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Landmark Tacoma church faces sale, likely demolition after Archdiocese calls it ‘profane’

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Jun. 9—A historic icon on Tacoma's skyline could soon be a heap of rubble. Holy Rosary Church, a 103-year-old Catholic church described as "Tacoma's Notre Dame" by a former mayor, will no longer be a place of Catholic worship and will be sold, the Archdiocese of Seattle announced this week. "The decision to sell the property at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was not easy and was grounded in ...

News > Nation/World

Rep. George Santos appeals decision to reveal identities of people who posted his $500,000 bond

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

An attorney for indicted Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., asserted Friday his client’s $500,000 bond on criminal charges was paid by relatives who are entitled to anonymity in his high-profile prosecution.

News > Nation/World

Ukraine presses counteroffensive as flood evacuations continue in south

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Heavy fighting continued Friday in southeast Ukraine, as Kyiv's forces pressed on with a major counteroffensive near Orikhiv, in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Velyka Novosilka, a town just over the border in the neighboring Donetsk region. But they appeared to be meeting stiff resistance from Russian units dug into heavily fortified positions.

News > Washington

Last residents leave Camp Hope, once the largest homeless encampment in Washington

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Camp Hope has been the center of a political firestorm for 18 months. On Thursday, the last residents left and the tents were taken down. The encampment closed three weeks before a June 30 deadline agreed to by state and Spokane city officials.

News > Business

Climate change and homeowners’ insurance are on a collision course

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

A summer that has already seen water crises and wildfire smoke is rapidly becoming an inflection point in the pitched battle between climate change and the price of homeowners' insurance in the U.S.

News > Business

Tesla set for $3 billion boost from chargers at rivals’ expense

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Tesla stands to earn as much as $3 billion by 2030 thanks to deals with Ford and General Motors for their electric vehicles to use its charging network, according to Piper Sandler.

News > Business

Tech stocks push S&P 500 further into bull market

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

The S&P 500 inched further into bull-market territory on Friday as technology shares continued to climb amid bets the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its raising cycle.

News > Pacific NW

Seattle’s tiny homes get a big upgrade

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Jun. 9—Faced with a growing homelessness crisis, Seattle's choices in how it uses scarce land and funding can mean the difference between hundreds of people sleeping inside or on the street. That's why the King County Regional Homelessness Authority has opposed the expansion of single-occupant dwellings, such as tiny homes, in the past. The agency's leadership has suggested resources would be ...

News > Business

Netflix subscriptions soar after password crackdown

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Netflix saw a huge spike in subscriptions in the days after it started cracking down on password sharing, according to an analysis released Friday by the television analytics company Antenna.

News > Nation/World

U.S. suspends food aid to Ethiopia after probe finds it’s being diverted or sold

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

The United Nations has joined the U.S. in suspending the delivery of aid in Ethiopia, plunging the humanitarian situation in the country into even deeper uncertainty.

News > Military

100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Soldiers departed on foot from Fort George Wright for Camp Lewis, some 380 miles away

Fri., June 9, 2023

About 400 troopers from the Fourth infantry departed from Fort George Wright, singing, “There’s a Long, Long, Trail a’Winding.”

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It’s more will than skill to become a successful cartoonist like Stephan Pastis

Fri., June 9, 2023

The question for some humorists is whether to go with comedy or the courtroom. The late Greg Giraldo, Emmy Award winner Paul Mecurio and even John Cleese of Monty Python all earned their law degrees but thumbed their noses at lucrative careers in favor of the pursuit of their comedy dreams.

News > Washington

Street Music Week is a chance to open your ears and your wallet

Fri., June 9, 2023

Street Music Week arrives next week to bring music to the downtown Spokane lunch crowd and raise money to fight hunger.

News > Washington

WSU historian shares expertise for documentary on Buffalo Soldiers that airs Monday on PBS

Fri., June 9, 2023

“Oooh, horsies,” Dru Holley’s 7-year-old daughter, Andrea, exclaimed at a Juneteenth festival in 2018.

News > Pacific NW

More state money for Idaho schools, teacher raises: Is what was promised being delivered?

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Teachers in and around Boise are getting raises next school year, thanks to significant increases in public school funding pushed by Idaho Gov. Brad Little and approved by the Legislature. But schools across the state might get less money than advertised when the governor and lawmakers set aside $330 million for K-12 schools. That’s because a temporary funding mechanism, enacted during the ...

News > Nation/World

Lost dog mysteriously surfaces at NYC adoption event, overjoying original owners

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

This is a story straight out of a Hallmark movie: Family loses dog. Family searches for dog. Family goes to look for another dog at adoption event in completely different part of the city. Family finds long lost dog. The end. Tears. Hugs. Endless wagging tail. Roll credits.

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NYC high school student shoved onto subway tracks averts death as train enters station — then attends prom that night

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

With a screeching subway train bearing down on her, a gutsy high school senior’s survival instincts instantly kicked in after she was pushed onto the tracks at a Queens station — she sprang to her feet, pulled herself to the platform, and took the next train home. Later, she went to her prom.

News > Pacific NW

To Ukrainian exchange student, Idaho proves a safe haven

UPDATED: Fri., June 9, 2023

Jun. 8—Moscow High School senior Yevheniia Kolomoiets remembers the fear she felt as she waited by her phone, hoping to hear back from her family. Her family lived in Lysychansk in what is now one of the most dangerous areas of Ukraine. The war with Russia had started and Kolomoiets had just returned to her Moscow home from school. She heard the news about the war before her family did. It was ...

News > Agriculture

‘Crush the heck out of one’: Lind prepares for its quirky annual rite – crashing old farm equipment at the Combine Derby

UPDATED: Thu., June 8, 2023

LIND, Wash. – When he was in high school, Grady Gfeller had a dream: to compete in his town’s combine demolition derby, a Mad Max-style jamboree of smashing farm equipment together for the fun of it.

News > Nation/World

Alabama inmate sentenced to life in officer-aided escape

UPDATED: Thu., June 8, 2023

An Alabama inmate who escaped from jail and avoided capture for nearly two weeks last spring was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison, the maximum sentence for first-degree escape.

Latest Stories

Landmark Tacoma church faces sale, likely demolition after Archdiocese calls it ‘profane’

Rep. George Santos appeals decision to reveal identities of people who posted his $500,000 bond

Ukraine presses counteroffensive as flood evacuations continue in south

Last residents leave Camp Hope, once the largest homeless encampment in Washington

Climate change and homeowners’ insurance are on a collision course

Tesla set for $3 billion boost from chargers at rivals’ expense

Tech stocks push S&P 500 further into bull market

Seattle’s tiny homes get a big upgrade

Netflix subscriptions soar after password crackdown

U.S. suspends food aid to Ethiopia after probe finds it’s being diverted or sold

100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Soldiers departed on foot from Fort George Wright for Camp Lewis, some 380 miles away

It’s more will than skill to become a successful cartoonist like Stephan Pastis

Street Music Week is a chance to open your ears and your wallet

WSU historian shares expertise for documentary on Buffalo Soldiers that airs Monday on PBS

More state money for Idaho schools, teacher raises: Is what was promised being delivered?

Lost dog mysteriously surfaces at NYC adoption event, overjoying original owners

NYC high school student shoved onto subway tracks averts death as train enters station — then attends prom that night

To Ukrainian exchange student, Idaho proves a safe haven

‘Crush the heck out of one’: Lind prepares for its quirky annual rite – crashing old farm equipment at the Combine Derby

Alabama inmate sentenced to life in officer-aided escape

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