Mike Prager

The pain of losing a daughter in a car crash is driving Debi Hammel to do something. She and other members of her family are joining an effort to pressure state officials to improve the highway intersection where Cheney High School student Lorissa Green was killed one month ago today.

The pain of losing a daughter in a car crash is driving Debi Hammel to do something. She and other members of her family are joining an effort to pressure state officials to improve the highway intersection where Cheney High School student Lorissa Green was killed one month ago today.

Four hundred Spokane-area schoolchildren, most of them from West Valley School District, filled the seats of the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox on Thursday as part of a national teach-in on Abraham Lincoln. Thursday marked the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.

Four hundred Spokane-area schoolchildren, most of them from West Valley School District, filled the seats of the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox on Thursday as part of a national bicentennial teach-in on Abraham Lincoln.

Honest Abe, the Great Emancipator, holds an honored place in the heart of Spokane. A bronze statue of the 16th president – depicting him as commander in chief of the Union Army – towers above the boulevard between the U.S. Courthouse and public library downtown. Its unveiling in 1930 drew 40,000 people in an outpouring of patriotism.

As Congress and the President hammer out an economic stimulus package, local leaders already are maneuvering to take advantage of the money, while some are lamenting what appears to be a lost opportunity for light rail.

At night, when most people have retreated to the warmth of their homes, a hardy corps of Gonzaga University students huddles in a small tent city, participants in a ritual that has become an honored part of the Bulldog basketball scene. On Wednesday, about 40 dome-shaped tents were clustered on a lawn north of McCarthey Athletic Center, where tonight the Zags will host St. Mary’s College of California. The winner will take sole possession of first place in the West Coast Conference.

At night, when most people in Spokane have retreated to the warmth of their homes, a hardy corps of Gonzaga University students huddles in a small tent city, participants in a ritual that has become an honored part of the Bulldog basketball scene.

Aaron Evans’ drive for athletic achievement was born of necessity. His mother died when he was 10 days old, leaving him in the hands of his grandmother, Sherry Rizzuto.

DAVENPORT, Wash. – Oldtimers in northern Lincoln County west of Spokane say they’ve never seen anything like it. A dense layer of persistent fog has caused ice to accumulate, weighing down power lines and poles and touching off power outages over a broad arc, from Almira to Reardan.