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Spokane Public Schools moves ahead with $221 million levy proposal

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 19, 2020

While emphasizing that it still must make cutbacks to make ends meet, Spokane Public Schools gave final approval Wednesday night to a three-year, $221.6 million replacement levy proposal.

News >  Education

Emotion support dogs help school kids cope

Thu., Nov. 19, 2020

Lucy the golden retriever couldn’t care less about masks and social-distancing protocols.

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Santa’s coming to town, but you can’t sit on his lap

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 19, 2020

The pandemic hasn't stopped area malls from offering visits with Santa Claus.

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Spokane libraries closed for browsing again as COVID-19 cases rise

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 19, 2020

Browsing the aisles at local libraries was fun while it lasted.

More Spokane County elementary students going back to school but Health District backs remote learning for upper grades

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 17, 2020

For parents of second-graders in Spokane Public Schools, there’s reason to be thankful this week; likewise for families in the Central Valley School District, where third-graders went back to buildings on Monday.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga’s Jill Townsend on preseason watch list for Naismith national player of the year

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 17, 2020

Senior Jill Townsend is the first Gonzaga women’s player to be named to the preseason watch list for national player of the year.

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Bishop Daly to lead national Catholic education panel

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 16, 2020

Bishop Thomas Daly will lead the national committee that provides guidance for Catholic education at all levels, the Diocese of Spokane announced Monday.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Bree Salenbien signs with Gonzaga, becoming highest-ranked recruit in program history

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 13, 2020

Surrounded by friends and family at her high school, the highest-rated recruit in Gonzaga women’s basketball history signed a letter of intent to play with the Zags.

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Hundreds of students and school staff are quarantined as the pandemic intensifies in the Inland Northwest

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 14, 2020

Spokane County crested the 12,000 case mark on Friday, as cases are causing schools to go remote only again and filling up local hospitals.

News >  Education

Teachers take on challenge of special education during COVID-19 pandemic

Fri., Nov. 13, 2020

Now more than ever, it takes a lot of patience to be a special education teacher.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women get two more signees in Payton Muma, Calli Stokes

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 12, 2020

Gonzaga has inked its second player in as many days during the NCAA early signing period.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women sign forward from England

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 11, 2020

Esther Little, a 6-foot-2 guard-forward from England with more than 50 games’ worth of international experience, has signed a letter of intent to play for Gonzaga in the fall of 2021.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women have plenty to celebrate during fanless FanFest event

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 10, 2020

Considering the circumstances, the basketball season couldn’t have gotten off to a better start for the Gonzaga women.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women to play just one nonconference home game this season

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 10, 2020

The Gonzaga women will play just one nonconference game at home this year, Dec. 13 against Montana.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Jill Townsend is first Gonzaga women’s player on national watch list

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 10, 2020

On a day of milestones for Gonzaga women’s basketball, senior wing Jill Townsend was named Tuesday as a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women ranked 21st in AP preseason poll

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 10, 2020

The Gonzaga women haven’t played a game yet, but they made some history Tuesday with a No. 21 ranking in The Associated Press preseason poll.

News >  Spokane

Spokane homeless shelter becomes quarantine site after COVID-19 outbreak

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 9, 2020

Seventeen people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Open Doors Homeless Shelter in east Spokane, essentially turning the facility into a quarantine site and forcing the remaining residents to other sites.

Sports >  NCAA

Gonzaga women’s basketball team set to entertain fans virtually

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 10, 2020

What’s a Fan Fest without the fans?

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Spokane County and the Panhandle both confirmed record COVID-19 cases Friday

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening in the Inland Northwest.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women to play national power South Carolina in post-Thanksgiving tourney in South Dakota

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 6, 2020

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team finally has the beginnings of a nonconference schedule.

News >  Education

New ‘campus’ taking shape at Shaw Middle School

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 6, 2020

The construction site at Shaw Middle School is a place of wonder.

News >  Education

Astronaut Anne McClain offers life lessons for middle-schoolers

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 4, 2020

From an early age, astronaut Anne McClain was reaching for the skies.

News >  K-12 education

School COVID-19 numbers a mixed bag as Spokane district prepares for more in-person learning

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 4, 2020

Despite the tumult at the Spokane Regional Health District and an uptick in positive COVID-19 tests in many schools, Spokane Public Schools is poised to take the next step in its reopening plan by bringing more students back to buildings.

News >  Spokane

Lutz set the tone for school reopening in Spokane County

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 30, 2020

As Spokane County school districts considered their options for the fall, it was Dr. Bob Lutz who led the conversation.

News >  Education

Greenacres teacher doing double duty leading pottery and phys ed remotely

Fri., Oct. 30, 2020

Molding young minds and bodies has never been tougher, but a teacher at Greenacres Middle School is doing both at the same time.