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The Trump administration on Tuesday launched an investigation into Washington state’s practice of housing transgender women in its women’s prison.

From 1976: The $3 million Pavilion Circus entertainment center at the Riverfront Park was given an opening date target of July 1977.

Freedom of speech, expensive water, vaccine mandates and a death at the hands of police: These are a few of the things the city of Spokane is defending itself against in court.

In February, an unelected commission unilaterally voted to remove two travel lanes from Grand Boulevard, one of the city’s busiest corridors. Increasingly, the same body seems poised to do similarly to Spokane Falls Boulevard, while also converting a section into a two-way road.

From 1976: The Spokane City Council denied a Cox Cable Television rate hike – even before the cable TV service had been launched in Spokane.

The athletes gathered at Shadle Park High School Saturday dreamed of competing for Olympic gold in the snow-laden French Alps.

Judges announced the winners of the awards for excellence in the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, held Saturday evening.

From 1976: An estimated 75,000 people attended the Fairchild Air Force Base Open House, and were treated to a sight “which resembled Rodan, the infamous flying prehistorical reptile of Japanese filmmaking fame,” according to The Spokesman-Review.

For more than four decades, Spokane-raised Lori Carrick has sat dutifully at the corner of Stevens Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard to ring in spring.

From 1976: A longtime “dream of many Spokane racket enthusiasts” – the Mission Tennis Center in Mission Park – was “about to become a reality.”

A trio of mule deer gracefully maneuvered their way through downtown Spokane Wednesday morning, much to the surprise of human onlookers.

Spokane comedian, writer and “Saturday Night Live” alum Julia Sweeney finds herself celebrating a lot of milestones lately.

To think of the closest public restroom, Lisa Howard of the Pioneer Square Alliance paused her walk along First Avenue, checked her watch and looked at the cross streets. First to come to mind was at the waterfront, a 20-minute walk away — pretty far. A bit closer, at maybe 10 minutes walking distance, was the bathroom at Seattle City Hall. The closest would be King Street Station but she said ...

After being on the sidelines of the Armed Forces Torchlight Parade for years, Lilac Queen Hayden Bowdish is ready to lead it.

From 1976: “Scores of excited Clarkston residents” turned out at Spokane International Airport to greet their new local celebrity: Lenne Jo Hallgren, America’s Junior Miss.