Spokane

The last two years have been full of drama. A deadly virus. Crushing social isolation. The complete upending of life as we know it. It’s been the kind of drama that nobody wanted. But this weekend, the right kind of drama returned. After a two-year hiatus, the Spokane Civic Theatre had its first indoor, in-person performance.

“I am a slave of your charms,” wrote a Cuban fan. “I shall dream it the sweetest of gifts to be able to receive a picture of you. May I hope to have this desire fulfilled?”

A front is expected to move over the Cascade mountains after 8 p.m. Sunday headed east toward Spokane. Strong winds and snow should arrive thereafter in Eastern Washington, with the heaviest gusts of between 40 and 45 mph possible near Pullman in southeast Washington, forecasters say.

The backlash was swift.

Whitworth University’s Presidential Search Committee spent almost a year looking for the university’s new president.

At least $40 million.

As Councilman Jonathan Bingle refuses to comply with the state mask mandate, the Spokane City Council was notified Friday that a formal complaint about mask-wearing at City Hall has been made with the state.

A study released earlier this month by the Washington Arts Fund found that nonprofit organizations promoting arts, culture and sciences in Washington state, including museums, theaters and artisan guilds, lost nearly $100 million in revenue in the immediate months following the COVID-19 outbreak, and forced 41% of respondents to lay off or furlough workers.

Politics have been a part of Pam Haley's life ever since she was a kid. 

Amy Gibson rushed to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center after learning her niece Gracie Jensen had been shot at Freeman High School, she wrote in a victim impact statement shared in court Thursday.

Scott McQuilkin didn’t apply to be Whitworth University’s 19th president.

Sometimes sows’ ears do turn into silk purses. In this case, it’s the Spokane Conservation District’s new project to restore and redevelop a battered 50-acre piece of land located just east of Eighth Avenue and Havana Street in Spokane Valley.

The blast from the recent eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga volcano produced surging ocean waves, which wasn’t a surprise. But the atmospheric waves that shot around the globe in less than 24 hours – including here in the Inland Northwest – that was a surprise.

Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle refuses to wear a mask around others in City Hall, raising legal questions and causing his colleagues consternation.

Justice Stephen Breyer displayed a desire on the bench to understand complicated legal matters, including tribal law and the intricacies of sentencing criminal defenders, local experts said. Replacing him is likely to prompt a political battle less based on ideology and more on the current makeup of the Senate, as well as the unity of the nation's two political parties. 

The Spokane City Council’s districts are set to be redrawn in 2022, and volunteers are needed to do that work.

In the early 17th century English poet Sir John Suckling created cribbage.

The $31-million downtown stadium is being built atop a parking lot, so the Public Facilities District is buying a $5.25-million property elsewhere to make up the parking loss. 

In her first two weeks at Freeman Middle School, Sydney McLean had hoped to make some new friends.