Archives | February 2018

Thursday, Feb. 1

• 100 years ago in Spokane: City’s heaviest cop down in pounds; paper cites wartime austerity

• Washington Records

• Spokane Valley City Council OKs change in Waste Management contract to add road-funding fee

• Democrats push Reproductive Parity Act through state Senate

• House panel votes for aid to homeless college students

All stories for Feb. 1, 2018 »

Friday, Feb. 2

• 100 years ago in Spokane: City vaudevillian heading to the Big Top

• Kevin Caneco: ‘Moderate’ is not a dirty word

• Amy Goodman: The Stateless of the Union: Trump’s war on immigrants

• Washington Records

• Bill Jennings: Human factor only controllable Avalanche hazard

All stories for Feb. 2, 2018 »

Saturday, Feb. 3

• Sue Lani Madsen: From the government and here to help

• 100 years ago in Liberty Lake: First Chinese resident in Spokane County drafted for World War I

• City may allow bigger shadows on Riverfront Park in effort to boost high-rise development

• Rep. Will Hurd: Memo’s release keeps Americans informed

• Marc A. Thiessen: Trump’s new immigration proposal is quintessentially presidential

All stories for Feb. 3, 2018 »

Sunday, Feb. 4

• BBB Tip of the Week: Beware of tax season scams

• Motley Fool: Medical device-powered growth

• Business Beat

• Facebook’s ‘fixes’– meaningful or just skin deep?

• Harley-Davidson commits to electric motorcycle production by 2020

All stories for Feb. 4, 2018 »

Monday, Feb. 5

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Former mayor says ‘idlers’ should be sent to France

• Then and Now: St. Luke’s Hospital

• Getting There: Riverside Avenue redevelopment could take a lesson from the past

• On game day, normally packed Spokane venues feel like a ghost town

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Understanding is the last thing they want

All stories for Feb. 5, 2018 »

Tuesday, Feb. 6

• 100 years ago in San Francisco: Dr. Alan Hart, doctor who interned in Lewiston, outed as transgender

• Washington Records

• Robert J. Samuelson: Commonsense immigration for the 21st century

• Washington will fight offshore drilling, Inslee says

• Little place for arms control in Trump’s nuclear strategy

All stories for Feb. 6, 2018 »

Wednesday, Feb. 7

• 100 years ago in Spokane: ‘Pole Road Joe’ opens mission for lumberjacks

• Washington Records

• Democrats, Republicans take different views of Trump offshore oil lease proposal

• Around the Corner

• U-Hi boys get play-in win over CV

All stories for Feb. 7, 2018 »

Thursday, Feb. 8

• 100 years ago in Spokane: News of ocean liner’s sinking stokes anxiety for servicemen’s families

• Spokane Valley fire roundup: Crews respond to unauthorized burning calls

• Spokane Valley officials consider pre-training academy for officer recruits

• Montana says it won’t hunt Yellowstone bears in 2018

• Montana man takes up legendary relative’s gun making

All stories for Feb. 8, 2018 »

Friday, Feb. 9

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Registration deadline closing for ‘enemy aliens’

• Surrogate mothers could be paid more than their expenses under Senate bill

• State lawmakers look to phase Atlantic salmon net pens out of Puget Sound

• Amy Goodman: Uber and Lyft, driving drivers into poverty and despair

• Senate backs health care aid for Marshallese

All stories for Feb. 9, 2018 »

Saturday, Feb. 10

• Faith and Values: Turning to God for a clear conscience

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Aviation fans want to see city back on the route map

• Sue Lani Madsen: On revenge and accountability

• Marc A. Thiessen: Trump throws away his momentum for peanuts

• Local health centers reauthorized under federal spending bill

All stories for Feb. 10, 2018 »

Sunday, Feb. 11

• Tom Kelly: B&B becomes national example for barrier-free living

• Motley Fool: Big Blue gushes green

• BBB Tip of the Week: How to have a more secure social media experience

• Week Ahead

• Business Beat

All stories for Feb. 11, 2018 »

Monday, Feb. 12

• 100 years ago in Spokane: What is a German? ‘Enemy alien’ registration begs question

• Then and Now: Umatilla Hotel

• Othello rancher leaves millions to benefit Eastern Washington causes, including health care, wildlife

• Getting There: Don’t sweat the Spokane traffic

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: In Trump they trust, to America’s peril

All stories for Feb. 12, 2018 »

Tuesday, Feb. 13

• Ask the doctors: Study suggest time of day may have effect on surgical outcome

• House Call: Making lifestyle changes is important

• Washington Records

• Robert J. Samuelson: America’s prudence deficit

• A look at what Trump proposed cutting in his 2019 budget

All stories for Feb. 13, 2018 »

Wednesday, Feb. 14

• Calendar

• Washington Records

• Bowdish Middle School announces second-quarter honor roll for 2017-18 school year

• 100 years ago in France: Spokane soldier asks sister to send brown sugar

• Spokane may have to pay $330,000 to demolish burned out Hillyard building that likely has asbestos

All stories for Feb. 14, 2018 »

Thursday, Feb. 15

• Spokane Valley Arts Council creating ‘museum without walls’; plans to donate another sculpture

• 100 years ago: Fugitive dodges draft; then dodges again

• Washington Records

• Wheat growers wary of Trump budget’s changes to crop insurance programs

• Wife of missing CdA boater arrested on suspicion of grand theft, forgery

All stories for Feb. 15, 2018 »

Friday, Feb. 16

• Washington Records

• 100 years ago in Spokane: ‘War’ brewing between rival bootleggers

• Proposed Eagle Ridge development draws early pushback from neighbors

• Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan: The Trump budget’s crushing cruelty

• Breaking with GOP, McMorris Rodgers votes against major change to the Americans with Disabilities Act

All stories for Feb. 16, 2018 »

Saturday, Feb. 17

• Historic Broadview Dairy building changes hands

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Mining magnate ducks the law

• Sue Lani Madsen: Infrastructure, eh?

• Regal Elementary students suggest alternative use for school zone cameras to capture speeders

• Eye on Boise: Otter welcomes debate over competing tax-cut bills

All stories for Feb. 17, 2018 »

Sunday, Feb. 18

• Nerd Wallet: Four alternatives for when your 401(k) doesn’t cut it

• Motley Fool: Easy real estate income

• Workplace romances get complicated for employers in wake of #MeToo revelations

• BBB Tip of the Week: Take precautions when planning wedding

• Week Ahead

All stories for Feb. 18, 2018 »

Monday, Feb. 19

• 100 years ago: Angry mob of loggers seeks camp cook

• Senate plan would block the public from some voter data

• Getting There: Look to the sky, because the North Spokane Corridor is happening

• Then and Now: Sacred Heart School of Nursing

• Shoe retailer Skechers opens factory outlet in Spokane Valley

All stories for Feb. 19, 2018 »

Tuesday, Feb. 20

• San Diego selling $1 lots: Is this the future of ‘affordable housing’ for the middle class?

• Spokane judge dismisses arcade’s claims in marijuana shop lawsuit

• In soil-dwelling bacteria, scientists find a new weapon to fight drug-resistant superbugs

• Supplement key to slowing wet macular degeneration

• Robert J. Samuelson: Ugh – inflation is back

All stories for Feb. 20, 2018 »

Wednesday, Feb. 21

• Washington Records

• Larger kitchen enables Second Harvest to teach cooking classes and expand services

• Getting the zinc out: Major cleanup project will improve health of the Coeur d’Alene River

• McKinstry executive appointed to EWU’s board of trustees

• 100 years ago today in Spokane: 70-year-old woman goes back to school to learn Spanish

All stories for Feb. 21, 2018 »

Thursday, Feb. 22

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Skeletal mystery perplexes cops

• Washington Records

• WSU study finds people with disabilities benefitted from health reform

• State colleges could also ‘ban the box’

• Washington legislators pushing to make some of their records secret

All stories for Feb. 22, 2018 »

Friday, Feb. 23

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Massive participation at downtown patriotic parade

• Washington Records

• Washington bill would crack down on “service animals”

• State Senate bill would end time limit on prosecuting child rape

• Critics question lawmakers’ proposal to block access to some records

All stories for Feb. 23, 2018 »

Saturday, Feb. 24

• Eye on Boise: Rep. Barbieri is only ‘no’ vote on funding of rape kits

• Faith and Values:

• 100 years ago today in Spokane: Fistfight erupts on train after logger curses flag

• Washington Records

• Sue Lani Madsen: Do the next right thing

All stories for Feb. 24, 2018 »

Sunday, Feb. 25

• BBB Tip of the Week: Do your research before buying a new car

• Tom Kelly: Can’t borrow more? FHA home-improvement program could work

• Motley Fool: Firing on many cylinders

• Week Ahead

• Business Beat

All stories for Feb. 25, 2018 »

Monday, Feb. 26

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Bootlegger ‘Red’ Sullivan goes on the lam

• Getting There: Cuts to federal grant funding could jeopardize future of Central City Line

• BNSF to double track on line linking Spokane Valley to Hauser, Idaho

• Then and Now: The Harlem Club

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: What’s going on with 42 percent of Republicans?

All stories for Feb. 26, 2018 »

Tuesday, Feb. 27

• House Call: Keeping your blood pressure in check

• Robert J. Samuelson: The political consequences of slower economic growth

• Washington Records

• 100 years ago today in Spokane: Montana train crash kills conductor and injures four Spokane men

• Are lawmakers right that their special Public Records law is more transparent?

All stories for Feb. 27, 2018 »

Wednesday, Feb. 28

• Washington Records

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Police officer accused of keeping liquor seized from bootlegger

• Education notebook: New library cards give Spokane area students easy access to resources

• Women Helping Women Fund expands scholarship eligibility

• Itron reports $57 million in income, anticipates revenue growth for 2018

All stories for Feb. 28, 2018 »