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Then and Now: Monroe Street Dam

Mon., June 2, 2025

The thunderous spring runoff over the Monroe Street Dam on the Spokane River, thrilling visitors to Huntington Park in downtown Spokane, isn’t what Native people of the region or its first settlers saw before 1890, when the dusty settlement was called Spokane Falls and the river was a series of rapids stretching from Division Street to the Monroe Street Dam.

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This day in history: Warm weather doesn’t stop skiers for one ‘last pop’ down Mount Spokane; two dead in Spokane River accident

Mon., June 2, 2025

From 1975: The high temperature in Spokane was 84 degrees, but that didn’t prevent skiers from making their final run down Mount Spokane.

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Hundreds of people and pets turn out for Humane Society event

UPDATED: Sun., June 1, 2025

There was a whole lot of sniffing going on Saturday as hundreds of dogs gathered for the Parade of Paws hosted by the Spokane Humane Society.

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This day in history: Kootenai Tribe’s declared war brings progress. Spokane city commissioner demands seat back that he lost in election

Sun., June 1, 2025

From 1975: Late in 1974, the Kootenai Tribe had “declared war” on the federal government.

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This day in history: Othello float committee said Spokane’s Lilac parade unfairly judged float celebrating women’s rights

Sat., May 31, 2025

From 1975: The Othello (Wash.) (Washington) Community Float Committee declared that it got a “bum rap” from the judges of Spokane’s Lilac Festival Parade.

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Spokane refugee communities search for path forward after Supreme Court decision allows parole status to be stripped

UPDATED: Fri., May 30, 2025

It’s not clear how many refugees in the Spokane area will now lose their legal status to be in the U.S. following a decision Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow President Donald Trump to end parole for roughly 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.

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This day in history: Spokane residents panned plan to turn Southeast Boulevard into 4-lane arterial

Fri., May 30, 2025

From 1975: “Unanimous opposition” was the unequivocal response to a city proposal to “build a major arterial” linking Southeast Boulevard, 29th Avenue, Regal Street and 37th Avenue.

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The Collector: Transforming a gift into a collection

Thu., May 29, 2025

A Christmas gift launched Isaac Sims’ impressive collection.

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This day in history: Coeur d’Alene Tribe questioned state control of Heyburn State Park. Spokane leader claimed election fraud

Thu., May 29, 2025

From 1975: The Coeur d’Alene Tribe was urging the federal government to take Heyburn State Park away from the state of Idaho and “hold it in trust under Indian control.”

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Gardening: Bainbridge’s Bloedel Reserve offers beauty and education

Thu., May 29, 2025

The heavy mist dripped from my jacket hood as wisps of low fog drifted through the tops of the trees. My shoes squished through the damp bark on the path to the moss garden. We passed huge rhododendrons in full bloom surrounded by carpets of native shrubs among fallen trees left to rot. Only the sounds of the rain and birds could be heard as we walked. I felt myself at peace in a mystical place in nature.

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Gardening: Bainbridge’s Bloedel Reserve offers beauty and education

Thu., May 29, 2025

The heavy mist dripped from my jacket hood as wisps of low fog drifted through the tops of the trees.

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This day in history: Spokane PTAs pleaded for curfew whistle to direct kids inside at 9 p.m. An accused murderer fled Walla Walla in a stolen Greyhound bus

Wed., May 28, 2025

From 1975: A man charged with murdering a Walla Walla woman and her son was in custody in Seattle after he led police on a wild chase in an unlikely vehicle: a stolen Greyhound bus.

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This day in history: Spokane race car driver Tom Sneva recovering ‘well’ after fiery Indianapolis 500 crash

Tue., May 27, 2025

From 1975: Spokane race car driver Tom Sneva was “doing well” in an Indianapolis hospital after surviving a fiery crash at the Indianapolis 500.

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Then and Now: Adlai Stevenson in Spokane

Mon., May 26, 2025

With less than a month to go in the 1952 presidential election, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, the governor of Illinois, landed his chartered plane in Spokane for a stump speech Oct. 15, 1952. He had served as the secretary of the Navy during World War II, but now he faced Dwight D. Eisenhower, the top general of the war.

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This day in history: Spokane racer severely injured in Indy 500 crash

Mon., May 26, 2025

From 1975: Spokane’s Tom Sneva, 26, was badly injured in a fiery crash during the Indianapolis 500.

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This day in history: Post Falls population reached at least 4,400. Moonshine prices plummeted

Sun., May 25, 2025

From 1975: Post Falls was in the midst of a population boom.

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This day in history: Spokane mayor opposed Davenport Hotel nomination for historic registration. Great Northern Railway unveiled plans for electrification

Sat., May 24, 2025

From 1975: Over the protests of Spokane Mayor David H. Rodgers, the Davenport Hotel was nominated by the state for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Spokane canines clock high speeds at dog show at fairgrounds

UPDATED: Fri., May 23, 2025

The Spokane County Fair & Expo Center went to the dogs Friday.

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This day in history: A Bicentennial with no bucks? Commission to celebrate America’s birth was scrambling for funds

UPDATED: Fri., May 23, 2025

From 1975: As the nation’s Bicentennial celebration approached, the Spokane American Revolution Bicentennial Commission was woefully underfunded.

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Spokane Public Library’s Eva Silverstone is named ‘Mover and Shaker’ by Library Journal

Thu., May 22, 2025

Ever since she can remember, Eva Silverstone has been a writer and a drawer.

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