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A family grieves amid pedestrian safety improvements at an intersection where their daughter was killed

A family grieves amid pedestrian safety improvements at an intersection where their daughter was killed

12:30 a.m.

Marie and Tom Allen were overcome with emotion when they heard about pedestrian safety improvements coming to an intersection near Mead High School two months after their 20-year-old daughter was killed while trying to cross the street.

Family Owned: Falco’s Heating, Cooling and Electrical started a century ago with one immigrant’s vision

12 a.m.

Profane, obscene and defamatory: These are some of Kootenai and Spokane counties’ rejected license plates in 2025

Rob Curley: How one subscriber’s passion has spilled over into more support for decades of journalism to come

Top-seeded Gonzaga hoping to take ‘next jump’ in WCC semifinal against fourth-seeded Oregon State

Updated 11:30 p.m.

Lawmakers voted two years ago to bar an income tax. Now, many Democrats have changed their minds

How the 1994-95 Zags turned an 0-6 conference start into a WCC Tournament breakthrough | West Coast Conclusion

Spokane’s median household income tops U.S. for first time. What’s happening?

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Business

Family Owned: Falco's Heating, Cooling and Electrical started a century ago with one immigrant's vision

Family Owned: Falco’s Heating, Cooling and Electrical started a century ago with one immigrant’s vision

12 a.m.

Sports

Top-seeded Gonzaga hoping to take 'next jump' in WCC semifinal against fourth-seeded Oregon State

Top-seeded Gonzaga hoping to take ‘next jump’ in WCC semifinal against fourth-seeded Oregon State

Updated 11:30 p.m.

Pacific Northwest

Cool Critters: Killdeer – the champion of fakers – appearing in a field or parking lot near you

Cool Critters: Killdeer – the champion of fakers – appearing in a field or parking lot near you

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AtWork! Spokane builds inclusive employment opportunities across the Inland Northwest

AtWork! Spokane builds inclusive employment opportunities across the Inland Northwest

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Nation/World

U.S. considers idea of special operation to seize Iran’s uranium

U.S. considers idea of special operation to seize Iran’s uranium

Updated 9:03 p.m.

Education

Proposed state spending cuts to child care subsidies would 'gouge' industry across the state

Proposed state spending cuts to child care subsidies would ‘gouge’ industry across the state

A&E

Q&A: Michelle Azar brings Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life, career to stage in 'All Things Equal'

Q&A: Michelle Azar brings Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life, career to stage in ‘All Things Equal’

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Government

Baumgartner makes the case for attacking Iran, citing 47 years of violence. Crocker has seen that first-hand but fears the war's consequences

Baumgartner makes the case for attacking Iran, citing 47 years of violence. Crocker has seen that first-hand but fears the war’s consequences

Transportation

Another STA bus crashes in the Cheney area. What's behind the jump in incidents?

Another STA bus crashes in the Cheney area. What’s behind the jump in incidents?

Outdoors

Getting cold feet at Dry Falls Lake | Michael Wright

Getting cold feet at Dry Falls Lake | Michael Wright

Weather

Communities survey devastation after tornadoes in Michigan and Oklahoma

Communities survey devastation after tornadoes in Michigan and Oklahoma

Life

Holden Village reopening awaits federal funding for flooding, mudslide repairs; slim staff maintains grounds in interim

Holden Village reopening awaits federal funding for flooding, mudslide repairs; slim staff maintains grounds in interim

Public Safety

DEA makes largest drug seizure in Eastern Washington history

DEA makes largest drug seizure in Eastern Washington history

Science & Tech

A blow to the phone-free classroom

A blow to the phone-free classroom

Updated 9:06 p.m.

Northwest Passages Book Club

Book review: 'North of Ordinary' shows a survivor who lives on her own terms

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Book review: ‘North of Ordinary’ shows a survivor who lives on her own terms

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Columnists

This day in history: State canceling land leases leads to controversy over 1911 agreement; Safecrackers take old-fashioned transportation on getaway

This day in history: State canceling land leases leads to controversy over 1911 agreement; Safecrackers take old-fashioned transportation on getaway

12:15 a.m.

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