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The routine at Salk Middle School was barely affected by a potential shooting threat posted on social media, principal Peter Elzey said Friday morning.

Emma Stach is back where she began, but richer for the experience of four years at Gonzaga. A fixture for the Zags, the high-energy guard is home in Germany, where she recently signed a professional contract in the top-flight women’s league.

Eastern Washington women’s basketball coach Wendy Schuller has signed five new players, bringing this year’s recruiting class to eight.

Spokane Public Schools officials hope to have a sex education curriculum in place for middle-schoolers before the end of the year.

Hundreds of high school students in Spokane are trying to beat homelessness as they try to build a better future. For the past four years, Spokane Public Schools has been offering counseling to help students who don’t have a roof over their heads.

Football season is three months away, but Eastern Washington already is on a winning streak.

Like their students, local school officials are trying to finish strong. At Lewis and Clark High School on Thursday, the staff was craving normalcy. A day earlier, the school was less than half-full following

Less than three months ago, hundreds of Lewis and Clark students emptied classrooms to protest gun violence. Hundreds of those same students stayed home after the threat of violence came knocking at their school’s front door Wednesday.

A year after nearly approving a new sex ed curriculum, Spokane Public Schools officials are officially back to Step One.

To all those banners hanging in the McCarthey Athletic Center, the Zags can proudly add another – national academic champions for 2016-17.

During the last 20 years, only five Division I players were named first-team All-Americans on the court and in the classroom during the same academic year. Three are from Gonzaga.

This isn’t your dad’s shop class. In one corner of the NEWTECH Skills Center, students are editing digital interviews on high-tech computers in a class called Animation Technology and Special Effects.Upstairs, students work in the Pre-Dental Assisting program in a room that looks like a giant dentist’s office. A few doors down, dozens more are creating works of art in the kitchen and in the cosmetology class. Yes, there’s still a welding class, but most of the sparks flying at NEWTECH are the ones in the students’ heads.

With women’s basketball and women’s tennis leading the way, Eastern Washington has earned high grades from the NCAA.

North Central High School students have roles in 12-minute video designed to save lives by preventing or surviving a school shooting.

Joial Griffith brings Strong California recruiting ties and nationwide experience into her new job as Whitworth women’s basketball coach.

For several former Eastern Washington stars, the upcoming Canadian Football League season offers more than a little drama. The storylines span the country as CFL fans await the season opener on June 14.

Vernon Adams Jr. can’t catch a break. Now with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats – his third Canadian Football League team in as many seasons – the former Eastern Washington and Oregon quarterback is trying to make an impression. However, despite being listed as second on the Tiger-Cats’ depth chart, Adams was working in the shadows.

After winning the top music prize at the Spokane Scholars banquet last month, Justin Cai did something even more remarkable: He donated half of his $4,000 prize to a nonprofit – one he founded – called “Music for Kids,” which provides music lessons to poor children.

All those Hoopfest games have paid off in a big way for Oti Gildon.

For the Lewis and Clark boys soccer team, Wednesday was all about opportunities.

Three weeks after being named the National Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning finally has a chance to reflect.

Eastern Washington has added a high-scoring guard from Southern California, coach Shantay Legans announced Tuesday.

Lewis and Clark’s boys soccer players are ready to make the most out of another appearance at state.