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News >  Spokane

America’s Kids Run holds last race at Albi Stadium

For the last time, Steve Case handed out T-shirts and water to weary, sweaty little bodies as they crossed the finish line at Joe Albi Stadium. Case has been volunteering at America’s Kids Run – or Junior Bloomsday as it was formerly known – for 18 of the event’s 25 years in existence.
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One killed in head-on crash

A 31-year-old man was killed and two others injured Friday night in a head-on collision on Highway 43 in Hauser, Idaho.
News >  Spokane

Victims, families share their heartaches, healing

Sitting in a courtroom Thursday listening to a man plead guilty for his role in her son’s murder, Tracey Cochran felt voiceless, and desperate. “It’s so hard to sit there and listen to this kid talk about handing over the knife that killed my son,” Cochran said. “I couldn’t handle it. I got up and left.”
News >  Spokane

Pink to reign as Race for the Cure continues cancer fight

Some days the drugs she takes to treat her stage one breast cancer keep Heather McDonnell in bed. But on Saturday, the 32-year-old Spokane woman felt strong enough for an outing to the 2010 Spokane Women’s Show at the Spokane Convention Center.
News >  Spokane

Survivors, supporters get ready to race for the cure

Some days the drugs she takes to treat her stage one breast cancer keep Heather McDonnell in bed. But on Saturday, the 32-year-old Spokane woman felt strong enough for an outing to the 2010 Spokane Women’s Show at the Spokane Convention Center.
News >  Spokane

Designers, gardeners gather at Spokane Home & Garden Show

Sometimes homeowners have to go inside to discover what can be done outside. Such was the case Saturday at the 35th annual Spokane Home & Garden Show. The event, which continues today, is a one-stop shop to spruce up outdoor living spaces, or to get yard and garden envy.
News >  Spokane

Volleyball tournament is a nationwide draw

Spokane sports fans had a tough choice this weekend: spike or dunk. In addition to the much-touted NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Spokane played host to the Pacific Northwest Qualifier, a homegrown junior-level volleyball tournament involving more than 400 teams from all over the country.
News >  Spokane

Volleyball tournament a big draw

Spokane sports fan had a tough choice this weekend: spike or dunk. In addition to the much-touted NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Spokane played host to the Pacific Northwest Qualifier, a homegrown junior-level volleyball tournament involving more than 400 teams from all over the country.
News >  Spokane

Revelry, the Irish way

Spring hasn’t sprung yet, but there was plenty of green sprouting in Spokane on Saturday as thousands of people crowded downtown for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Green horses, green hair, men with green beards wearing green kilts, green beer, green socks.
News >  Spokane

Trio’s theft arrest yields stash of cash

Spokane County sheriff’s deputies arrested a trio of Seattle-area forgery suspects Friday who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from Spokane banks in a scheme involving stolen credit cards. One of the suspects had $26,000 hidden in her bra when she was arrested. Arrested on charges of first-degree theft were Corey Jones, 24, Lukeisha A. Harris, 24, and Elicionne L. Washington, 23.
News >  Spokane

Think globally, help locally

Evelyn DeLaughter hadn’t laid eyes on the treasures stored above her garage since she moved into her Priest River home in 2006. The steep wooden steps leading up to the second-level of the garage were rotten and too dangerous for the 71-year-old to use.
News >  Spokane

Peterson appointed to Kootenai post

Coeur d’Alene defense attorney Clark A. Peterson has been appointed as Kootenai County magistrate, the Magistrate Commission of the 1st Judicial District of Idaho announced Wednesday. Peterson will fill the vacancy left empty by Judge Benjamin Simpson, who was appointed in December to succeed 1st District Court Judge Charles Hosack, who retired.
News >  Spokane

Pair sought in apartment incident

Spokane police are searching for two known gang members who allegedly held another man at gunpoint Tuesday in an apparent attempted drug robbery. Wanted are Taveus M. Brown, 30, and Wesley I. Veazie, 22.
News >  Spokane

Pre-dawn fire rousts students at WSU

A fire Saturday at a Washington State University apartment complex caused about $500,000 in damage and left more than a dozen students homeless. Pullman firefighters responded to the 12-unit Chief Joseph Village complex at 2025 N.E. Terre View Drive about 4:46 a.m. Crews found flames coming from at least one unit.
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Fire damages WSU apartment complex

A fire this morning at a Washington State University apartment complex caused about $500,000 in damage and left more than a dozen students homeless.
News >  Spokane

Festival preaches political action

Linda Rhoads is fed up with the elected officials representing her state’s interests in the nation’s capitol. The 67-year-old Spokane Valley woman wrote to Washington’s two Democratic senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, urging common-sense health reform to assist senior citizens who rely on Medicare and Social Security.