Archives | August 2020
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Saturday, Aug. 1
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100 Years Ago in Hillyard: Farmer’s plea’s for leniency go unheeded
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Rich Lowry: The loathsome Lincoln Project
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Margaret Sullivan: This was the week America lost the war on misinformation
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Truth-tester: No, sex ed will not be taught to kindergartners
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A Grip on Sports: After a Friday overflowing with bulletins and accomplishments, we’re here to deliver the news
Sunday, Aug. 2
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Employers require COVID liability waivers as conflict mounts over workplace safety
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BBB Tip of the Week: Shopping online and paying in installments
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Motley Fool: A Big Blue investment
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Consumer Confidential: We all want lower drug prices. Why is that so hard to accomplish?
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100 Years Ago in Spokane: Man rescued after 52 hours at bottom of well
Monday, Aug. 3
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Goodbye to Greenough’s: Site of Spokane’s first supermarket razed to make way for medical offices
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Washington primary candidates in the home stretch
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As Spokane jail holds fewer people due to COVID-19, is crime up?
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A Grip on Sports: There’s battle lines being drawn between the Pac-12 and its football players, with WSU on Sunday’s front lines
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Stocks rally worldwide following stronger economic reports
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Wednesday, Aug. 5
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Not home, but still healthy: Precautious Spokane-area first responders stem spread of COVID-19
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Lamar Advertising removes anti-mask billboards, declines to display 3 of 4 ads from anti-racism group
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100 years ago in Spokane: Spokane police arrest men suspected of participating in secret Wobbly convention
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Shawn Vestal: The vandals tried, but the Black Lives Matter mural remains unscathed
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Survey: U.S. companies cut back sharply on hiring in July
Thursday, Aug. 6
Friday, Aug. 7
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100 years ago in Spokane: Vice president says ‘no can prophecy’ the Western vote in coming election
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Rich Lowry: The folly of the Never Republicans
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City relaxes restrictions in outdoor dining, but few apply
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‘We do what we can’: Spokane churches work to keep faith communities together despite need to distance
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Miller’s Hardware to reopen
Saturday, Aug. 8
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100 years ago in Spokane: Phonographs threaten pianos’ dominance in homes
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School officials hope to encourage ospreys to stick around even after Joe Albi Stadium is demolished
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WSU promises to address racial bias in policing following investigation
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A Grip on Sports: Big Sky’s football decision leaves a hole in fall Saturday’s but may mean fans in stands come spring
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Suspect in cellphone store robberies shot by Spokane police, expected to survive
Sunday, Aug. 9
Monday, Aug. 10
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S-R seeks nominations of outstanding women of the Inland Northwest
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Faith and Values: Institutional racism thrives due to silence, complicity
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Clarence Page: President Trump hates mail-in voting, until he doesn’t
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Lawsuit alleges Excelsior Youth Center ignored reports of sexual abuse by former employee
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Getting There: Airport realigns main road, pursues Spotted Road interchange plan
Tuesday, Aug. 11
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Dollars for Double-deckers: STA receives $3 million for new buses on Cheney Line
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100 years ago today in Spokane: Police arrest woman for morphine party
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‘You can only watch so much TV’: a dispatch from isolation
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The race for a COVID-19 vaccine continues, even in Washington state
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U.S. producer prices up 0.6% in July, biggest jump since 2018
Wednesday, Aug. 12
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100 Years Ago Today in Washington: Cusick tribe pushes back on gambling ban
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Despite pandemic, downtown library renovation on track
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Shawn Vestal: Wake up and help put an end to the nightmare, congresswoman
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‘Guerrilla’ gardener brings wild tactics to Riverfront Park, and Spokane reaps the flowery results
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U.S. consumer prices rose 0.6% in July, matching June uptick
Thursday, Aug. 13
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100 Years Ago Today in the Inland Northwest: Democrats prepare for visit from FDR
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Limited COVID-19 testing? Researchers in Rwanda have an idea
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‘It’s not just dollars, it’s lives’: Officials hope COVID-19 pandemic will change way public health is funded
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Spokane man who died of coronavirus remembered as a wise, kind and spirited family man
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MAC says virtual camps getting repeat customers - ‘a sign they’re enjoying the experience’
Friday, Aug. 14
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100 Years Ago Today in the Inland Northwest: Driver jailed for ‘spooning’ while speeding
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Shawn Vestal: Professors and cowboys and nurses – obituaries tell community story
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Spokane Valley residents can expect to celebrate 2020 Valleyfest on their porch
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Heat watch issued for early next week
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A Grip on Sports: In college football, one group is saying no while another group says yes
Saturday, Aug. 15
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100 Years Ago Today in Spokane: Ice supply depleted as heat wave hits
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Lawrence Douglas: If Biden wins, don’t expect Trump to accept defeat and head for the exit
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Dave Nichols: To play or not to play in face of pandemic
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A Grip on Sports: When times are tough, it’s good to have memories to laugh about, even if they were painful at the time
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NFL training camps have a different feel in this age of COVID-19
Sunday, Aug. 16
Monday, Aug. 17
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Virus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle
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‘We are going through a collective trauma’: Foster children in Spokane face major stresses during pandemic
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Spokane City Council mulls endorsement of racial equity in criminal justice system
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A Grip on Sports: Seattle’s failures in Houston are starting to pile up, though ‘starting’ probably isn’t the right word
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Gains for tech stocks nudge S&P 500 even closer to record
Tuesday, Aug. 18
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Enterprising Spirit: Allied Vending keeps workers fed during long days
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Tacoma-based Wooden City expands into Spokane with new restaurant in the Genesee building
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Spokane Valley small business grant program delayed until Aug. 24
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Walmart’s online sales soar as shoppers stock up on supplies
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Champagne makers fix harvest quotas, as virus kills the fizz
Wednesday, Aug. 19
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Key Tronic Corp. obtains $93 million line of credit to assist with anticipated growth
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Spokane Parks granted permission to start league play of popular lawn game cornhole in September
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I-90 road rage ends when citizens draw gun, knock out aggressor’s tooth
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100 years ago: 19th Amendment ratified, giving women right to vote nationwide
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Inslee declares emergency as temperatures bring relief to crews battling wildfires
Thursday, Aug. 20
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Don C. Brunell: New nuclear needs solution inclusion
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Poll: Pandemic shifts how consumers use gig companies
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Not breaking stride: CdA, Windermere marathons to take place with distancing measures
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Rural Washington school districts face special challenges in reopening
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That giant pumpkin in your garden could still win a Spokane County Interstate Fair ribbon as some exhibits go virtual
Friday, Aug. 21
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Trudy Rubin: The Israel-UAE deal won’t resolve the Palestine problem
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100 years ago in Spokane: Boys apprehended at Natatorium Park with $40 in purse
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New jobless claims in the state, county declined last week
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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories CEO launches podcast
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Firefighters save family’s home in the nick of time from Badger Lake Fire
Saturday, Aug. 22
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Emily Kolbourn: This week I started teaching again. I will be sleeping in a tent in the backyard
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100 years ago: Prohibition enforcer describes difference between moonshine in Eastern and Western Washington
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Deer Park Chamber of Commerce accuses County Library District of exploiting them, library says claim is false
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Missoula floods, mammoth, dinosaur bone, skate park taking shape in last section of Riverfront Park’s renovation
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Man suspected of choking mother of his children released without a no contact order
Sunday, Aug. 23
Monday, Aug. 24
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: How many people would choose whiteness over democracy?
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Shedding light on ‘hidden homeless’: Family Promise’s ‘Night Without a Bed’ on Aug. 29 part awareness, part fundraiser
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A Grip on Sports: Though there was much to celebrate Sunday, most of the sports world this weekend still seemed a bit off
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Skyler Thomas announces return to Washington State after entering name in transfer portal
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US stocks join global rally amid COVID treatment hopes
Tuesday, Aug. 25
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Rich Lowry: Democratic Convention was a massive evasion
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Amazon teams with university to train military employees for new roles
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100 years ago: Airplane used in search for body
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WSU’s first day of class a different experience for many students amid COVID-19
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Food favorites from the fair will be available at drive-thrus
Wednesday, Aug. 26
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100 years ago in Spokane: Editorial rails loudly against noise
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Trudy Rubin: Poisoning of Alexei Navalny is a litmus test for Trump and Putin
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Spokane County’s jobless rate increased to 11.4% in July
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Spokane-based Select Threads merges with Bison Printing
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New football stadium for Mead schools beckons return to normal
Thursday, Aug. 27
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100 years ago in Pendleton: Spokane men implicated in murder of sheriff after jailbreak
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Weathercatch: ‘Ghosts’ ignite wildfires from California to Washington state
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Net-zero short-term rental, housing development now open in Perry District
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Pandemic project: North Spokane resident finishes decades-old quilt
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Scaled back Evening in Blanc will be virtual fundraiser for Project Beauty Share
Friday, Aug. 28
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100 years ago in Spokane: New Gonzaga football coach vows team will be ‘giving our best’
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Don C. Brunell: Colder weather could further chill restaurant recovery
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Exclusive: MLB chief Rob Manfred discusses a possible playoff bubble in L.A. and more
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Eager bowlers return to lanes in north Spokane as other alleys work to reopen soon
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Spokane Valley among nation’s best places to buy a home, says personal finance website
Saturday, Aug. 29
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LA Times: Slogans and T-shirts aren’t working. The NBA players’ strike was the most powerful message they could send
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Commentary: Protesters shouldn’t be saddled with criminal records
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Rex Huppke: Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse and Kenosha’s vivid example of American racism
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100 years ago in Poland: Spokane-area ‘soldier of fortune’ becomes brigadier general of foreign army
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Virtual Bloomsday extends registration deadline after more than 20,000 sign up
Sunday, Aug. 30
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BBB Tip of the Week: Back-to-school cybersecurity
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When to say ‘No thanks’ to your workplace 401(k)
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100 years ago in Spokane: City on itineraries of both parties’ presidential candidates
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Larry Stone: As the Storm dominates the WNBA, coach Dan Hughes can only watch from afar
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Libraries to patrons: Bring back your quarantine reads, please
Monday, Aug. 31
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Like Father, Like Son: The Griffeys and other sports family dynasties
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WSU, University of Idaho research seeks to find how COVID-19 impacts new mothers and their infants
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‘The Podium’ is new name of indoor sports complex under construction downtown
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Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes in Japanese trading houses
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Coaching great John Thompson of Georgetown dead at 78