This year the DECA Area 11 regional competition was done virtually instead of in person, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but local students were still able to compete to earn the chance to go on to a state competition.
East Valley School District is hosting part three of its “Connected Caregivers: Keeping Kids Safe, Happy, and Healthy in a Digital Age,” a series on Zoom, Saturday.
The Liberty School District in Spangle is among the more than a dozen local school districts that has a levy on the Feb. 9 ballot. In fact, the district is asking voters to renew two levies that are expiring.
Born and raised in a North Dakota town not far from Lawrence Welk’s birthplace, Norm Seeberger, 78, says he was indoctrinated into accordion music. “My oldest sister bought me a toy accordion with only eight buttons on the right hand,” he recalled.
Spokane County Fire District 8 is getting ready to roll out devices that can perform CPR on patients, reducing the number of firefighters and paramedics needed to treat them.
Kevin Oldenburg enjoys fresh fruit. One of his 44 acres on Clear Lake is devoted to growing delicious things. Pears, plums, grapes and cherries thrive alongside blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and honeyberries.
A fire that was thought to be out but was still active resulted in a call to the Spokane Valley Fire Department about a burning RV at 4:20 a.m. on Friday in the 2400 block of South Calvin Road. Arriving crews found the RV fully on fire, but were able to put it out before it spread to any structures.
January 2021 quietly yawned to a close this past Sunday, with Spokane finishing at nearly 6 degrees above average for the month since weather records began in 1882. What's more, it ended as the 10th least snowiest January on record.
Marcia M. Meade notified the Washington State Bar Association on Sunday of her intent to permanently relinquish her legal license. The association's disciplinary board alleges Meade improperly deposited settlement funds intended for clients into her personal accounts, and then used one client's settlement amount to make payments to others over a period of more than a year.
The developer who transformed an old industrial site near downtown Spokane into the thriving mixed-use Kendall Yards development believes he can do the same thing on a 400-acre Kaiser Aluminum site north of the city limits in Mead.
An officer who handled a substance, suspected to be fentanyl, with latex gloves started struggling to breathe Sunday, and he and two other officers were eventually sent to the hospital, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.
Prosecutors have charged Albert Reed, 36, with six counts of assault, including four felony charges, after deputies say he aimed a handgun at his girlfriend’s head and then pointed an AR-15 at her daughter and the girl’s friends.
The Weeknd is on the horizon in more ways than one. The Canadian pop star, who has sold more than 75 million albums and is set to play halftime at the Super Bowl on Sunday, will be in concert at the Spokane Arena on April 30, 2022. Tickets go on sale Monday.
Veterans in the Inland Northwest should have more opportunities to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as Spokane’s VA medical center ramps up immunizations, beginning with patients 75 and older.
