Voices

At the very highest levels of competition, the 100 meters is a testament to just how the human spirit pushes past any attempt to chart its limits.

I left the suit in the hotel garbage can and thought no more about it until I got an email last week confirming our travel plans. Our 30th wedding anniversary is approaching and we’re spending it in Hawaii, which means I need a new bathing suit ASAP.

Encouraging birds to take up summer residence in your yard not only provides entertainment, it provides you with an ever vigilant flock of bug catchers.

A team of nine students from Linwood Elementary are one of 66 teams from around the nation headed to California to participate in the national First Lego League Team competition.

Four months after the Nov. 17 windstorm, Spokane Valley takes stock of its trees.

Last Friday, dozens of children and their families attended an art show called “A is for Art” in the Seehorn Building of the Steam Plant. The exhibition included more than 400 works of art created by elementary students from East Farms STEAM Magnet School in the East Valley School District. Along with a handful of volunteers, teacher and resident artist Sami Perry hung the work in one day, anticipating an excited crowd. They weren’t disappointed.

The Habitat for Humanity Store, now located in the Spokane Industrial Park in Spokane Valley, is moving back to Spokane at a new location at 1805 E. Trent Ave.

There are few things in the high school experience more memorable that winning a state championship. The big gold ball takes up a great deal of space in the school’s trophy case, there’s the commemorative photos and the simple fact that, as long as they play whichever sport you’re talking about is played in the state, the fact that your school won the title in that particular year will never be forgotten.