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Dn't expect the average price of gas to go up on Jan. 2 simply because of these policies. 

WASHINGTON – When members of Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill last week to fund the government for most of 2023, they included more than $15 billion in funds directed to specific projects in communities across the country, including more than $464 million to Washington, according to disclosures from appropriators.

WASHINGTON – The Washington lawmaker who leads the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation promised to investigate Southwest Airlines after the carrier canceled thousands of flights on Tuesday, struggling to bounce back from a winter storm while pandemic-related staffing shortages persist.

In an effort to control the goose population, Sandpoint has authorized a goose hunt at Sandpoint City Beach Park.

Just days after temperatures plunged below zero, a warm weather pattern could bring flooding to low-lying areas early this week. Freezing rain drizzled across the Inland Northwest Christmas morning and afternoon as temperatures rose, leading to slippery roads and leaving layers of ice on parked cars

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens.

More than two years after its launch in Spokane, employees at Mann-Grandstaff say the system has exacerbated staffing problems, pushing people like Bank to leave key roles and making hiring more difficult. The hospital’s decreased capacity has left more veterans to seek care in the private sector, which can mean longer wait times and higher costs to the taxpayers who fund VA care.

Spokane Teachers Credit Union is donating new scoreboards to the Almira School District as part of its recovery from a devastating 2021 fire.

WASHINGTON – In a historic address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, exactly 300 days after Russia invaded his country, Ukraine’s president thanked U.S. lawmakers for their support and urged them to continue the humanitarian and military aid that has bolstered his country’s defense.

SANDPOINT – The Bonner County commissioners Monday vacated the last half mile of a public road to Lake Pend Oreille in exchange for a footpath.

Inslee and Ferguson joined legislators and others affected by gun violence in Tukwila on Monday to announce upcoming legislation to reduce gun violence. The legislation addresses assault weapons, permits to purchase guns and holding businesses that sell guns liable. 

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens.

A couple accused of transporting the body of an 8-year-old girl from Airway Heights to South Dakota has been charged with murder.

Food shortages caused by inflation, lower crop yields and higher demand have led the Inland Northwest’s largest food bank distributor to stop deliveries to more than 80 food banks across the region.

The proposal will likely guide lawmakers this session as they write budgets for the next two-year cycle that will fund education, housing, new construction, state employees' salaries, public safety and other programs across the state.

Through the end of this week, students, staff and visitors are now required to wear masks during school hours and encouraged to wear masks during evening events. Masks will be available at the school for those who may need them. 

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed legislation to enshrine same-sex marriage rights in law, punctuating a dramatic shift in U.S. public opinion over the past decade. But Northwest Republicans’ votes on the bipartisan bill reflect a deep ambivalence within a party whose base is still split on the issue.

HARRINGTON, Wash. – A warm glow radiates from a glass storefront in the corner of a hotel that has been empty for many years. Christmas decorations in the window now welcome shoppers out of the cold.

Inslee on Monday previewed his climate agenda for the 2023 legislative session at an event in the Tri-Cities, including a proposal to make Washington State University Tri-Cities the home of a new Northwest Energy Futures institute. Inslee is asking the Legislature for $10 million to fund the institute.