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Guardsmen training in Yakima preparing for 2021 deployment to Poland

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 8:26 p.m.

The rugged scrubland between Yakima and Ellensburg looks nothing like Poland, but that’s not the point. What matters is that the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the Washington Army National Guard is preparing for whatever comes its way, including a yearlong deployment in Eastern Europe in two years.

News > Spokane

Undercover police arrest 38 suspected drug dealers at Paradiso Festival in central Washington

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 8:53 p.m.

Kyle Foreman, a spokesman for the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, said undercover investigators seized LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, cocaine, steroids, ketamine, the party drug known as Molly, thousands of dollars in cash and one handgun.

News > Spokane

I-90 crash in Post Falls blocks eastbound lanes, sends three to hospital

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 8:54 p.m.

A two-car crash on Interstate 90 in Post Falls on Tuesday shut down the eastbound lanes and sent three people to the hospital, according to an Idaho State Police news release. At about 12:30 p.m., 80-year-old Margaret J. Hyatt, of Nelson, British Columbia, was stopped in a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe on the shoulder of I-90 near Pleasantview Road. Hyatt moved into the eastbound lanes in front of a 2007 GMC Sierra driven by Sandra L. Bodak, 59, of Rathdrum.

News > Spokane

Appellate judges require full disclosure of records from SFCC sexual harassment probe

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 7:05 p.m.

“The people do not give public servants the right to decide what is good and what is not good for the people to know,” the judges ruled. “Free and open examination of public records serves the public interest, even though such examination causes inconvenience or embarrassment to public officials or others.”

News > Spokane

TV show claims proof of ghosts at St. Ignatius Hospital; no haunted tours to be scheduled

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 8:28 p.m.

The latest episode of “Ghost Adventures” claims to show “authentic” evidence of ghosts at St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, but the last of the building’s famous haunted tours was given at the end of 2018.

News > Spokane

Red flag warnings issued for Spokane area Wednesday

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 6:59 p.m.

Dry and windy weather forecast for Wednesday has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a red flag warning across much of Eastern Washington.

News > Spokane

U.S. air quality is slipping after years of improvement

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 5:01 p.m.

America’s air has been steadily getting cleaner, but the last two years that’s not been the case with more unhealthy air.

News > Spokane

California governor, lawmaker alter proposed vaccine rules

Tue., June 18, 2019, 4:40 p.m.

California public health officials would have oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a compromise announced Tuesday.

News > Spokane

Spokane City Council defers action on new cost-sharing agreement with Hoopfest

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 9:29 a.m.

Spokane City Council indefinitely deferred a new cost-sharing agreement with famed 3-on-3 basketball tournament Hoopfest due to concerns that smaller events may not have access to the same type of deals.

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Spokane City Council votes to explore suing opioid makers, distributors

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 10:30 a.m.

Spokane City Council unanimously voted to ask the city’s legal department to explore suing opioid manufacturers and distributors for their role in the opioid epidemic.

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Spokane ready to add electric buses to STA fleet

UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 11:40 a.m.

Two fully electric buses will be added to STA’s fleet, paid for with proceeds from Volkswagen’s diesel-vehicle scandal and subsequent financial settlements.

News > Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Jury sides with black man who sued segregated theater

Tue., June 18, 2019

A Spokane jury a black man in Spokane a judgment of $200 after he sued the Pantages Theater for ordering him to sit in the second balcony.

News > Washington

Woman to be sentenced Tuesday in death of son

Mon., June 17, 2019, 9:22 p.m.

It was nearly two years ago that Rustin Atkerson suffered what would be a fatal head injury. On Tuesday, his mother, Elaine A. Hurd, will be sentenced to time in jail after she pleaded guilty in May to second-degree criminal mistreatment. A neurosurgeon told detectives Rustin would still be alive if treated sooner.

News > Spokane

Post Falls police searching for missing 15-year-old

UPDATED: Mon., June 17, 2019, 9:40 p.m.

Post Falls police said Monday they were searching for a 15-year-old girl who went missing more than three weeks ago.

News > Spokane

Murder trial begins for third suspect in Bret Snow disappearance

UPDATED: Mon., June 17, 2019, 7:46 p.m.

Attorneys delivered opening statements Monday in the trial of the third of four suspects charged with killing a man over an alleged botched drug deal in 2015.

News > Spokane

A teacher’s odyssey: Mandy Manning looks back on her tenure as Teacher of the Year

UPDATED: Mon., June 17, 2019, 9:38 p.m.

Last year, Mandy Manning was named the 2018 National Teacher of the Year. Sudden fame also meant the opportunity to make a difference beyond Spokane.“I don’t know how successful I’ve been, but it has been meaningful for many people,” Manning said. “That’s all I can ask for.”

News > Idaho

Judge: Work can continue on Central Idaho hiking-biking trail

UPDATED: Mon., June 17, 2019, 6:33 p.m.

A judge has ruled that work can go forward on a trail crossing private land that connects the popular tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley. U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale late last week rejected a request by the owners of Sawtooth Mountain Ranch to halt construction of the 4.4-mile trail for pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders and snowmobilers.

News > Spokane

Suspicious package found near Kootenai County Courthouse contained no explosives

UPDATED: Mon., June 17, 2019, 5:59 p.m.

A bomb squad from Spokane was deployed to Coeur d’Alene on Monday afternoon after a suspicious device was found near the Kootenai County Courthouse. The package was later found to contain no explosives.

News > Idaho

Idaho house prices are so high that this Wall Street firm warns of ‘sharp slowdown’

UPDATED: Mon., June 17, 2019, 3:10 p.m.

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News > Spokane

100 Years Ago Today: Spokane likely on route of transcontinental flight

Mon., June 17, 2019, 5 a.m.

Spokane was anxious about its chances to be on the route of an exciting transcontinental airplane expedition, featuring four army airplanes of the Curtiss JN-4 type. They were scheduled to take off from Mineola, N.Y., and to map out an air route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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Guardsmen training in Yakima preparing for 2021 deployment to Poland

Undercover police arrest 38 suspected drug dealers at Paradiso Festival in central Washington

I-90 crash in Post Falls blocks eastbound lanes, sends three to hospital

Appellate judges require full disclosure of records from SFCC sexual harassment probe

TV show claims proof of ghosts at St. Ignatius Hospital; no haunted tours to be scheduled

Red flag warnings issued for Spokane area Wednesday

U.S. air quality is slipping after years of improvement

California governor, lawmaker alter proposed vaccine rules

Spokane City Council defers action on new cost-sharing agreement with Hoopfest

Spokane City Council votes to explore suing opioid makers, distributors

Spokane ready to add electric buses to STA fleet

100 years ago in Spokane: Jury sides with black man who sued segregated theater

Woman to be sentenced Tuesday in death of son

Post Falls police searching for missing 15-year-old

Murder trial begins for third suspect in Bret Snow disappearance

A teacher’s odyssey: Mandy Manning looks back on her tenure as Teacher of the Year

Judge: Work can continue on Central Idaho hiking-biking trail

Suspicious package found near Kootenai County Courthouse contained no explosives

Idaho house prices are so high that this Wall Street firm warns of ‘sharp slowdown’

100 Years Ago Today: Spokane likely on route of transcontinental flight

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