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If you’ve seen the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” you’ve seen the Kalamatiano, though you may not be familiar with the name of the joyous dance.

Ted Kirpes moved away from Spokane after completing the first two Bloomsday races, but he has made it a point to journey back on the first Sunday in May ever since. He even cut his honeymoon short to make sure he didn’t miss the race.

From 1976: The Spokane Chronicle was “shining a spotlight” on the region’s cities and towns, and this day’s installment was about Pullman.

Last week I talked about the practicalities of using animal manures as a soil amendment. This week I want to talk about a few other common soil amendments like compost, peat moss and coir fiber.

It wasn't the money, the interest or new taxes that killed Pig Out in the Park. It was time, founder Bill Burke said. The man who started an event in 1979 that reached iconic status, bringing thousands of visitors to Riverfront Park as summer came to an end in the Lilac City, said on Wednesday that h's already fielded more than a score of calls of persons interested in continuing his legacy after he announced the end of Pig Out on Tuesday. 

This fall, students in Washington who attend private universities and receive state financial aid will see their tuition awards reduced by nearly a third.

A year after Idaho banned camping on public property and along public roadways, the Idaho Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit all overnight symbolic tents and structures in the Capitol Mall in an action that critics argue violates the First Amendment. House Bill 603 passed the Senate with limited opposition to clear the Legislature after receiving near-unanimous support in ...

Ten years ago, Keith Magnuson could easily walk 6 miles a day. Today, he can barely manage 100 yards. The 83-year-old living in Seattle’s Cedar Park neighborhood has a condition called lumbar spinal stenosis. Put simply, the lower part of his spinal canal has narrowed over time, and the resulting pressure on his nerves causes pain whenever he walks or even stands for more than a few minutes. ...

CHEWELAH – For the past six months, Virginia Thomas has asked customers the same question: “What’s your favorite cheese?”

Weeks after Post Falls City Council opened a proposal period for new uses of the historic Chapin Building downtown, the current occupants – the Post Falls Historical Society – held an open house to drum up community support for their mission.

From 1976: Bing Crosby, Spokane’s biggest celebrity, returned to the concert stage in Los Angeles to celebrate his “demicentennial in show business.”