Spokane

As a deluge drowned Riverfront Park on Sunday, hundreds sought refuge indoors at the Gesa Credit Union Pavilion to address fentanyl abuse in Spokane.

Almost 1,000 students in over 50 marching bands took to the downtown streets Saturday in the annual Junior Lilac Parade, some of them finishing decorated ahead of the Armed Forces Torchlight Parade the coming weekend.

From 1975: Spokane race car driver Tom Sneva, a former area high school teacher, blazed to a fourth-place finish in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.

From 1975: A Spokane man filed a $50,000 claim against the city after he was accidentally shot by a Spokane police officer.

Bishop Thomas Daly, of the Diocese of Spokane, learned that the cardinals had picked the first American pope while Daly was anchored in a dentist's chair, getting his teeth cleaned. 

From 1975: The exceptionally heavy 1974-75 winter snowfall had two serious repercussions in the region.

Most teenage boys dream of buying a sweet new ride when they get their driver’s licenses. Maybe a muscular Mustang or a cool Corvette.

From 1975: Trade with China was still in its infancy when Spokane importer Robert A. Dewey visited the Canton Trade Fair.

OK, gardeners, get out your wagons, carts and wallets. The 24th annual Garden Expo is Saturday at the Spokane Community College campus.

From 1975: The big day finally came for “Spokane’s delightful old merry-go-round” (aka the Looff Carrousel).

From 1975: Gonzaga University announced that it would grant scholarships and room-and-board assistance “to as many qualified Vietnamese refugees as the university can adequately handle.”

The number of Bloomsday finishers continued to climb in the iconic foot race’s 49th year .

From 1975: The Washington Education Association adjourned a chaotic meeting at 5 a.m. after failing to authorize a statewide teachers strike.

Spokane has always been known for its support of veterans and the sacrifices made in battle. The high price paid by the nation’s service members led to a monument to Spokane’s war dead.

A little after 2 p.m., having been on his feet for five hours, Jack Tenold finally crossed the Bloomsday finish line with his wife, Tana, and their daughter’s family by his side.

As the mild sun shone unfiltered, downtown sparrows chirped in the treetops and the cheers of more than 30,000 Bloomies ricocheted through the downtown corridor, the 49th Bloomsday went off with a bang.

It was the perfect spring morning for a run as people lined up by the thousands for the 49th annual Lilac Bloomsday Run. Beautiful blue skies, not too cold to wait for the starting gun, but crisp enough to keep someone from overheating on the seventh mile.

A rainy morning in a North Spokane neighborhood erupted Tuesday with the kind of legal reckoning that’s uprooting families across Washington and the country.

Jack Tenold isn’t sure if he’ll be able to make it to the starting line for the 50th Bloomsday, but he knows he’s finishing his 49th, oxygen concentrator and batteries on his back, family by his side.