Archives | March 2021

Monday, March 1

• 100 years ago in Coeur d’Alene: 15-year-old thief makes brief escape from Kootenai County Jail

• Then and Now: Galland Hall

• The era of the corporate giants

• Spokane Valley demands say in debate over utility tax

• The pandemic’s silver lining: No flu deaths so far this year in Washington

All stories for March 1, 2021 »

Tuesday, March 2

• Goodbye gas: Volvo to make only electric vehicles by 2030

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Chamber urges Washington governor to veto bill allowing schoolchildren to opt out of vaccinations

• North Idaho College president on conflict with board chair Todd Banducci: ‘These are more than serious distractions’

• Tim Dahlberg: A feel-good start to a feel-good baseball season

• President Joe Biden vows enough vaccine for all U.S. adults by end of May

All stories for March 2, 2021 »

Wednesday, March 3

• Thanks to effort to vaccinate the homeless in Spokane, one man’s shot will open door to permanent housing

• ‘It is exciting’: Multiple sclerosis vaccine could be byproduct of COVID-19 technology

• Downtown apartment project gets $2.7 million tax break as city looks to boost building

• Shawn Vestal: It’s not the main reason to open schools, but a bit less family togetherness will be wonderful

• Juventus makes Weston McKennie’s move to Turin permanent

All stories for March 3, 2021 »

Thursday, March 4

• Schoesler bill could provide tax relief to eastern Washington residents rebuilding after September wildfires

• Flexitarians on the rise: Palouse group sees increase in diets with additional plants, less meat

• Kaspien selected as third-party seller on Target’s invite-only marketplace

• Spokane Public Schools wants public input on how the district can boost equity

• Departing two-time U.S. Attorney William Hyslop vows to keep fighting illicit drugs as he leaves office

All stories for March 4, 2021 »

Friday, March 5

• Robert E. Moffit: Washington can no longer ignore the coming Medicare crisis

• Girl Scouts will sell cookies in person as well as online

• New jobless claims in the state dropped last week as fewer layoffs occurred in accommodation, food services sector

• Spokane Valley considers updating ban on camping on public property

• Deputies find suspect in robbery of antique clocks worth estimated $150,000

All stories for March 5, 2021 »

Saturday, March 6

• Meena Harris: Pulling racist Dr. Seuss books makes kids’ literature better and more inclusive

• What went wrong in Idaho National Guard helicopter crash? Preliminary findings released

• Strong support can’t save bill to get undocumented immigrants Idaho driving privileges

• 100 years ago in the Inland Northwest: Agents stopped bootleggers from smuggling 1,272 quarts of whisky into Canada

• Northwest Passages: Spokane Parks Director Garrett Jones on Riverfront Park’s near-complete renovation

All stories for March 6, 2021 »

Sunday, March 7

• Motley Fool: A growing giant

• Carla Fried: In personal finance, simple is almost always better

• Susan Tompor: Social Security scammers now text pictures of phony badges

• Karin Klein: If ‘Mein Kampf’ can sell on eBay, why not discontinued Dr. Seuss books?

• 116 seasons of Gonzaga basketball

All stories for March 7, 2021 »

Monday, March 8

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: No, Dr. Seuss has not been ‘canceled’

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Chronicle editorial board endorses North Idaho joining Washington

• Then and Now: Cheney Interurban depot

• Recap and highlights: No. 1 Gonzaga beats Saint Mary’s, moves into WCC title game

• Getting There: Downtown Master Plan revives idea of reconfiguring some one-way streets, but don’t count on it

All stories for March 8, 2021 »

Tuesday, March 9

• Recap and highlights: Jill Townsend scores at the buzzer, No. 16 Gonzaga women come back to beat BYU for WCC Tournament title

• Recap and highlights: No. 1 Gonzaga roars back, beats BYU for WCC Tournament title

• Washington House passes new version of bill aimed at public health reforms

• 100 years ago today: Forgery trial starts with deadly testimony

• Park outside: Kia recalls nearly 380K vehicles for fire risk

All stories for March 9, 2021 »

Wednesday, March 10

• Downtown stadium proposal pitched to Spokane school board

• Build a stadium downtown or NW Spokane? 15 answers to big questions facing Spokane School Board

• Would a downtown stadium help boost equity in Spokane?

• Downtown stadium proposal: How did we get here?

• Pandemic relief bill would restore daily Empire Builder train service — and advocates push for more

All stories for March 10, 2021 »

Thursday, March 11

• ‘Unique and remarkable’: Heart of WWII veteran Donald Hitzel, 101, inspires others in St. Luke’s cardiac rehab

• Casual Friday Donuts owners hope future is sweet for donuts and beer

• Love story: Building family from scratch: Couple met as children in orphanage, married at 18 and have seen world together

• Front Porch: Saying goodbye to two more members of the Greatest Generation

• Gonzaga Law School creates full scholarships in honor of lawyer Carl Maxey, Judge Franklin Burgess

All stories for March 11, 2021 »

Friday, March 12

• Petula Dvorak: For some, wearing a mask is liberating

• Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

• Washington to receive billions of dollars from federal stimulus package for schools, child care, local governments

• Coeur d’Alene nonprofit worried about effects of minimum wage hike on disabled workers

• Spokane City Council on electric cars: if you buy them, charging stations will follow

All stories for March 12, 2021 »

Saturday, March 13

• Sukhi Samra: What even a modest guaranteed income might have done for my mom

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Riblet planned to use 46 miles of wire rope to build a tramway in British Columbia

• COVID-19 even affects apples: Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage

• ‘Return of the Jedi’: Popular video arcade, church returns next week in new location after COVID closure

• With bipartisan support in Congress for permanent daylight saving time, could this weekend’s time change be the last?

All stories for March 13, 2021 »

Sunday, March 14

• Motley Fool: Serving up a promising tech company

• Susan Tompor: Spot a big mistake on your credit report? Here’s how to fix it

• Breean Beggs: Strong, well-resourced City Council is working hard for Spokane

• Perfect seasons over the past 50 years

• Will Idaho’s loss of Powerball be Washington’s gain?

All stories for March 14, 2021 »

Monday, March 15

• Faith and Values: We want to know how your congregation has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy’? Not so, Sen. Scott

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Police arrest out-of-work men in attempt to boost employment

• Pandemic could forever alter the way milestones are marked

• Then and Now: Downtown’s former Crescent Block

All stories for March 15, 2021 »

Tuesday, March 16

• Spokane expected to draw $10 million from reserves to fund new police contract

• 100 years ago today: U.S. urged to purchase Ireland’s freedom from England

• Spokane County’s median home price soars to record $325,000 in February

• Spokane County, Fairchild sign deal paving way for new indoor gun range, training facility

• Foxconn mulls making electric vehicles at Wisconsin plant

All stories for March 16, 2021 »

Wednesday, March 17

• Lower Snake River dam-breaching proposal a ‘nonstarter’ for more than a dozen regional environmental groups

• ‘They need support now more than ever’: Allen Stone, Pearl Jam unite with event to help Washington state clubs

• Kaspien to raise $13.5 million through underwritten public stock offering

• Shawn Vestal: The evolving Riverfront Park is grand – and a bargain, too

• Should the city of Spokane launch a COVID-19 clinic for its employees?

All stories for March 17, 2021 »

Thursday, March 18

• Yemeni rebel offensive threatens camps of those who fled war

• China slams U.S. plan to expel phone carriers in tech clash

• Cause and effect: New WSU study indicates why night-shift workers have higher cancer risk

• Spokane’s Groves family enjoying Eastern Washington’s run to the NCAA Tournament led by brothers Tanner and Jacob Groves

• Koi pond in Manito Park’s Japanese garden to receive water-saving renovations

All stories for March 18, 2021 »

Friday, March 19

• Ruben Navarrette: Cancel culture is a lie

• State jobless claims fall for third consecutive week

• 100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Two bridge repairmen were presumed drowned after falling into a river

• Proposal to make Kootenai County a ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ falls flat

• In whirlwind season, Gonzaga cheerleaders stay upbeat after being sidelined for NCAA tourneys

All stories for March 19, 2021 »

Saturday, March 20

• George Ball: The growing trend of getting back to gardening

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Electric heating and music at the push of a button were part of the innovative future predicted for the city

• Recap and highlights: No. 1 Gonzaga opens NCAA Tournament with big win over Norfolk State

• Recap and highlights: Kansas slips past Eastern Washington, Groves Bros. in first round of NCAA Tournament

• Behind the scenes, yet on the front lines: Epidemiologists reflect on a pandemic year

All stories for March 20, 2021 »

Sunday, March 21

• Motley Fool: Electrifying promise

• Rich Lowry: Democrats would regret nuking the filibuster

• Gustavo Arellano: Why do so many Mexican Americans defend Speedy Gonzales?

• Facebook working on Instagram for kids under 13

• Recap and highlights: South Florida beats Washington State in NCAA Tournament

All stories for March 21, 2021 »

Monday, March 22

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: He was having a bad day

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Daily road condition reports on the way for mud-phobic motorists

• Then and Now: High Bridge Park

• Making a difference: Art collective opens to creative members while offering outreach to schools, disabled and veterans

• ‘Paws on Patrol’: Community policing nonprofit teaches dog walkers to spot crimes

All stories for March 22, 2021 »

Tuesday, March 23

• 100 years ago today: Spokane needs more social clubs for young people

• A Spokane business has been hampered by sluggish USPS service. Proposed mail changes could make it worse.

• Father remembers fallen officer Eric Talley, a father of 7 who died responding to Colorado mass shooting

• Two-time All-Big Sky Conference guard Jacob Davison enters NCAA transfer portal

• Colorado suspect got assault weapon 6 days before shooting

All stories for March 23, 2021 »

Wednesday, March 24

• Composer, longtime Lewis and Clark teacher Gerald Hartley dies at 99

• Stimulating Spokane: Previous rounds of assistance checks went to essentials, savings; third round might be different

• WSU Tri-Cities receives $500,000 gift for endowed faculty position in energy research

• Mixed-use development proposed for Latah Valley as city mulls neighborhood center

• Orders for manufactured goods tumbled 1.1% last month

All stories for March 24, 2021 »

Thursday, March 25

• 100 years ago in Spokane: A missing woman’s husband shot and killed himself after police went to question him

• From Sabonis to Sneva, plenty of Spokane connections in ‘Bubbleville’ Indianapolis

• Call for education and research: Spokane City Councilwoman Kate Burke, panelists advocate focus on endometriosis

• Finding harmony amid pandemic: Crescendo Community youth choirs follow safety rules so they can gather in song

• Front Porch: Take your husband to work day? You bet

All stories for March 25, 2021 »

Friday, March 26

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Evidence was mounting that a businessman had murdered his wife to marry another

• From fades to perms, Zags’ barbers keep team looking stylish

• Safety first: The restrictions in Indianapolis ‘Bubbleville’ have been very stringent for Gonzaga

• Shawn Vestal: Again and again, Ferguson puts forth assault-weapon ban and the Democratic Legislature ignores it

• 5-star guard Hunter Sallis commits to Gonzaga, becomes highest-rated recruit in program history

All stories for March 26, 2021 »

Saturday, March 27

• Nicolas Loris: What’s behind rising gas prices?

• Nicholas Goldberg: What should happen to controversial movies from a different time?

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Boxer Jack Dempsey gave a crowd of fans advice on staying fit

• House Democrats release $58 billion two-year budget proposal they say ‘makes investments in people’

• Gonzaga takes on nearly mirror-image Creighton as Jesuit schools clash

All stories for March 27, 2021 »

Sunday, March 28

• Motley Fool: Streaming profits

• Arianne Cohen: Helping loved ones financially without undermining the relationship

• Wage data show U.S. workers earn 19% less than federal estimates

• Tale of the tape: Gonzaga vs. Creighton

• We the People: Juries were established by founders, but who could serve on them hasn’t always been inclusive

All stories for March 28, 2021 »

Monday, March 29

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: The victims of this war don’t get a wall

• 100 years ago in Coeur d’Alene: Fire destroys roof of city hall, damages records within

• Then and Now: The Rookery

• Signs of the season: Are yard and garage sales returning in full bloom?

• ‘Light years ahead’: Spokane police address dizzying number of mental health crises with unique team

All stories for March 29, 2021 »

Tuesday, March 30

• Spokane County Sheriff’s Office will start using body cameras this year and Spokane Valley police may as well

• State House passes open carry ban at capitol, demonstrations; bill heads back to Senate for final passage

• Former GU cheerleaders hope to relive memories

• The Idaho connection: Gonzaga’s Anton Watson reared in rural Idaho

• 100 years ago today: Medical Lake facility for women closed

All stories for March 30, 2021 »

Wednesday, March 31

• Residents 60 and older, those with underlying health conditions eligible for vaccine starting Wednesday

• Automakers BMW, Volvo back moratorium on deep seabed mining

• A growing challenge for Iraq: Iran-aligned Shiite militias

• Eastern Washington colleges contend with changing COVID-19 landscape on commencement plans

• Spokane-area business owners discuss recovery with Murray

All stories for March 31, 2021 »