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100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Police feared the suspects from the Reardan bank robbery were headed to Spokane, and prosecutors pushed for hanging in the Gracio murder

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

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Opinion > Column

Shawn Vestal: Maybe Risch should have slept through this hearing too

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

Jim Risch, if you recall, fell asleep for about 15 minutes during the first impeachment trial of the last president.

News > Health

‘I need surgery, and I don’t know when I am going to get it’: COVID’s impact on other vital health care

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

Emily Wynne needs a high-grade tumor in her left breast removed.

Opinion > Column

100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Police feared the suspects from the Reardan bank robbery were headed to Spokane, and prosecutors pushed for hanging in the Gracio murder

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

A robbery gang that tried to crack the safe at the Reardan National Bank was still at large, despite a manhunt by 75 officers and an airplane.

News > Higher education

Eastern Washington colleges begin crackdown on submission of student, staff vaccine statuses

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

With Eastern Washington University’s fall quarter set to start Wednesday, college officials are hoping for a big push in the coming days to collect the campus community’s COVID-19 vaccination information.

News > Business

Weekly jobless claims in Spokane County drop to lowest level since September 2019

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

Weekly jobless claims in Spokane County last week dropped to the lowest level since September 2019, according to data from the Washington state Employment Security Department.

News > K-12 education

School bus driver shortage hits critical stage in Spokane:

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

The school bus driver shortage hit home Thursday afternoon in Spokane.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man accused of raping 17-year-old in Spokane Valley has 43 convictions on record

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

The 17-year-old girl who was allegedly raped Wednesday in a Spokane Valley alley said she believed she would be shot if she attempted to fight the 50-year-old suspect, who has dozens of convictions on his record.

News > Nation

Mitch McConnell unmoved on debt limit, risking turmoil for Biden

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has been enlisting one emissary after another to convince Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to help raise the federal debt limit.

News > Higher education

Gonzaga class taught by woman of color disrupted by ‘violent behaviors’

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

A man interrupted a Gonzaga University class Tuesday afternoon and directed “abusive and threatening language involving race and gender” at the teacher, who is a woman of color.

News > Home

Water Cooler: Tips for washing your car at home

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

Is your car dirty from this summer’s adventures? Here are a few tips to get your vehicle sparkling clean.

News > Local government

Deer Park City Council candidate doesn’t meet residency requirement

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

A candidate for a seat on the Deer Park City Council will appear on the ballot even though he doesn’t meet a residency requirement to run.

News > Nation

Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

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News > Nation/World

Jan. 6 committee seeking records on Gen. Mark Milley’s China calls

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

WASHINGTON – The leaders of a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection said Thursday they have sought records related to calls from Gen. Mark Milley, the top U.S. military officer, to his Chinese counterpart in the turbulent final months of Donald Trump’s presidency.

News > Nation

Fox’s vaccine criticism focuses attention on its own policy

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

NEW YORK — A steady criticism of COVID vaccine mandates by figures on Fox News has drawn attention to its own company's stringent rules on the topic — even from President Joe Biden.

News > Washington

President Biden slammed for challenging nuclear workplace health law

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

SPOKANE – Officials in Washington state are upset the Biden administration is challenging a law making it easier for workers who become ill at a former nuclear weapons production site to be compensated.

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Seahawks tickets are available for Sunday’s game for traveling rain-ready fans

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

The Seattle Seahawks are about to play in front of hometown fans for the first time in 20 months.

News > Idaho

Tri-Cities business leader spent 2 days in Idaho emergency room, waiting for ICU bed

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

One of the Tri-Cities’ well known business leaders and philanthropists spent two days in a North Idaho hospital’s emergency room waiting for a bed in an intensive care unit, says his family.

News > Washington

King County customers of restaurants, theaters, gyms must show proof of COVID vaccination or negative test

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

In King County, eating at a restaurant indoors, seeing a movie in a theater or working out at a gym will require proof of a coronavirus vaccination or a negative test beginning next month, county leaders and health officials announced Thursday.

News > Spokane

Gardening: Learn when to pick fruits, vegetables

Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

For the next three or four weeks all of us who grow vegetables and fruit are going to be playing tag with Mother Nature when it comes to getting our harvesting in before frost.

News > Nation

Lawyer charged in probe of Trump-Russia investigation

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government's investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI five years ago.

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