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Ballot for Alaska’s U.S. House seat will include a convicted felon

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich will be joined on the ballot for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat by two serial candidates who received 1% of the vote combined in last month’s primary election. With primary election results certified and the passage of the Monday deadline for candidates to withdraw from the November ballot, the list ...

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News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: The Pavilion’s permanent status was debated amid concern it could ‘cause trouble’

Tue., Sept. 10, 2024

The Spokane City Council was fairly certain that it wanted to keep Expo ’74’s iconic umbrella-shaped Federal Pavilion – but it wasn’t sure it wanted to keep the vinyl top.

News > Spokane

Spokane business leaders sound off on homelessness: ‘The whole thought is that the city just doesn’t care’

Tue., Sept. 10, 2024

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News > WA Government

Veteran Washington lawmaker faces emergency room doctor and lawyer in re-election bid

Tue., Sept. 10, 2024

The August primary sealed longtime state Rep. Joe Schmick’s status as the clear frontrunner in November.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: A Folk Festival crowned multiple winners in various events

Mon., Sept. 9, 2024

A $9,000 purse was at stake on the final day of the two-day logging championship event at Expo ‘74’s Folklife Festival.

News > Spokane

Then and Now: Tull and Gibbs furniture

Mon., Sept. 9, 2024

Perry D. Tull, born in 1860 in St. Joseph, Missouri, came to Spokane in the 1880s.

News > WA Government

Republican challenges incumbent in race for Washington’s lieutenant governor

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 9, 2024

Republican Dan Matthews wants smaller government and lesss powerful unions. Democratic incumbent Denny Heck wants to build state housing investment and create more homes.

News > WA Government

I-2109 will test voters’ acceptance of tax most of them don’t pay

Mon., Sept. 9, 2024

Washington voters are being asked to settle – possibly once and for all – one of the most contentious and contested fiscal questions of the last decade: Whether the state can levy a capital gains tax on some of its wealthiest residents.#collection:home-promos#collection:news#collection:local-government#collection:washington-government

News > Spokane

UI professor Kenton Bird ‘channels a little bit of Tom Foley’ in discussion of new book about the former speaker of the house

UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 8, 2024

Across the street from the federal courthouse that bears his name and down the hill from where he grew up on the lower South Hill, the top floor of the Chronicle Building was packed with an audience eager to learn of former Congressman Tom Foley’s life and legacy.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Before the miracle on ice, there was the U.S.-Soviet basketball game at the fair

Sun., Sept. 8, 2024

The second game of Expo ’74’s highly anticipated U.S. versus Soviet Union all-star basketball matchup was nearly cut short after the first half.

News > Local government

Hundreds lose out on $200 energy credit after Spokane Valley utility rejects state program

Sun., Sept. 8, 2024

Mike Varallo had thought he found a way to pay for the next four to five months of his electricity bill without dipping into his limited funds.

News > Local government

Chewelah to upgrade water infrastructure for the first time in 50 years; new well will eliminate manganese

Sat., Sept. 7, 2024

Chewelah is currently working on a major water system upgrade that will help resolve a high level of a certain mineral in the water. This comes 50 years after its last upgrade.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: Prost! The Schnickelfritz Oom-Pah-Pah Band was treating tourists and tempting typos

Sat., Sept. 7, 2024

The Schnickelfritz Oom-Pah-Pah Band was booked to perform at Expo, and The Spokesman-Review expressed relief that the Schnickelfritz Brass Quartet, the Schnickelfritz Jazz-Rock Ensemble, the Schnickelfritz Recorder Consort and the Schnickelfritz Stampeders were not on the schedule.

News > Washington

Time is tight for GOP lawsuit in lands commissioner race

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

With only six weeks before voting begins in Washington’s November election, state Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh acknowledged that time is tight for his party’s legal challenge against recount results in the state lands commissioner primary.

News > Idaho

Feds issue draft approval to resume mining at Idaho’s historical Stibnite Gold Mine

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

The U.S. Forest Service issued a draft record of decision Friday authorizing a gold mining company to resume operations at Stibnite Mine in Central Idaho’s Payette National Forest, a proposal that would become one of the largest gold, silver and antimony mines in the United States.

News > Pacific NW

‘I’m just thankful for this opportunity’: Mexican fairground worker reflects on his career through visa program

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Originally from Veracruz, Mexico, Salvador Garcia-Alvarez was 34 years old when he applied to work for Butler Amusements back in 2000 through a visa, after the company started to recruit workers through the H-2B Program.

News > Pacific NW

‘Reign of terror.’ Pierce County man charged with Labor Day shooting spree on I-5

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Sep. 6—A Fircrest man is accused of shooting several people along Interstate 5, leaving one person critically injured on Labor Day. King County prosecutors charged Eric Perkins, 44, with five counts of first-degree assault on Thursday afternoon. His arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 19 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. Perkins is expected to enter an initial plea to the charges, ...

News > Pacific NW

CDC reports COVID levels high in WA as 2 new vaccines approved

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Sep. 6—Updated COVID-19 vaccines meant to target currently circulating strains of the virus are now available. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two versions of the vaccine Aug. 22: the 2024-2025 Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the 2024-2025 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have a preference for one vaccine over the other, and ...

News > Idaho

Judge dismisses Idaho prisoner Thomas Creech cruel and unusual punishment claim

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

An Ada County judge dismissed the effort by Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner to prevent another attempt to execute him after prison officials failed to put him to death by lethal injection earlier this year. Judge Jason D. Scott of Idaho’s 4th Judicial District ruled Thursday against Thomas Creech, 73, who has been incarcerated in Idaho for nearly 50 years. In his written opinion, ...

News > Pacific NW

Attorney general seeks to indefinitely commit Whatcom County man to island for sex offenders

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Sep. 6—The Washington State Attorney General's Office has filed a petition seeking to civilly commit a Whatcom County man, who was set to be released from prison Thursday, indefinitely to an island for sex offenders. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a petition Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Whatcom County Superior Court requesting a Whatcom County judge detain 38-year-old Jake J. Unick at McNeil ...

News > Pacific NW

Nets on the Narrows? What it would take to put suicide prevention nets on the bridges

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Sep. 6—"Life is worth living. There is help. " Since signs with messages of hope and phone numbers to call for help were tacked onto the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 2021, Jud Morris of the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula Suicide Prevention Coalition says it's made a difference for at least two families. Those families said their loved ones chose not to end their lives after seeing the signs, Morris ...

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