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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.

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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.

News >  Higher education

‘This is who we are’: Whitworth moves in one of its largest and most diverse incoming classes ever

Sun., Sept. 5, 2021

Whitworth University will welcome one of its biggest and most diverse incoming classes this year, with close to 650 freshmen enrolled in time for the organized chaos of move-in day on Saturday.

News >  Pacific NW

Police arrest suspect in Spokane Valley shooting

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 7, 2021

Police arrested the primary suspect in a Spokane Valley shooting Saturday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Passenger killed in Post Falls rollover that led to second crash

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 4, 2021

A passenger was killed in a Post Falls car accident after being thrown from the car in the rollover involving another vehicle.

News >  Pacific NW

Man who assaulted Whitworth student identified, police request felony assault charge

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 3, 2021

A man accused of assaulting a female Whitworth student on Sunday was identified by police on Friday as a Spokane County Jail inmate arrested for another crime earlier in the week.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Person shot at downtown Spokane Bank of America, suspect still on the loose

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 2, 2021

A shooting Thursday at the downtown Bank of America left one victim in the hospital and a suspect still on the loose.

News >  Health

Surge in demand for COVID-19 testing stretches local and regional resources to capacity

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 2, 2021

With the continued surge of the delta variant, efficient and readily available COVID-19 testing may no longer be a guarantee in Spokane County.

News >  Higher education

WSU nabs $250,000 grant for Indigenous-developed and -instructed clinical simulation space

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 2, 2021

Washington State University will receive a $250,000 grant from Bank of America to build an Indigenous-developed and -instructed clinical simulation space on its Spokane campus, the first of its kind in the country.

News >  Pacific NW

Gov. Brad Little announces Idaho hospitals may not be able to care for all patients soon, pleads for people to get vaccinated

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 31, 2021

Gov. Brad Little announced Tuesday that Idaho hospitals are approaching a crisis point where medical care may not be available to everyone, with only four adult ICU beds available in the entire state.

A&E >  Entertainment

Counting Crows and checking cards: Saturday concert first to require proof of vaccination or negative test at Pavilion

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 31, 2021

Saturday night's Counting Crows concert at the Pavilion in Riverfront Park marked the first time proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test conducted within 72 hours of the event was required to get into the venue.

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‘The happiest and saddest day of my life’: The feelings of college move-in day are back at Gonzaga

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 27, 2021

Mini-fridges in front of dorms. Worried but excited students. Flustered parents. And an altogether frenetic energy. Friday’s move-in for incoming Gonzaga freshman after a year of hybrid schooling felt a little bit more like, well, college.

News >  Health

Blue-green algae fear forces health advisory in Grant County after pet passes away

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 25, 2021

The Grant County Health District issued a blue-green algae health advisory over the weekend because a dog died shortly after swimming in water near Priest Rapids Dam.

News >  Pacific NW

Jury trials paused in four out of five North Idaho counties as COVID cases surge

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 24, 2021

The resurgent spread of COVID-19 has forced the halting of jury trials in four out of five North Idaho counties.

News >  Pacific NW

Spokane gets some rain, but misses out on heavy downpours of the rest of the Inland Northwest

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 21, 2021

Spokane got a bit of rain on Saturday afternoon but missed out on the precipitation party that happened Friday night in North Idaho and most of Eastern Washington.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One person still in hospital after truck plowed through Dutch Bros. coffee stand

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 21, 2021

One person is still in the hospital after a dump truck plowed though a Dutch Bros Coffee drive-thru on Friday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Second man killed in fatal crash near Moses Lake identified

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 21, 2021

The second man killed in a fatal crash near Moses Lake earlier this month has been identified.

News >  Spokane

Hundreds rally against vaccines, masks in downtown Spokane after new COVID-19 mandates

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 22, 2021

What appeared to be around 1,000 protesters gathered in downtown Spokane on Friday to protest Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for state health care and education workers.