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Business

Boeing turns to spacecraft, drone technology to boost 737 Max safety

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Zoom gets glitchy on the first day of school for thousands

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
TikTok to fight Trump over his pending order to ban its app

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
US stocks join global rally amid COVID treatment hopes

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Cartoons

Michael Ramirez cartoon for August 24

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Lisa Benson cartoon for August 24

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Joe Heller cartoon for August 24

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Tom Toles cartoon for August 24

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Column

Getting There: While ridership is down, STA services won’t be cut this fall

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 3, 2020
Then and Now: Downriver bridge

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 3, 2020

Crime/Public Safety

Man accused of kidnapping, murder after woman’s body found near Priest River

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020

EVERCANNABIS

Court says Humboldt growers aren’t drug dealers

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020
Slushies available to Oklahoma patients

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020
Mask policies lead to staff changes

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020
The hype with CBD hair care

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Features

Shedding light on ‘hidden homeless’: Family Promise’s ‘Night Without a Bed’ on Aug. 29 part awareness, part fundraiser

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020

Idaho

Spectators shatter glass door to get into Idaho Legislative session

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Letters

A whole new fear

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Stand up for democracy

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

NCAA

Spokane native, ex-Washington State receiver Rodrick Fisher enters NCAA transfer portal

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Report: Four start dates under consideration for NCAA basketball season

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
AP Top 25: Clemson No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Alabama

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Skyler Thomas announces return to Washington State after entering name in transfer portal

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Nation/World

Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as head of Liberty University

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Marco collapses, sets stage for Laura to hit US as hurricane

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Big California wildfires burn on as death toll reaches 7

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
California high court rejects Scott Peterson’s death penalty

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
DeJoy says Trump attacks on mail-in ballots ‘not helpful’

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Police shooting lays bare Wisconsin’s deep partisan divide

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Civil rights group pushes back at GOP condemnation

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimental

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Mali junta insists president did not resign under duress

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
WHO: Children aged 6-to-11 should wear masks at times, too

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Demonstrators in Kenosha protest police shooting of Black man

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Other

On the air

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Mead teachers blast back-to-school model

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
RNC convention: Republicans paint dark picture of future if Trump loses

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Water Cooler: Educational films on education

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Spokane Comedy Club stays afloat by becoming Spokane Shake Co.

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020
DeJoy defends Postal Service reforms in raucous House hearing

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
More than 70 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Whitman County in just four days, driven by young adults returning to Pullman

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Live Video: Day Three of the Republican National Convention

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Redwoods survive wildfire at California’s oldest state park

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Spokane County crests 5,000 COVID cases, but incidence rate continues to fall

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Spokane community leaders, activists look to road ahead after Wisconsin police shooting

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Briefs for Tuesday

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Mead schools investigate ‘How to Redneck’ student video espousing racial violence

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Washington approved for federal $300 jobless aid boost

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Dear Annie 8/24

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Spokane City Council condemns controversial ‘killology’ police training

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Rental assistance steered toward Spokane’s young adults

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Alcoholic to-go drinks an elixir for public, a lifeline for business during pandemic

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
A Grip on Sports: Though there was much to celebrate Sunday, most of the sports world this weekend still seemed a bit off

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
74 days, less than 1 mile later, Tennessee turtle recovered

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020
Dorothy Dean presents: It’s a safe bet Cookie Monster would devour these monster cookies

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Miss Manners 8/24

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Dad Daze: Spokane youth hockey is alive and well

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020
Water Cooler: Willpower versus discipline

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Faith and Values: Division is what allows us to ‘hurt God’

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
100 years ago in Whitman County: Bank robber busted by police in wheat field

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 3, 2020

Outdoors

Managers work to control spread of northern pike at Lake Roosevelt

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Pacific NW

GOP convention offers traditional roll call with Washington, Idaho bragging about features

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Stevens County prosecutor asks judge for restraining order against commissioners

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Pro

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll: ‘I feel bad’ for Earl Thomas

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Rookie Sam Haggerty finding his niche as Mariners’ switch-hitting utility man

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Blue Jays acquire 1B/DH Daniel Vogelbach from Mariners

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020
Commentary: Mock game gives Seahawks players a taste of home-field advantage they’re losing

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Syndicated columns

Leonard Pitts Jr.: How many people would choose whiteness over democracy?

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

WA Government

As Washington saw record turnout in August primary, elections officials remind voters to get November ballots in early

Mon., Aug. 24, 2020