Archives | June 2025

• Michelle Goldberg: From the creator of ‘Succession,’ a delicious satire of the tech right

• Commentary: The Blue Origin flight reminds us that there is no feminism without environmentalism

• The pros and cons of travel credit cards

• Survey: More than half of Americans expect to spend less on fun purchases this year

• This day in history: Kootenai Tribe’s declared war brings progress. Spokane city commissioner demands seat back that he lost in election

All stories for June 1, 2025 »

• This day in history: Warm weather doesn’t stop skiers for one ‘last pop’ down Mount Spokane; two dead in Spokane River accident

• Then and Now: Monroe Street Dam

• A Grip on Sports: Ups and downs occur in sports on a daily basis – or even more often as illustrated in Seattle on Sunday

• EU warns it could accelerate retaliatory tariffs over U.S. duties

• Bitcoin copycats fall behind as speculative pop fizzles

All stories for June 2, 2025 »

• This day in history: Dome of UI football stadium took shape. Teen jumps from train to escape forgery charges

• A Grip on Sports: A 51 doubleheader will be held in the T-Mobile rafters starting next year as the M’s decide to finally welcome back Randy Johnson

• Idaho unplugs $685M pursuit of University of Phoenix

• Spokane County Sheriff’s Department unveils its latest gadget: a $3.4 million helicopter

• Lumen Field is getting major upgrades for next year’s World Cup. What to expect.

All stories for June 3, 2025 »

• This day in history: Committee picked West Plains water as Spokane region’s top priority over Riverfront Park

• As Boise area grapples with change, more homes get OK for busy transit corridor

• A Grip on Sports: If there is one thing we learned about the Seahawks this week, it’s that they are confident of Sam Darnold in the driver’s seat

• Spokane Soccer notes: David Garcia selected to Jagermeister Cup Team of the Round; multiple Zephyr players earn Team of Month honors

• Commentary: Why the 2025 Seahawks will be better than analysts, oddsmakers think

All stories for June 4, 2025 »

• Gardening: Friends of Manito plant sale offers perennials, vegetables, hostas and more

• This day in history: Spokane City Hall dog thrown off by new slate of elected officials. Spokane considered as set for film

• Outside View: Media presence vital in the upcoming trial of Bryan Kohberger

• The Collector: Tony Birch’s glass containers held candy, then became toys once empty

• A Grip on Sports: Once a year for 40 years is consistency, right? The Wet Dog Fur Open also featured consistently horrendous golf and great times

All stories for June 5, 2025 »

• Commentary: Is civics the new STEM?

• This day in history: Committee suggested tax to finish Riverfront Park. Governor rededicated Spokane’s upgraded Masonic temple

• This Boise Democrat aims to defy party labels. Her grandfathers paved the way

• ‘History in front of you’: World War II veterans honored in D-Day commemoration at Spokane Falls

• A Grip on Sports: There is no way Cal Raleigh can carry the M’s to the postseason by himself, is there? It would be a Superman-like feat

All stories for June 6, 2025 »

• Joni Ernst is trying on a MAGA suit. It’s not working.

• Michelle Goldberg: Why women are leaving this Broadway show in tears

• F.D. Flam: This isn’t how you ‘restore gold standard’ science

• Mark Gongloff: Heat is bad for workers’ health. RFK Jr. doesn’t care.

• Gautam Mukunda: What D-Day tells us about how tech goes from niche to mass

All stories for June 7, 2025 »

• This day in history: With shortage of nuns and students, Spokane’s Catholic schools faced challenges. Gov. Roland Hartley took flight at Felts Field

• Spring sports 2025 high school all-league teams for Greater Spokane League and District 6

• Dave Nichols: These were a few of my favorite things in high school sports in 2024-25

• A Grip on Sports: From Paris to Pullman, we cover the wide world of those sports whose future outlook may be a bit dimmer today

• Courtney Vandersloot suffers ‘heartbreaking’ injury, will miss season with ACL tear

All stories for June 8, 2025 »

• Then and Now: Dishman depot

• This day in history: Vietnamese refugees settle in Washington, with more on the way; San Diego Zoo steps in after silent film star Nell Shipman abandons 40 animals at Priest Lake

• Realignment keeps rocking the West: Big Sky ready in case ‘the Mountain West loses a bunch of members’

• A Grip on Sports: Though the jerseys may have another conference’s patch on them, the Pac-12’s baseball legacy will live on in Omaha

• Sonics return? NBA owners could start expansion process in July

All stories for June 9, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: The alarming part of the Musk-Trump dispute

• This day in history: Lizard paintings near Little Spokane River were ‘first of kind’ found in Northwest. 600 signed petition opposing Southeast Boulevard expansion

• Attorney and Spokane Human Rights commissioner named in wrongful death suit after pushing neighbor

• A Grip on Sports: Monday night’s loss in Arizona is just the latest example of the M’s getting oh so close to success and then failing

• Gonzaga runners Rosina Machu, Logan Hofstee set for NCAA track finals; Mason Lawyer headlines WSU contingent

All stories for June 10, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: This is what autocracy looks like

• This day in history: Orchardists called for inspector to be fired. ‘Popular’ man was left at altar

• Locally: Washington State names Josh Graetz new women’s tennis coach

• A Grip on Sports: If you like watching professional golfers brought to their knees in agony, this weekend’s U.S. Open at Oakmont might be perfect for you

• Oakmont, the site of this year’s U.S. Open, and the tall tale that tells it all

All stories for June 11, 2025 »

• Gardening: Rewilding Project gets students out of the classroom and into the dirt

• This day in history: Water wars reached the Spokane River, and students’ summer vacation plans ran the gamut

• Some Idahoans are angry at Trump, Legislature. It’s giving Democrats a boost

• Harvesting friendship and knowledge: Little Spokane Garden Club still going after 75 years

• A Grip on Sports: We will be spoiling a good walk today, just as underperforming Seattle pro teams are ruining our late spring and leave us pining for the Seahawks’s season to start

All stories for June 12, 2025 »

• This day in history: Hungry hungry ducks, fed on the taxpayer’s dime, were making headlines

• Native American tribes pledge to ‘push hard’ on casino plans near Boise

• A Grip on Sports: If you can sit through all the sports on TV this weekend, you deserve some sort of Coach Potato Trophy

• Seahawks minicamp provides clues to questions about offensive line

• Boise may change megaphone ban after it’s accused of targeting liberal groups

All stories for June 13, 2025 »

• Ross Douthat: Today’s anti-Trump demonstrators carry a political burden

• Commentary: Why nostalgia for the 1950s of ‘Leave it to Beaver’ persists in America’s religious right

• Farrah Hassen: Criminalizing homelessness doesn’t work. Housing people does.

• This day in history: Police shooting of Safeway robber was determined to be justified. Boy injured on coaster wagon

• In an Idaho prison for a DUI, he was murdered. Why was he in maximum security?

All stories for June 14, 2025 »

• Unexpected Northwest: Hidden gems and local legends in and around Spokane

• This day in history: S-R magazine examined ‘Spokane’s streetwalking scence.’ Robert Bagnell of NAACP spoke to congregations in Spokane

• A Grip on Sports: It’s Father’s Day, a Spokane-bred holiday and one where it is always appropriate to bring dear old dad some doughnuts

• WSU adds edge rusher Jacob Lopez-Veasey, three others to class of 2026, which hits double digits

• Spokane Indians lose sixth straight, first-place Vancouver wins franchise-record 10th in a row 3-2

All stories for June 15, 2025 »

• This day in history: S-R critic calls ZZ Top performance at Coliseum ‘assault on the ears’; Silent film star’s menagerie officially heads to San Diego Zoo

• Then and Now: Stone’s Food Stores

• A Grip on Sports: J.J. Spaun showed again Sunday the lessons adversity teach are as tough as they come but they often leave tougher athletes in their wake

• Commentary: Champion J.J. Spaun saves US Open from itself

• Commentary: Is Mariners’ Julio Rodríguez having his best season yet? One metric says yes

All stories for June 16, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: Progressives need a global movement

• This day in history: Daredevil lied about trip over Spokane Falls

• Former EWU star Efton Chism III was the darling of the Patriots’ spring. Now, can he make the team?

• Pending auction in Usk foretells end of papermill’s return

• DoorDash driver in Kohberger case expects to testify at trial she ‘saw Bryan’

All stories for June 17, 2025 »

• This day in history: Ford gives Spokane pavilion. Cops bust ‘dope-drunk’ club of women

• A Grip on Sports: The near-term future is cloudy, which seems appropriate considering it’s hard to decipher what the heck is going on in the world

• Spokane MMA fighter Melissa Amaya to headline Thursday’s Combate Female event in front of husband, family

• Locally: Spokane Jr. Chiefs Hockey Club announces new Executive Director

• Commentary: Caitlin Clark, a night of skirmishes, and a WNBA product out of control

All stories for June 18, 2025 »

• Gardening: Early season fires are reminder to use firewise landscaping

• This day in history: The last of the Snake River Dams was dedicated. Petrified forest of oaks located near Fort Spokane

• The Collector: Scott Griffith’s wall of sound

• ‘Can’t believe it’s taken this long’: MODE Prep brings national prep circuit basketball to Spokane

• A Grip on Sports: Every once in a while a dollar figure just blows your socks off, even when you’re wearing sandals

All stories for June 19, 2025 »

• Yoga Day celebration moved indoors to Southside Community Center

• This day in history: Idaho Gov. Andrus issued concerns, praise as Snake River dams were dedicated. Mount Spokane lovers (also vandals) were on the run

• What new leader of Idaho’s medical association says about state’s maternal care

• ‘Overwhelming … but it’s so good’: Sharp rise in youth track and field interest locally adds stress on those trying to stage meets

• Spokane Indians look to make fresh start after slumping to end first half

All stories for June 20, 2025 »

• Eduardo Porter: The retreat from aid is a costly mistake

• Bret Stephens: An Iran strategy for Trump

• This day in history: Frank Church, Warren Magnuson praise Snake River dams as ‘Northwest Passage” opened. Dynamite accident killed road crew foreman

• ‘It’s just so refreshing’: All-women airplane race sticks the landing in Spokane

• Boise history unearthed in archaeologists’ own backyard, thanks to Idaho students

All stories for June 21, 2025 »

• Washington records

• This day in history: Spokane officials celebrated Ford’s transfer of U.S. Pavilion. Bethel AME members greeted national church leaders

• Commentary: The Supreme Court failed when it decided against gender-affirming care

• As Gonzaga phases out of its Nembhard Era, Mark Few’s point-guard-in-waiting has been working quietly – and diligently – behind the scenes

• A Grip on Sports: Sometimes it takes longer than it should to filter out the noise and make the appropriate evaluation of a player like Cedric Coward’s potential

All stories for June 22, 2025 »

• Washington records

• This day in history: Daredevil Brauner’s second attempt to ride falls ends early with rescue; Regional Prohibition district expands to add Oregon in attempt to control flow of illegal alcohol sales

• Then and Now: Indian Canyon

• Rebuilt Pac-12 unveils CBS as primary piece of its media rights deal

• A Grip on Sports: Maybe it’s finally time to let go of that anti-Thunder grudge and just embrace the fact Seattle won an NBA title that is still the area’s to own

All stories for June 23, 2025 »

• Bret Stephens: Trump’s courageous and correct decision

• This day in history: Storm set of alarms at Sacred Heart. Crews arrived to film promotional movie about Spokane

• A Grip on Sports: On this alliterative food day, let’s see if we can’t come up with a full-meal deal for the Pac-12 that includes more than one added ingredient

• ‘Wouldn’t bet against a Nembhard.’ Gonzaga point guard has seen stock rise during lead-up to 2025 NBA Draft

• Former Gonzaga forward Kelly Olynyk dealt to Wizards as part of trade involving CJ McCollum, Jordan Poole

All stories for June 24, 2025 »

• This day in history: Some Spokane repair shops were removing catalytic converters from mufflers in violation of new law aimed at cutting air pollution

• Idaho ranks last in kindergartners known to have measles vaccine, report says

• What U.S. strikes in Iran mean for Idaho’s more than 300 air troops in the Middle East

• A Grip on Sports: With a Hall of Fame ceremony on the docket, maybe this is a good day to drill down a little deeper into this Hooptown moniker

• Man breaks in, damages property at Idaho senator’s business. What police say

All stories for June 25, 2025 »

• Gardening: The unsung heroes of the garden

• Lionel Laurent: Making NATO great again demands more than money

• This day in history: Former golf pro of Spokane Country Club won the British Open. Bob Hope and Lily Tomlin headlined hotel grand opening

• Trudy Rubin: Trump is now co-owner of the Israel-Iran War

• ‘Connected to the whole world’: Thrive hosts youth soccer camp for international children

All stories for June 26, 2025 »

• This day in history: Flowers dropped from planes onto Mount Spokane to celebrate new flagpole dedicated to those who died fighting World War I

• Boise protesters urge Crapo, Idaho lawmakers to oppose any land sales

• A Grip on Sports: There are a few things to watch on TV this weekend but it’s always better to watch Hoopfest in person

• Pac-12 extends invitation to Texas State to become the critical eighth all-sports member

• Dribbling around the clock tonight: Hoopfest’s first 24-hour basketball challenge to benefit foster kids

All stories for June 27, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: Plenty of Jews love Zohran Mamdani

• This day in history: Hillyard residents were fuming over a judge’s insensitive comments about their community

• Gene Collier: The president praises the military, but cuts care for veterans

• A Grip on Sports: Sometimes, the summer weather around here, and summer opportunities such as Hoopfest, are just too perfect

• Idaho braces for severe wildfire season amid funding concerns

All stories for June 28, 2025 »

• Commentary: Twisting the truth: Extreme weather and the climate narrative

• This day in history: Did social anxiety quash a burgeoning carpool program in Spokane?

• Commentary: Dispelling Russia’s myths about Ukraine

• Commentary: Cracks in the Trump coalition? They won’t matter

• A Grip on Sports: This time of year it is imperative to tap into the wide world of competition to fill out our daily report

All stories for June 29, 2025 »

• This day in history: Singer Bob Hope performs as part of opening of new hotel; traveler recalls passenger train derailing, tracks blocked following earthquake in Montana

• Winners of the Air Race Classic ‘Skybound Scotts’ find friendship through flying

• Then and Now: Auditorium Theater

• A Grip on Sports: There are numbers that are so high they play tricks with the mind and then there are numbers that seem to be too low to believe

• Pac-12 officially adds Texas State as ninth member

All stories for June 30, 2025 »