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Spokane’s iconic Skyway Café remains closed indefinitely as repairs drag into the second year after a devastating fire.

From 1976: A new, distinctive building opened in Seattle: the King County Domed Stadium, aka the Kingdome.

Methow Valley United Methodist Church unveiled a solar array and battery storage system in November that will power its facility during outages and provide clean air during wildfires. The church is also set to install an electric vehicle charger later this spring, allowing community members with EVs to evacuate the Methow Valley, even when the power grid is down.

Confidence in elections used to be a bipartisan thing. Not any more.

Corey Lewandowski, who was an aide to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, no longer works at the Department of Homeland Security, a spokesperson for the agency said Saturday.

The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, U.S. officials said, as thousands of American soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East for what could become a dangerous new phase of the war should President Donald Trump choose to escalate.

Five more people are being held in the Benton County jail after the largest ever Tri-Cities drug bust by federal agents early this month. Initially, Amador Sanchez was arrested and booked into jail. Court records now show that Sergio Sanchez, Eliodoro Tapia, Nika Eloisa Salazar, Cassaundra Rachel Pollard and Alma Rosa Sanchez also have been arrested in the federal case. All six suspects are ...

The posted start time of 1 p.m. didn’t stop a few hundred from gathering early at B.A. Clark Park for Spokane’s third “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration and its policies.

A “No Kings” rally Saturday at Riverfront Park went off without a hitch until a small skirmish between police and protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building near the park broke out and led to two arrests.

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Vice President JD Vance won this year's straw poll of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference, with 53% of respondents saying he was their preferred choice in the 2028 Republican presidential primary.

Late on a September afternoon, as the sun warmed the surrounding mountains, I paddled my surfboard past a green sea turtle riding the currents. When I turned around to catch a wave of my own, a spotted eagle ray leaped out of the water, putting an exclamation point on the day.

French anti-terrorism authorities are investigating a foiled bombing near the Bank of America Corp. headquarters in Paris that they said appeared to be linked to the Middle East conflict. The attempted attack in the early hours of Saturday, in which suspects attempted to detonate a homemade explosive device, was similar to recent events in neighboring European countries, including the ...

LAS VEGAS — Instead of agreeing on a traditional, 20-year deal for the Colorado River, the states that share the water source are focused on a short-term plan as they stare down the basin’s worst snow season in two decades. But that doesn’t mean officials are ready to agree any time soon, despite mounting federal pressure to do so. “We are thoroughly prepared to fight like hell if it comes to ...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is credited with saving a toddler’s life at John F. Kennedy Airport.

CAIRO – The risk of an expanded Iran war grew on Saturday as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, even as additional U.S. forces reached the Middle East.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s using a Middle East trip to lock in lucrative long-term agreements on military cooperation and seek secure fuel supplies. Ukraine signed 10-year defense agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and plans to formalize a similar agreement with the United Arab Emirates, Zelenskyy told reporters on a call from Qatar on Saturday. The deals are worth ...

Flex spaces, those multiuse areas that bend and grow to accommodate the disparate and changing needs of a household, took off during the pandemic. We had to get creative about how we used space when we were home 24/7, making room for work, school, hobbies, fitness and, well, everything else. But they’re still very much a part of how we live now.

The Department of Homeland Security is moving to rescind a rule that required Cabinet-level approval for contracts exceeding $100,000, according to internal documents, shifting away from one of Kristi Noem’s most contested policies.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Demonstrators decrying U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation efforts, war in Iran and other policies took to city streets across the country on Saturday in the third round of the “No Kings” rallies.