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‘A life is a life’: Spokane-area vet saves pregnant dog after family couldn’t afford C-section

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When Tiffany Arbanas took her son’s dachshund, Honey, to veterinarian clinics across Spokane for an emergency cesarean section, she was told that because she didn’t have enough money to cover the surgery, she should consider letting Honey die.

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33-year-old Colton resident dies in Whitman County rollover crash

Local Government

Spokane County CEO to take extended medical leave

Local Business

Inland Northwest RV Show kicks off Thursday

National Business

China’s soy purchases hit 12 million tons to meet US pledge

Nation

Air Force One forced to turn around after ‘electrical issue’

World

U.S., European nations send troops to Greenland. Is a takeover coming?

Washington

Several Seattle schools shelter in place due to reported ICE activity

Idaho

Idaho man who tried to intimidate driver, who was actually a cop, sentenced to 15 years in prison

WA Government

Washington affordable housing law could be expanded under proposed bill

ID Government

How Idaho’s transgender sports law was dissected at the U.S. Supreme Court

Education: K-12

‘I found myself’: Rogers High School student reflects on civil rights journey through South, what it revealed about ancestry, resilience

Higher Education

Gonzaga, Washington State University receive combined $3 million in federal grants

Health

4 Washington measles cases leave health officials racing to quell outbreak

Transportation

Onboard system error appears to have routed double-decker bus driver to low bridge in downtown Spokane

Science & Tech

Spokane officials look for grace from Washington lawmakers on energy-generating trash incinerator

Military

‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says

Weather

It’s the middle of winter, but drought covers the U.S. That’s concerning

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This day in history: A plane crash with no victim turned out to be the work of an inept ‘joyrider’

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This day in history: A plane crash with no victim turned out to be the work of an inept ‘joyrider’

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Religion

‘Long Island Medium’ Theresa Caputo puts faith front and center

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‘A life is a life’: Spokane-area vet saves pregnant dog after family couldn’t afford C-section

Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

News > Spokane

This day in history: A plane crash with no victim turned out to be the work of an inept ‘joyrider’

Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

From 1976: Someone stole a Cessna 150 from Felts Field and crashed it into a gravel pit at Eighth Avenue and Carnahan Road.

News > Washington

Several Seattle schools shelter in place due to reported ICE activity

Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

Several Seattle public schools were sheltering in place Tuesday, after unconfirmed community reports" of possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the area, district officials said.

News > Nation

Air Force One forced to turn around after ‘electrical issue’

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

President Donald Trump returned to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Jan. 20 after the crew on his Air Force One identified "a minor electrical issue" after departing for Switzerland, the White House said.

News > Nation

St. Paul police chief: Even off-duty cops are being stopped by ICE agents

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Two off-duty St. Paul police officers have been pulled over by federal agents during an immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the police chief said Tuesday.

News > Spokane

Onboard system error appears to have routed double-decker bus driver to low bridge in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

Drivers for Spokane Transit Authority’s double-decker buses were rerouted by onboard navigation software onto Cedar Street before one of them crashed into an overhead viaduct downtown on Sunday, photos shared with The Spokesman-Review appear to show.

News > World

Another train crash in Spain kills 1 and hurts 37, officials say

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

A train crash in the Catalonia area of Spain killed one person and injured 37 more on Tuesday night, according to regional authorities, days after Spain’s worst railway disaster since 2013. Train service on the regional rail system has been suspended until Wednesday morning.

News > WA Government

Spokane officials look for grace from Washington lawmakers on energy-generating trash incinerator

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

OLYMPIA – Spokane officials traveled to the state Capitol Tuesday in search of grace and to ask lawmakers to allow the city’s Waste-to-Energy Plant to operate without spending millions on carbon credits from a state auction.

News > Nation

Supreme Court doesn’t rule on tariffs, with next potential decision in February

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is dashing any hopes of a quick rollback of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The justices are set to start a four-week recess next week without having ruled on pending challenges to most of the duties Trump has imposed over the last year. After Wednesday’s hearing on Trump’s effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the justices don’t have another ...

News > Government

Hundreds protest outside Baumgartner’s office in ‘walk-out on fascism’

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

About 200 protesters lined Spokane Falls Boulevard near the WSU Spokane campus Tuesday afternoon, passing cars honking in response to their numerous “No thrones, no crowns, no kings” signs.

News > WA Government

Washington lawmakers eye regulation of automated license plate readers

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

OLYMPIA – Washington may soon join an increasing number of states that regulate the use of – and data collected by – automated license plate readers.

News > Nation

Volunteers in Minnesota deliver groceries so immigrants can hide at home

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS – Sergio Amezcua arrived at the house carrying two boxes filled with groceries, but the man inside was afraid to come to the door. A blue sedan parked outside seemed suspicious.

News > Nation

Suicides were frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not anymore

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO – The Golden Gate Bridge, the iconic span that hangs between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, has been the site of more than 2,000 confirmed suicide leaps since its completion in 1937. The true death toll is certainly higher, since not all jumps are witnessed and not all bodies are recovered.

News > Local Government

Spokane County CEO to take extended medical leave

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

Spokane County’s chief executive is expected to be out of office for the next few months on a medical leave.

News > Federal Government

ICE agents would have to wear uniforms and body cameras, but could still cover faces, under bipartisan Homeland Security bill

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement agents face new accountability measures and a modest cut to their deportation budget in a bipartisan funding package unveiled Tuesday by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state and her fellow negotiators in Congress.

News > Business

Inland Northwest RV Show kicks off Thursday

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

The show that reminds campers of warmer times kicks off Thursday at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man suspected of shooting through Liberty Lake apartment walls, throwing sword and other items from balcony

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

A naked Liberty Lake man threw a sword and other items from his apartment balcony Saturday and shot a bullet through his unit’s walls before throwing a firearm through a parked car’s window, according to police.

News > K-12 education

‘Our youth wants change’: More than 400 students walk out across Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake schools in protest of ICE

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

A week after more than 750 kids walked out of classes across Spokane and Mead, students in Spokane Valley made a similar statement.

News > Crime/Public Safety

33-year-old Colton resident dies in Whitman County rollover crash

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

A 33-year-old Colton resident died in a rollover crash Sunday morning on Wawawai-Pullman Road southwest of Pullman, according to the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office.

News > Nation

Supreme Court appears likely to strike down laws in 5 states banning guns in stores and restaurants

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

Do licensed gun owners have a right to carry a loaded weapon into stores, restaurants and other private places that are open to the public?

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