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Most occupants of rollover crash outside of Ritzville that killed one were not wearing seat belts

Updated 8:17 p.m.

One woman died and eight other people were injured Saturday afternoon in a vehicle rollover crash on U.S. Highway 395 just outside of Ritzville.

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Most occupants of rollover crash outside of Ritzville that killed one were not wearing seat belts

Updated 8:17 p.m.

One dead, multiple injured in Ritzville crash
Police: Lakeland school bus driver fails to yield in crash, injuring one student and other driver
Weller brothers were aspiring lawyers before perishing in Cd'A fire, father says: 'They brought joy to me all the time'

After 112 years, Spokane City Council may stop meeting on Mondays

Residents on day 3 in emergency shelter, most businesses reopen following downtown apartment fire

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NYPD releases new photos of man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Updated 9:23 p.m.

Biden says U.S., allies working to stabilize Syria after Assad regime’s collapse

Updated 9:23 p.m.

Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson’s early approach to fix WA $10B budget deficit

Updated 8:16 p.m.

Weller brothers were aspiring lawyers before perishing in Cd’A fire, father says: ‘They brought joy to me all the time’

Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson’s early approach to fix WA $10B budget deficit

Updated 8:16 p.m.

Attorneys in Idaho abortion trafficking case call court decision ‘major victory’

Nikki Otero Lockwood will carry on as Spokane Public Schools’ board president as board selects leadership

University of Idaho closure of diversity offices up in the air

From grief to gifts: Two women wrap support with handmade baby blankets sold at Bohemian

Department of Natural Resources defends proposed sale and development in Latah Valley

Cool Critters: Snug as a bug in a Christmas tree? How to keep your holiday as free of creepy-crawlies as possible

‘You can’t imagine how scary those times were’: 83 years later, few can recount Pearl Harbor attack, but many honor those who died, survived

Expect freezing rain north and west of Spokane this weekend; sun unlikely anytime soon

Spin Control: DOGE, the new cost-cutting initiative, has echoes of Reagan effort

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This day in history: Couple dies after vehicle falls over Monroe Street Bridge

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Pro-Israel sign vandalized for second time at Plymouth Congregational Church

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News > Transportation

Getting There: ITD proposes 13 alternatives to expand Rathdrum Prairie highways

Mon., Dec. 9, 2024

The Idaho Transportation Department is looking for public input on more than a dozen proposals to reconfigure the roads and highways surrounding Rathdrum Prairie in Kootenai County.

News > Transportation

STA seeking feedback on planned 2025 service changes

Mon., Dec. 9, 2024

The Spokane Transit Authority is requesting public input on a slate of service changes coming to the system next year that could boost service for those outside of Spokane’s city limits.

News > Spokane

Then and Now: Spokane Valley Rosauers

Mon., Dec. 9, 2024

As a teen, Joseph Merton Rosauer worked in the store his parents operated in East Spokane in the 1920s and early 1930s. At 19 years old, “Mert” Rosauer borrowed $1,000 from his parents and opened his own store on East Sprague Avenue.

News > Spokane

This day in history: Couple dies after vehicle falls over Monroe Street Bridge

Mon., Dec. 9, 2024

From 1974: A Spokane couple died when their car veered through a railing in the middle of the Monroe Street Bridge and smashed into the riverbank 135 feet below.

News > Nation/World

NYPD releases new photos of man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

The New York Police Department released two new photos Saturday night of the man suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Most occupants of rollover crash outside of Ritzville that killed one were not wearing seat belts

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

One woman died and eight other people were injured Saturday afternoon in a vehicle rollover crash on U.S. Highway 395 just outside of Ritzville.

News > Nation/World

American Airlines abandons plans to return to Haiti as violence rocks capital

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

American Airlines is no longer resuming its daily service out of Miami into Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport as of early February. On Sunday, reports surfaced that a gang leader had massacred dozens of people the day before in the Wharf Jeremie neighborhood of the capital.

News > Nation/World

They love France, so when Notre Dame burned, they wanted to help

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

PARIS – Like many of the millions of tourists who visit Paris, Nick and Suzie Trivisonno, of Charlotte, North Carolina, would usually catch at least a glimpse of Notre Dame on their frequent visits to town. Often, the Trivisonnos, who are Catholics, would go to the cathedral and pray – for family, friends and peace.

News > Nation/World

Campus ban for two pro-Palestinian activists sparks outcry at George Mason

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

A coalition of organizations representing faculty, staff, students and other advocacy groups at George Mason University and beyond is alleging that university police acted inappropriately in banning two pro-Palestinian student activists from campus and searching their family’s home.

News > Nation/World

Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump said members of the now-defunct House select committee tasked with investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol should be in jail.

News > Nation/World

Zelenskyy says Ukraine war deaths are a small fraction of Trump claim

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

KYIV – Around 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia invaded in 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, in apparent response to President-elect Donald Trump’s claim hours earlier that Kyiv had “lost” some 400,000 soldiers in battle “and many more civilians.”

News > Nation/World

Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition teams move into federal agencies, thousands of civil servants - and some of the Biden appointees they work for - are scrambling to insulate themselves from the new administration’s promised purge.

News > WA Government

Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson’s early approach to fix WA $10B budget deficit

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

Facing a budget shortfall of $10 billion or more, Democratic leaders in the state Legislature are already talking about potentially raising taxes to forestall cuts to government services. But Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson says he’s not ready to back tax increases just yet. In an interview with Tthe Seattle Times at a North Seattle coffee shop Thursday – his first extensive sit-down since winning the gubernatorial race – Ferguson said he’s scouring state government looking for ways to cut spending before considering taxes.

News > Nation/World

Biden says U.S., allies working to stabilize Syria after Assad regime’s collapse

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

President Joe Biden announced Sunday that U.S. forces had conducted dozens of airstrikes targeting Islamic State camps and operatives in Syria as his administration tries to stabilize the region following the extraordinary fall of deposed president Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

News > WA Government

Where do Democrats go from here? Washington’s congressional delegation has some ideas

Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since Republicans won control of the House, Senate and White House in last month’s elections, Democrats in Congress have embarked on a series of public and private debates over what went wrong for their party.

News > National business

U.S. executives turn sharply positive after Trump’s win, surveys show

Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

U.S. executives turned more optimistic about the economy and prospects for their own businesses after Donald Trump won the presidential election, with finance chiefs and other leaders expecting stronger growth in 2025 even as they see inflation as a risk, two surveys showed.

News > National business

The furious contest to unseat Nvidia as king of AI chips

Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas – On the south side of Austin, Texas, engineers at semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices designed an artificial intelligence chip called MI300 that was released a year ago and is expected to generate more than $5 billion in sales in its first year of release.

News > Spokane

Chiefs fans throw thousands of stuffed animals onto the ice for Teddy Bear Toss

Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

Thousands of teddy bears, stuffed sharks and a dinosaur or two rained down on the ice Saturday evening after Spokane Chiefs player Sam Oremba scored the game’s first goal halfway into the first period.

News > Sci/Tech

Cool Critters: Snug as a bug in a Christmas tree? How to keep your holiday as free of creepy-crawlies as possible

Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

December 2023 was not a good time to be an insect in a Christmas tree.

News > Business

The Dirt: New office space for Clearwater Paper in Spokane

Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

A project that would remodel two floors of the Bank of America Financial Center is being planned that would provide new office space for Clearwater Paper in downtown Spokane.

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