Archives | February 2024

Thursday, Feb. 1

• Is the housing market going to crash? What the experts are saying

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Fair marketing wasn’t just aimed at the potential tourists, one prominent S-R ad showed

• The Collector: Dave Gunderson angles for the best

• Gardening: Festival takes the edge of winter with displays, seminars and marketplace

• American Express, Delta unveil cards with new perks, higher fees

All stories for Feb. 1, 2024 »

Friday, Feb. 2

• Underwear, hygiene products biggest need in annual Mardi-Bras fundraiser for women in poverty

• 50 years ago in Expo history: A Russian diplomat and an Australian ambassador walk into… Spokane

• Number of Boeing workers in WA jumped 11% last year

• Meta’s $200 billion surge is biggest in stock market history

• Inflation has fallen. Why are groceries still so expensive?

All stories for Feb. 2, 2024 »

Saturday, Feb. 3

• Commentary: Time to drop the term ‘moderates’

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The latest Expo ideas column was in, with one winner and another the editors gently turned down

• A Grip on Sports: Even on crowded Saturdays like today, everyone can watch all they want as viewing options abound

• On the Air

• Recap and highlights: Saint Mary’s edges Gonzaga 64-62 after wild ending to take control of WCC

All stories for Feb. 3, 2024 »

Sunday, Feb. 4

• Charles M. Blow: The dawn of a new era of oppression

• The Dirt: Dave and Buster’s proposed for Spokane Valley

• Write, paint or draw your impressions of Expo ‘74 in high school art and writing contest

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Boosters worried a nationwide gas shortage could put the brakes on the big fair

• A Grip on Sports: It could have been a near-perfect basketball Saturday in these parts but it was marred by an ugly ending at GU

All stories for Feb. 4, 2024 »

Monday, Feb. 5

• Then and Now: Washington Water Power building

• 50 years ago today in Expo history: World’s fair planning is ahead of schedule, with $3 million in tickets already sold

• McDonald’s sales growth slows with mideast war hurting results

• A Grip on Sports: It’s Super Bowl week and we look forward to an even-more in-depth relationship between the NFL and music

• Tyson shares surge as profit beats on chicken, pork rebound

All stories for Feb. 5, 2024 »

Tuesday, Feb. 6

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The fair was only three months off, and the pressure was palpably mounting

• Virgin Galactic grounds space tourism flight after piece accidentally detached

• A Grip on Sports: There are always a couple sides to every story, even in the pretty clear-cut world of sports

• Key matchup: Round five for Gonzaga and Portland’s versatile Tyler Robertson

• Gonzaga, Portland seeking momentum in Wednesday’s clash

All stories for Feb. 6, 2024 »

Wednesday, Feb. 7

• We love dollar stores. But here’s what can happen when they move in: study

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Did big city TV stations ‘run our city down’ in fair reports? One resident thought so

• Most UI employees approve of Phoenix buy, survey says

• Mariners spring training preview: How good can the M’s rotation be in 2024?

• A Grip on Sports: As the buildup to Sunday’s Super Bowl continues, we salute a baseball legend’s decision and wonder about a college hoops game

All stories for Feb. 7, 2024 »

Thursday, Feb. 8

• Fast-fashion giant Shein expanding to downtown Bellevue as U.S. push intensifies

• Future of real estate commissions grows murky amid legal challenges

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The Pavilion was taking its now-famous shape, a newly published photo showed

• Gardening: Certification programs help create critter-friendly spaces

• The Collector: Len Pupo’s rolling in history with vintage cigarette paper collection

All stories for Feb. 8, 2024 »

Friday, Feb. 9

• ‘Priority No. 1’: Bill would add $1.5 billion to fix, replace crumbling Idaho schools

• ‘Desperate’ Gonzaga, Kentucky teams meet at Rupp Arena in rare February nonconference clash

• Key matchup: Guards Rob Dillingham, Reed Sheppard have provided firepower off Kentucky’s bench

• 50 years ago in Expo history: A mystery state committed to a fair exhibit, but Spokane residents would have to wait for it to reveal itself

• Gonzaga’s Nolan Hickman excited to see Rupp Arena up close

All stories for Feb. 9, 2024 »

Saturday, Feb. 10

• Family seeks justice for son slain in Idaho prison

• 50 years ago in Expo history: A ‘railroad hotel village’? It was just the latest ‘Ideas for Expo’ suggestion that was a hit with the editors

• Difference makers: Gonzaga forwards Anton Watson, Graham Ike key win over Kentucky

• ‘Couldn’t do it without him’: Gonzaga’s Braden Huff bounces back in big way against Kentucky

• A Grip on Sports: Wins today would go a long way toward ending WSU’s long NCAA drought and melting Gonzaga’s icy outlook this season

All stories for Feb. 10, 2024 »

Sunday, Feb. 11

• Kitschy fair souvenirs, a carousel and a super fast tiny car: Spokane’s presence at the Henry Ford Museum

• One image was selected to represent the vast holdings of the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan: It’s from Spokane

• Charles M. Blow: The political perils of a Black-Jewish rift over the war in Gaza

• Motley Fool: Investors may consider Pfizer as good medicine

• Ideas for saving money on Valentine’s Day

All stories for Feb. 11, 2024 »

Monday, Feb. 12

• Desperate for affordable housing, some cities sweeten tax breaks for developers

• Then and Now: Marycliff High School

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Russian gymnast encourages world to visit world’s fair in Spokane

• After a pandemic, flyers are facing a ‘new normal’ for travel

• Frontier Airlines offers summer all-you-can-fly pass for the flexible traveler

All stories for Feb. 12, 2024 »

Tuesday, Feb. 13

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Sheep-shearing, gold-panning and other old-time fun was coming to the fair as part of a ‘prototype’ for the 1976 Bicentennial

• A Grip on Sports: Today is your last chance in a couple areas of life, including the sports arena as college hoops biggest month looms

• US inflation tops forecasts in blow to Fed rate-cut hopes

• Former Gonzaga guard Dominick Harris ‘doubtful’ for GU-LMU rematch with knee injury

• Mariners spring training preview: Shortstop is set with J.P. Crawford

All stories for Feb. 13, 2024 »

Wednesday, Feb. 14

• Disneyland character performers move to unionize: ‘We are the Magic’

• Boat, RV sales down in 2023, could jump if interest rates fall

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The Pavilion was getting a new construction management firm after the original became ‘unreliable’

• A Grip on Sports: Mondays may be the worst day of the week most of the time but Wednesdays in the sports world are its rival

• Key matchup: “Juice” Hill provides spark to LMU’s injury-depleted offense

All stories for Feb. 14, 2024 »

Thursday, Feb. 15

• 50 years ago in Expo history: A Spokane world fair better than Seattle’s? A national Expo official made a then-bold prediction

• Gardening: Find inspiration at upcoming Cabin Fever symposium

• Libraries in stitches: Branches offer Yarn and Fabric Exchanges for community sharing

• Deere cuts profit outlook as crop slump hurts tractor demand

• ‘He never quits.’ Behind the quiet determination and enduring strength of Gonzaga’s Graham Ike

All stories for Feb. 15, 2024 »

Friday, Feb. 16

• Amazon argues labor board is unconstitutional

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Buzz around the fair was so strong that officials were asking for help getting enough gas for people to drive here amid a shortage

• Meeting-free Fridays aim to boost slumping end-of-week productivity

• OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks U.S. blessing to raise billions for AI chips

• U.S. housing starts drop to slowest pace in five months

All stories for Feb. 16, 2024 »

Saturday, Feb. 17

• Sabine von Mering: Peace is necessary to give the climate a chance

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Hope was ‘dimming’ for another fair major exhibitor as the three-month countdown began

• Daytona 500: Five drivers who could win NASCAR’s biggest event

• A Grip on Sports: The new isn’t always better and that was defined for us again last night through a sitcom and another Pac-12 basketball game

• How Aden Durde’s unusual role with Seahawks follows trend of his career

All stories for Feb. 17, 2024 »

Sunday, Feb. 18

• Charles Blow: The trauma of the Trump years is being rewritten

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Tours proved too distracting as crews rushed to finish the fair grounds in time

• A Grip on Sports: College basketball is a numbers-driven sport, even when it comes to who plays in the postseason

• Daytona 500 postponed until Monday because of rain

• Gonzaga rewind: Ryan Nembhard’s latest feat, defensive concerns and Anton Watson’s technical

All stories for Feb. 18, 2024 »

Monday, Feb. 19

• Using opera to shine a light on wrongful imprisonment

• Then and now: YMCA in Riverfront Park

• Is Disneyland’s new Pixar Place Hotel worth $500 a night?

• Cargill invests in fungi-based mycoprotein company that makes meat alternatives

• Stanley faces more lawsuits over lead in products

All stories for Feb. 19, 2024 »

Tuesday, Feb. 20

• Levy fails for northwest Spokane County fire district, but it may not have been legal anyway

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Montana was excited for its own tourism boost thanks to the nearby fair in Spokane

• Bayer cuts dividend by 95% as it wrestles with Roundup woes

• A Grip on Sports: Everything old becomes new again and sometimes may end up being even better than it was

• Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion to expand advertising

All stories for Feb. 20, 2024 »

Wednesday, Feb. 21

• Surrounding states have legalized marijuana. Idaho lawmaker suggests this instead

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The fair’s big opening day plans were revealed, including a visit from President Nixon

• A Grip on Sports: Spring training is not just about watching players get ready for the season, it is also about hope

• Gonzaga can’t look past Pilots with key games looming on schedule

• Gonzaga-Portland key matchup: Vukasin Masic brings versatility to Pilots offense

All stories for Feb. 21, 2024 »

Thursday, Feb. 22

• Q4 2023 home prices rose in 86% of metro areas: NAR

• Inside Kroger-Albertson’s would-be merger: ‘Do we have to say that we won’t close stores?’

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Why is it called Canada Island? Fair plans explained the eventual switch from Cannon Island

• Special Interest Groups: Blanket Makers provide love and warmth through makings

• ‘Buying in’: Rogers senior Emily Peabody scores league-record 51 points in district game

All stories for Feb. 22, 2024 »

Friday, Feb. 23

• No. 21 WSU topples No. 4 Arizona for 77-74 win, vaulting into first place in Pac-12

• Inflation’s lower. The job market’s better. So why all the economic uncertainty?

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The newest fair exhibit announced? The ‘Vanishing Animal Pavilion’

• Hunters help kill muzzleloader bill in Idaho Legislature

• Nvidia tops $2 trillion valuation in first for chipmakers

All stories for Feb. 23, 2024 »

Saturday, Feb. 24

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Mobius logo symbolized environmental interdependency

• A Grip on Sports: Cougars face another test on a crowded Saturday after acing Thursday’s exam in Tucson

• ‘Just watching greatness’: Gonzaga’s Anton Watson goes out a winner on Senior Night

• Difference makers: Graham Ike, Ryan Nembhard lead Gonzaga past Santa Clara

• Girls state basketball: Top-seeded Mead runs away from North Thurston in 3A; Gonzaga Prep falls to 4A No. 1 Camas

All stories for Feb. 24, 2024 »

Sunday, Feb. 25

• Charles M. Blow: Alabama’s IVF ruling shows our slide toward theocracy

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Donation pays for new sculpture by prominent sculptor Nancy Genn

• Tenuous status for Ukrainians who fled to U.S. as war enters third year: ‘You feel like you’re sitting with a bomb’

• How Scott Servais helped stabilize a turbulent Mariners offseason

• ‘It feels like a home here.’ Top-10 national recruit Isiah Harwell soaks up Kennel atmosphere during official Gonzaga visit

All stories for Feb. 25, 2024 »

Monday, Feb. 26

• Commentary: Is America still the indispensable nation?

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Davenport Hotel renovates hundreds of rooms to prepare for influx of guests

• Then and Now: Spokane’s last post office horses

• A Grip on Sports: Catching up can take some time, what with upsets and all, but it’s something the NCAA needs to do

• Why Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald, assistants won’t attend NFL combine

All stories for Feb. 26, 2024 »

Tuesday, Feb. 27

• The new FAFSA: Here’s what you need to know before applying for federal student aid for the 2024-25 academic year

• 50 years ago in Expo history: The fair’s ‘vanishing animal’ exhibit had a new plan that was less ‘cruel’

• Study: Lower gas prices make ICEs more affordable to fuel up than EVs

• Funding at risk for program that helps millions afford internet

• A Grip on Sports: In case you were wondering, yes, this may be the most impressive college hoop season the Inland Northwest has ever experienced

All stories for Feb. 27, 2024 »

Wednesday, Feb. 28

• Nvidia’s $70 million Florida supercomputer hobbled by DeSantis law

• 50 years ago in Expo history: News of the fair was everywhere, including United Airlines flights

• U.S. GDP revised slightly lower despite stronger consumer spending

• Berkshire, Lilly are the new, non-tech contestants for the trillion-dollar club

• A Grip on Sports: Sometimes change doesn’t do anything and sometimes, as in Gonzaga’s recent case, it can work nearly perfectly

All stories for Feb. 28, 2024 »

Thursday, Feb. 29

• Problems at Mattel: Despite ‘Barbie’ success, its stock is a dud. Now an activist investor is circling

• Business owners face unique challenges when going through a divorce. Here’s what you should know

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Spokane appealed to a visiting editor’s wife and future ambassador, who noted how ‘people are not mugged here’

• Gardening: Time to start a few outdoor chores

• The Collector: Family heirloom kicked off collection of thimbles

All stories for Feb. 29, 2024 »