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Thailand ushers Southeast Asia’s first same-sex marriages

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

Hundreds of LGBTQ couples on Thursday became legally married in Thailand, which celebrates a historic day as the first nation in Southeast Asia to guarantee equal marital rights for same-sex couples.

News > Nation

No neighbors, no market, no town: For people whose homes survived of L.A. County fires, a painful road ahead

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

At first glance, Jessica Allen is among the extremely lucky. Most of the houses on her street in Pacific Palisades came through the fire intact, while everything around their "little bubble" burned to the ground.

News > Nation

GOP majority renews focus on abortion

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

This week marks the first time Republicans will hold a federal trifecta since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which overturned the federal right to an abortion. For some conservatives, it also marks a new start.

News > Spokane

Brothers at breakfast: Veterans meet twice a week to share stories, camaraderie in Coeur d’Alene

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

On any Friday morning at Jimmy’s Down the Street in Coeur d’Alene, you’ll find a small group of guys at their regular table. They’re easy to spot because they are all wearing red.

News > Home and garden

Gardening: Give seedlings lots of light to get a good start

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

Last week’s column was on the schedule you should follow when planting vegetable seeds indoors. This week’s column is on the process of setting up and planting your seeds.

News > Washington

‘Daunting’: Uncertainty in Spokane as Trump threatens local officials who don’t aid deportations, but state law is clear for schools, hospitals and police

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

Shadowed by Washington’s sanctuary laws, Spokane faces uncertainty on potential conflicts with President Donald Trump’s threats this week to prosecute those who impede his immigration arrest and deportation efforts.

News > Health

People’s Pharmacy: Norovirus is on a rampage

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

Q. Why don’t some medical professionals recognize norovirus more readily? My friend had vomiting with diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. When she described her illness to me via text, I suggested it could be norovirus.

News > Health

Mayo research sorts out whether rare BRCA mutations have cancer links

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

A Mayo Clinic-led team of researchers is solving one of the most frustrating aspects of genetic cancer screening – results that give zero guidance to patients on whether they are at elevated risk.

News > Health

The United States is leaving the World Health Organization. What could that mean for Spokane?

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

As of President Donald Trump’s first day back in office Monday, the United States is leaving the World Health Organization. Some local experts think such a move might leave Spokane and the United States unprepared for the next pandemic.

News > Family

Library Learning Week offers lessons in creative writing, Krav Magra, combating stage fright, paper recycling, fizzy science and more

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 23, 2025

Spokane Public Library is kicking off this year’s Library Learning Week, which means the community will have no shortage of things to learn and things to do as we wrap up the first month of 2025.

News > WA Government

Rent stabilization bill moves through first committee as Senate begins consideration

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

OLYMPIA – Legislation to establish a rent cap in Washington passed the House Housing Committee this week, as lawmakers in the Senate once again begin to weigh more tenant protections.

News > Features

Bringing Anne Frank’s secret annex to New York, and the world

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

The children seem like typical kindergartners: Some beam at the camera; some glance coyly aside; others appear lost in reverie. One slim, dark-haired girl in a pale dress looks precociously serious.

News > WA Government

Washington Democrats push for gun permits, safe storage and limit on bulk buys

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

SEATTLE – Democratic lawmakers in Olympia are again considering a sweeping package of gun control measures – this time, a trio of bills that would enhance gun storage, limit bulk purchases of guns and ammunition and possibly require gun buyers to get permits.

News > Washington

New UW behavioral health hospital limits admissions amid defense dispute

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

SEATTLE – In May, the University of Washington opened a highly anticipated $244 million behavioral health hospital, aimed largely at providing long-term care to patients involuntarily committed for mental health needs.

News > Washington

Group sues WA over late reporting on greenhouse gas emissions

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

A conservative think tank filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two Washington state agencies over delays in reporting the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

News > Washington

WA chief justice reflects on pandemic’s lasting imprint on state courts

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

Like everything else, Washington’s court system was upended by COVID-19. Court proceedings paused or moved online. Cases piled up. Justice was delayed.

News > ID Government

Memorial targeting same-sex marriage in Idaho heads to House floor after passing committee

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

A legislative petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage is heading to the Idaho House floor.

News > Idaho

President Trump’s executive order halts Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order halting the development of the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho.

News > ID Government

Idaho maternal mortality review panel recommends approval for report

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

A panel of Idaho medical experts recommends the Board of Medicine approve a new report on maternal deaths and have it presented to the Legislature.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Woman found dead on Spokane Valley sidewalk

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 22, 2025

An elderly woman was found dead Wednesday morning on a Spokane Valley sidewalk, according to police.

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