendant to come clean in their arson trial
- Juneteenth is a now a federal holiday, but Spokane has a long history with the emancipation celebration
- 100 years ago in Spokane: The arson trial centered on the famous Corbin house was beginning
Reconstruction-era amendment could bar Trump from future public office, historian Eric Foner says in WSU lecture
UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 16, 2021
- Conspiratorial thinking: Why conspiracy theories are difficult to eliminate – even before Donald Trump
- Experts say Biden's inaugural address had folksy tone, direct message and phrase that will be remembered: 'uncivil war'
- Experts: There have been warnings of far-right violence for decades, including in the Spokane area
Overnight storm brought more than 1,000 lightning strikes and left thousands without power in Spokane area
UPDATED: Tue., June 15, 2021
Latest Stories
Amid the pandemic, people crave connection – and the ‘Internet’s Dad’ provides it
Sat., June 19, 2021
Curled up in the fetal position on his bed in Seattle, Rob Kenney was crying out for God. His YouTube channel, “Dad, how do I?” went viral in May last year, thrusting the 57-year-old introvert into the public eye.
In the Garden: Pollinator garden provides habitat for birds and insects – and beauty for humans
Sat., June 19, 2021
As I walk down the driveway to retrieve the morning paper, I notice the sun has popped up over the crest of the hill. It is backlighting leaves and flowers, accentuating their varying textures, shapes and colors.
Ask the Builder: How to clean algae off siding, roofs and patios
Sat., June 19, 2021
Not a week goes by that I don’t get a question at the Ask Tim page on askthebuilder.com about cleaning this or that household surface. As it turns out, I happen to know lots about cleaning.
100 years ago in Spokane: Mrs. Corbin revealed the ‘humiliating’ details of the true relationship with her co-defendant
Sat., June 19, 2021
Anna Corbin, widow of Spokane tycoon D.C. Corbin, took the stand in the arson trial of Louis Lilge, and “without hesitancy told of the most embarrassing and humiliating details of her intimacy with the man whom she employed as a chauffeur less than two years ago.”
Archaeological dig at North Idaho College aims to unearth ‘invisible histories’ of Fort Sherman
Sat., June 19, 2021
COEUR D’ALENE – There was a point Monday when student archaeologists unearthed what looked like a shattered piece of wood from a hole several feet deep on the North Idaho College campus in Coeur d’Alene.
Eye on Boise: Idahoan who once was in charge of U.S. Capitol security points to systemic problems
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Since the violent overrun of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 that left seven people dead, Greg Casey has been thinking a lot about what went wrong.
Longview chlorine plant downtime causes shortage of chemical used to treat water supplies across West Coast
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
A “major electrical failure” at the Longview Westlake Chemical company plant in June has rippled out across Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Northern California as chlorine chemicals used to disinfect drinking water and treat wastewater have become scarce.
Bellingham Cold Storage workers are staging a 30-hour strike. Here’s why
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
BELLINGHAM – Union workers at Bellingham Cold Storage began a 30-hour unfair labor practice strike on Friday to try and bring the company back to the negotiating table.
Spokane’s latest ‘pillars in our community’ honored with Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition’s Pillar Awards
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
To kick off Spokane’s weekend-long Juneteenth celebration, the Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition on Friday hosted The Pillar Awards.
Asphalt spills onto Highway 395 after truck rolls, causing delays for drivers
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
A trailer spilled liquid asphalt onto Highway 395 Friday, causing delays south of Ritzville, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.
Former EWU women’s basketball coach accuses AD Hickey of discrimination, downplaying abusive behavior in $5M claim
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington University’s former women’s basketball coach who was fired in late March, has filed a tort claim to the state Department of Enterprise Services claiming she was unlawfully terminated by the university.
19-year-old accused of firing at people across Phoenix area
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
PHOENIX — An Arizona teenager suspected of killing one person and injuring a dozen others during a 90-minute string of drive-by shootings in metropolitan Phoenix told police he believed people were after him because of his involvement in another shooting, according to court documents released Friday.
John Stockton featured in anti-vaccine film questioning COVID-19
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
An anti-vaccine film is drawing attention this week as it features NBA Hall of Famer and Spokane native John Stockton casting aspersions on COVID-19 vaccines.
O.J. Simpson keeps fighting in Vegas against Goldman judgments
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson will keep fighting recent court orders in Nevada that he owes at least $60 million in judgments stemming from the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, his lawyer said Friday.
‘We’re just trying to survive at the moment’: Oregon agricultural sector hit hard by severe drought
UPDATED: Sat., June 19, 2021
From the Columbia River in the north to the Klamath Basin that straddles the California border, Oregon is well short of the water it needs.
Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
NEW ORLEANS – High winds and heavy rains buffeted coastal Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday as a disorganized and unpredictable tropical weather system churned through the Gulf of Mexico, forcing cancellation of Juneteenth celebrations in Mississippi and Alabama and threatening Father’s Day tourism.
Declaration of Juneteenth holiday sparks scramble in states
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Congress and President Joe Biden acted with unusual swiftness this week in approving Juneteenth as a national holiday. That shifted the battle to the states, where the holiday faces a far less enthusiastic response.
MOVE’s ‘Minister of Confrontation,’ Consuewella Africa, dies
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
Consuewella Dotson Africa, a longtime member of the Black organization MOVE and mother of two children killed in the 1985 bombing of the group's home in Philadelphia, has died at 67.
New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations down
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
The Spokane Regional Health District confirmed 35 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and no additional deaths.
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
UPDATED: Fri., June 18, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program could work.