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News >  Idaho

From 50 to 50,000, ‘Leopard of the Kootenai’ makes spectacular rebound in Kootenai River

Mon., Dec. 31, 2018

In the early 2000s, the world’s only freshwater cod was all but gone from the waters of the Kootenai River in north Idaho and British Columbia. Once counted in the thousands, regional populations of burbot – or ling cod, as they are sometimes known – had dropped to a mere 50.

News >  Spokane

On last night of Hanukkah, latkes and remembrance take center stage at Temple Beth Shalom

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 9, 2018

Sunday was the final night of Hanukkah, and Hadassah was preparing for a crowd.

News >  Idaho

Captain and postman: On the water with the Lake Pend Oreille mailboat

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 28, 2018

As Lake Pend Oreille’s designated mail carrier – the latest in a line going back to the late 1930s – traveling from one place to another is pretty much Captain James Wesley Jones’ job description.

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News >  Spokane

100 years ago in Seattle: Former Spokane pastor pitches in for wartime dock work

Mon., Sept. 17, 2018

Plenty of former Spokane residents were in Seattle working in the great wartime shipyards on Puget Sound.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police: Suspect dead after shots fired inside CdA Global Credit Union

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 11, 2018

Police say a suspect has died after exchanging fire with an armed security guard inside a Coeur d’Alene bank Saturday afternoon.

News >  Business

The Business of Cool: How local businesses, organizations help Spokane cope when temperatures crack 100

Sat., Aug. 11, 2018

On hot days like these, the city adjusts. Residents spend less time outside, retreating to shade and air conditioning to keep from overheating. But for the folks who ensure the supply of cool continues, the work begins when the sun rises.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Coeur d’Alene School District superintendent apologizes for late action on racist vandalism

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 2, 2018

The superintendent of Coeur d’Alene Public Schools issued a strongly-worded apology Thursday for the district’s handling of racist vandalism at Lake City High School.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two attacked with rocks at Phish concert in the Gorge

UPDATED: Sat., July 28, 2018

Authorities are seeking witnesses to a pair of assaults that occurred at a Phish concert at the Gorge Amphitheater on Saturday, July 21.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Fast-moving brush fire continues to burn close to Valleyford

UPDATED: Sat., July 21, 2018

A brush fire broke out near Valleyford, on Belmont Road, and both local and state resources are responding.

News >  Spokane

Spokane’s playgrounds are nearing the end of their life cycle, but new designs are on the horizon

Sun., June 24, 2018

A voter-approved bond in 1998 paid to remake about half of the city of Spokane’s playgrounds. Nearly all of them are still entertaining kids.

News >  Spokane

Bloomsday 2018: Coverage of the race

UPDATED: Mon., May 7, 2018

With a blare of sirens and the crack of a starting gun, Bloomsday 2018 sped away under clear, sunny skies, wheelchair racers leading the pack.

News >  Spokane

Cat scratch fever: Hello Kitty truck draws hundreds in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Sat., April 21, 2018

If you passed by River Park Square on Saturday afternoon, you more than likely saw a line of upward of 250 people – children, adults, families, an overabundance of pink – chatting happily in the April sunshine as they waited their turn at the Hello Kitty truck, a traveling emporium of merchandise and snacks featuring the bobble-headed, beribboned feline icon from Japan.

News >  Spokane

Facing exploding goldfish populations, Fish and Wildlife Department considers purge of West Medical Lake

Fri., March 23, 2018

West Medical Lake has a goldfish problem.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Car crashes, flips on South Hill slope

UPDATED: Thu., March 15, 2018

A car traveling at high speeds crashed Thursday night on a South Hill slope, rolling onto its roof and leaving a trail of parts and debris behind it.

News >  Education

Not throwing away their shot: MEAD Alternative students are headed to ‘Hamilton’

UPDATED: Sun., March 11, 2018

Forty students from MEAD Alternative High School were selected for a daylong workshop in Seattle, where they’ll work with the musical’s cast, perform original numbers and, finally, attend the show itself. They join other schools from around the state, each of which submits a single act to represent them.

News >  Spokane

Jennifer Gonzales Shushereba, victim of California veterans home killing, had ties to Gonzaga University

UPDATED: Sat., March 10, 2018

Jennifer Gonzales Shushereba, one of the three women killed at a veterans home in Yountville, California, Friday, attended an overseas Gonzaga program in 2005 and 2006, the school and family friends confirm.

News >  Spokane

Former Spokane TV anchor gets split-second appearance in Super Bowl ad

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 3, 2018

Spokanites who regularly tune in to local TV news may get a jolt of deja vu this Super Bowl Sunday.

News >  Spokane

After year of separation, Congolese refugee family reunited in Spokane

Sat., Jan. 20, 2018

For the past year, sisters Florance Mawazo and Mahirwe Solange Kobwa – refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo who spent nearly two decades in a Ugandan United Nations camp – had been waiting for reunification with their mother, Nyirasafari Madisiyoma, and brother, Sheba Shabagabo. They were reunified on Friday evening.

News >  Local government

Over 400 show up for Lisa Brown campaign training

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 7, 2018

The race for Washington’s 5th Congressional District may be months away, but the parties have already begun the foundational work of campaign building. For the campaign of challenger Lisa Brown Saturday, that foundation showed up in droves.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Multiple arrests after bust of suspected Spokane Valley drug house

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 8, 2017

Several suspects face charges of possession with intent to distribute following the bust of a suspected drug house in Spokane Valley last week.

Sports >  Outdoors

Fire ravages Boggan’s Oasis, iconic Grande Ronde River cafe and pit stop

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 20, 2017

Boggan’s Oasis, an iconic cafe and fishing staging area on the Grande Ronde at SR 129 near Anatone, Wash., burned to the ground during the night into this morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man dies after being run over at the corner of Howard and First

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 11, 2017

A man was killed in downtown Spokane on Saturday after being run over by a vehicle in what appears to have been a parking accident, according to police.

News >  Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: ‘Tile house’ a total loss after fire

Thu., Nov. 2, 2017

A fire raged through the main building of the Washington Brick, Lime and Sewer Pipe Co. in Dishman.

News >  Spokane

Then and Now: After haunting by ‘huge, gray bat,’ mob ransacks north Spokane home

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 30, 2017

The year was 1930, scarce days before Halloween, and curiosity whirled about the house at 29 East Lacrosse Ave.

News >  Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Sharp reprimand – and handcuffs – for local draft dodger

Thu., Oct. 19, 2017

The paper was full of stories about patriotic Spokane citizens volunteering for the army, donating to the Red Cross and rushing to purchase Liberty bonds (war bonds).