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Federal workers’ rush back to office is causing chaos

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

As the Federal Emergency Management Agency prepared for its full workforce to report in person this month, it faced a situation many agencies are confronting as they scramble to comply with President Donald Trump’s return-to-office mandate: There weren’t enough workspaces for everyone.

News > Home and garden

Eight ways to clean up a mess with a humble lemon

Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

Many bottled cleaners and potions wear labels boasting about their natural ingredients and green bona fides. But you may already have an earth-friendly cleaner in your kitchen fruit bowl: a lemon, lime or orange.

News > Home and garden

Ask the Builder: Colored rocks, glass chips and other interesting things to add to outdoor stucco

Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

Last fall I traveled with my wife across the U.S. We arrived in Los Angeles and a few hours later got to hold our newest granddaughter. It was magical, to say the least.

News > Nation/World

Penny hunters eye profit from Trump coin attack with melting bet

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

Adam Youngs is looking to make a lot from truckloads of the little red cent.

News > Washington

Unfortunate purple antler accessory on deer from ‘the little town of Pullman’ has united fans across the globe

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

It’s a wonder how Walter the deer made it to the New Year.

News > Spokane

This day in history: Sen. Scoop Jackson touted wheat in presidential campaign stop in Spokane; hero and his swim prevented train catastrophe

Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

From 1975: Sen. Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson arrived in Spokane to campaign for president and described himself as “a candidate in the progressive center.”

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Valley man sentenced to 25 years in prison for child porn charges

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

A 31-year-old Spokane Valley man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for child sexual abuse charges.

News > Pacific NW

Forest Service among agencies hit by mass layoffs after Trump inauguration

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired this week as part of the Trump Administration's efforts to cut the federal workforce.

News > Pacific NW

Pressure builds on Army Corps to produce years-late reports on Willamette River Basin dams

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Basin, missed a deadline set by Congress to produce a report on how the dams are affecting endangered fish.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Two people who died in charter bus crash were from Spokane area

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

Two of the four people who died in a head-on crash involving a charter bus Sunday on state Route 28 east of Wenatchee were from the Spokane area.

News > WA Government

Washington-based federal judge block gender affirming care executive order

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

A second federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s order aimed at stopping medical institutions from providing gender-affirming care to those under 19 years old.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Eastern Washington federal prosecutor takes office reins following Waldref’s resignation

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

An Eastern District of Washington federal prosecutor and adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law is now the acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington following the resignation of Vanessa R. Waldref, who served the position since 2021.

News > ID Government

Idaho Legislature introduces new bill requiring employers E-Verify all new employees

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

A new bill introduced Friday morning in the Idaho Legislature would prohibit all Idaho employers from hiring non U.S. citizens who do not have the legal authorization to work in the United States.

News > Education

What is WA’s parental ‘bill of rights’? And how are Democrats seeking to change it?

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

Legislation to update last year’s parental “bill of rights” initiative is heading to the Washington state House of Representatives amid a host of disagreements over what the changes will mean for families and schools.

News > Washington

Judge won’t compel state panel to scrap building codes targeted by gas initiative

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

A Thurston County judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force the state Building Code Council to move faster in aligning energy rules for new construction with provisions in the natural gas initiative Washington voters approved in November.

News > Crime/Public Safety

One person shot in ‘complex’ Post Falls incident

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

One person was shot early Friday morning in Post Falls, and no arrests have been made in what police called a “complex investigation.”

News > Nation/World

Black Hawk crew might not have heard crucial tower instruction, NTSB says

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

The crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter might not have heard key instructions from air traffic control before a collision with a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday in its most detailed account of the moments before the crash that killed 67 people.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane woman sentenced to 8 years for role in People’s Park murder

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

A judge sentenced a 21-year-old Spokane woman to eight years in prison Friday for her role in the death of Andy Hernandez, who was found bound and gagged to death in People’s Park in 2022.

News > Nation/World

Shark attacks tourist off Caribbean island when she pursues it for photo, cops say

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 15, 2025

A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after she was attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark for a photo, according to investigators.

News > Washington

UW, WSU study shows WA residents struggling to pay for one particular monthly expense

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 14, 2025

Feb. 14—Grocery prices have risen across the country in recent years and Washingtonians are feeling the effects, according to a new study. The fifth edition of the Washington State Food Security Survey, a report conducted by the University of Washington and Washington State University alongside the Washington State Department of Agriculture, was released on Thursday, giving us some insight ...

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