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Sacred Heart, Holy Family hospitals delaying some surgeries due to influx of COVID patients

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 2, 2020

In an effort to conserve critical care beds and adequate staffing levels, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital will reschedule some elective surgeries and procedures beginning today.

News > Washington

Airway Heights prison faces 64 new COVID-19 cases in inmates overnight

Wed., Dec. 2, 2020

Airway Heights Corrections Center reported 64 new COVID cases Tuesday, nearly 10 times the number of cases the facility has recorded since the start of the pandemic.

News > Pacific NW

UW study shows how nonprofits are suffering and sustaining during the pandemic

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

SEATTLE – The number of people seeking help from health and human services nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic have gone up between 10% and 28%, while those same agencies have seen their funding and workforce cut in half, according to survey responses from hundreds of organizations and documented in a new study by the University of Washington.

News > Washington

Lawmakers, activists set ambitious agenda for police reform

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

SEATTLE – Washington state lawmakers and activists are setting an ambitious agenda for police reform in the upcoming legislative session, saying they hope to make it easier to decertify officers for misconduct, to bar the use of police dogs to make arrests, and to create an independent statewide agency to investigate police killings.

News > Pacific NW

Record numbers of ballots cast in Washington, but failed candidate questions results

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

Washington certified its 2020 election Tuesday with some 750,000 more ballots cast and counted than ever before, and a turnout just a shade under the record set in 2008.

News > Spokane

Giving Tuesday: Meals on Wheels, Humane Society among Spokane nonprofits seeking support after tough year

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

It was more than just a toothache.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘Grinch’ arrested for stealing Christmas trees from local hardware store

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

Just days after some 50 Christmas trees were stolen from a local hardware store, the Spokane Police Department said it has arrested the real life “Grinch” who stole them.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane prosecutor declines to file charges against U.S. Marshal who shot a suspect in September

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 2, 2020

The Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office declined to file charges Tuesday against an officer with a U.S. Marshals’ task force who shot an armed fugitive in September.

News > Pacific NW

Christmas Bureau resembles the efforts of yesteryear

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

The Christmas Bureau has been a staple of the Spokane community for decades, but it hasn’t always looked the same.

News > Pacific NW

Schoesler steps down as Senate GOP leader

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

After eight years of leading Senate Republicans, Mark Schoesler said Monday he’s stepping down.

News > Spokane

On #GivingTuesday, readers can support The Spokesman-Review

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day in which your email box fills up with pitches and requests from organizations and nonprofits you have supported in the past.

News > Pacific NW

Washington hopes smartphones will warn about COVID-19 exposure

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

As they wait for the first shipment of vaccines later in December, state officials are hoping Washington residents will agree to use smart phones to learn of times when they have been in contact with someone infected with COVID-19.

News > Spokane

City Council rejects rezoning of 10-acre Southgate parcel for apartments despite need for new housing

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

The Spokane City Council rejected a proposal to rezone some 10 acres of land along South Regal Street to allow for apartment-style development due to concerns about traffic, school capacity and the land’s distance from downtown.

News > Education

‘When I couldn’t breathe, I thought I was going to die’: East Valley High School librarian shares battle with COVID-19

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

Amanda Mead, 39, believes they contracted the virus while working at the school, which has returned to distance learning following a quarantine of several staff members. Mead went from running marathons to finding themselves short of breath and contracting pneumonia after testing positive for the coronavirus.

News > Spokane

Then and Now: Modern Automobile Schools

Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

At their busiest, the school claimed it only took eight weeks to train a mechanic. Many early students were young men from farms who took the training then went back to farming.

News > Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Controversy surrounds Lewis and Clark High School football team players who wanted principal to be their guardian

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

Football player Raymond Duncan took the stand and admitted that he lied about his age in an earlier court hearing. He had told a judge he was 20 when he was in fact 23.Why? Because he wanted to play football for LC.

News > Agriculture

Hutton Settlement Christmas Tree Farm’s first weekend of the season brings record-breaking sales

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 29, 2020

Christmas tree sales were booming Sunday at the children's home 14th annual fundraiser. This year, visitors can select their own pre-cut tree or stay in their cars while one is loaded in order to maintain social distancing requirements.

News > Pacific NW

Short snow showers expected during Monday commute, with windy afternoon

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 29, 2020

About an inch of snow could fall in the Spokane area on Monday morning, but temperatures will heat up during the afternoon and winds will gust out of the southwest, forecasters say.

News > Spokane

Inspired by the nearby Spokane River, the new Glover Middle School project is taking singular shape

Sun., Nov. 29, 2020

As the new Glover Middle School rises up next to the old, Principal Mark Lund sees more than a façade of steel and brick.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane’s Lincoln statue vandalism is getting international attention after similar incidents on Thanksgiving

Sun., Nov. 29, 2020

Spokane’s Abraham Lincoln statue was one of several monuments that received national attention after being vandalized Thanksgiving Day – some toppled, some doused with red paint and others covered with graffiti reading “land back.”

Sacred Heart, Holy Family hospitals delaying some surgeries due to influx of COVID patients

Airway Heights prison faces 64 new COVID-19 cases in inmates overnight

UW study shows how nonprofits are suffering and sustaining during the pandemic

Lawmakers, activists set ambitious agenda for police reform

Record numbers of ballots cast in Washington, but failed candidate questions results

Giving Tuesday: Meals on Wheels, Humane Society among Spokane nonprofits seeking support after tough year

‘Grinch’ arrested for stealing Christmas trees from local hardware store

Spokane prosecutor declines to file charges against U.S. Marshal who shot a suspect in September

Christmas Bureau resembles the efforts of yesteryear

Schoesler steps down as Senate GOP leader

On #GivingTuesday, readers can support The Spokesman-Review

Washington hopes smartphones will warn about COVID-19 exposure

City Council rejects rezoning of 10-acre Southgate parcel for apartments despite need for new housing

‘When I couldn’t breathe, I thought I was going to die’: East Valley High School librarian shares battle with COVID-19

Then and Now: Modern Automobile Schools

100 years ago in Spokane: Controversy surrounds Lewis and Clark High School football team players who wanted principal to be their guardian

Hutton Settlement Christmas Tree Farm’s first weekend of the season brings record-breaking sales

Short snow showers expected during Monday commute, with windy afternoon

Inspired by the nearby Spokane River, the new Glover Middle School project is taking singular shape

Spokane’s Lincoln statue vandalism is getting international attention after similar incidents on Thanksgiving

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