Voices

The Nevada/Lidgerwood neighborhood has been split into Nevada Heights and Shiloh Hills to allow residents of the area north of Francis Avenue to compete for additional city funding to address traffic and garbage collection concerns.

University High School math teacher Scott Cooley receives presidential award.

Mike Aufderhar saw a 14,048-foot peak in Colorado and decided to take it on in his recovery from brain cancer.

When a new friend commented that it must be hard having my two oldest sons gone from the nest and completely independent, a book metaphor immediately sprung to mind. “Not really,” I said. “I’m blessed to have been able to write their introduction and the first few chapters, the rest of their stories are their own to tell.”

There was a time not so long ago that our region didn’t have a fall gardening season. The frosts usually showed up by the middle of September and finished off the garden. Since about 2000 however, frosts have been coming much later into September and even as late as the end of October. It’s still a gamble though but one worth taking if you plan ahead.

For an inanimate object, the serene statue of Anna Stratton Browne has had a rather dramatic history in the few years it has stood at the entry way to Spokane’s historic Browne’s Addition just west of the downtown area.

Women have gathered in sacred circles – beside fires in prehistoric times, in 1970s rec rooms in consciousness-raising groups, and today online – to share their lives, listen to one another’s stories and spiritually connect in community.