Spokane

Spokane has joined the growing list of cities across the country to ban the use of algorithmic software that landlords have allegedly used to coordinate rent increases, which some Spokane City Council members and prosecutors across the country have likened to cartel-like behavior.

A steady stream of books arrives at Marilee Roloff’s house all year long. She sorts and then puts them in storage until it’s time to give them away at the Christmas Bureau.

Spokane officials will recreate a City Hall arts office in part by closing a tax break Gonzaga University enjoyed for eight years on tickets to sporting and other events.

From 1975: Prosecuting Attorney Donald Brockett announced that the coroner’s inquest into the controversial shooting death of Craig Jordan would be presided over by Dr. Robert Harman, a deputy coroner.

Spokane’s Christmas Tree Elegance launched for the 43rd year Tuesday, with trees spread between the Historic Davenport Hotel and River Park Square.

From 1975: A massive windstorm raked the Inland Northwest, killing an Eastern Washington State Colleger professor.

A Spokane woman whose furnished basement was flooded with sewage following city maintenance behind her home will likely receive a $62,000 settlement, which the City Council is scheduled to approve on Dec. 15.

Lenny and Joe Kostelecky have been volunteering at the Christmas Bureau together for the past 12 years, making the event an important part of their holiday celebration.

For seven weeks Lorraine Parlange would undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer and then head straight to the office where she continued to work as an attorney for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.

From 1975: World-famous violin virtuoso Isaac Stern “filled the (Spokane) Opera House Monday night with some of the most superb violin music this generation is likely to hear.”

After being hit by a drunk driver the weekend before Thanksgiving, Spokane area teen Brody Three Stars has awakened from his coma.

In April 1916, 80 to 100 members of the Spokane County Progressive Party held their county convention and elected 22 delegates for the state convention in June. The progressives, also nicknamed the Bull Moose Party after former President Theodore Roosevelt, were an offshoot of the Republican Party.

Christmas Bureau organizers are making a big push this year to encourage groups and businesses of all sizes to hold pajama drives to collect for families in need this Christmas.

From 1975: Washington State University’s head football coach Jim Sweeney resigned “after a long week of reflection.”

You’ve seen the photos from the 1950s and ’60s: Airline passengers are laughing, enjoying a hearty meal on a cushy, wide seat in immaculate and lavish clothing as they enjoy what many considered a luxurious experience.

Giving Tuesday is a way to show thanks the week after Thanksgiving to charities and nonprofits that do good work all year round.

Carlee Howie spends most of her days talking to local moms who are desperate for help.

From 1975: Passersby on East Boone Avenue were startled by an unusual sight: A young man was sitting atop one of the crosses on the twin spires above St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church.

The Christmas Bureau buyers normally spend months carefully selecting toys to be handed out to families in need in December at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. But with tariffs looming this year, everything changed.