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“Why should we celebrate,” asked Maxey, “when the Black unemployment rate is twice as high as the white, when Blacks are occupying 50% of all prison cells, when Blacks have half the opportunity to attend schools as whites and when Blacks have to march and fight to get (fair) treatment in the judicial system?”

Hoopfest is a celebration of many things: the competition, the crowds, the coming of another summer – and the thousands of participants often distinguished by sweet, silly or provocative team names emblazoned on jerseys ordered online or drafted on the dining room table.

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.

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.

From 1976: Some prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, “had to wear diapers, crawl on the floor and carry baby bottles – others were chained and handcuffed to beds.”

From 1976: Spokane County commissioners said “no way” to a request for three rock concerts at the Spokane Indians ballpark.

No new large data centers can be built or permitted in Spokane for the next year, after an emergency moratorium was approved 6-1 by the Spokane City Council Monday night.

Nicolette Ocheltree felt fairly confident when she walked out of the Spokane County Democrats’ endorsement interview.

From 1976: Environmentalists and fish-and-game conservation advocates celebrated a hard-fought victory on the Snake River during the dedication of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

From 1976: Spokane was the site of the Washington State Republican Convention, and challenger Ronald Reagan was the big winner.

From 1976: Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan arrived in Spokane “amid tight security” to deliver a speech at the Washington State Republican Convention in Spokane.