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CdA lines the streets to honor Frank Harwood, second fallen fireman, outside celebration of life Friday

Harwood's funeral Friday followed the Thursday funeral of 52-year-old John Morrison, a battalion chief with Coeur d'Alene Fire Department.

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Hope fire near Kettle Falls destroys at least two homes as firefighters work to save others

Spokane Valley City Council race features three parents with differing views on public safety, development and more

Spokane Sports’ Blake appointed to national board

Trump escalates Canada trade fight with 35% tariff threat

ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens

Updated 9:09 p.m.

Lavrov says North Korea affirms Russian war goals in Ukraine

Updated 8:45 p.m.

Skull found in 2022 in southeast Idaho identified as missing Spokane woman

‘It affects all of us’: Community turns out to honor Cd’A fallen firefighter

Washington set to launch first renovated hybrid-electric ferry in fleet

Idaho EMS moves to state military division, under new law

Childcare programs at six county schools in limbo after Trump administration withholds billions in pre-approved education funding

‘Puts Montana on the map’: UM to offer new entertainment management major

Pilates and politics: Are they related?

High costs may force WA ferry electrification program off course

Federal funding restored to Spokane’s tree equity program

Veterans Affairs reverses course on large-scale layoffs

With Texas floods and Northwest fire season in mind, Cantwell questions Trump’s NOAA nominee on weather research cuts

This day in history: Elks walked black bear outside Davenport Hotel. Meat processor vowed to get more people to eat rabbits

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This day in history: Elks walked black bear outside Davenport Hotel. Meat processor vowed to get more people to eat rabbits

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IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit

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News > Real Estate

The 7 mistakes I made when refinancing my mortgage

Sun., July 13, 2025

When my husband and I refinanced our mortgage in 2009, we felt confident we were making the right move. Since both of us had exceptional credit, we knew we could reduce our mortgage rate by one percentage point or more, as is considered de rigueur when refinancing. A no-brainer, right?

News > Federal Government

One day he was in class at Ferris High School. The next he was taken by ICE

Sun., July 13, 2025

Two weeks after his 18th birthday, Dylan "Alex" Alexander Saquic Lopez went to a scheduled immigration enforcement meeting. Instead, the Ferris High School student he was taken from Spokane to Tacoma for deportation.

News > Spokane

This day in history: Elks walked black bear outside Davenport Hotel. Meat processor vowed to get more people to eat rabbits

Sun., July 13, 2025

From 1975: A long-dormant industry in the Inland Northwest was bouncing back: the rabbit industry.

News > National business

At Amazon’s biggest data center, everything is supersized for AI

Sun., July 13, 2025

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. – A year ago, a 1,200-acre stretch of farmland outside New Carlisle, Indiana, was an empty cornfield. Now, seven Amazon data centers rise up from the rich soil, each larger than a football stadium.

News > National business

Motley Fool: Dip into these chips

Sun., July 13, 2025

Nvidia is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies. It once generated most of its revenue from gaming-focused graphics processing units (GPUs), which can also be used to mine certain cryptocurrencies. But now 89% comes from data center GPUs, which are especially well-suited for processing complex AI tasks.

News > Nation

Trump says he’ll slap 30% tariffs on Mexico, European Union on Aug. 1

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

President Donald Trump threatened Saturday morning to impose 30% tariffs on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting Aug. 1, raising the stakes for ongoing negotiations with two crucial trading partners.

News > Nation

ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own even if officials have not provided any assurances that the new arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said in a memo this week.

News > World

Forget the tennis finals. At Wimbledon this July, it’s pickleball

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

WIMBLEDON, England – On Day 4 of Wimbledon, some of the fans who queued up outside the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to see Novak Djokovic take on Dan Evans might have heard a distinctive thwock coming from the public park next door. It wasn’t lawn tennis, or croquet, and it wasn’t there a year ago.

News > Travel

Sumba is not Bali. That is the point.

Sat., July 12, 2025

After a motorbike ride down an empty road, my daughter and I found ourselves jumping off a high wooden platform into a deep lagoon with salt-white sand, healthy coral – and no one else around.

News > Nation

Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi this week fired multiple Justice Department employees who were involved in two federal prosecutions of President Donald Trump during the Biden administration, according to several people familiar with the terminations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution.

News > Nation/World

Palestinian American from Florida killed in the West Bank, family says

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank – A 20-year-old American citizen from Tampa, Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers on Friday while visiting family in the occupied West Bank, family members and officials told the Washington Post.

News > World

Lavrov says North Korea affirms Russian war goals in Ukraine

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said North Korea has affirmed its “clear support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine and for Kremlin leadership as he started a three-day visit to Pyongyang. The two heavily sanctioned nations are in constant contact, and more meetings between President Vladimir Putin and Leader Kim Jong Un are likely in the future, Lavrov said at a press conference after talks ...

News > Nation

ICE set to vastly expand its reach with new funds

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

WASHINGTON – Thousands of new deportation agents deployed into American cities. A doubling of detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with surveillance towers equipped with artificial intelligence.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Hope fire size increases to 6,365 acres with no containment

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

The Hope fire 15 miles north of Kettle Falls, Washington, and 5 miles southwest of Northport, Washington, has increased in size .

News > Nation

The lingering mystery of the Trump shooting: Why did this young man do it?

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

On the morning of Sunday, July 14, just 16 hours after a gunman tried to kill Donald Trump, top officials gathered in the White House Situation Room to brief President Joe Biden on what the FBI knew about the would-be assassin.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Crews enter fourth day of battling Western Pines fire northeast of Davenport

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

The Western Pines fire continues to burn in Lincoln County as it nears almost 6,000 acres.

News > Nation/World

Around the world, flash flood disasters are the ‘hardest kind to prevent’

UPDATED: Sat., July 12, 2025

Officials in Texas are under scrutiny for a string of refusals to fund early warning systems for flash floods in an area where sudden, intense rainfall is frequent.

News > Home and garden

Ask the Builder: Why maintenance matters

Sat., July 12, 2025

It all started with a chimney, of all things. Last I was hired by a woman who lives in a quaint small New Hampshire town just 50 miles north of me. She wanted me to review a house inspection report. She had put in an offer on a cozy little home.

News > K-12 education

Childcare programs at six county schools in limbo after Trump administration withholds billions in pre-approved education funding

Sat., July 12, 2025

The federal dollars for after-school activities are part of around $6 billion withheld in education grants nationwide that pay for childcare, adult literacy programs, English language learner education, staff training and migrant education.

News > Local Government

Three candidates seek Cheney City Council seat to address growth, infrastructure and water issues

Sat., July 12, 2025

A United States airman, a retired firefighter and a software engineer are competing for a seat ion the Cheney City Council to tackle issues related to water infrastructure and local economy.

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