Archives | February 2019

Friday, Feb. 1

• Washington records

• Shawn Vestal: City Hall bullying report underscores problems between administration and council

• 100 years ago today in Spokane: Occultists indicted for fraud

• Changes in ocean circulation could have major consequences for climate science

• The Spokane City Council wants you to support tax to maintain 30 firefighters and hire 20 new police officers. The mayor doesn’t.

All stories for Feb. 1, 2019 »

Saturday, Feb. 2

• Kathleen Parker: Spoiler alert – or not – on Howard Schultz?

• Seeking more space, Core Pilates moving to new location in Kendall Yards

• Exotic Metals submits plans for Airway Heights expansion

• Froma Harrop: The deep meaning of Groundhog Day

• Request for controversial rezoning on Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation withdrawn

All stories for Feb. 2, 2019 »

Sunday, Feb. 3

• Motley Fool: Machine-vision growth

• BBB Tip of the Week: How scammers get your information

• Business Beat

• Week Ahead

• Tom Kelly: If you charge for waterfront access, check your insurance

All stories for Feb. 3, 2019 »

Monday, Feb. 4

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s call it Trump Remorse

• Thrift store donations in Spokane rise with items not sparking joy

• Getting There: Six big road projects that could smooth (or beautify) your commute in Spokane this year

• Then and Now: Broadview Dairy

• Outdoor clubs set free programs in February

All stories for Feb. 4, 2019 »

Tuesday, Feb. 5

• Paul Turner: Tips for avoiding Beatlemania

• Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly calls on local Catholic politicians to examine abortion positions before worshiping

• 100 years ago in Spokane: ‘Commander of civilian army’ plans meeting to ‘beat down bolshevik agitators’

• Artist wants ‘Heart of the Valley’ sculpture displayed for Spokane Valley rather than kept in storage

• Washington records

All stories for Feb. 5, 2019 »

Wednesday, Feb. 6

• Washington records

• Eugene Robinson: Northam keeps digging himself deeper into the hole

• Spokane firefighters forced open 2 long-lost safes in Spokane’s old Rainier brewery. Here’s what they found.

• Stephen Stromberg: More Trump fantasyland as the world fries

• Snow in San Francisco? Mild cities don’t escape winter storm

All stories for Feb. 6, 2019 »

Thursday, Feb. 7

• Officials confirm 3 more measles cases in Multnomah County

• Marc A. Thiessen: Our political center is up for grabs. Trump just made a play for it.

• Racist robocaller now living in Montana, but harassment in Sandpoint continues

• Only 2 percent of Spokane water, trash customers pay bills on time. City officials hope to change that.

• Feature creature: Brutus would fit in with family with older teenagers

All stories for Feb. 7, 2019 »

Friday, Feb. 8

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Labor Council says local workers likely wouldn’t mount sympathy strike in support of Seattle general strike

• Eric Zorn: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s sin looks more like obliviousness than racism

• Washington records

• Sharing the culture of hunting with a younger generation

• Gina Barreca: Love never arrives too late

All stories for Feb. 8, 2019 »

Saturday, Feb. 9

• John Dingell’s last words for America

• Idaho gets ‘F’ on American Lung Association’s tobacco report

• 100 years ago in Seattle: Mayor calls Seattle strikers ‘revolutionists’ as labor leaders consider calling off general strike

• Washington records

• Deb Copenhaver’s legacy reached far beyond his heyday on the rodeo circuit

All stories for Feb. 9, 2019 »

Sunday, Feb. 10

• Tom Kelly: ‘Who’s the local expert agent … I mean broker?’

• Motley Fool: Around the block with Ford

• BBB Tip of the Week: Keep yourself protected from scams this Valentine’s Day

• Business Beat

• Week Ahead

All stories for Feb. 10, 2019 »

Monday, Feb. 11

• Spokane Valley City Council considering restrictions on usage of City Hall

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Excerpt: ‘The Last Thing You Surrender’

• El Paso bristles at claim that wall made city safe

• Tabloid CEO’s lawyer denies Enquirer was trying to extort Bezos

• Southern Baptist leaders condemn decades of sexual abuse revealed in investigation

All stories for Feb. 11, 2019 »

Tuesday, Feb. 12

• Kathleen Parker: Bezos v. Pecker: A complexifying situation

• It’s Election Day in Spokane: Ballots due by 8 p.m. tonight

• Paul Turner: Shoveling snow makes one wonder

• Spokane-area home prices rise in January, inventory dips

• Washington records

All stories for Feb. 12, 2019 »

Wednesday, Feb. 13

• Stephen L. Carter: One of the most outrageous Supreme Court decisions in decades

• Michael Gerson: Mitch Landrieu’s moment

• Spokane police officer who tampered with evidence retires before possible termination

• Washington records

• Cat Tales in Spokane has saved many bad-idea pets like the tiger found caged in Houston home

All stories for Feb. 13, 2019 »

Thursday, Feb. 14

• Call it a dating game of ‘Red Light, Green Light’

• High school sweethearts with a French connection

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Police commissioner vows to arrest anyone passing out socialist flyer calling for ‘social revolution’

• Picking raspberries and fighting cancer takes love

• Magic beneath a bomber’s wing

All stories for Feb. 14, 2019 »

Friday, Feb. 15

• Shawn Vestal: The Legislature’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad public-records bill promotes secrecy, not openness

• Aaron Blake: Trump’s national emergency, and its massive unintended consequences

• Marc A. Thiessen: The Green New Deal means giant tax increases – on everyone

• Washington records

• Jennings: When it’s (almost) too cold to ski

All stories for Feb. 15, 2019 »

Saturday, Feb. 16

• Week Ahead

• Business Beat

• Tom Kelly: Some timelines for residence exemption are confusing

• Riverview Retirement Community adding more housing for memory care residents

• Four-building apartment complex proposed in Spokane Valley

All stories for Feb. 16, 2019 »

Sunday, Feb. 17

• Nerd Wallet: Companies flunking retirement planning

• BBB Tip of the Week: BBB sees more phony agency calls

• Motley Fool: Bank on it – online

• Froma Harrop: The star-crossed romance between Amazon and New York City

• Kathleen Parker: The three amigas

All stories for Feb. 17, 2019 »

Monday, Feb. 18

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: A Black History Month that explains why we need Black History Month

• Getting There: 6 big transportation projects Spokane Valley plans to finish in 2019

• Adults and students may soon use the same Spokane libraries at schools

• Bike sharing may be back this spring with new rules

• Then and Now: Taylor Bros. Department Store

All stories for Feb. 18, 2019 »

Tuesday, Feb. 19

• 100 years ago in Washington D.C.: Sen. Miles Poindexter, of Spokane, helps lead fight against League of Nation

• Washington records

• Robert J. Samuelson: ‘The Affluent Society’ revisited

• Rosenstein plans to leave Justice Deparment next month

• Paul Turner: If you hate winter, why not move somewhere warm?

All stories for Feb. 19, 2019 »

Wednesday, Feb. 20

• 100 years ago in Spokane: American aviator describes his duties chasing German zeppelins in World War I

• 100 years ago in Spokane: County asked to chip in to complete road to Mount Spokane

• Washington records

• Shawn Vestal: Risch the loyalist could take a lesson from the lineage of Idaho’s outspoken senators

• Social media extortion could become felony crime in Washington

All stories for Feb. 20, 2019 »

Thursday, Feb. 21

• Washington records

• Spokane seeks $1.7 million from contractor for delayed sewage tank project

• Voting for more than one candidate in an election suggested

• Marc A. Thiessen: Trump shouldn’t be forcing Republicans to choose fidelity to him or to the Constitution

• University High School announces winter quarter honor roll for 2018-19 school year

All stories for Feb. 21, 2019 »

Friday, Feb. 22

• Washington records

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Local leaders work to form ‘army of ideas’ against bolshevism

• Eugene Robinson: In allegedly faking his attack, Smollett grievously injured countless others

• Gonzaga University to host anti-porn conference on Saturday

• Shawn Vestal: ‘Bribes’ to opt out of sex ed are a lousy use of federal dollars

All stories for Feb. 22, 2019 »

Saturday, Feb. 23

• Washington records

• Week Ahead

• Business Beat

• The Dirt: New brewery on tap on North Washington Street

• Jonathan Greenberg: The 6 essential cons that define Trump’s success

All stories for Feb. 23, 2019 »

Sunday, Feb. 24

• Nerd Wallet: Minimalism can declutter finances, too

• The Dirt: Excelsior building clinic on Indian Trail property

• Tom Kelly: Big difference when home raffle includes essay contest

• BBB Tip of the Week: Shady Travel Agencies Scam Schools, Students, and Parents

• The Motley Fool: What’s up doc?

All stories for Feb. 24, 2019 »

Monday, Feb. 25

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Love you have to coerce is not love at all

• White House to select federal scientists to reassess government climate findings, sources say

• Congress mulls cap on what Medicare enrollees pay for drugs

• Trump extends China tariff deadline, cites progress in talks

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Flu returns with 112 cases in day

All stories for Feb. 25, 2019 »

Tuesday, Feb. 26

• 100 years ago in Spokane: With a foot of snow on the ground, officials ask public for help to get flu nurses to new patients

• Washington records

• Robert J. Samuelson: Economic policies or pipe dreams?

• WSU researchers set sights on wheat variety to combat celiac disease

• No Man’s Land Film Festival returns to Spokane

All stories for Feb. 26, 2019 »

Wednesday, Feb. 27

• Shawn Vestal: Legislature considers sales-tax refunds for Washington’s poor

• 100 years ago in Grant County: German farmer convicted of espionage for pro-German sentiments

• Washington records

• Spokane Public Schools opens online ‘thought exchange’ for input on McCleary fix

• Citizenship status could be added to anti-discrimination law under Washington bill

All stories for Feb. 27, 2019 »

Thursday, Feb. 28

• Michael Gerson: Catastrophism is the ruling ideology of the Trump era

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Lumbermen threaten to fire non-citizens who evaded service in World War I

• State audit finds Stevens County misspent $121,000 in homelessness funds

• Washington records

• Thespian competition offers opportunity for high school students to showcase, hone craft

All stories for Feb. 28, 2019 »