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Spokane’s downtown, Shadle libraries to close for renovations; downtown work to take nearly 2 years

UPDATED: 9:39 p.m.

updated The undertaking aims to bring the libraries’ design up to the demands of 21st century library patrons, who are increasingly utilizing the system for far more than just checking out books.

Spokane

Williams Flats Fire 90% contained; smoke expected to linger

UPDATED: 2:37 p.m.

Spokane

One person hospitalized after shooting in Emerson/Garfield

UPDATED: 9:09 p.m.

Spokane

Providence nurses prepare to strike if contract negotiations continue to stall

UPDATED: 9:32 p.m.

Spokane

Spokane Mayor David Condon, police Chief Craig Meidl say state Rep. Matt Shea is unfit for office

UPDATED: 9:52 p.m.

Spokane

Spokane County Prosecutor clears officer in fatal shooting; family to file lawsuit

UPDATED: 8:59 p.m.

Spokane

U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park will reopen in September with inaugural performance by new Spokane Symphony director

UPDATED: 8:21 p.m.

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Spokane County Prosecutor clears officer in fatal shooting; family to file lawsuit

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:59 p.m.

U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park will reopen in September with inaugural performance by new Spokane Symphony director

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:21 p.m.

River City Pizza, Genus Brewing Co. grand opening next week in Spokane Valley

Sat., Aug. 17, 2019, 3 a.m.

China’s warning to global CEOs: Toe the party line on Hong Kong

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 7:59 p.m.

Gov. Jay Inslee says he’s ending presidential bid; sources say he’ll run for governor again

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:34 p.m.

For young North Koreans, K-pop provides an awakening – and an inspiration to defect

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:51 p.m.

Gov. Inslee celebrates reaching donor threshold, but it looks like a hollow victory

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 20, 2019, 8:17 p.m.

Driver dies from injuries sustained in collision with detached semi-truck trailer south of Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 20, 2019, 5:44 p.m.

Washington should be careful with pot tax money, Pew study warns

Mon., Aug. 19, 2019, 5 a.m.

‘Not in my backyard’: Kootenai County residents mount opposition to planned inmate re-entry center

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 16, 2019, 11:42 a.m.

West Valley district refitting old school bus for incident responses

Thu., Aug. 15, 2019, 5 a.m.

WSU students start classes Monday with a bit of good news: Student debt in Washington is lower than in many states

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 20, 2019, 2:01 p.m.

Standing up for paddling safety: Life jackets, other precautions are encouraged

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 6:30 p.m.

East Central group working to transplant historic Rose Apartments from I-90’s edge to save it from freeway expansion

Tue., July 9, 2019, 4 a.m.

Earth’s future is being written in fast-melting Greenland

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 20, 2019, 7:41 p.m.

Washington should be careful with pot tax money, Pew study warns

Mon., Aug. 19, 2019, 5 a.m.

Area 51 events in Nevada prompt emergency crowd planning

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 20, 2019, 12:11 p.m.

Shawn Vestal: It’s up to Matt Shea’s voters to do the right thing – and they haven’t done it yet

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 5 a.m.

Faith and Values: Bike ride for refugees inspires commitment

Mon., July 1, 2019, 5 a.m.

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for August 22

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 5 p.m.

Farmers harvesting Washington wheat at a loss

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 15, 2019, 10:12 a.m.

The stage for discrimination: How one Spokane man desegregated the Pantages chain of vaudeville theaters

Sun., Aug. 18, 2019, 5 a.m.

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Gov. Jay Inslee says he’s ending presidential bid; sources say he’ll run for governor again

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:34 p.m.

Scientists confirm July set new global heat record

Thu., Aug. 15, 2019, 12:09 p.m.

News > Spokane

Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:03 p.m.

Members of at least 221 Rohingya Muslim families were interviewed Wednesday and Tuesday ahead of the repatriation that was scheduled to start Thursday. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government will not force the refugees to return and the repatriation will only happen if they are willing.

News > Spokane

For young North Koreans, K-pop provides an awakening – and an inspiration to defect

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:51 p.m.

The trend, fueled by growing cellphone ownership in North Korea and the country’s still buoyant border trade with China, has provoked a new clampdown by Pyongyang in the past year, according to reports on Daily NK, a defector-led news service with extensive links in the North. That followed Kim Jong Un’s 2018 vow to “crush bourgeois reactionary culture.”

News > Spokane

Providence nurses prepare to strike if contract negotiations continue to stall

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:21 p.m.

Nurses in the Providence hospital system are preparing for strikes after ten months of contract negotiations have produced little progress.

News > Spokane

One person hospitalized after shooting in Emerson/Garfield

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:09 p.m.

One person is in the hospital after a shooting near the intersection of West Chelan Avenue and North Post Street Wednesday afternoon.

News > Spokane

Police credit poop-tracking dog tag with getting lost purse, belongings to pet owner

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 6:27 p.m.

The mandatory tag requires Flynn and the building’s other pet owners to have their animals’ DNA collected and registered with the Tennessee-based company PooPrints. Then, if there is any unattended pet poop left on the building’s grounds, it can be tested and traced back through the registry to the proper resident, who then must pay fines starting at $350 for failing to pick up the poop.

News > Nation

Gov. Jay Inslee says he’s ending presidential bid; sources say he’ll run for governor again

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:21 p.m.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who made fighting climate change the central theme of his presidential campaign, announced Wednesday night that he is ending his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination.

News > Spokane

Spokane’s downtown, Shadle libraries to close for renovations; downtown work to take nearly 2 years

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:06 p.m.

The undertaking aims to bring the libraries’ design up to the demands of 21st century library patrons, who are increasingly utilizing the system for far more than just checking out books.

News > Spokane

As record numbers of fires burn in Amazon, Bolsonaro blames NGOs

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:05 p.m.

INPE, as the institute is known, recorded an 84% increase in fires in Brazil between 2018 and 2019, with well over half taking place in the Amazon rainforest. It was the highest level since records began 7 years ago. Speaking to reporters in Brasilia on Wednesday, the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that NGOs could be behind the fires, in an attempt to discredit him and to draw attention to the cuts in their funding. He offered no evidence for his claim.

News > Nation

Trump no longer looking at payroll tax cut, he says

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 5:49 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is no longer looking to cut payroll taxes, pivoting away from an option he’d confirmed was under consideration a day earlier.

News > Spokane

Report shows US deficit to exceed $1 trillion next year

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

The Congressional Budget Office says the federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year.

News > Spokane

U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park will reopen in September with inaugural performance by new Spokane Symphony director

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:21 p.m.

James Lowe will perform with the symphony on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 4 p.m., part of a full weekend of activities scheduled to celebrate the reopening of the signature attraction in the downtown park.

News > Business

Amazon’s strategy to win over congressional critics: Tours of its giant warehouses

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8:24 p.m.

From the White House to the campaign trail for the Democratic presidential nomination, politicians have found a popular punching bag in Amazon, accusing the retail giant of paying subsistence wages to warehouse workers while dodging taxes. That’s one reason why Amazon has aggressively courted members of Congress to walk the floors of its vast warehouses.

News > Spokane

Police arrest man who allegedly filmed women in changing rooms

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 4:43 p.m.

Police arrested a man accused of filming women in a changing stall at Hut 8 clothing store in north Spokane on Tuesday.

News > Nation

Tomato trade war eases as U.S. agrees to end Mexico tariffs

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 8 p.m.

The U.S. reached a deal to suspend tariffs on tomatoes from Mexico and implement import restrictions demanded by Florida growers to protect their industry.

News > Spokane

Spokane Valley police arrest work release inmate who left hospital Sunday

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 2:20 p.m.

Shannon B. Morley was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in a parking lot near the intersection of University Road and East Sprague Avenue, according to a news release.

News > Nation

Trump calls Denmark leader’s comments ‘nasty’

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 5:33 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, saying she had made “nasty” comments about his interest in having the United States purchase Greenland.

News > Nation

U.S. budget gap set to top $1 trillion in 2020, 2 years sooner than expected

Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 1:56 p.m.

The U.S. budget deficit is set to widen to $1 trillion by fiscal year 2020, two years sooner than previously estimated, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

News > Nation

Trump moves to end limits on detention of migrant children

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 9:03 p.m.

The Trump administration is moving to formally terminate a federal court settlement restricting how long U.S. officials can detain migrant children with their parents and replace it with a new rule that could expand family detention and dramatically increase the time children spend in custody.

News > Spokane

Suspect shot by deputies after he allegedly fired in business park identified

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 4:55 p.m.

A man suspected of shooting at a building in a Spokane Valley business park last Friday before sheriff’s deputies shot and killed him has been identified as Colin Osborn.

News > Nation

U.S. military drone shot down over northern Yemen

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2019, 1:21 p.m.

An American military drone was shot down in a rugged patch of northern Yemen, said U.S. officials and Yemeni rebels, immediately triggering accusations of Iranian involvement in a region where tensions between Washington and Tehran are growing.

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