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‘The type of leader the Air Force needed’: Fairchild school dedicated to airman who died in Shell 77 crash

Mon., Sept. 20, 2021

The school, now titled the Mackey Airman Leadership School, will train generations of leaders at Fairchild. The school trains around nine classes of 20 to 30 airmen a year.

News > Higher education

‘This is our year to restart’: Excitement and COVID-19 requirements abound for EWU move-in day

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 18, 2021

Move-in day for college freshmen can be exciting, nerve-wracking and emotional. But as Eastern Washington freshman Blake Jamison sat inside a car with his family waiting for his COVID-19 test to come back, he was just plain bored.

News > Pacific NW

Spokane and North Idaho to (finally) be covered by showers this weekend

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

Rain is coming to the Inland Northwest, and this time there’s no chance of Spokane missing out.

News > Pacific NW

‘A different kind of weather system’: Forecasters expect rain to blanket Inland NW this weekend

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 15, 2021

After a historically dry year, Spokane and the Inland Northwest are expected to get the first fall-like showers this weekend.

News > Spokane

‘The hardest day’: Spokane honors ‘the ones who ran to the danger’ on 20th anniversary of 9/11

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 11, 2021

Thomas O’Hagan, Kenneth Watson, Michael Carlo, Charles Mendez – the list of names seemed to never end.

News > Pacific NW

Despite rain, smoke and COVID-19, Spokane County Interstate Fair opens for business

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 10, 2021

With a combination of rain, smoke and a resurgent COVID-19 wave sweeping across Spokane, the 2021 Spokane County Interstate Fair still roared open on Friday.

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Court records detail Gonzaga coach Mark Few’s arrest for DUI

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 8, 2021

A Coeur d’Alene police report gave additional details about Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few’s Monday night DUI arrest, including that Few was driving erratically, smelled of alcohol and later went to a hospital for a blood draw.

News > Pacific NW

Spokane driver arrested after huffing cans of keyboard duster, deputies say

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 7, 2021

A Spokane driver was arrested after he admitted to huffing keyboard duster inside his vehicle on Friday, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

News > Pacific NW

‘A salt-of-the-earth guy’: Spokane lifer, COVID-19 survivor and WWII vet honored for his 100th birthday

Mon., Sept. 6, 2021

Many things have tried and failed to take out Raymond Foss: World War II, COVID-19 lockdowns, an actual coronavirus infection and everything else that comes with living 100 years on planet Earth.

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