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News >  Idaho

Bonner County man arrested, again, after refusing to leave commissioner meeting

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 6, 2024

SANDPOINT – Dave Bowman, a man who has been banned from meetings of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners, was arrested again Tuesday after refusing to leave another commissioner meeting.

News >  Washington

The Black Lens returns with celebrations, hope

UPDATED: Fri., June 6, 2025

Spokane’s Black newspaper has returned after a two-year hiatus.

News >  Idaho

Two men trespassed from Bonner County Commissioners meeting after disruptions and indirect threats

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 31, 2024

Two Bonner County men were arrested after refusing to leave a county commissioner meeting Friday. The incident has caused a rift within county government and law enforcement over how to handle disruptive behavior at public meetings.

News >  K-12 education

Pomeroy School District hasn’t had a music teacher for nearly four years

Sun., Jan. 28, 2024

POMEROY, Wash. – In June 2020, Marcus Pederson retired from his 35-year career of teaching band at the Pomeroy School District. Since then, the only district in Washington’s least populous county has been unable to hire a replacement.

News >  K-12 education

Cusick School District to resume classes Monday after flood

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

Students in Cusick, Washington, will return to school Monday after a week off caused by a broken pipe.

A&E >  Food

Waitsburg restaurant Bar Bacetto is a James Beard semifinalist

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 24, 2024

A small-town eatery in southeast Washington was listed Wednesday as a James Beard Award semifinalist for best new restaurant.

News >  Local business

Dairy goal: Nonprofit Columbia Community Creamery goes back to basics with local milk sold in returnable glass bottles

Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

CHEWELAH, Wash. – A new creamery in Stevens County sells milk the old-fashioned way: locally and in a glass bottle.

News >  Washington

After a devastating fire, Sety’s hardware store in Chewelah reopens inside shipping containers

Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

CHEWELAH, Wash. – A small-town hardware store destroyed in a fire last year remains open even though rebuilding hasn’t begun.

News >  Washington

Uniontown community building finds short-term compromise with town to keep sausage feed on track

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

The president of the Uniontown Community Building Board signed a short-term agreement with the town of Uniontown late Friday afternoon, allowing the board to continue to manage the building for the next few months and to go forward with the annual sausage feed in March.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Missing man’s body recovered from North Idaho avalanche after two survivors rescued

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

The body of a man caught in an avalanche near Stevens Peak in Shoshone County was recovered Friday, while two other men were rescued from the mountain, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office air support unit reported.

News >  Washington

Uniontown is frank about future of sausage feed building

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

UNIONTOWN, Wash. – A dispute has arisen in Uniontown over control of the historic building that hosts its popular annual sausage feed.

News >  Spokane

Two months after he was shot, activist Jacob Johns led an Indigenous delegation to COP 28 climate conference

Mon., Jan. 8, 2024

Jacob Johns spent over five weeks in the hospital after he was shot at a demonstration in New Mexico. Just two weeks after he left the hospital, he was well enough to lead a delegation of Indigenous representatives to COP28, the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

News >  Idaho

Record number of eagles counted at Lake Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 3, 2024

The Bureau of Land Management earlier this month counted the highest number of bald eagles at Lake Coeur d’Alene since it began keeping records nearly 50 years ago.

News >  Spokane

Difference Maker: Johnny Edmondson grows community through gardening

Fri., Dec. 29, 2023

Over the last seven years, Johnny Edmondson has fostered a network of more than 70 gardens throughout Spokane.

News >  Local business

Washington AG orders phone company Lumen to pay $825,000 to customers over illegal pandemic disconnections

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 28, 2023

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday that Lumen, formerly CenturyLink, will pay a total of $825,000 to 1,099 Washington telephone customers it disconnected during the COVID-19 pandemic in violation of the emergency health and safety moratorium.

News >  Transportation

Fog returns in the middle of a record holiday travel season in Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 26, 2023

Dense fog and misty rain accompanied travelers touching down at Spokane International Airport on Tuesday during what is projected to be a record holiday travel season.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Mother and two young children injured in fall from third-floor apartment

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 26, 2023

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible mental health crisis after a woman and her two young children fell from a third-floor apartment on Monday.

News >  Washington

Fairchild airman wins culinary challenge and internship with chef Chad White

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 22, 2023

Teriyaki salmon with lemon couscous, butternut squash and a side of chorizo stew. That was airman Robert Gates IV’s winning creation in a cooking contest at Fairchild Air Force Base on Tuesday.

News >  Religion

Spokane’s Catholic community reacts to Pope’s approval of same-sex blessings

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 22, 2023

Pope Francis’ declaration this week allowing priests to bless same-sex couples is being hailed in Spokane as a shift by advocates of softening the church’s doctrine on the issue while more conservative faith leaders are quick to point out the gulf between blessings and more formal and unchanged rules regarding ceremonies such as marriage.

News >  Spokane

Spokane Police deliver gifts to families in need

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 21, 2023

Spokane police officers are playing the role of Santa’s helpers this week as they hand deliver presents to families in need.

News >  Spokane

Catholic Charities and Skils’kin team up to help low-income people with disabilities find employment while retaining benefits

Fri., Dec. 15, 2023

Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington is teaming up with Skils’kin to provide employment support to low-income people with disabilities living in Catholic Charities housing. The idea is to help residents find employment without losing their benefits.

A&E >  Stage

Blue Door Theatre offers sneak peek into new Milk Bottle space as it hosts last Garland District events

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 14, 2023

An improv theater that has spent two decades in the Garland District is moving into one of Spokane’s landmark milk bottle buildings downtown.

News >  Spokane

Manito holiday lights return Saturday with more walk-thru nights this year

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

Manito Park’s annual holiday lights event returns Saturday evening on the South Hill, this year with more lights.

News >  Spokane

The Black Lens, Spokane’s Black newspaper, will return in February

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

Spokane’s only Black newspaper is set to relaunch early next year – this time with a much wider distribution and a new website.

News >  Idaho

Central Mine Rescue commemorates 100 years with silver coin

Fri., Dec. 1, 2023

An emergency response organization involved in rescue efforts during the Sunshine Mine Disaster celebrated its centennial anniversary this year with a limited-edition silver coin.