Archives | May 2025

• Gardening: Sales popping up for spring planting

• Bret Stephens: Trump is about to steal my friend’s Christmas — and yours

• This day in history: Spokane man was aboard one of last commercial flights to leave Saigon. Thousands of boys featured in downtown parade.

• The Collector: Every day is hump day for Terral Schut

• Meta jumps on resilient ad sales, plans to navigate tariffs

All stories for May 1, 2025 »

• Marc Champion: Maybe Zelenskyy should be writing ‘The Art of the Deal’

• This day in history: LC’s legendary basketball coach retired. Chronicle found ‘best boy baseball pitcher of Spokane’

• ‘My body doesn’t play by the rules’: For Bloomsday participant with mystery leg disease and an allergy to water, the race is a true lesson in perseverance

• Wendy’s adds to restaurant pullback on ‘challenging’ U.S. market

• China shipping loophole closed by Trump, raising prices for U.S. consumers

All stories for May 2, 2025 »

• David French: A close encounter with Trump’s Cabinet

• Erwin Chemerinsky: Trump wants to topple the republic’s last line of defense

• This day in history: Spokane honored for Expo. Rural school districts ceased to exist.

• The ‘how’ of journalism changes, but the ‘why’ never does: Hear from Spokane-area journalists on what makes their work matter

• A Grip on Sports: As the M’s were busy finishing off their latest victory, Gonzaga posted a couple of its own in the recruiting realm

All stories for May 3, 2025 »

• This day in history: Man ran naked through Spokane’s Public Safety Building. Factory in Clayton was making 75,000 bricks a day

• Commentary: Where is the ‘real America’?

• ‘I’m all out of T-shirts’: Jack Tenold plans to finish 49th Bloomsday, cancer be damned

• The Dirt: Jefferson and Norman buildings to be vacant no longer

• Man without a country: ICE arrests Spokane resident brought to America as toddler

All stories for May 4, 2025 »

• Then and Now: Memorial cenotaph

• This day in history: Washington Education Association avoids statewide teachers strike; Bomb delivered to women’s Masonic group

• Buffett hands successor a giant cash pile and many questions

• Analysis: Three takeaways from Washington Husky football spring practices

• A Grip on Sports: Another Bloomsday washes over Spokane as we wonder if another Triple Crown winner will ever wash ashore again

All stories for May 5, 2025 »

• Mark Gongloff: Corporate America owes the rest of us $87 trillion

• This day in history: Gonzaga University pledged to help Vietnamese refugees. Investigators remained baffled by suitcase bomb sent to Spokane Masonic Temple

• Tariffs unlikely to change China’s key role in U.S. auto supply chain. Here’s why

• A Grip on Sports: Like a quarterback under pressure or a college hoops coach rebuilding a roster, there was a lot of scrambling this morning

• U.S. trade deficit widens to a record on pre-tariff drug imports

All stories for May 6, 2025 »

• This day in history: Carrousel reopened for fundraiser in Riverfront Park. LA detective arrived in Spokane to investigate suitcase bomb

• A Grip on Sports: Julio Rodriguez’s smile is still the M’s signature look nationally but Cal Raleigh’s consistently solid play has him closing fast

• Magic’s Jalen Suggs doesn’t believe change in style is needed after injury

• Analysis: Four Seahawks veterans whose job could be impacted by rookies

• Judge says Kohberger’s family can attend his Idaho murder trial

All stories for May 7, 2025 »

• Gardening: Garden Expo perfect chance to add to your (or Mom’s) landscape

• Earl Ofari Hutchinson: I’m praying for a pope of color

• This day in history: Trade with China and dancing on Sundays

• Wheels of history: Spokane Valley teen buys and restores Korean War jeep with his father

• A Grip on Sports: College athletics is dealing with a House repair issue, one that could stretch budgets throughout the Inland Northwest to a breaking point

All stories for May 8, 2025 »

• This day in history: Boy who dug up 208 pounds of dandelions named ‘champion dandelion digger of Spokane’; city needed emergency spending to patch potholes

• A Grip on Sports: There is more than meets the eye on sports TV this weekend, though, sadly, watching Joe Moeller pitch isn’t among the offerings

• Analysis: The Mariners have been baseball’s hottest hitting team. Is it sustainable?

• Idaho’s $200,000 in execution drugs expire in latest setback to death penalty

• WSU, Eastern Washington men’s hoops agree to three-year series in new ‘509 Classic’

All stories for May 9, 2025 »

• This day in history: Universal Pictures acquired Clemmer (Bing Crosby Theater) and spruced it up. Spokane City Hall faced claim after officer shot bystander

• Commentary: Why cutting the Department of Energy’s budget is a good thing

• A Grip on Sports: We don’t know the root of the issues but the Root broadcast of the M’s game in our home last night was unwatchable

• ‘There was opportunity and there was need’: Transfer Adam Miller discusses fit, role at Gonzaga

• CFP recruiting: New Idaho coach Thomas Ford hasn’t missed a beat since replacing Jason Eck

All stories for May 10, 2025 »

• E.J. Dionne Jr.: With Leo, there’s no going back from Francis

• This day in history: A local former high school teacher qualified for the Indy 500, and Mother’s Day was on the minds of many men

• A Grip on Sports: There are a few holidays in which the emphasis is misplaced, though Mother’s Day isn’t one of them

• Pac-12 finances: Legacy schools relied on massive levels of campus support in 2024 to navigate settlement terms, rising expenses

• Local and West Side schools earn awards in Junior Lilac Parade middle school marching band contest

All stories for May 11, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: Can Hakeem Jeffries break through?

• This day in history: Jealous woman kills husband with explosives in CdA: ‘I placed six sticks of dynamite under the building’

• Then and Now: Palace Department Store

• Is fluoride in your Idaho water? What to know as Utah and RFK Jr. fight it

• A Grip on Sports: No one on the M’s had a Mother’s Day star turn but there were a few to talk about, including Berkly Catton’s

All stories for May 12, 2025 »

• This day in history: CitiCar, the most produced electric car in the U.S. in decades, went on sale in Spokane. Robbers pretended to be cops and held up drivers

• A Grip on Sports: Another NBA star goes down with a leg injury but that was just the beginning of Monday night’s carnage

• Gonzaga recruiting: Top prospects Tyran Stokes, Sam Funches tentatively scheduled to visit Zags

• Lewis and Clark senior Amanda Nguyen claims district title with 8-under 65

• Sonics return could be closer as NBA expansion talks coming this summer

All stories for May 13, 2025 »

• This day in history: Authorities feared the worst after a teen disappeared while canoeing, and more ‘dry agents’ were cracking down on rum-runners

• ‘The battle of the fittest on the table’: Two Spokane women to compete in foosball World Cup next month

• Bryan Kohberger set for last court date before Idaho student murder trial

• Trump’s Mideast visit opens floodgate of AI deals led by Nvidia

• The dollar’s slide is raising red flags for earnings

All stories for May 14, 2025 »

• Gardening: Timing is everything with vegetable and flower starts

• This day in history: S-R reporter test drove CitiCar, first new electric car sold in Spokane for decades. But it struggled on the South Hill

• For ABATE, safety is always first

• A Grip on Sports: Maybe the major golf on TV this weekend can distract us from another issue hanging over college athletics

• Kohberger defense must file evidence for other suspects in Idaho murder trial

All stories for May 15, 2025 »

• Marc A. Thiessen: Yes, Trump can accept an airplane from Qatar. Here’s why he shouldn’t.

• Allison Schrager: Even Democrats might like MAGA accounts

• This day in history: Hillyard Junior High student won Spokane County spelling bee. 80K spectators watched Lilac parade

• Chicago Sky expecting Courtney Vandersloot to help growth of Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso

• A Grip on Sports: A major horse race without its major participant highlights a weekend of minor flaws in most every TV event

All stories for May 16, 2025 »

• Michelle Goldberg: How did so many elected Democrats miss Biden’s infirmity?

• This day in history: Dry cleaner who bought booze from cop praised, jailed. Spokane-area rivers reached flood stage

• A Grip on Sports: Weather once again plays an outsized role in athletic competitions this time of year

• Larry Beatty shoulders grief, but carries same passion for community in return to coaching CC Spokane track and field

• Whitworth baseball bows out of NCAA regional after loss to Pomona-Pitzer 10-9

All stories for May 17, 2025 »

• Catherine Rampell: Now might be exactly the worst time to cut Medicaid and food stamps

• Commentary: Let’s learn from ‘The Last of Us.’ We’re not ready for the next outbreak

• This day in history: Daredevil hoping to plunge over Spokane Falls foiled by debt. Father and son drowned at Chilco Lake

• The Dirt: Catholic Charities plan to rehab apartment 158 units

• A Grip on Sports: Contrary to what seems to be the common opinion these days, change can be a good thing, hopefully the best of things, for some sports

All stories for May 18, 2025 »

• This day in history: High winds sweeping through the region cause seven-vehicle crash in central WA; boat capsizes killing one in Wenatchee

• Then and Now: The Nagel Block

• Historic Looff Carrousel goes ‘accessible, accommodating and inclusive’ Sunday afternoon for kids with disabilities to ride easy

• A Grip on Sports: Though the proof may be non-existent, the idea May is the new June seems to be catching on

• Cheney brings young, talented roster to 3A boys’ state golf tournament

All stories for May 19, 2025 »

• This day in history: Half of downtown Nespelem destroyed by fire. Businesses opposed proposed doubling of Spokane parking meter rates

• A Grip on Sports: It’s hard sometimes to see clearly what’s happening in the world of sports but if you cut through the glare there is a lot to discover

• As ‘Around the Horn’ ends, Tony Reali debates what went wrong

• Cheney boys second at 3A tournament, Lewis and Clark’s Jack Brigham tied for 4A lead

• Dust Devils infielder Adrian Placencia homers in ninth, Spokane Indians edged by Tri-City 3-2

All stories for May 20, 2025 »

• This day in history: The Sheraton Hotel’s grand opening came with some post-Expo controversy

• A biker on the Boise Greenbelt died. Her husband seeks millions in damages

• A Grip on Sports: There seems to be a Norm in every sports bar but there will really only be one thanks to George Wendt’s portrayal in ‘Cheers’

• Locally: Spokane Colleges men, women claim NWAC track and field titles

• Where Seattle Kraken coach search sits as popular picks find jobs

All stories for May 21, 2025 »

• Kathryn Anne Edwards: The GOP tax bill ignores decades of economic research

• This day in history: State horticultural inspector forced his way onto Spokane Valley property to spray lead arsenate on orchard

• Gardening: Hardy peonies add burst of color to the landscape

• These immigrants in Idaho fled violence. Now they face a harsh reality

• Spokane Public Library’s Eva Silverstone is named ‘Mover and Shaker’ by Library Journal

All stories for May 22, 2025 »

• This day in history: A Bicentennial with no bucks? Commission to celebrate America’s birth was scrambling for funds

• Trudy Rubin: Why the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine quit, and why Trump’s latest phone call with Putin bombed

• A Grip on Sports: It will be harder to hunker down and watch sports on TV for a while as the weather may no longer be an excuse

• After DOGE staff cuts, Idaho’s renowned forest plans to cut summer office hours

• NBA Draft prospects – including Cedric Coward and Hunter Sallis – compare themselves to current players

All stories for May 23, 2025 »

• Outside View: DOJ should not drop charges against Boeing

• This day in history: Spokane mayor opposed Davenport Hotel nomination for historic registration. Great Northern Railway unveiled plans for electrification

• Commentary: Even the pope can be a victim of misinformation

• Commentary: Donald Trump is getting a reality check on his peace plans for Gaza and Ukraine

• Must-watch game for every NFL team during the 2025 regular season

All stories for May 24, 2025 »

• Commentary: Trump’s policing policies threaten human rights

• The Motley Fool: Warren Buffett’s Annual Meeting

• 6 expert tips to travel smart and stay out of debt

• 10 first-time homebuyer tips: How to get that house

• This day in history: Post Falls population reached at least 4,400. Moonshine prices plummeted

All stories for May 25, 2025 »

• This day in history: Spokane racer severely injured in Indy 500 crash

• Then and Now: Adlai Stevenson in Spokane

• A Grip on Sports: This is a day that is all about memories and legacies and sacrifice and those who gave everything for us

• Japan’s prime minister wants to focus tariff talk on shipbuilding industry

• Spokane Colleges out of NWAC baseball tournament with 2-0 loss to Linn-Benton

All stories for May 26, 2025 »

• Maureen Dowd: Dance$ with emolument$

• Outside View: A building boom on federal land? It just might work

• Philip Bump: When it comes to budget math, ‘D.C.-style’ actually means ‘honest’

• This day in history: Spokane race car driver Tom Sneva recovering ‘well’ after fiery Indianapolis 500 crash

• Thunder’s second chance at a ‘Big Three’ is on the NBA Finals doorstep

All stories for May 27, 2025 »

• This day in history: Spokane PTAs pleaded for curfew whistle to direct kids inside at 9 p.m. An accused murderer fled Walla Walla in a stolen Greyhound bus

• Hunter faces jail in killing of federally protected animal, Idaho officials say

• A Grip on Sports: We are all in with the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh – behind the plate, at the plate and in the role of clubhouse leader

• Grand Canyon’s Tyon Grant-Foster announces commitment to Gonzaga; will require NCAA waiver

• Sprint to glory: Sophomore Laine Gardner, Mt. Spokane girls in prime position to take State 3A track meet by storm

All stories for May 28, 2025 »

• Gardening: Bainbridge’s Bloedel Reserve offers beauty and education

• Gardening: Bainbridge’s Bloedel Reserve offers beauty and education

• This day in history: Coeur d’Alene Tribe questioned state control of Heyburn State Park. Spokane leader claimed election fraud

• Everest climbers head home on last leg of seven-day mission

• The Collector: Transforming a gift into a collection

All stories for May 29, 2025 »

• This day in history: Spokane residents panned plan to turn Southeast Boulevard into 4-lane arterial

• Jalen Brunson delivered, and the Knicks have new life against the Pacers

• A Grip on Sports: Take a day and the whole world falls apart, though, in reality, it only seems that way

• As the weather heats up, so does recruiting: Why June is one of the most important months

• Guardians’ Kyle Manzardo impressive with his defensive skills when he’s not hitting home runs

All stories for May 30, 2025 »

• This day in history: Othello float committee said Spokane’s Lilac parade unfairly judged float celebrating women’s rights

• Jim Meehan: Sandpoint’s Jeff Gove reflects on ‘amazing week’ at Senior PGA Championship

• Mariners promote No. 2 prospect Cole Young, set for MLB debut

• State baseball: Freeman settles for second; Chewelah, Almira/Coulee-Hartline finish third

• State 1A/2B/1B track and field: Senior Josie McLaughlin leads St. George’s girls to fourth straight team 2B title; Lakeside boys, girls finish second in 1A

All stories for May 31, 2025 »