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Ethical Hoopers, a co-ed elite team making its Hoopfest debut, isn't just competing for a championship. Its four players — New York-based FIBA 3x3 player and content creator Jack Appleby, basketball creators Austin Nam and Gia Mancini and teammate Caleb La-Anyane — have built an online following of more than half a million people by promoting a version of basketball they believe is increasingly difficult to find online: one centered on teamwork, fundamentals and sportsmanship.

When deciding on the date for their wedding, Spokane newlyweds Kyle Madsen and Madi Bates were influenced by the number.

From 1976: A young woman died and her male companion was critically injured when they fell from a ledge onto a rocky riverbed near the Monroe Street Bridge.

“I used to be a member of both parties, but they left me,” Usrey said in an interview. “I’m not a socialist – there’s a lot of socialists on the Democratic side. I’m a capitalist, but with guardrails.”

James Joseph “Jimmy” Bakken, 13, clearly paid attention when Spokane firefighters went to his school and told students what to do in case of a fire in their home.

SEATTLE – A wildfire, ignited by lightning, is burning in Olympic National Park, officials say.

In old age, a person is likely to die of CHAPS.

Many of us will remember the little ditty about lady bugs. “Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home, your house is on fire and your children are gone.” I think about whenever I find a lady bug in the garden.

Text messages now dominate our written communication, and cursive instruction has disappeared from many schools. Yet, in Spokane, a small group is dedicated to preserving and sharing the art of beautiful writing.

Foley’s name had been floated for weeks, but this was the strongest sign yet that he had plenty of backing in his party.

SEATTLE – One of six Seattle police officers who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally at the U.S. Capitol has sued the city, alleging officials targeted him with an internal investigation over a minor traffic collision due to his participation in the pro-Donald Trump event.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators have embarked on the monthslong probe into the fatal disaster at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, interviewing workers and reviewing company records as they seek to answer why a 900,000-gallon tank containing caustic chemical failed so catastrophically. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the lead investigating agency tasked with ...

Steve Otteson wasn’t planning to retire. The 55-year-old software engineer had been working at Microsoft for almost three decades, and he figured he still had a few more years in him. Then, this spring, the tech company made him a surprising offer: Quit and get nine months of pay. Suddenly, Otteson found himself confronted with the choice to retire early. He took the buyout the day before the ...