The SR looks back at 2014

There was plenty of smoke to get in our eyes in 2014.

Like the smoke from record fires that burned Central Washington. Or the smoke from recreational marijuana that went on sale legally in Washington.

The agreement between Washington’s two largest universities to jointly operate a medical school in Spokane went up in smoke.

And the Seattle Seahawks could legitimately be described as smokin’.

We polled the news staff of The Spokesman-Review for the Top 10 stories of 2014 in Spokane, North Idaho and the Inland Northwest. It’s a totally unscientific survey, but many of the stories will continue to provide headlines in 2015.