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News >  Education

Pride in heritage on display at Stevens Elementary Cultural Awareness Night

UPDATED: Fri., May 11, 2018

The students and families at Stevens Elementary School found something special to celebrate Thursday evening: themselves.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Former Gonzaga standout Jill Barta released by Minnesota Lynx

UPDATED: Thu., May 10, 2018

Four weeks after going in the third round of the WNBA draft, former Gonzaga star Jill Barta was released Thursday by the Minnesota Lynx.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington basketball adds Savannah State transfer Ralueke Orizu

UPDATED: Thu., May 10, 2018

Eastern Washington has added some size in the frontcourt with the signing of Savannah State transfer Ralueke Orizu, coach Shantay Legans announced Thursday.

Sports >  High school sports

Prep boys soccer: Gonzaga Prep’s season ends in shootout loss to Walla Walla

UPDATED: Tue., May 8, 2018

It was the last hurrah in a season of many for Gonzaga Prep boys soccer. It was the last hurrah in a season of many for Gonzaga Prep boys soccer. The Bullpups wrung every ounce of drama out of Tuesday night’s District 8 4A boys soccer match against Walla Walla – even after it ended in a 2-1 shootout loss.

Sports >  High school sports

Red-hot Saxons two wins from State 4A playoffs

Mon., May 7, 2018

After spending a season on the edge, the Ferris boys soccer team is on the brink of something special.

Sports

Romanchuk, McFadden win Bloomsday wheelchair races

UPDATED: Sun., May 6, 2018

Daniel Romanchuk had some tense moments on the hill Sunday morning.

Sports >  International sports

Bloomsday 2018: Jemal Yimer pulls away from men’s elite field for victory

Sun., May 6, 2018

With a mile and a half to go, Bloomsday was anybody’s race. Seconds later, it was all but over.

Sports >  National sports

Bloomsday 2018: No rest for Tatyana McFadden, world’s top female wheelchair athlete

Sat., May 5, 2018

The world’s most decorated female wheelchair athlete certainly could use a break. Instead, Tatyana McFadden will spend Sunday morning grinding up Doomsday Hill, chasing her second Lilac Bloomsday title.

News >  Spokane

Allegations of mismanagement, lack of accountability in internal audit of WSU’s athletic department

Fri., May 4, 2018

Better accountability and a better accounting system are long overdue at Washington State University, the school’s governing body was told Thursday afternoon.

Sports >  EWU football

Five-year deal with Eastern Washington will pay A.D. Lynn Hickey $179k annually

UPDATED: Thu., May 3, 2018

New Eastern Washington University athletic director Lynn Hickey will earn $178,566 annually during the course of a five-year contract signed last week. Hickey, who served as interim athletic director beginning Feb. 12, was hired full-time last week by university president Mary Cullinan.

News >  Education

Unified tournament gives players of all stripes and abilities chance to represent their school

Thu., May 3, 2018

On a sunny Wednesday at Rogers High School, it seemed that everyone was there for Sarah, her U-Hi teammates and dozens of other players at the Unified Soccer District Tournament.

News >  Spokane

Spokane Symphony brings musical delight to 900 young students

UPDATED: Tue., May 1, 2018

Music worked a little transformative magic Tuesday morning at the Fox Theater. For one enchanting hour, the Spokane Symphony morphed itself into a swing band, complete with singers, dancers and jazz ensemble.

Sports >  High school sports

Boys soccer: League champion Lewis and Clark prepares for next step

UPDATED: Tue., May 1, 2018

The Lewis and Clark boys soccer team isn’t satisfied.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington football ends spring camp with feeling of completeness

UPDATED: Tue., May 1, 2018

More than anything, the Eastern Washington players and coaches emerged from four weeks of spring football with a sense of completeness.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington football displays flash, substance in Red-White game

Sat., April 28, 2018

Eastern Washington’s Red-White Game opened with a sweet trick play for a touchdown and closed with a treat for dozens of children gathered on the red turf.

Sports >  EWU football

Lynn Hickey wasting no time checking items off her to-do list at Eastern Washington

UPDATED: Sat., April 28, 2018

No matter the challenge, Lynn Hickey seemingly has a plan for that.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington football bringing game-day intensity to Red-White Game

UPDATED: Fri., April 27, 2018

Even on a Tuesday afternoon in April, the Eastern Washington football players had their game faces on.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington completes football schedule, will host CWU on Sept. 1

Thu., April 26, 2018

All those months of work finally paid off Thursday.

Sports >  EWU football

Lynn Hickey introduced as new athletic director at Eastern Washington

UPDATED: Wed., April 25, 2018

Lynn Hickey’s improbable journey to Eastern Washington University began with a late-January phone call from the parking lot at a Dairy Queen in south Texas. On the other end was EWU President Mary Cullinan with an intriguing offer: Would Hickey be willing to serve as the school’s interim athletic director?

Sports >  EWU basketball

Eastern Washington’s Shantay Legans says mid-major upsets might become more rare with new college basketball reforms

Wed., April 25, 2018

Is March about to lose some of its Madness? Eastern Washington basketball coach Shantay Legans agrees with most of the recommendations made Wednesday by the Commission on College Basketball.

Sports >  EWU football

Lynn Hickey named athletic director at Eastern Washington University

UPDATED: Wed., April 25, 2018

Her first choice was the right one, Eastern Washington President Mary Cullinan has decided. Lynn Hickey, whom Cullinan hired as interim athletic director 10 weeks ago, is now the school’s permanent Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics, university officials confirmed Tuesday night.

Sports >  EWU football

New rule will alter kickoff plans for Eagles

UPDATED: Mon., April 23, 2018

Eastern Washington football coach Aaron Best seldom has trouble fielding questions about football – or anything else. However, Best opted for a fair catch when asked this week how the Eagles will be fielding kickoffs under a controversial rule approved last week by the NCAA. “I’m going to have to hear from some officials,” Best said as he looked ahead to Saturday’s scrimmage at Roos Field.

Sports >  EWU football

Analysis: EWU A.D. decision looms, as do questions over athletic funding

UPDATED: Mon., April 23, 2018

These are exciting times for Eastern Washington University sports fans. Anxious ones too.

Sports >  EWU football

Defense – and wind – dominate Eagles scrimmage

UPDATED: Sat., April 21, 2018

Eastern Washington had a clear idea of what it wanted to accomplish during Saturday morning’s scrimmage at Roos Field: Put the players in some tough situations and see how they handled them.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women sign 6-foot-5 post player from Romania

UPDATED: Fri., April 20, 2018

The Gonzaga coaches must have liked what they saw last November from Anamaria Virjoghe of Northwest Christian College. In an exhibition game at the Kennel, the 6-foot-5 Romanian had seven points, two rebounds and two steals in just 18 minutes of action. Now she’s a Zag.