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Spokane police investigate shooting in Emerson-Garfield; no injuries reported

Spokane police replace 7-year-old's stolen bicycle after teens reportedly stole it, assaulted girl
‘She was just a kid’: Family, friends mourn Milana Li, missing 13-year-old Beaverton girl found dead
'It's about fighting to save lives': New Spokane fentanyl initiative aims to unite community to defeat epidemic

‘The new swamp’: 2,500 miles from Mar-a-Lago, Central Washington primary in Newhouse race tests heft of Trump’s endorsement

Hearing examiner mulls approval of Usk crypto mining operation at Ponderay Newsprint Mill

French carmaker Renault to sell Russian operations to Moscow

Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack

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Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan

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Airway Heights police officer takes in beautiful views, G-forces during Thunderbirds Hometown Hero flight

Idaho’s abortion trigger law would take effect 30 days after Roe v. Wade is overturned

State Supreme Court upholds DUI standard for driving while high on marijuana

Idaho’s abortion trigger law would take effect 30 days after Roe v. Wade is overturned

Public asked to weigh in on search for new University High School principal

Making the hard work worth it: Don Shelton to speak at University of Idaho graduation

‘Listen to Black women voices’: Exhibit on Black maternal health comes to Carl Maxey Center

Getting There: Park, boat launch near Avista headquarters open for summer as motorists get new route

Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole

Jayapal tests positive for coronavirus, will isolate in Seattle

‘My office in the sky:’ Fairchild welcomes, refuels Thunderbirds ahead of Skyfest this weekend

100 years ago in Spokane: Radio, then called the ‘radiophone,’ was becoming so popular that the Chronicle predicted it could rival the telephone

Muslim detainees sue Spokane County Jail alleging refusal to serve halal meats for Ramadan

Off the Grid: The unexpected teachings of teenagers

Diesel spill in Pullman prompts warning from Ecology Department

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100 years ago in Spokane: Pachyderm prompts some panic ahead of Spokane circus appearance

Ready, set, file: Political candidates will officially submit paperwork to run for election this week

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Weathercatch: Unusual, localized storms during May bring tornadoes, fierce cloudbursts

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News > Education

Innovia launches program that would pay college tuition for every Inland Northwest student

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Innovia, the Spokane-based community foundation, has unveiled a sweeping $150 million initiative to reward scholarships to pay for every motivated student across the Inland Northwest to go to college or vocational training.

News > Business

Bank of Idaho acquiring five HomeStreet branches

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Bank of Idaho has announced that it will purchase five branches from HomeStreet Bank, including one in Spokane.

News > Business

Southwest Airlines proposed a ploy to deceive FAA on Boeing 737 MAX, legal filing alleges

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

In April 2016, when Boeing’s 737 Max was in flight test a year ahead of its certification by the Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Airlines made a strange proposal to Boeing – one that suggests an effort to deceive the FAA.

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Washington records

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

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Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

A gunman in a deadly attack at California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, authorities said.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man accused of assaulting 74-year-old grandmother in her Spokane apartment in attack that led to her death

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled a 74-year-old woman's death a homicide months after her grandson beat her at their home in Spokane's Chief Garry Park neighborhood.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man killed in north Spokane shooting last month identified

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The man who was shot an killed last month near Maxwell Avenue and Lincoln Street has been identified as 47-year-old Jaimeson Martinson. Police have yet to arrest anyone in connection to the shooting.

News > Nation/World

Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

President Joe Biden signed an order Monday to redeploy hundreds of U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab, an effort that American military leaders said had been hampered by President Donald Trump's late-term decision to withdraw forces from the country.

News > Nation/World

Police: Buffalo gunman aimed to keep killing if he got away

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket planned to keep killing if he had escaped the scene, the police commissioner said Monday, as the possibility of federal hate crime or domestic terror charges loomed.

News > Nation/World

Detroit Tigers fan falls 15 feet from crumbling footbridge

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

A man walking on a footbridge to a Detroit Tigers game said he fell 15 feet to the ground when part of the concrete collapsed.

News > Business

Judge: California’s women on boards law is unconstitutional

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.

News > Business

Police: Arby’s manager in Washington peed in milkshake mix

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

A manager at an Arby's fast food restaurant in Washington state has been accused of urinating into a milkshake mix that might then have been served to dozens of people.

News > Nation/World

Jury selection underway in trial tied to FBI’s Russia probe

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Jury selection got underway Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016.

News > Nation/World

Justices limit federal court review of some deportations

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials' decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.”

News > Nation/World

Once neutral Sweden seeks NATO membership in historic shift

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Sweden on Monday decided to join neighboring Finland in seeking NATO membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

News > Nation/World

Russia runs into more obstacles in Ukraine, on global front

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Europe pushed to toughen its response Monday to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden joining Finland in deciding to seek NATO membership and European Union officials working to rescue proposed sanctions on Russian oil.

News > Nation/World

Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday met with Ukrainian refugees and urged the need to confront Russian brutality as she visited Poland ahead of a meeting of finance ministers for the Group of Seven leading economies.

News > Business

Abbott says agreement reached to reopen baby formula plant

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Baby formula maker Abbott said Monday it has reached an agreement with U.S. health regulators to restart production at its largest domestic factory, though it will be well over a month before any new products ship from the site to help alleviate the national shortage facing parents.

News > Business

Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Starbucks said Monday it will pay the travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion and gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren't available within 100 miles of a worker's home.

News > Business

Rebuffed by Spirit, JetBlue goes hostile in takeover bid

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines and asking shareholders of the low-cost carrier to reject a proposed $2.9 billion acquisition by Frontier Airlines.

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