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News >  Spokane

Study: Happiness comes for many after they’re finally over the hill; Gonzaga professor explains practical reasons why worries lessen with age

Wed., Jan. 15, 2020

If you’re blowing out 40 candles this year, know that things are going to get better. That’s according to a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research that suggests the relationship between happiness and age can be expressed by a U-shaped curve, with the least-happy period falling during midlife.

News >  Spokane

Gleason Institute ramps up fundraising while namesake receives honor

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 15, 2020

Washington State University is ramping up its fundraising aims to power the Gleason Institute, which will be a center primarily dedicated to the treatment and research of ALS. Meanwhile, Gleason himself will receive a Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday.

News >  Spokane

‘It’s just fun’: Spokane sleds into snowy weekend

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 10, 2020

While the stores might not stock Clark Griswold’s non-caloric silicon-based kitchen lubricant, there was still plenty of fun to be had sledding on the fresh powder Spokane received Friday.

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News >  Spokane

‘We believe in justice’: Couple who fled Tehran for Spokane express concern about U.S. approach to Iran

Thu., Jan. 9, 2020

As conflict and tension between U.S. and Iran build, an Iranian-American couple wish citizens would remember the everyday people of Iran, caught in the crossfire.

News >  Spokane

Grabbing life by the claws: Safeway store receives national attention for hard seltzer display

Thu., Jan. 9, 2020

Visitors to the Spokane Valley Safeway store are drawn to White Claw Ski Lodge, with its roof frosted with fluffy, cotton snow, dangling icicle lighting and a beacon of neon lights emblazoned with the hard seltzer’s logo. Once inside the in-store display, they can warm their hands by the fire, enjoy a position on the throne or simply gaze out windows at passing patrons.

News >  Spokane

Gonzaga University instructor troubled by Trump’s threats to destroy Iranian cultural sites

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 7, 2020

President Donald Trump returned Iran’s threats of vengeance for the ordered killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani with the threat of destroying dozens of Iranian sites. Gonzaga University lecturer Scott Starbuck said the loss of cultural heritage has a negative effect on not only modern culture, but also future cultures.

News >  Spokane

The Scoop to replace Brain Freeze at Kendall Yards

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 3, 2020

The Scoop owner Jennifer Davis confirmed the popular ice cream shop would be opening its second location, where Brain Freeze Creamery currently resides, on March 1.

News >  WA Government

What’s next? Former ambassador Ryan Crocker hopes U.S. has long-term strategy after ordered killing of Iranian general

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 3, 2020

President Donald Trump said Friday that he ordered the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani because he was “plotting to kill” many Americans.

News >  Washington

‘Tumblegeddon’: Drivers ring in the new year trapped under tumbleweeds, rescued with snowplows

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 2, 2020

“Some people were pretty calm, and others were a little bit more panicked,” said Washington State Patrol Trooper Sarah Clasen. “And, I mean, a couple cars had kids in them. So obviously, you know, kids get scared if they’re getting covered up by tumbleweeds.”

News >  Spokane

Polar Bear Plunge has origins farther North

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 31, 2019

The Polar Bear Plunge has brought an icy jolt to the new year for 40 years in Coeur d’Alene, but the real deal farther north is celebrating its centennial.

News >  Washington

Employers, employees prepare for costs, benefits of coming $1.50 minimum wage increase

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 29, 2019

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News >  Washington

Age rises for tobacco, vaping sales

Sun., Dec. 29, 2019

When setting New Year’s resolutions, the 18 to 20 set should strongly consider kicking their smoking habit. Stores won’t be able to legally sell to them, and resources abound for those in need of an assist.

News >  Spokane

‘Grab your booster’: New law requires kids to ride in booster seats until they reach 4’9”

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 28, 2019

Washington’s Child Restraint Law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, changes age and height requirements for car seats and boosters.

News >  Spokane

Local therapists advise navigating politics during the holidays

Tue., Dec. 24, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered on her promise that the House would vote on impeachment by Christmas.

News >  Spokane

Clock is ticking to send packages for Christmas

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2019

For those with out-of-town relatives, the window is narrowing for shipping packages in time for Christmas, and there’s no longer a way to do it without paying a premium.

News >  Spokane

6 ideas for that special gift made in Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2019

For those holiday shopping down to the wire, Spokane has an abundance of shops carrying goods handmade and local.

News >  Spokane

Giving the gift of experience is easy in Spokane

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Spokane has myriad options for holiday gift-giving that centers around an experience: Climbing walls, theater, ice skating, aerial yoga, printmaking, knitting, painting, and much more.

News >  Spokane

Who KNEW? Sinatra once part-owner of Spokane radio station

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 13, 2019

“Seldom has a document filed in the office received such general attention,” The Spokesman-Review reported on Nov. 14, 1959. “Signatures of Sinatra and Kaye, as well as of Mrs. Sylvia Fine Kaye, Kaye’s wife and secretary, and other persons, were noted with interest.” But this wasn’t the document that recently caught the eyes of Tim Villard, city of Spokane recording specialist.

News >  Spokane

City misguided in pressing pastor case, 500 Mom Strong organizer writes

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 13, 2019

Anna Bohach, the woman behind the “500 Mom Strong” group that protested Drag Queen Story Hour, published an article in the Federalist on Thursday critical of how Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office handled an arrest from the event.

News >  Spokane

‘Hate crimes against Jews are rising’: Locals react to Trump order aimed against anti-Semitism

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 12, 2019

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News >  Business

Spokane-area economists react to new trade agreement

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 11, 2019

Both President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are calling the revamped North American trade pact – the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement – a win. “There is no question of course that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said in announcing the agreement on Tuesday.

News >  Spokane

Former Washington lawmakers apply lessons from Clinton impeachment to Trump

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 10, 2019

House Democrats on Wednesday announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Former lawmakers see similarities and differences between this go-around and the Clinton impeachment.

News >  Business

Exxon Mobil prevails in lawsuit over climate regulations

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 10, 2019

Exxon Mobil prevailed Tuesday in a lawsuit accusing the energy giant of downplaying the toll that climate change regulations could take on its business, with a judge saying the state attorney general’s case didn’t prove the company deceived investors – but also didn’t excuse it of any accountability for global warming.

News >  Spokane

Ryan Crocker’s reluctance to negotiate with Taliban recounted in Afghan report

Tue., Dec. 10, 2019

Ryan Crocker, a Spokane native who served as ambassador in the Middle East during six presidential administrations, was interviewed in 2016 for “Lessons Learned,” a project conducted through the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

News >  Spokane

Spokane-area families create tradition by hunting for their Christmas trees in the forest (and the price is right)

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 10, 2019

Though not the most popular way to obtain a tree, cut-your-own Christmas trees remain an important part of family traditions – old and new – for some Spokane families.