Archives | Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021
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Business
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Mortgage rates drift down from omicron fear
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Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
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Amazon settles with NLRB to give workers power to organize
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Markets 2021: Stocks soar, IPOs explode, crypto goes wild
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Stocks rise on Wall Street, indexes head for weekly gains
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Buttigieg doles out $241M to U.S. ports to boost supply chain
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New home sales jump 12.4% in November, highest in 7 months
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Consumer prices up 5.7% over past year, fastest in 39 years
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U.S. jobless claims unchanged at 205,000
Entertainment
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Stream on Demand: Nicole Kidman is Lucy, Javier Bardem is Desi in ‘Being the Ricardos’
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Royal legend lives on: Russia’s lost princess is brought to life onstage in ‘Anastasia’
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The year in music: Top 10 albums of 2021 include Japanese Breakfast, Tyler the Creator, St. Vincent
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Review: Football biopic ‘American Underdog’ plays it safe but effective
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Review: ‘Licorice Pizza’ is as aimless as a dream, but with its own offbeat logic
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Review: ‘A Journal for Jordan’ is a well-meaning but inert slice of true-life melodrama
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10 under $10 for Dec. 24-31 – Questmas Village, ‘Cup of Joy,’ Broken Mic and Mochi Fest
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Review: ‘The Tender Bar’ is liquor and life lessons served neat
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Review: ‘Sing 2’ may be an utterly unnecessary sequel, but who can resist singing animals?
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Review: Comic book meets history book in ‘The King’s Man’
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Four music venues will be rockin’ on New Year’s Eve
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Jason Bateman named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
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Game On: Among Us releases on consoles with one fatal flaw
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Review: The Dead South delivers gritty and original bluegrass show
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Difference Makers: Yvonne A.K. Johnson brings passion and crowds to Spokane Valley Summer Theatre
K-12 education
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Shadle Park High, Westview Elementary students bond, challenge each other to be kind
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Longfellow Elementary goes to ‘calming boxes’ to help students in emotional states
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Education notebook: East Valley High FBLA takes part in LeaderConLive, Teddy Bear Toss
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Horizon Middle School names students to first-quarter honor roll in 2021-22 school year
Nation
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L.A. police kill teen girl while firing shots at male suspect
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Andrew Cuomo won’t be charged for touching trooper at racetrack
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2 dead in submerged car as California storm worries spread
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Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial hears replay of her boasts
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Texas board withdraws pardon recommendation for George Floyd
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New Year’s Eve in Times Square still on, with smaller crowd
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Kansas governor breaks with Biden in appeal to GOP voters
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40 federal judges confirmed in 2021; Biden nominates 2 more
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A gift of Christmas joy for the children of the incarcerated
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For GOP, national party line trumps bringing home the bacon
Nation/World
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Vladimir Putin to the West: ‘It is not us who threaten anyone’
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of Jan. 6 records
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Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death
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Search for a COVID-19 test means sold-out signs, long lines
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
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U.K. data suggest hospitalization is less likely with omicron
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U.S. adds Merck pill as 2nd easy-to-use drug against COVID-19
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5 teenagers charged in armed carjacking of U.S. Rep. Scanlon
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As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
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Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill
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U.S. has reunited 100 children taken from parents under Trump
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In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores
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To grandmother’s house or no? Omicron disrupts holiday plans
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Pope demands humility in new zinger-filled Christmas speech
Other
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On the Air
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United, Delta cancel more than 200 Christmas Eve flights as omicron hits staff
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Omicron now dominant virus strain in King County, Western Washington
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New home sales surge in November
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Lawsuit: Canyon County Jail illegally censoring inmate mail
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This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
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Sports Highlights
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Sports Highlights
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Sports Highlights
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TV Best Bets
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TV Best Bets
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In brief: Garbage, curbside recycling services will be on schedule in Spokane, Spokane Valley
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In brief: Fill tote at books sale for $5
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Movie showtimes for Dec. 23, 2021
Outdoors
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Outdoor writing contest first place: A Teenager’s Guide to Inner Peace
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Outdoor writing contest runner up: Hooked on Adrenaline
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Outdoor writing contest second place: Gone Fishin’
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Outdoor writing contest third place: Dryad
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Outdoor Writing Contest 2021 winners announced
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Outdoor writing contest fourth place: My Mother, My Earth
Pacific NW
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Colville Tribes to receive federal aid for summer’s wildfire destruction after major emergency declaration
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Company seeks to restore oil lease on Montana land sacred to tribes
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Cold: Seattle to open shelters, Portland declares emergency
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Man and his black lab team up to keep Spokane neighborhood clean
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Tim Eyman in default, assets to be sold to satisfy $5.4 million debt
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‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski moved to prison medical facility
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Ex-narcotics detective faces felonies over alleged pot grow
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Timber company returns waterfront property to tribe
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Washington to pay $4M settlement in foster abuse case
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City of Spokane prepares to implement federal coronavirus vaccine mandate
Spokane
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City announces temporary shelter in Spokane Convention Center as dangerous cold approaches
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Gardening: Hazel the hummingbird stll staying warm as snow accumulates in region
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Joy to the World: Spokane Valley church’s holiday fundraiser returns to raise money for clean water in Uganda, Philippines
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Special interest group: Ship of Fools members navigate work, life together
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Spokane Valley Fire roundup: Dog injured, two cats and reptile die in house fire