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Growing up as one of 13 siblings in Chicago’s South Side, Kitara Johnson-Jones remembers walking over coagulated pools of blood on her way to school in the morning.

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Teens sentenced for punching, shooting man outside Spokane apartment over vape pen

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New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew

Teens sentenced for punching, shooting man outside Spokane apartment over vape pen

‘The toll is heavy.’ Idaho’s Afghans face uncertainty as Trump targets immigrants

Ferguson expresses support for income tax on millionaires in Washington

Idaho attorney general challenges Trump stance on marijuana risk

Coeur d’Alene area Catholic teens flock to youth group in record numbers

A couple in northeast Washington spent 30 years restoring a neglected tree farm. Last month, they donated it for research

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Difference Maker: Kitara Johnson-Jones, founder of Gabriel’s Challenge, leads ‘from the heart’ to help others fight addiction

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Ferguson proposes $2.1 billion ‘first step’ to improve aging, neglected infrastructure

A couple in northeast Washington spent 30 years restoring a neglected tree farm. Last month, they donated it for research

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Supreme Court hands Trump a major defeat on National Guard deployment

A not-so white Christmas forecast for the Spokane region

This day in history: A former mining tycoon shared his sad tale of financial ruin, offering some hard-earned advice

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This day in history: A former mining tycoon shared his sad tale of financial ruin, offering some hard-earned advice

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Difference Maker: Kitara Johnson-Jones, founder of Gabriel’s Challenge, leads ‘from the heart’ to help others fight addiction

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 24, 2025

Growing up as one of 13 siblings in Chicago’s South Side, Kitara Johnson-Jones remembers walking over coagulated pools of blood on her way to school in the morning.

News > Washington

A couple in northeast Washington spent 30 years restoring a neglected tree farm. Last month, they donated it for research

Wed., Dec. 24, 2025

CHEWELAH – In 1992, Lynn and Becky Miner bought 100 acres of land with plans to build a log home and start a tree farm – despite not knowing anything about forestry.

News > Spokane

Music brings special touch to the Christmas Bureau

Wed., Dec. 24, 2025

Every effort is made to make the Christmas Bureau an uplifting experience for the people who come and stand in line for hours at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center to get presents to make the holiday bright for their children. Ornaments are placed on trees. Decorations are hung. Santa is on display. And Christmas music rings through the air.

News > Spokane

This day in history: A former mining tycoon shared his sad tale of financial ruin, offering some hard-earned advice

Wed., Dec. 24, 2025

From 1975: The Spokane Chronicle told the riches-to-rags story of Frank N, Marr, 68, a former mining tycoon, now dying of cancer and barely surviving on Social Security.

News > Washington

Mount St. Helens Institute’s Volcano Naturalist Program celebrates 13 years

Wed., Dec. 24, 2025

Dec. 22—After 13 years and more than 430 graduates, the Mount St. Helens Institute's Volcano Naturalist Program (VNP) has opened registration for its 2026 season, according to a news release. The Volcano Naturalist Program offers participants a view into the geology, ecology and human history of Mount St. Helens through 12 online sessions and three optional field trips led by expert ...

News > WA Government

Governor proposes $800 million in cuts as part of budget proposal

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson has proposed closing the state’s $2.3 billion budget shortfall through a combination of cost-cutting measures.

News > Pacific NW

Anticipating early 2026 opening, Oregon seeks to block potential Newport ICE facility

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

NEWPORT, Ore. – Suspecting the federal government plans to open a large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Newport, Oregon’s airport early next year, the state of Oregon asked a federal judge to block construction.

News > WA Government

Ferguson expresses support for income tax on millionaires in Washington

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday he supports a state income tax on those who make more than $1 million a year. The proposal, he said, would be tied to reducing sales taxes on baby and hygiene items, expanding the working families tax credit, increasing K-12 school funding, and lowering the key tax rate for small businesses.

News > Nation

Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow the Republican president to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois while a lower court’s restraining order is appealed.

News > Nation

Latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files puts focus back on ties to Donald Trump

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein were back in focus Tuesday following the latest document dump by the Justice Department, which included a host of references to the president and communications between prosecutors remarking he’d traveled on the serial sex offender’s plane “many more times” than believed. The remark was made in January 2020 by a prosecutor in the Southern District of New ...

News > Nation

Lawmaker sues to stop Trump from adding name to Kennedy Center

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

A Democratic congresswoman sued the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees Monday to stop it from adding the president’s name to the institution, arguing that only Congress has the power to do so.

News > Military

Supreme Court hands Trump a major defeat on National Guard deployment

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would not allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area for now, a significant setback for his campaign to push troops into cities across the country over the objections of local and state leaders.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Teens sentenced for punching, shooting man outside Spokane apartment over vape pen

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

Two Spokane teenagers were sentenced to a state rehabilitation program for punching and shooting a man in the stomach after an argument over a vape pen spilled outside an apartment, according to the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

News > National business

Apple, Google and others tell some foreign employees to avoid traveling out of the country

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

Big Tech companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and ServiceNow, have warned employees on visas to avoid leaving the country amid uncertainty about changing immigration policy and procedures.

News > World

As Orlando woos overseas visitors, Trump’s social media plan for tourists sparks concerns

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

A Walt Disney World vacation could soon come with a new U.S. government mandate for the theme park-loving British and tourists from dozens of other countries: Hand over five years of social media history.

News > World

New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files has cast renewed scrutiny on the links between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein - a relationship that has already sent the former prince into what is widely seen as royal exile.

News > Sci/Tech

SpaceX defends airspace safety ahead of Florida Starship launch plans

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

With plans to launch the massive Starship from Florida next year, SpaceX defended its commitment to airspace safety after a Wall Street Journal article claimed an explosive mission in early 2025 was a greater danger to some flights than previously reported.

News > Nation

Donor pays off the debt for more than 80,000 school meals in a Maryland county

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

A donor is paying off the debt of about 82,000 meals for low-income students in Maryland’s largest school system.

News > Nation

Democratic lawmaker sues over renaming of Kennedy Center

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

A Democratic member of the House on Monday challenged in federal court the administration’s effort to rename the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump.

News > Military

Pentagon watchdog blames Lockheed for poor F-35 maintenance

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

The US fleet of F-35s, the most sophisticated stealth fighter jet in the world, was only available to fly half of the time because of poor maintenance by Lockheed Martin Corp., a government watchdog said.

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