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International competition came to the Pacific Northwest in 1990, with three events in Spokane.

In 2006, the editor of the Voice section asked if I’d like to interview a future high school graduate.

Ask most people what they know about religion in the Pacific Northwest, and you’ll get a shrug. “Isn’t that the none zone?”

Although some candidates for Congress have been campaigning for months and some legislative hopefuls held kickoff news conferences last month, Monday is the official start of Washington’s 2026 election season.

Whoo. Talk about a hot subject.

It would be impossible to count the number of small groups organized in America who undoubtedly feel “We’re only one group.”

When the federal government announced last week it would take marijuana off the list of drugs like heroin that have no medical purpose, I had two reactions.

It’s a daunting task to sum up a life in a few paragraphs.

Catholic parochial school students could have told President Donald Trump the image in his post was a Jesus suit.

When I wrote two weeks ago about the difficulties of accessing – in anything close to a timely manner – health care specialists, I had no idea what a raw nerve that column would expose.

Is it political suicide to declare that God is nonbinary?

The Millionaires Tax was passed and signed, but it faces a challenge in the courts and possibly at the ballot box.

There’s a reason they call them the terrible twos – the defiance, the disobedience, the disregard for accepted standards of behavior.

I have spent more than 20 years covering religion in the Inland Northwest, and recently I had the chance to share what I’ve learned as a guest preacher at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse in Moscow, Idaho. What I told that congregation is something the news cycle rarely makes room for: Faith communities are not waiting for permission to work for love and justice. They are already doing it. I see it every week from my desk at FāVS News.

Washington state continues to revise its laws on gambling.

America is a country with among the most magnificent health care therapies available, technologies that are simply stunning and lifesaving. This is true.

On Saturday, my mom celebrated her 95th birthday and had a new story for Derek and me.

When our first granddaughter was about 1, our family introduced her to the three-ring circus. As the elephants came out and did their tricks, I noticed a strange thing: no pooper-scooper behind them. Could it be true that elephants can actually be house-broken?

Under state law, March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day, one of 20 days singled out for special recognition,