Ralph Requa of Castro Valley, Calif., bought this 1960 Beechcraft Bonanza, his first plane, three months ago. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
Twins Kevin and Pat Soderquist turn their eyes and brains to a televised round of trivia at Rock City Grill's bar. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
Two black law students targeted by racial harassment at Gonzaga University last spring are now looking for new schools to attend.
They are among four black law students who received anonymous hate letters in April.
It was far from the big one, but scientists confirmed Monday that Spokane was rattled by an earthquake over the weekend.
"This is an unusual event," said Professor Steve Malone, a seismologist at the University of Washington.
1. With Game Boy in hand, EWU business administration graduate Renee McKeirnan plays the electronic game while lining up for the procession to the EWU Pavillion. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
2. Commencement speaker, Mona Lake Jones, talks to EWU graduates Friday.
The bankruptcy of a East Coast fund-raising organization leaves Whitworth College in a dilemma, and $3.5 million in the red.
Whitworth is short of the cash it was going to use for projects on campus.
Members of Spokane's black community said Wednesday they are being neglected in an important new program to combat youth problems.
Only one black person now sits on a 23-member Spokane County planning board that could hand out millions of dollars in the county.
Supporters of the rock radio station at Spokane Falls Community College argued Wednesday against cutting it from the budget, but won no promises.
Last month, a 12-member council proposed pulling the plug on KSFC-FM next year as part of $500,000 in budget cuts at the college.
The Washington Legislature is down-loading $1.5 million to improve computer capabilities at the Community Colleges of Spokane.
"You are talking about a load of technology here," said Dick Hol, director of information systems for the colleges.
Nearly $18 million was approved by lawmakers earlier this session in what is being called a major technology initiative for the state's 32 community colleges.
Spokane Falls Community College may pull the plug on its 100 watts of rock.
KSFC-FM radio is one of 20 items on a list of budget cuts proposed by a campus committee.
Students who run the station are starting a campaign over the air to save KSFC, which has broadcast since 1968.
Spokane city officials announced a hiring freeze Friday to hold off a budget crisis this fall.
A slowdown in the economy, problems in the county assessor's office and higher expenses are contributing to the problem.
Mrs. Galileo Bossio, left, and Mrs. Wesley D. Schierman, whose husbands were in Vietnam, look at the Flame of Hope the day it went into use at the Coliseum in May 1972. File/The Spokesman-Review
The bond-market deal makers who raised the cash to build Spokane's garbage incinerator are hot with new ideas.
They're putting together packages to refinance the 1989 solid-waste bonds and give Spokane lower interest payments.
The dealing started in 1993 when interest rates were low and refinancings were common. It continued last week with another refinancing package. A third proposal is in the works.
Whitworth College is one of 300 unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy of a nationwide fund-raising organization.
Whitworth President Bill Robinson said Wednesday the college is owed about $3.5 million by the Philadelphia-based Foundation for New Era Philanthropy.
But Whitworth did not lose any money. The fund-raising organization previously had given Whitworth slightly more than $3.5 million in an ongoing matching grant program, Robinson said.
Student leaders from Spokane Falls Community College called Monday for minimal tuition increases and better funding for state colleges.
"We want to encourage our legislators to continue funding higher education at least at the current level," said Kurtis Walton, student president.
The students said they support a Senate bill to tie increases in higher education funding to increases in average personal income in the state. The Senate is proposing a 10 percent tuition increase.
