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News >  K-12 education

Salish School of Spokane to begin construction on new Spokane River campus, unveils new name after language pioneer

Fri., May 22, 2026

When Salish School of Spokane Founder LaRae Wiley set out to learn the endangered indigenous language of her ancestors, she didn’t go at it alone.

News >  Military

Searching for something to do Memorial Day weekend? Look no further…

Fri., May 22, 2026

There’s a collection of events in and around Spokane to celebrate Memorial Day weekend.

News >  K-12 education

The Community School is ‘going with the flow’ as it renames high school

UPDATED: Thu., May 21, 2026

The Community School has a new name, though you probably wouldn’t know it passing by the option high school off Monroe Street.

News >  Federal Government

Patty Murray rages against $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ to pay Trump allies, while Washington Republicans voice cautious support

UPDATED: Tue., May 19, 2026

WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray expressed outrage Tuesday after President Donald Trump sued the government he runs, then settled the lawsuit with his own Justice Department and created a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who say they were mistreated by the federal government.

News >  K-12 education

As diesel prices climb, the drivers at one Spokane County school district are outsourcing to Idaho for bus fuel

Tue., May 19, 2026

Last month, an East Valley School District bus driver topped off the 100-gallon tank with 55 gallons of diesel at the Maverick station on Pines Road in Spokane Valley. It cost the district $328.77.

News >  K-12 education

Cheney Public Schools starts construction on new elementary school in Airway Heights

UPDATED: Mon., May 18, 2026

As crickets chirped and promotional flags advertising new homes for sale flapped in the wind gusts Monday, construction began for a new elementary school in Airway Heights.

News >  Spokane

Ritzville takes best float, 24 marching bands among awardees in Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade

UPDATED: Mon., May 18, 2026

Judges announced the winners of the awards for excellence in the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, held Saturday evening.

News >  K-12 education

Construction starts on new Adams Elementary School

UPDATED: Thu., May 14, 2026

With the 116-year-old schoolhouse now razed, construction of a new Adams Elementary began on Thursday.

News >  Federal Government

Trump arrives in Beijing for high-stakes summit, days after Maria Cantwell returns from her own trip to China

UPDATED: Wed., May 13, 2026

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump landed in China with a coterie of American business executives on Wednesday, ahead of two days of meetings with President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders that are expected to focus on trade amid rising tension between two global superpowers.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Authorities pull body from river Sunday at Riverfront Park

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

Authorities recovered a body from the Spokane River on Sunday afternoon at Riverfront Park.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One dead in shooting at Stateline Speedway Lantern Festival

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

A man is dead after a Saturday night shooting during a festival at Stateline Speedway.

News >  Agriculture

New farmworker housing project emerges in Sunnyside amid labor and immigration shifts

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2026

A hotel in central Washington is being converted to a temporary home for farmworkers as a change in federal law makes it easier to pay them less.

News >  K-12 education

Spokane’s Bouten Construction tapped for North Central modernization

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2026

The Spokane Public Schools Board selected a construction company to lead the modernization of North Central High School as promised under the district’s $200 million bond, passed in November.

News >  Federal Government

With wealth inequality in spotlight, Patty Murray targets tax-dodging trusts over $50 million with new bill

Sun., May 3, 2026

WASHINGTON – New legislation from Sen. Patty Murray targets a legal loophole that lets the wealthiest Americans avoid paying taxes on money they pass down to their heirs, at a time when wealth inequality is at its highest point in decades and the federal budget deficit is nearly $2 trillion a year.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘He did everything himself’: 7-year-old saves father’s life with 911 call, honored by firefighters

UPDATED: Fri., May 1, 2026

Young lifesaver Londyn Braley is a boy of few words. He would rather run circles in the grass and pick flowers than discuss the day that still brings his father to tears.

News >  Washington

Reardan to get new $2.3 million clinic; completion expected by end of October

UPDATED: Thu., April 30, 2026

Construction is underway for a new $2.3 million primary care clinic in Reardan.

News >  Federal Government

Northwest Republicans back Trump’s calls to finish White House ballroom after attempted shooting at gala

UPDATED: Thu., April 30, 2026

WASHINGTON – Northwest Republicans in Congress threw their support behind President Donald Trump’s effort to build a ballroom at the White House after an attempted shooting at a gala attended by the president on Saturday, but GOP lawmakers are split over whether taxpayers should pay for the costly construction project.

News >  Washington

Proposed $1.1 million Stevens County library district levy failing in first vote tally

UPDATED: Wed., April 29, 2026

Support for a proposed tax for libraries in Stevens County is well behind in the first batch of votes tallied in Tuesday’s election.

News >  K-12 education

Central Valley School District shifts attendance boundaries, removing over 100 kids from Opportunity Elementary

UPDATED: Wed., April 29, 2026

More than 100 Opportunity Elementary students will be directed to attend neighboring schools in Central Valley after an adjustment to the district’s internal boundaries.

News >  Military

‘The wall is closure’: Vietnam veterans from Inland Northwest reflect, heal in Honor Flight trip to D.C.

UPDATED: Wed., April 29, 2026

WASHINGTON – On the National Mall, where monuments to America’s past rise high above the reflecting pool, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial stands in dramatic contrast, a black granite wall cut into the earth that bears the names of more than 58,000 Americans who lost their lives in Vietnam between 1959 and 1975.