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News >  K-12 education

Stunting on ‘em: In their first year competing, Ferris High School JV cheer squad earns national championship

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 26, 2026

Cheerleaders from Ferris High School’s junior varsity cheer squad stunted, tumbled and flipped their way to the national championships on Saturday.

A&E >  TV

Washington’s Shannon ‘Shambo’ Waters, castmates reflect on ‘emotional and psychological’ toll of ‘Survivor’ as 50th season premieres

Wed., Feb. 25, 2026

The reunion was an eruption of joy.

News >  K-12 education

East Valley School District bond will reappear on April ballots

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 24, 2026

East Valley School District’s failed $220 million bond is returning to ballots in April.

News >  Higher education

Washington State University to close Yakima-based College of Nursing

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 23, 2026

Washington State University is closing its Yakima-based College of Nursing, the school announced earlier this month, transitioning students to Spokane and Tri-Cities campuses at the end of the spring semester.

News >  Washington

Terminally ill Medical Lake High School alum Owen Pitts dies after cancer battle

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 17, 2026

Medical Lake resident Owen Pitts, who garnered widespread community support as he battled cancer, died Tuesday. He was 21.

News >  K-12 education

Demolition begins on Adams Elementary, once the second-oldest operating schoolhouse in Spokane Public Schools

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 16, 2026

Under an overcast sky and near-constant drizzle Monday, the demolition of the 116-year-old Adams Elementary schoolhouse began.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

None injured in Spokane Valley structure fire

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 15, 2026

Spokane Valley Fire Department crews responded Sunday afternoon to a structure fire in Spokane Valley in which no one was injured.

Sports >  WSU football

‘He’s like our guy’: New WSU head football coach leaves warm first impression with Spokane Cougs

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 15, 2026

Kirby Moore is the kind of guy you could get a beer with.

News >  K-12 education

With all ballots tallied, East Valley School District’s bond fails

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 11, 2026

Though the measure made some gains after elections officials counted more votes, East Valley School District’s $220 million bond failed.

News >  K-12 education

Newport School District bond fails while levy passes

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 10, 2026

Newport School District voters gave a split decision on two tax measures in Tuesday’s election.

News >  K-12 education

Voters in northern Whitman County give big wins to school levies

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 10, 2026

Levies sought by rural school districts across Spokane and Whitman Counties were faring well on election night.

News >  K-12 education

East Valley School District bond likely will fail

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 11, 2026

The East Valley Knights likely won’t get their new castles, election night results indicate.

News >  K-12 education

Got whole milk? Cheney Public Schools’ menu to offer fattier dairy option amid federal rule change

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 12, 2026

Pesto flatbread coho salmon sandwiches, teriyaki salmon rice bowls, beef chili made from Washington cows, fresh bison, chicken curry – all meals that have been cooked and served from cafeterias at Cheney Public Schools, designed by executive chef LJ Klinkenberg to meet the complex matrix of nutritional requirements set by the federal government and also taste good to kids.

News >  Washington

Spokanites, Canadians get rowdy as the Seahawks secure second Super Bowl success on Sunday

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 8, 2026

A Canadian and a birthday girl walk into a Spokane bar to watch the Seahawks win their second Super Bowl.

News >  K-12 education

Tekoa School District seeks operations levy to continue extracurriculars, class size in the district of 200 kids

Fri., Feb. 6, 2026

The tiny Tekoa School District that teaches 200 kids at two schools in northeast Whitman County is asking voters to renew a school operations levy on Tuesday’s ballot.

News >  K-12 education

A $1 million fleet of robots is Spokane Public School custodians’ latest tool for squeaky clean floors

Thu., Feb. 5, 2026

It’s long after the final bell has rung at Glover Middle School and all the students have gone home for the day, but a recent addition to the school is just beginning its solitary job cleaning its many hard floors .

News >  K-12 education

How Moses Lake processes a deadly school shooting 30 years later: ‘If you try to bury it, it’ll get to you’

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 1, 2026

MOSES LAKE – Football Coach Jason McLean won’t ever forget the exact date he started teaching: Monday, Feb. 4, 1996.

News >  Federal Government

Border Patrol alleges missed check-ins led to arrest of 10-year-old Spokane girl and her father

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 29, 2026

Border Patrol officials say they detained a Guatemalan father and daughter in Spokane earlier this month because he missed multiple required immigration check-ins as he sought asylum in the United States.

News >  K-12 education

East Valley School District $220 million bond would replace 64-year-old high school, 56-year-old middle school

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

Carpets held together with fraying duct tape, chunks missing from the ceiling, tiles falling off the side of a building, vastly different temperatures across the school, a lack of ventilation that traps the odor of teenagerdom.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Five children, two adults injured in car crash near Colville Saturday

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 26, 2026

A car crash south of Colville sent five kids and two adults to the hospital on Saturday morning.

News >  K-12 education

Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 23, 2026

Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.

News >  K-12 education

Three rural superintendents, one East Valley administrator selected as finalists to lead school district

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

After some six months since the search began, the East Valley School District board Thursday selected four finalists for the soon-to-be open superintendent position in the school district.

News >  K-12 education

‘Our youth wants change’: More than 400 students walk out across Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake schools in protest of ICE

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

A week after more than 750 kids walked out of classes across Spokane and Mead, students in Spokane Valley made a similar statement.

News >  K-12 education

‘I found myself’: Rogers High School student reflects on civil rights journey through South, what it revealed about ancestry, resilience

Mon., Jan. 19, 2026

On a school trip to the deep South, a dichotomy was immediately apparent to Emmanuel Eberhardt.

News >  Transportation

Multiple passengers injured as STA double-decker bus doesn’t clear viaduct

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

A double-decker Spokane Transit Authority bus with passengers apparently took the wrong street through downtown Sunday, causing it to crash into the downtown railroad viaduct overpass.