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‘This is the right time for you’: Mother’s Day college graduates seize their moment

For many women, the thought of becoming a mother brings the worry of losing sight of their own aspirations and ambitions.

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Third defendant in Spokane drive-by shooting sentenced

Spocanopy and the Lands Council plant 500 trees in honor of Expo ‘74

Investigation into Valley Councilman Al Merkel finds 'pattern of disrespectful and intimidating behavior' toward city staff
Spokane property tax levy officially pulled from August ballot
Public defender: Motions to disqualify Judge Ochoa-Bruck due to courtroom issues are impacting defendants

The Dirt: Shipping company plans substantial remodel project

Amazon’s new fees on sellers likened to ‘kick in the gut’

Trump may owe $100 million from double-dip tax breaks, audit shows

Israel orders more Rafah evacuations, expanding military operation

President Biden makes stop in Seattle, campaigns for re-election

25-year-old man sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing 3-year-old girl in Bonner County crash

Spin Control: Expect to hear about RINOs and DINOs through Aug. 6 primary

Traditional Republicans flood May ballot for control of Kootenai County GOP

‘So much more than just a trophy’: Deer Park High School seniors are DECA world champions

‘This is the right time for you’: Mother’s Day college graduates seize their moment

Idaho health department plans to stop paying health data contractor

Getting There: Spokane to swap out recently installed downtown parking meters

Underground fire still burning in a landfill on Eastern State Hospital nearly a year after Gray fire

30 sailors, Marines assigned to Norfolk-based ships injured in hovercraft training mishap, Navy says

A first for 2024: Inland Northwest to hit 80 degrees and higher this weekend

Spin Control: Expect to hear about RINOs and DINOs through Aug. 6 primary

History

50 years ago in Expo history: The first murmurs of something called ‘Riverfront Park’ were being floated based on the fair’s early success

Faith and Values: Blinded by binaries: Why we don’t see the infinite dignity of two-spirit people

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News > Higher education

‘This is the right time for you’: Mother’s Day college graduates seize their moment

Sun., May 12, 2024

For many women, the thought of becoming a mother brings the worry of losing sight of their own aspirations and ambitions.

News > Pacific NW

50 years ago in Expo history: The first murmurs of something called ‘Riverfront Park’ were being floated based on the fair’s early success

Sun., May 12, 2024

With Expo ’74 just a week old, Spokane city officials were already debating what to do with the site when the fair ended in six months.

News > ID Government

Traditional Republicans flood May ballot for control of Kootenai County GOP

Sun., May 12, 2024

Self-described traditional Republicans are pushing to retake control of the political party in Kootenai County, which they say has grown increasingly extreme and no longer represents conservative values.

News > K-12 education

‘So much more than just a trophy’: Deer Park High School seniors are DECA world champions

Sun., May 12, 2024

A bustling array of businesses is bringing international fame to Deer Park High School.

News > K-12 education

Spokane will get its first standalone public language immersion school as growing Spanish program moves and evolves

Sun., May 12, 2024

Spokane County is getting its first standalone public language immersion school, as the ever-growing Spanish program through Spokane Public Schools housed in the Libby Center will move to its own facility next year and become its own school.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Two incumbent Superior Court judges challenged for re-election; 11 running unopposed

Sun., May 12, 2024

Every four years, the entirety of the Spokane County Superior Court bench is up for election.

News > Business

Thousands of grocery workers in region approve union contract

UPDATED: Sun., May 12, 2024

Katrina Keffer, of Colbert, was supposed to keep a neutral expression on her face when the company officials told her their proposal for pay increases for employees of Spokane-area Fred Meyer, Albertsons and Safeway stores.

News > Family

A plant followed my family across generations. I couldn’t let it die.

Sun., May 12, 2024

My mother’s dieffenbachia was always in the background of my life, quietly beautifying a room with its green, white-speckled leaves. In my childhood home in Texas, it sat in a pot on adobe-red tile that was cool to the touch of bare feet, even when it was 105 degrees outside.

News > Crime/Public Safety

12-year-old who died after jumping from Riverfront Park bridge was a kind, loving ‘skater boy,’ family says

UPDATED: Sun., May 12, 2024

Nahziyien Gordon, also known by friends and family as "Jo," was "the sweetest kid" who loved to skateboard, according to his family.

News > Nation/World

Loved the northern lights? Check out these phenomena next

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

The night sky dazzled people across the United States and Europe on Friday evening as an extreme geomagnetic storm brought aurora displays not usually seen at lower latitudes - beautiful streaks of green, purple and pink lights. If you missed it, though, you can find awe in many of Earth’s other phenomena.

News > Nation/World

VCU students walk out of commencement during Youngkin address

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

Dozens of Virginia Commonwealth University students walked out of their graduation ceremony Saturday as Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered the commencement address, demonstrating support for Palestinians and protesting some of the Republican’s crusade against racial equity in education.

News > Nation/World

Alito warns of threats to freedom of speech and religion

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. warned Saturday that freedom of speech was under threat at universities and that freedom of religion was in peril in society at large.

News > Nation/World

Israel orders more Rafah evacuations, expanding military operation

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

Israel ordered tens of thousands of people to leave Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, signaling an imminent push by Israeli forces into the city’s most urban districts, a move that could trigger the White House to freeze offensive weapons shipments.

News > Nation/World

U.S. offers Israel intelligence, supplies in effort to avoid Rafah invasion

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

The Biden administration, working urgently to stave off a full-scale Israeli invasion of Rafah, is offering Israel valuable assistance if it holds back, including sensitive intelligence to help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels.

News > Spokane

‘Everybody has the right to dream’: Middle school bands put on show for thousands who turned out for Spokane Junior Lilac Parade

UPDATED: Sun., May 12, 2024

Dressed in light green T-shirts, black pants and shoes and knitted green Shrek hats, the Centennial Middle School band played Smash Mouth's "All Star" as they marched Saturday morning through downtown Spokane.

News > Nation/World

Horse’s rooftop rescue gives flood-hit Brazil ‘something we could root for’

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

When a news crew’s helicopter swept over the catastrophic floods in Brazil on Wednesday, it captured a striking image: a horse trapped on a strip of a tin roof, surrounded by the same murky waters that had left entire neighborhoods looking as though they had been swallowed by a river.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Body found in Spokane River near Nine Mile Falls

UPDATED: Sun., May 12, 2024

A body was discovered Friday in the Spokane River near Nine Mile Falls.

News > Nation/World

Trump may owe $100 million from double-dip tax breaks, audit shows

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

Former President Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by the New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million.

News > Nation/World

Narrative of Trump snoozing in court takes hold — much to his annoyance

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

“Don Snoreleone.” “Donnie Nappleseed.” “Sleepy Don.” In addition to the actual testimony from Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial - some of it gripping, some of it sordid - a secondary storyline is emerging: that of a former president who just can’t stay awake.

News > Nation/World

The elections next door: Mexico’s cartels pick candidates, kill rivals

UPDATED: Sat., May 11, 2024

Organized crime groups are turning Mexico’s elections into a literal battleground, making the campaign this year one of the deadliest in the country’s modern history. More than two dozen candidates have been killed leading up to the June 2 vote; hundreds have dropped out of the race.

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