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The Goodyear blimp arrived at Expo ’74 for a seven-week stay.

Devin Bauer spends most of the year leading the Special Education Department, work-based learning program and football team at Lakeside High School.

Independence Day will look a little different this year in Medical Lake, which has long been one of few areas in the county with more relaxed rules regarding fireworks.

Harry Belafonte captivated the Expo ’74 crowds not just once, but three times in sold-out shows at the Opera House.

Most Republican candidates running to represent Eastern Washington in Congress have made border security one of, if not the defining issue of their campaigns, and both Spokane County Treasurer Michael Baumgartner and Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle have made trips to border states as part of their campaigns. 

Gary Cooper is one step closer to his goal of adding a Pedal Pub option to his Coeur d'Alene tour company after the city council unanimously approved his proposal at their June 18 meeting.

The City Council has until early August to approve a measure for the November ballot but likely only effectively has until July 22, the last council meeting scheduled before the body takes two weeks off.

Costing approximately $45,000, Hawthorne School was completed and opened in 1899, educating children who lived in downtown Spokane.

The rain seems to have a knack for attending some of Spokane’s signature events: first soaking the Bloomsday race in May and now pouring on the thousands gathered at the final day of Hoopfest.

Expo ’74 was proving to be an economic boost to many businesses, including the oldest profession.

King Cole arrived with his family of 10 in Spokane in November 1963. He's been praised as the source of energy that made a world's fair possible in a revitalized downtown that was losing attention because of industrial blight and suburban development.

On Saturday, thousands of people from all walks of life came together to facilitate, watch, and compete in the worlds largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament. The event has brought around $47 million to the region annually since 1990, and generations of individuals have come with.

Evelyn Roth clearly took the Expo’s environmental theme seriously and recycled a mile of old videotape into a gigantic piece of art.

The 6-3 ruling will have broad implications for local governments across the West, where the 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision Martin v. Boise prevented cities from enforcing camping bans against the homeless if there were not enough available shelter beds.

“I think this is beautiful … the reality is that in the word community is unity, and that’s what you see here,” said Scott Finnie, senior faculty member of the African Education Program at EWU and a former Gonzaga basketball player. He was at the event to lead an open basketball shootaround.

In Spokane, seeing groups dribbling basketballs down a downtown sidewalk is not uncommon – especially on Friday, the day before the city's busiest weekend of the year.

The University of Idaho will have until next spring to negotiate its purchase agreement with the University of Phoenix. The Idaho State Board of Education approved an amendment to the purchase asset agreement with the University of Phoenix and Apollo Global Management, its hedge fund owner, that would extend the closing time until June 10, 2025. The extension gives the University of Idaho more ...