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This Afghan artist in hiding painted a portrait of Gig Harbor. He wants to teach locally

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 8, 2022

While working as an international consultant on U.S. Department of State-funded economic development projects in 2009, Timothy Ham met an Afghan artist named Abdul.

News > Pacific NW

Weekend vandalism in Bellingham ‘a targeted, violent attack … on everything we stand for,’ owner says

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 8, 2022

Vandals over the weekend struck a Bellingham business whose owner, staff and others have faced repeated harassment and threats in the past year.

News > Washington

Colville designates empty lot for homeless camping in effort to enforce camping, parking laws

Mon., Aug. 8, 2022

The “homeless shelter space,” as the city is calling it, will be built on 1-acre lot south of the wastewater treatment plant on Louis Perras Road in Colville. Stevens County awarded Colville $125,000 in homeless funds last month to fill the lot with gravel and build a fence around the property.

News > Pacific NW

WSU recent graduate Nam Nguyen wins The Diana Award for humanitarian work

Mon., Aug. 8, 2022

The recent Washington State University graduate's efforts to make societal change were recognized last month when he received The Diana Award, honoring young people for their social action or humanitarian work. The honor is named after Diana, Princess of Wales.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police investigating possible arson, assault crimes after man arrived at hospital on fire

Mon., Aug. 8, 2022

Providence Holy Family Hospital employees told police that Steven Maupin-Bureau, 23, arrived with burn injuries at the north Spokane hospital around 1:15 p.m. Monday in a private vehicle.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane woman arrested after short standoff in Chief Garry neighborhood on Sunday afternoon

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Sydney J. Baker was booked into jail just after 5:30 p.m. A 911 caller reported seeing Baker pointing a gun at a man in the 2200 block of South Riverton Avenue around 3:40 p.m., according to a Spokane Police Department news release. The witness then reported hearing shots fired.

News > Pacific NW

Man killed in shootout with sheriff’s deputies after fleeing into Lower Yakima Valley vineyard

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

A man was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Yakima County Sheriff's deputies early Saturday outside Zillah, the Yakima Valley Special Investigations Unit reported.

News > Spokane

Local volleyball tournament Spike & Dig celebrates 30th anniversary in Spokane

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Volleyball players in teams of six from California, Montana and closer to home made up 265 teams in 16 divisions, what organizers called a nice rebound after cancellation of the 2020 installment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

News > Spokane

Spokane to open cooling centers Monday as heat returns to area

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Four of Spokane's public library branches will open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday as the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the region beginning at noon Monday through 11 p.m Tuesday.

News > Pacific NW

New Quince Street Village homeless mitigation site begins to take residents

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

After four years near the Intercity Transit station downtown, Olympia's homeless mitigation site is opening at its new location at 1211 Quince St. SE, and starting to accept residents.

News > Spokane

Catholic Charities project for homeless draws the ire of West Hills Neighborhood

Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

An attempt to locate supportive housing for homeless people near a residential community is being met with fierce opposition from neighbors convinced the effort, however well-intentioned, will destroy their neighborhood.

News > Spokane

From the Desert Caravan Hotel to the Quality Inn, Sunset Highway motel has history

Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Since the 1950s, 4301 W. Sunset Blvd. has existed as a hotel.

News > Washington

Heat pumps: Coming to a home near you? Washington building code proposal prompts debate as Inflation Reduction Act could spur their use

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

The Washington State Building Codes Council - after pushing to make heat pump installation mandatory in new commercial construction - has before it a proposal to require the same in new homes built in 2023 and beyond.

News > Nation/World

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to hold town hall in Spokane on Wednesday

Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

The congresswoman has routinely held town hall events in Spokane during the House of Representatives' August recess. Her office said the 5 p.m. event, which is free to attend, will be her 13th in the district this year.

Opinion > Column

Spin Control: Elections data shows if you voted, not how you voted

Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

A reader who is a regular voter and follows the newspaper’s election coverage wrote recently with several questions about the security of her ballot and the maps we often publish to show how people voted.

News > Spokane

Incumbent French dealt a blow after fellow Republican endorses his Democratic opponent

Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Republican Don Harmon, who was eliminated from the rac, has endorsed Democrat Maggie Yates in the race for Spokane County Commission District 5.

News > Features

Northwest Passages: DeFede got an unlikely start of stellar career in Spokane

Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Award-winning investigative reporter Jim DeFede owes his start in journalism to an unlikely series of events and his popular book about a small Canadian city’s reaction to the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001 to an assignment that fell through.

News > Business

Tom Alberg, who guided Amazon and helped shape modern Seattle into a high-tech hub, dies at 82

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 7, 2022

Tom Alberg, a business leader with a vision for innovation in the tech world, who backed Amazon with one of its first investment checks at its inception and helped shape numerous companies and civic organizations in Seattle, died Friday at 82.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Firefighters make progress on Washington fires

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 6, 2022

Firefighters continued to increase containment Saturday on wildfires burning in Eastern and Central Washington.

News > Idaho

Coeur d’Alene City Council deems Spokane artist’s depiction of raised fist too controversial for public display

Sat., Aug. 6, 2022

It's the second time Rick Davis' artwork has drawn an outcry from concerned citizens in Coeur d'Alene, but this time it stuck. The piece, "Solidarity," was derided as supporting communism despite its use by people across the political spectrum.

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This Afghan artist in hiding painted a portrait of Gig Harbor. He wants to teach locally

Weekend vandalism in Bellingham ‘a targeted, violent attack … on everything we stand for,’ owner says

Colville designates empty lot for homeless camping in effort to enforce camping, parking laws

WSU recent graduate Nam Nguyen wins The Diana Award for humanitarian work

Spokane police investigating possible arson, assault crimes after man arrived at hospital on fire

Spokane woman arrested after short standoff in Chief Garry neighborhood on Sunday afternoon

Man killed in shootout with sheriff’s deputies after fleeing into Lower Yakima Valley vineyard

Local volleyball tournament Spike & Dig celebrates 30th anniversary in Spokane

Spokane to open cooling centers Monday as heat returns to area

New Quince Street Village homeless mitigation site begins to take residents

Catholic Charities project for homeless draws the ire of West Hills Neighborhood

From the Desert Caravan Hotel to the Quality Inn, Sunset Highway motel has history

Heat pumps: Coming to a home near you? Washington building code proposal prompts debate as Inflation Reduction Act could spur their use

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to hold town hall in Spokane on Wednesday

Spin Control: Elections data shows if you voted, not how you voted

Incumbent French dealt a blow after fellow Republican endorses his Democratic opponent

Northwest Passages: DeFede got an unlikely start of stellar career in Spokane

Tom Alberg, who guided Amazon and helped shape modern Seattle into a high-tech hub, dies at 82

Firefighters make progress on Washington fires

Coeur d’Alene City Council deems Spokane artist’s depiction of raised fist too controversial for public display

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