Greg Mason

Spokane city and county union workers held a demonstration Friday amid stalled negotiations on new labor contracts due to disagreements over negotiating the deals in public.

SAEN, an Ohio-based animal rights watchdog, is calling for investigations into Washington State University’s animal research practices, citing reports of welfare issues and fabricated data in a scientific article.

Gonzaga University’s Next Level program, which aims to help student-athletes build their brands as they look to profit from their name, image and likeness rights, is getting a boost from the university’s School of Business Administration.

With an ultrasound probe held beneath his chin, 12-year-old Jack Felker cycled through some of the most common R sounds in American English.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission will investigate how utility companies prepared and responded amid record-setting heat statewide earlier this week that led to all-time usage highs and planned outages for some of them.

Thursday marked Day One for NCAA student-athletes looking to profit off their name, image and likeness rights while competing in college.

Avista Utilities customers were relieved Wednesday that the utility had relatively few planned blackouts to conserve energy after off-and-on outages that came as record heat baked the area Tuesday. But for some, concerns about the utility’s capacity also lingered.

A second day of rolling blackouts hit Spokane Tuesday as Avista Utilities struggled to keep up with demand for electricity in record-breaking heat.

Avista implemented “temporary unplanned power outages,” otherwise known as rolling blackouts, on Monday as temperatures reached a record-tying 105 degrees in Spokane and put a “strain on the electric system,” the utility said in a news release.

Editor’s note: This story includes mention of suicide.

Daniele Tavenner is accusing one of her former training supervisors, Sgt. Jack Richardson, of attempting to coerce her into a sexual relationship, according to the lawsuit filed late last week in Spokane County Superior Court.

The John and Joan Bollier Family Center for Integrated Science and Engineering is on track to open this fall. John Bollier, a member of Gonzaga's Board of Regents since 2018, and Joan Bollier were the single-highest donors among more than 650 individuals and foundations contributing to the $49.7 million facility, which broke ground in September 2019, said Stephanie Rockwell, Gonzaga's assistant vice president of operations and fundraising strategy.

To date, the city of Spokane has at least 188 engineering permit records involving Avista-owned utility poles that have been equipped with Verizon 5G cell arrays, according to city officials.

Eastern Washington universities are playing the wait-and-see game after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday the NCAA cannot limit education-related benefits colleges can provide student athletes.

Whitworth University went test optional before it was cool.

There was a point Monday when student archaeologists unearthed what looked like a shattered piece of wood from a hole several feet deep on the North Idaho College campus in Coeur d’Alene.

Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington University’s former women’s basketball coach who was fired in late March, has filed a tort claim to the state Department of Enterprise Services claiming she was unlawfully terminated by the university.

Gonzaga University is now requiring faculty and staff to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination for the coming fall.

North Idaho College leaders have formally responded to a complaint referencing behavior shown by the college’s Board of Trustees as part of an investigation into the college’s status as an accredited institution.

Whitworth University has announced a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for the coming fall semester.