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News >  Sci/Tech

Avian app takes off among Eastern Washington birders

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 25, 2025

Created and run by Cornell University, Merlin allows users to identify birds instantly through photographs, a step-by-step guide or audio recordings of birdsong.

News >  Higher education

Former EWU basketball coach awarded $1.5M settlement following unlawful termination claim

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 15, 2025

The state of Washington agreed to pay a former Eastern Washington University basketball head coach $1.5 million to settle allegations of discrimination and unlawful termination.

News >  Washington

Kettle Falls family of pianist and world class Irish dancer lean on God, community after teen’s death

Thu., Aug. 14, 2025

Funeral for 18-year-old with a passion for Irish dance, piano and God draws over 600 attendees in Colville on Sunday.

News >  Transportation

Labor strike causes construction delay on North Spokane Corridor, asphalt supply concerns

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 13, 2025

A strike by the Local 302 union has indefinitely halted three construction projects in Eastern Washington, including the North Spokane Corridor.

News >  Idaho

Post Falls Dam reduces flow to minimum allowed

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 12, 2025

Last week, Avista reduced the amount of water passing through the Post Falls Dam into the Spokane River in an effort to maintain water levels in Lake Coeur d’Alene.

News >  Features

‘She’s a survivor’: Hundreds show for book signing detailing Shasta Groene McClain’s life

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 8, 2025

Hundreds of people lined up around the block of Coeur d’Alene’s Well -Read Moose, books in hand, for their turn to meet Shasta Groene McClain and Gregg Olsen Friday evening.

News >  Features

‘Keeping it beautiful’: Baseball fans pitch in to Spokane River cleaning effort

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 7, 2025

Baseball fans and riverkeepers united Wednesday, sporting white and blue garbage bags and reacher-grabbers to pick up trash along the banks of the Spokane River.

News >  Features

What’s the buzz with native bees? Washington’s Bee Atlas fixes to find out

Tue., Aug. 5, 2025

An online database tracks native bees across Washington, creating research opportunities and honey bee die-off safeguards.

News >  Features

20 years after escaping serial killer who murdered family, Shasta Groene McClain returns to Coeur d’Alene for book signing

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 4, 2025

Two decades after the brutal murder of her family and her subsequent torture by their killer, Shasta Groene is returning to Coeur d'Alene with a story to tell.

News >  Transportation

‘Fundamentally a transit town’: New STA chief embraces the promise of public transportation

UPDATED: Wed., July 23, 2025

The year was 1986 when the Otterstrom family traveled from their home in Spokane to Vancouver, British Columbia, for the transportation -themed World ’s Fair. There, the newly built SkyTrain carted attendees to and fro.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

18-year-old drowns in Kettle River during family gathering, known for Irish dancing and piano

UPDATED: Mon., July 21, 2025

An 18-year-old Kettle Falls resident died Sunday afternoon in the Kettle River and his brother, a former Marine, nearly had the same fate after trying to save him.

News >  Transportation

Karl Otterstrom named new Spokane Transit Authority CEO

UPDATED: Tue., July 22, 2025

Otterstrom succeeds Susan Meyer, who held the position for just under two decades before retiring last year. He has worked with Spokane Transit for over 15 years and held positions with King County Metro and the Federal Transit Administration prior.

News >  Transportation

STA releases ‘Jaws’-inspired promotional video for new double decker buses

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 9, 2025

Spokane Transit Authority released a promotional video featuring Jaws-inspired music and comedic acting to advertise that their new double decker busses do, indeed, fit under the necessary bridges of Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

18-year-old man killed in Athol rollover crash

UPDATED: Mon., July 21, 2025

An 18-year-old man was killed in a rollover crash in Athol early Saturday morning.

News >  Features

Take a hike, Jeff! Online community responds to request for man’s search for ‘women to hike with’

UPDATED: Thu., July 17, 2025

As it turns out, sending an open request to hike with the ladies of Spokane and North Idaho might not be the best approach a guy can take when it comes to meeting new people.

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Anti-Trump protest in north Spokane draws ‘Good Trouble’ in the hundreds

UPDATED: Thu., July 17, 2025

Over 400 people gathered in a North Spokane park Thursday to protest the Trump Administration.The crowd lined the shaded sidewalks of B.A. Clark Park, boasting hand-crafted signs and flags. Their cheers, drums and bells were met with honks from passing vehicles on Division.

News >  Features

Cheney locals climb, swing and slide into summer at new pool

Wed., July 16, 2025

The heart of Cheney was filled with music, chatter and the unmistakable thumping of diving boards Monday as families lined up for a dip in the city’s new pool.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Hope fire near Kettle Falls destroys at least two homes as firefighters work to save others

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

As the Hope Fire just down the river from Northport raged on Friday, emergency response crews continued to grow, focusing on fire containment and structure protection.

News >  Features

Motor Maids ride into downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., July 11, 2025

Passersby in Riverfront Park area Thursday morning gathered along the roadsides to catch glimpses of a rumbling parade of lady motorcyclists.

News >  Local business

Developer Jordan Tampien faces foreclosure of Brick West Brewing

Thu., July 10, 2025

Opening just before the world got shut down by a pandemic, Brick West Brewing completely changed both the look and vibe of the west end of downtown Spokane. Now it faces an uncertain future.

News >  Washington

Barker steps down as U.S. Attorney for Eastern Washington

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

After only 5 months in office, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Richard Barker stepped down from his roll Monday to return to private practice in Spokane.

News >  Military

‘Perseverance in the face of unusual difficulties’: Spokane local recognized for unyielding spirit through tragedy

UPDATED: Mon., March 31, 2025

A snapshot of Isaac Morris’ current life might show a promising young man, near graduation from a prestigious school and dedicated captain of the cross country team. But the past few years in his life have been marred by tragedy .

News >  Features

‘The work is not finished’: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative celebration aims to ‘keep the dream alive’

Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

Golden light filtered through stained-glass windows at the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ on Sunday afternoon as dozens of people, young and old, sat together on wooden pews before service.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Rathdrum man killed in possible DUI crash

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 19, 2025

A Rathdrum man was killed in a single vehicle crash Saturday evening in a North Idaho county.

News >  Health

‘Every neighborhood should have one of these’: The NATIVE Project to open new Children and Youth Services Center next month

Mon., Jan. 6, 2025

Standing tall in Spokane’s West Central Neighborhood, the NATIVE Project’s new Children and Youth Services Center is expected to open its doors to patients by the end of February.