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Thomas Clouse

Thomas Clouse

Current Position: reporter

Thomas Clouse joined The Spokesman-Review in 1999. He is currently the business reporter. He previously worked as an investigative reporter for the City Desk and covering federal, state and local courts for many years.

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Sports >  Whitworth

Whitworth optimistic about 2016 football season

The Whitworth Pirates kick-start their 2016 campaign on Sunday as the team tries to match last year’s squad, which made it to the NCAA Division III playoffs for only the third time since the program started playing football in 1905.
Sports

Spike & Dig set for Silver Anniversary

One of the biggest outdoor volleyball tournaments in the Northwest will kick off Saturday for its 25th anniversary as Spokane Spike & Dig invades the Merkel Sports Complex.
Sports >  Outdoors

Wake boats draw ire of property owners

Plowing the water may be one of the fastest growing sports of the boating industry, but the use of wake boats has also raised the ire of property owners, other lake users and those who enforce the rules of the waterways.
Sports

Gonzaga Prep’s Roy just misses spot in 200-meter breaststroke finals

Daniel Roy, 16, of Gonzaga Prep, finished in sixth place Wednesday in the 200-meter breaststroke semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Roy missed a spot in Thursday’s finals by one place. Five swimmers from his heat advanced and the top three in the other semifinal also moved on.
Sports

Chiefs unveil new WHL schedule

The Spokane Chiefs announced on Monday their upcoming 72-game schedule for the 2016-17 regular season. All 36 homes games will be played at the Spokane Arena.
Sports

Hoopfest championship teams have EWU flavor

A team of made up mostly of former Eastern Washington players won the Hoopfest women’s elite division championship 20-19 when Aubrey Ashenfelter sank a free throw to defeat team Every Blessed Day.
Sports

Four local swimmers aim for Olympics

A Colville swimmer is about to complete a journey that started in an undersized hotel swimming pool in a logging town and is culminating in four events in the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska.
Sports >  Outdoors

Donated wild game meat feeds the hungry and homeless

Some sought out a quiet corner to wait. Others found friends for a chat. But all of approximately 150 homeless people filed in line on Tuesday for wild-game chili prepared by a celebrity chef. The 11 a.m. meal at the House of Charity was prepared by Scott Leysath, the executive chef and star of “The Sporting Chef” on the Sportsman Channel.
Sports

Chiefs sign second-round pick Matt Leduc

The Spokane Chiefs, which open at home on Oct. 1 against the Tri-City Americans, have signed one of their top 2015 draft picks and another 2015 selection has been invited to a prestigious upcoming goalie camp.