Mike Prager

Latisha Stephens, left, and two Rogers classmates fill out requests from Regis University in Denver. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Canada geese loiter on the sidelines of Gonzaga University's soccer field Monday. Snow may soon drive them south. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

1. 'No problem is impossible to solve'. Paul Clements lifts weights after class at Eastern Washington University. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Clements taps answers onto a computer screen using foot pads. At right is his assistant Terri Wisdom. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review <

A nationwide paper shortage has doubled the price of paper used in schools over the past year, but most of the classrooms in the Spokane area have plenty of paper on hand. School officials said last week they were warned about the impending shortage last spring, and they stocked up ahead of time. However, schools are paying double the price, just like everyone else.

Two Medical Lake School Board incumbents are facing challenges for their jobs, while City Council positions in Medical Lake are uncontested. In District 2, incumbent school board member Gene Robinette, a retiree, faces off against housewife and parent Deanne E. Stevenson.

The author of a best-selling book called "Chicken Soup for the Soul" dished up a big helping to teachers in Spokane Friday. The recipe was seasoned with lots of positive messages and a round of hugs in the audience. "What we are doing is helping people see the beauty inside of them," said author Jack Canfield.

Justin Franke has a trunk filled with campaign signs to place around Cheney in his quest for a City Council position. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

Racial hatred that surfaced at Gonzaga University last spring is not being forgotten this fall. Student and campus leaders are trying to avoid a repeat of the harassment against four black law students last April.

Phillips Junior College in Spokane is closing its doors under pressure from the federal government, school officials said Thursday. The college at 1101 N. Fancher Road in the Spokane Valley will stop offering classes as of Monday, but will stay open for a month to help its 270 students find other schools.

Architecture students Brad Wilson, left, and Gavin Flisakowski use the new computers to work on a design project at WSU Spokane. Photo by Molly O'Hara/The Spokesman-Review

Gonzaga University's highly rated debate team sheds light on obscure topics in debates all over the country. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

At NorthTown Mall, workers who need wheelchairs earn money delivering food to store clerks who can't get away to eat. At Hewlett-Packard in the Spokane Valley, a man who can't use his arms and a woman who can't use her feet team up to trim wires for electronic components. In Seattle, a blind woman is paid to fold silverware into napkins at a restaurant.

1. Ronnie Davis plants a hand print on the wall of the Altamont Street and I-90 underpass Saturday as a People's Gallery project got under way in the East Central neighborhood. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. During the 'People's Gallery' painting at the Altamont overpass Saturday in Spokane, Rene Thompson, front, gave some of her students from St. Paschal's an art lesson by studying and then trying to reproduce great works of art. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review. (This photo appeared in Idaho edition only.)

A fight broke out at a party early Saturday, leaving one teenager dead and another hospitalized from stab wounds. No arrests were made. The surviving victim, age 18, was reported in serious condition at Deaconess Medical Center following surgery Saturday.

Bill Malley's 1st Street Books in Cheney is one of only two off-campus stores selling textbooks in the state, Malley says. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

The official start of autumn may not come until Saturday morning, but Mother Nature is doing a good job of announcing its arrival this week. A cold wave out of Canada is expected to bring near-record low temperatures to the region again tonight, putting the summer growing season in jeopardy in some places. "There will definitely be some patchy frost," said Ken Holmes, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Spokane.

A controversial shoreline trail at a Spokane hotel is being paved and widened under pressure from City Hall. The owners of Cavanaugh's River Inn last month installed a 6-foot-wide strip of asphalt on top of what previously had been a gravel trail. They also have agreed to widen the trail to 10 feet.

Gonzaga University President Bernard Coughlin receives a standing ovation Friday during a ceremony in his honor. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

Educators aren't sure why, but they are seeing a surge in demand for master of business administration degrees. The trend is occurring both in Eastern Washington and around the country.

An associate professor at Eastern Washington University who is the focus of a child pornography investigation resigned Monday.

Debby Standard says she feels the local community college administration is trying to run her off campus. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Termination hearings are underway against an associate geology professor caught collecting child pornography on his computer at Eastern Washington University. Russell C. Boggs, 42, was suspended in July after searches of his office and home turned up computer disks containing pictures of naked girls, some of a sexual nature, authorities said.

Ken Appel, a high school teacher from New York, plays with a magnetic toy during a conference at Gonzaga University that encouraged teachers to use toys and games to bring science alive. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

The president of Spokane Falls Community College earns 50 percent more money than he did five years ago. His boss and two vice presidents of the community college system are making nearly 30 percent more money over the same period. This comes at a time when the colleges are shutting down popular trade programs, slicing into others and raising tuition.