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News > K-12 education

COVID-19 numbers continue to soar in some local schools

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

The COVID-19 surge shows no signs of slowing in local schools.

News > K-12 education

Shoes, notes left outside Spokane Public Schools building in protest of state vaccine mandate

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

Fifty-one pairs of shoes and 59 notes asking for a halt to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the name of medical freedom were placed outside the Spokane Public Schools building in downtown Spokane Friday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Firefighters quickly extinguish fire at apartment building where neighbor reported mental health crisis

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

Firefighters on Friday quickly extinguished a kitchen fire at a downtown Spokane apartment building, where one resident said her neighbor has been experiencing a mental health crisis all week and she tried to get him help.

News > Spokane

Woodward to propose six-month transition period for utility payments in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward on Monday will propose six more months of a pause on city utility shutoffs.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Woman who drowned in pool at Spokane hotel identified

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

A woman who drowned at a Spokane hotel pool Tuesday has been identified.

Opinion > Column

100 years ago in Spokane: The 10-year-old twins last seen with a boy who drowned had differing stories from that day

Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

George Bafaro, one of the 10-year-old twins who was with William McLachlan, 8, when he drowned, changed his story in an interview with a Spokane Daily Chronicle reporter.

News > Crime/Public Safety

As hate crimes rise nationally, so do Spokane’s community efforts to identify and eradicate them

Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

On Feb. 8, at around 9 a.m., Spokane police officers were called to Temple Beth Shalom, a South Hill synagogue serving Eastern Washington, North Idaho and southern British Columbia.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Surveillance footage shows man killed at Spokane Valley Hotel in confrontation with shooter

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

Surveillance footage captured the confrontation and shooting that left one man dead in the parking lot of a Spokane Valley hotel last weekend, according to a search warrant filed Thursday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Woman beaten downtown released from hospital as witnesses, family share new details in attack

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 24, 2021

The woman who was brutally beaten in downtown Spokane on Tuesday has been released from the hospital as the man accused of attacking her made his first appearance in court.

News > Spokane

‘Big things happening’: Commissioner Josh Kerns highlights recent achievements in Spokane’s State of the County address

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

From distributing millions in emergency pandemic funding to selling controversial racetracks, it's been a busy two years for the county.

News > Spokane

Church at Planned Parenthood permanently ordered away from clinic

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

A Spokane County Superior Court judge has permanently barred anti-abortion protesters from loudly demonstrating just outside the doors of Planned Parenthood’s Spokane clinic.

News > Spokane

Briefly: Green Bluff Grange 300 resumes Apple Breakfast, an all-you-can-eat pancake feast

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

All-you-can-eat breakfast resumes at Green Bluff

News > Spokane

Gardening: Wise to plant garlic in fall

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

October is the best time to plant garlic and gamble with shallots.

News > Family

Love story: Laura and John Stuart look back on many highlights in 70 years of marriage

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

Sometimes passing notes in school gets you in trouble, but for John Stuart, it got him a wife.

News > Spokane

Pandemic projects: Wooden whimsical birds’ ‘only job is to make people smile’

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

From the tree houses he built as a boy in Georgia to the furniture he crafted for his historic South Hill home, Lawrence Killingsworth has always had a way with wood.

News > Spokane

Somebody needs you: Microwave cart, baby items sought

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

The goal of Somebody Needs You is to match donors with the specific requests of needy Spokane residents.

News > Spokane

Spokane Arts Awards announces 2021 winners

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

Spokane Arts has announced the winners of the 2021 Arts Awards after canceling its annual awards event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hosting a small, invitation-only outdoor reception for the nominees last weekend.

News > Spokane

Spokane Valley Fire roundup: Drivers are urged to slow down as seasons, weather change

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

The Spokane Valley Fire Department has been kept busy recently even though the number of reported fires has been dropping.

News > Education

Teacher Steph Sammons’s mythical creature painting series is on display at Post Falls and Liberty Lake libraries

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

Mythical creatures are coming to life at the Liberty Lake Library, showcased in bright, colorful artwork by local teacher turned artist Steph Sammons.

News > Idaho

Weathercatch: Plenty of shining during harvest moon, fall equinox

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

The fall equinox arrived Wednesday, signaling the astronomical farewell to summer 2021. Just two days earlier, a full harvest moon with an orange hue was visible over the Inland Northwest.

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Woodward to propose six-month transition period for utility payments in Spokane

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COVID-19 numbers continue to soar in some local schools

Shoes, notes left outside Spokane Public Schools building in protest of state vaccine mandate

Firefighters quickly extinguish fire at apartment building where neighbor reported mental health crisis

Woodward to propose six-month transition period for utility payments in Spokane

Woman who drowned in pool at Spokane hotel identified

100 years ago in Spokane: The 10-year-old twins last seen with a boy who drowned had differing stories from that day

As hate crimes rise nationally, so do Spokane’s community efforts to identify and eradicate them

Surveillance footage shows man killed at Spokane Valley Hotel in confrontation with shooter

Woman beaten downtown released from hospital as witnesses, family share new details in attack

‘Big things happening’: Commissioner Josh Kerns highlights recent achievements in Spokane’s State of the County address

Church at Planned Parenthood permanently ordered away from clinic

Briefly: Green Bluff Grange 300 resumes Apple Breakfast, an all-you-can-eat pancake feast

Gardening: Wise to plant garlic in fall

Love story: Laura and John Stuart look back on many highlights in 70 years of marriage

Pandemic projects: Wooden whimsical birds’ ‘only job is to make people smile’

Somebody needs you: Microwave cart, baby items sought

Spokane Arts Awards announces 2021 winners

Spokane Valley Fire roundup: Drivers are urged to slow down as seasons, weather change

Teacher Steph Sammons’s mythical creature painting series is on display at Post Falls and Liberty Lake libraries

Weathercatch: Plenty of shining during harvest moon, fall equinox

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