Archives | June 2026

• This day in history: Bunker Hill Mine announced construction of 715-foot smokestack. Spokane bank president improving after assassination attempt

• Is the despised piggyback actually carrying the surging Seattle Mariners? | Commentary

• MultiCare extends price negotiations with health insurer Premera

• A Grip on Sports: The month turns with a hot streak starting for the M’s, a USMNT win and the end of WSU’s best baseball season in years

• Stanley Cup Final preview: Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes, who has the edge?

All stories for June 1, 2026 »

• This day in history: Baby found in garbage can was in critical condition at Deaconess Hospital. Vachel Lindsay’s new book of poetry praised

• ‘They’re Idaho horns’: The cowboys, hunters and conservationists behind Lewiston’s bighorn collection

• Trial date set for Moscow murder victims’ lawsuit

• A Grip on Sports: A sharp earthquake hits the NFL, a smaller one MLB contenders and the landscape-changing shift caused by WSU’s Mike Leach is finally recognized

• Egypt to hold open training session for ‘limited’ number of fans in Spokane ahead of World Cup

All stories for June 2, 2026 »

• This day in history: Man sentenced in kidnapping, slaying of 13-year-old girl. Country Clerk’s Office facing nepotism charges

• Rex Huppke: Even Milli Vanilli won’t play Trump’s Freedom 250 fest. Sad

• Here is Russell Wilson’s case to make Hall of Fame | Analysis

• A Grip on Sports: Even in this day and age, sports can still build a few things, including a community that survives the years

• In Senate hearing, Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould calls for NCAA to consider collective bargaining

All stories for June 3, 2026 »

• Gardening: Volunteers prepare unusual plants for Manito sale this weekend

• This day in history: Bell that warned Spokanites their city would soon burn to ground was up for sale. Excited crowds gathering for explosive rock fest

• Sara Pequeño: Trump is the president he said Biden was and Harris would be

• Unapologetically feminine: New downtownboutique Freya offers clothes and accessories

• A Grip on Sports: There has been a changing of the guard at WSU, not in a high-profile position but in an underappreciated one

All stories for June 4, 2026 »

• Trudy Rubin: The biggest threat to U.S. security isn’t Iran, it’s Trump

• Dace Potas: Democrats are blowing 2026 with bad candidates

• This day in history: Rock festival at speedway leads to delay. Police chief says city jail prisoners fed ‘dirty food,’ ‘wormy meat’

• A Grip on Sports: America’s sports tastes have changed and nothing shows that more than this weekend’s not-so-major-anymore sporting event, the Belmont

• The USMNT is excited to face Germany’s stars in their last World Cup tuneup game

All stories for June 5, 2026 »

• Nia-Malika Henderson: Pence is trying to teach MAGA about conservatism. Good luck

• Kathleen Parker: From front-runner to Epstein files: The spiral of Nancy Mace

• This day in history: Nor’wester ‘76 concert turned into riot. Civil War veterans were angry at Spokane high school teacher

• A Grip on Sports: Northwest sports fans are the giving type so wouldn’t it be great if they could share a little of their angst with, say, Knicks fans?

• Spokesman-Review sports department earns multiple APSE, SPJ awards

All stories for June 6, 2026 »

• Nancy Armour: Serena Williams, at 44, will shatter myth that women have a ‘use-by’ date

• Quiet greatness: Get back Bobby Jack

• A complicated funding tool helps a West Central business make public investments

• This day in history: State Line speedway destroyed in rock fest riot. Accused burglar escaped St. Maries jail

• Commentary: The Forest Service is too important to be a political pawn

All stories for June 7, 2026 »

• This day in history: Plans for High Mountain Sheep Dam along Snake River nixed. Man dies falling from hotel room window

• A Grip on Sports: There is a tasty treat awaiting tonight but before the NBA showdown happens, we need to cleanse the sour taste left by the way the M’s lost Sunday

• ‘We ran out of town’: Nor’Wester ‘76 promoter remembers fleeing after riots started 50 years ago

• Thunder’s Chet Holmgren ‘intrinsically motivated’ to improve, says GM Sam Presti

• Local couple makes ‘America’s Got Talent’ debut with danger extreme act

All stories for June 8, 2026 »

• This day in history: With half of Spokane cops living outside city limits, leaders contemplated residency requirement; Officer shot man in stolen car

• Andrew Bartleson rejects ‘blue suits’ in his independent, longshot bid for Congress

• Sara Pequeño: The GOP will fund anything – unless it actually helps people

• A Grip on Sports: A ruling in a gambling case brings a deluge of criticism as it shines a light on how broken college athletics’ governance system is these days

• Former Washington State athletes displaced by cuts to track and field program excelling elsewhere

All stories for June 9, 2026 »

• This day in history: Spokane’s Secret Service agent said he didn’t listen to speeches. Inmate escaped and jailed the jailer

• Carmela Conroy will need more than math to get to Congress

• Boise doctor’s abortion case reached trial this week. Here’s what’s happened so far

• A Grip on Sports: It’s not too long now before the Pac-12 emerges from the ashes and flies over the West Coast again

• Devon Witherspoon fully participates in Seahawks minicamp | Notebook

All stories for June 10, 2026 »

• This day in history: Nez Perce tribal member given honorary degree from Whitworth. Wilbur readied for Wild Goose Bill Days

• Commentary: My father, Ronald Reagan, would be heartbroken by today’s White House conduct

• Longtime pianist Joanne Brown playing her final notes in Spokane

• The Greatest: Maradona, Messi and the best all-time World Cup individual performances

• A Grip on Sports: The world’s biggest tournament begins today with about 15% of the population knowing their country could actually win

All stories for June 11, 2026 »

• Rizzlers, Lightning and Cobras: Reflections on the last day of Spokane youth soccer

• This day in history: For the state of Idaho, they really did come in threes. Spokane priest won fancy auto

• Rex Huppke: Trump loves the inflation! Take his word for it

• A Grip on Sports: The United States’ first World Cup match kicks off a more-than-usual mid-June weekend of televised sporting events

• Nampa teacher arrested, charged with two felony counts of sexual battery of a minor

All stories for June 12, 2026 »

• This day in history: Scoop Jackson backed Carter. Spokane leaders still were debating location of auditorium

• David M. Drucker: The GOP’s YOLO caucus is peak government

• Commentary: What Andy Rooney might say about the downfall of ‘60 Minutes’

• Abby McCloskey: Bring back the ‘1990s summer.’ Moms need it

• Nancy Mace lost because she ignored South Carolina | Opinion

All stories for June 13, 2026 »