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Potentially damaging wind event hitting Spokane region Wednesday night

A low pressure system is doing an odd thing as it leaves the West Coast and enters Eastern Washington: it's gathering strength. As a result, the National Weather Service and Avista Utilities have issued high-wind warnings about a storm that could bring gusts as high as 70 mph to Spokane and 60 mph to Coeur d'Alene.
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Colorado River may deliver just a third of normal water supplies this spring, projections show

DENVER — Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin may reduce the amount of water delivered during the spring runoff to just a third of normal, according to federal forecasters. Modeling released late last week showed the river system on track to deliver a scant 2.3 million acre-feet to Lake Powell, one of the river system’s largest reservoirs. That’s 36% of the median of 6.4 ...