Megan Rowe

Bill Youngs wrote a comprehensive book about the Spokane River and Expo ’74, “The Fair and the Falls,” and contends the drama and beauty of the falls cutting through downtown Spokane rivals the majesty of any national park. The river was rescued from an existence as a “trash dump,” and the cleaning and beautification of the park continues to this day.

A Washington State University researcher and a Spokane budtender have at least one thing in common: They want more cannabis research.

Story time at the Spokane Public Libraries doesn’t normally attract protesters, or counterprotesters for that matter. Both “500 Mom Strong” and “500 Drag Queen Strong” plan to attend the Drag Queen Story Hour on June 15 at 2 p.m. at the South Hill branch.

For last weekend’s Washington State 1B track and field championships, Rosalie Fish painted a red handprint over her mouth, the fingers extending across her cheekbones. On her right leg, she painted the letters “MMIW,” standing for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. As a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, raising awareness for this issue was as natural as running.

A Washington State University butterfly expert described painted ladies as a “cosmopolitan” butterfly because they can be found on every continent aside from Antartica. The ladies are coming to town, and Spokane residents can expect to see them in droves this year due to California rains.

President Donald Trump halted infrastructure talks with congressional Democrats on Wednesday, asserting he would not return to the table until they dropped their probe in the wake of the Mueller report. Washington and Idaho legislators were at odds over the severity of his action.

In front of more than 100 people on Tuesday, Cynthia Hamilton, Women’s March and Indivisible organizer, told the story of her abortion.

During his commencement address, billionaire Robert F. Smith surprised the Morehouse College graduating class with an enormous gift: Smith announced he would be footing the bill for every graduating student’s loans. This ran Smith around $40 million. But say a benevolent billionaire wanted to do the same at one of the local universities, how much would they have to pony up?

Spring flowers can get a bad rap when it comes to the season of itchy, watery eyes and exacerbated asthma, but biologists from Eastern Washington University and Washington State University say it’s mostly wind pollinators to blame for allergy season. Unfortunately, wind pollinators translate to trees and grass, so the outdoors will continue to be a minefield for allergy sufferers.

The power to name or rename natural features in Washington is in the hands of anyone who chooses the undertaking. Brendon Halverson is the latest to propose names in Spokane County: one for a creek in Liberty Lake and another for a peak in Pinecroft Natural Area Preserve.

Here to report as a parent-who-is-trying that I attended “Paw Patrol Live” and survived to tell the tale.

Thousands of Washington college students are hungry. Washington State University, Eastern Washington University and the Spokane Community Colleges are are struggling with the problem, despite varied approaches to dealing with student food insecurity.

More students used to take shop classes, where they learned a trade and could enjoy working with their hands. Today, kids might consider Washington apprenticeship programs – which allow them to earn a decent wage while training – as opposed to being saddled with college debt.

This is my first Mother’s Day since Mom died, a little over three months ago. But just because I am grieving my way through Mother’s Day doesn’t make it not Mother’s Day.

As more and more children lose their lives interceding, the question becomes what are Spokane students being trained to do?

In a vote surprising to many, Denver chose Wednesday to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms – the same kind coined “magic mushroom” because of its hallucinogen psilocybin that grow wild throughout Washington.

The short-term results of the Trump administration’s trade disputes with China are clear, said T. Randall Fortenbery, Washington State University Thomas B. Mick economics endowed chair. Fortenberry studied the impacts on wheat, apple and sweet cherry exports and concluded export values from U.S. to China will be significantly reduced and the reduction will have a damaging effect on Washington state. What the future holds remains unclear.

The clicking of finger nails. A breathy whisper. A woman applying makeup. Hands submerging into slime. The crunch and snap of biting into pickles. Millions of YouTube users seek out this seemingly mundane content to trigger what’s called an “autonomous sensory meridian response.” ASMR is described as a full-body tingling radiating from the head which send many into deep relaxation.

President Donald Trump’s new executive order to strengthen health care providers’ religious right to refusal is just another attack on the sexual and reproductive health of women and the LGBT community, said Planned Parenthood spokesman Paul Dillon.

Recently spotted at Hauser Lake, the American white pelican is just passing through. With a 9-foot wingspan, this pelican is one of the largest birds in North America, according to Audubon Society. Lindell Haggin, Spokane Audubon Society member, said they are impressive birds.

Three years after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Olympic athlete Angela Whyte said she still remembers the controversy surrounding Caster Semenya. While she and her teammates heard the rumors, they tried to stay focus. Something maybe not as easy to do for the two-time Olympic track and field champion Semenya.

In the aftermath of the shooting at a Southern California synagogue on Saturday, a local rabbi cautioned against growing accustomed to acts of violence and hate.

Much of the food we eat today may impact our great-grandchildren, a prominent WSU researcher said. Bayer, the company that owns the chemical in question, is fighting that assertion.

For months, a group called Church at Planned Parenthood has been meeting on the grassy area across from Planned Parenthood. They say these are church services, but Planned Parenthood said they are extremist protests meant to intimidate.