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Honoring the fallen: State police academy campus adds memorial bell

5 a.m.

On the morning recruits graduate as a part of Washington’s 792nd basic law enforcement academy class in December, a bell will ring out across the Spokane campus from a new memorial in honor of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

Spokane

Spokane could have a new tallest building after developer submits plans for 22-story tower

UPDATED: 8:43 p.m.

Spokane

Rick Reilly talks value of ‘integrity’ in golf and democracy at CdA library, where books have been hidden

UPDATED: 12:33 p.m.

Spokane

‘It’s you I like’: Spokane educators reflect on Fred Rogers’ legacy as moviegoers can rediscover a hero

UPDATED: 11:43 a.m.

Spokane

Liberty Lake water contamination will likely require a week of boiling drinking water

UPDATED: 2:15 p.m.

Crime/Public Safety

Bonner County prosecutor declines charges against officers in Rambo shooting

UPDATED: 8:38 p.m.

Spokane

Judge declines to hold Stevens County commissioners in contempt amid misspending allegations

UPDATED: 8:43 p.m.

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Police Academy Memorial Project

Cannon Street warming center prepares to open

Spokane Symphony fourth- and fifth-grade concert

Riverpark Square Holiday tree 2019

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Public Safety

Man accused of killing his wife seeks dismissal of case while representing himself

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 21, 2019

Local Government

Hoping to avoid conflict, Stuckart to make quiet exit and hand reins to Beggs

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 19, 2019

Local Business

Coeur d’Alene artist helps others remember and heal through jewelry infused with their loved one’s ashes

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Nation Business

U.S. regulators bar govt telecom funds for Huawei, ZTE

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Nation

Pennsylvania to fund research into fracking health dangers

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

World

French women demand action amid high domestic violence rate

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Washington

Inland Northwest lawmakers respond – and don’t – to Sondland testimony

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2019

Idaho

Rick Reilly talks value of ‘integrity’ in golf and democracy at CdA library, where books have been hidden

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

WA Government

Inland Northwest lawmakers respond – and don’t – to Sondland testimony

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2019

ID Government

As Lake Coeur d’Alene gets sicker, Idaho governor orders review of data

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2019

Education: K-12

Threat prompts Central Valley High School to evacuate, cancel classes; second message prompts concern at East Valley

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Higher Education

As northwest university presidential housing goes, University of Idaho unusual with two homes

Wed., Nov. 20, 2019

Health

Medicare drug plan finder can steer seniors to higher costs

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 21, 2019

Transportation

Dale Stedman, advocate of north-south freeway and local AAA leader, dies at 92

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 19, 2019

Science & Tech

In a first, IBM’s computer debater faces off against itself

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Marijuana

WSU partners with California company in hopes of receiving marijuana for research

Sun., Nov. 10, 2019

Military

Trump says Navy won’t remove Gallagher’s SEAL’s designation

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 21, 2019

Columnists

Shawn Vestal: Joy, service and food for the hungry on hand at Shalom Ministries for 25 years

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Religion

An appetite to help out: Hundreds help Christian nonprofit, Feed My Starving Children, pack meals for youth in communities abroad

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 4, 2019

Outdoors

Bald eagles return to Lake Coeur d’Alene

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Agriculture

The Cowboy Whisperer: Ferry County range rider works to build understanding in Washington wolf country

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2019

History

100 years ago in Spokane: Jail authorities end Wobbly ‘disturbance’ with fire hose

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

2020 Election

Bloomberg opens door to 2020 Democratic run for president

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2019

Weather

Winter outlook for Spokane region has forecasters guessing

Fri., Nov. 15, 2019

News > Spokane

Warming center to finally open, but with limited capacity

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Jewels Helping Hands will open a warming center for the homeless on Saturday, but with a capacity it says is far below the community’s need and a day later than it was supposed to.

News > Nation

U.S. officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

U.S. health officials on Friday told people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, because of another food poisoning outbreak.

News > Spokane

Liberty Lake turns on Christmas light show Saturday

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Instead of a grand opening for Liberty Lake’s newest park, the city will host a 40-day light and Christmas festival, which will feature light-up zoo animal displays, giant Christmas trees and 12-foot candles.

News > Washington

Apple detectives comb U.S. Northwest for ‘lost’ varieties

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

E.J. Brandt and David Benscoter, who together form the nonprofit Lost Apple Project, log countless hours and hundreds of miles in trucks, on all-terrain vehicles and on foot to find orchards planted by settlers as they pushed west more than a century ago.

News > Spokane

Body found in Spokane River near Camp Sekani Friday morning

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

The body of a woman was found Friday in the Spokane River near Camp Sekani.

News > World

China’s Xi says Beijing wants trade deal, can ‘fight back’

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

President Xi Jinping said Friday that Beijing wants to work for a trade deal with the United States but is not afraid to “fight back” to protect its own interests.

News > Business

Grocery Outlet Bargain Market opens in Cheney

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

After months of construction, Grocery Outlet Bargain Market has opened a new location in Cheney.

News > World

Milan hospital displays X-rays of women attacked by men

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

A Milan hospital is exhibiting X-rays of women attacked by men to highlight what one doctor calls the “daily horror” of violence against women.

News > World

French women demand action amid high domestic violence rate

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

France has one of Europe’s highest domestic violence rates, and now that’s getting highlighted with a wildcat graffiti campaign in Paris and elsewhere

News > Nation

Pennsylvania to fund research into fracking health dangers

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday his administration will spend $3 million on a pair of studies to explore the potential health effects of the natural gas industry, taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of pediatric cancer patients who live in the most heavily drilled region of the state.

News > Nation

FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

An FBI lawyer is suspected of altering a document related to surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.

News > Nation

Trump insists on debunked Ukraine theory, despite testimony

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands.

News > Nation

Ex-CIA officer gets 19 years in China spy conspiracy

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

A former CIA case agent was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for an espionage conspiracy with China.

News > Nation

Attorney general unveils plan on missing Native Americans

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Attorney General William Barr announced a nationwide plan Friday to address the crisis of missing and slain indigenous people as concerns mount over the level of violence they face.

News > Nation

Alaska man arrested after drugs found in spoiled goat guts

Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

A 71-year-old Alaska man is under federal arrest after he was found with $400,000 in illegal drugs hidden in spoiled goat intestines at an airport.

News > Nation

Utah teacher blames misunderstanding after her kidnapping arrest

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

A Utah elementary school teacher charged with felony kidnapping after leaving school property with a 6-year-old student said she was trying to help the upset girl get home.

News > World

Dog befriends baby giraffe after abandoned in South Africa

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

A dog in South Africa has befriended a baby giraffe that was abandoned at birth, rescued and taken to a local orphanage.

News > Nation

As impeachment swirls, Trump nods toward Pompeo Senate run

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to open the door for the top U.S. diplomat, Mike Pompeo, to leave his post to run for an open Senate seat in his home state of Kansas. Talk about a Senate run has picked up as Pompeo has come under criticism for not defending U.S. diplomats who have testified in the Trump impeachment inquiry, but it is still unclear whether he will run.

News > Nation

In a first, IBM’s computer debater faces off against itself

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

Cambridge University, home to the world’s oldest debating society, was the setting Thursday night for a demonstration of what the future might hold. IBM’s Project Debater, a robot that has already debated humans, was for the first time being pitted against itself, at least in the first round.

News > Spokane

Medical debts erased for 17,000 former Deaconess, Valley patients

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2019

The debt relief comes from a settlement between the Empire Health Foundation and Community Health Systems, which owned the Spokane-area hospitals from 2008 to 2017. On average, those benefiting from the settlement will have roughly $2,800 in debt wiped from their credit reports.

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