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Coeur d’Alene school trustee resigns following arrest

UPDATED: Wed., April 23, 2025

A Coeur d’Alene Public Schools trustee resigned Wednesday after police arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence and possessing drug paraphernalia early Sunday.

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Spokane-area school districts brace for staffing adjustments, budget challenges as state mulls spending plan

Wed., April 23, 2025

As the Legislature enters the final week of its regular session, local school district officials wait with bated breath to see how much they’ll be allotted from the state’s two-year budget that has yet to be finalized.

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Orchard Prairie School District bond appears to pass in special election

UPDATED: Wed., April 23, 2025

Orchard Prairie School District appears to be getting a new school, election night results indicate.

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Mary Walker School District tax levy fails for the second time

UPDATED: Wed., April 23, 2025

SPRINGDALE, Wash. – Springdale-based school district Mary Walker won’t see a renewal on its property tax levy, election night results indicate.

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‘Spokane Scholars now and forever’: Area’s brightest students awarded scholarships at annual banquet

UPDATED: Mon., April 21, 2025

On Monday, 171 high school students took the stage at the Spokane Convention Center to be recognized by the Spokane Scholars Foundation for their academic excellence in a night where 4.0 grade -point averages and perfect Advance Placement test scores were the norm.

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Budding jazz musicians hone their craft at Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow

UPDATED: Fri., April 18, 2025

The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival took over the University of Idaho campus in Moscow this week, with nearly every building bustling with young musicians.

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USDA abruptly halts $59 million grant to University of Idaho

UPDATED: Thu., April 17, 2025

The University of Idaho took a gut punch earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly terminated a $59 million grant, which mostly would have mostly pumped money into Gem State farmers to boost the marketing of most of the crops grown there.

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St. Maries parents won’t know which teachers will have guns next year

UPDATED: Tue., April 15, 2025

ST. MARIES – Parents won’t be notified if their child’s teacher is carrying a gun in the classroom next year in eastern Benewah County.

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St. Maries School District will allow staff to carry concealed firearms

Tue., April 15, 2025

ST. MARIES – A rural North Idaho school district will allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom beginning next school year.

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Eyeing construction cost increases, historic Orchard Prairie School District asks voters again to pass a bond

UPDATED: Fri., April 11, 2025

The tiny and historic school district of Orchard Prairie is trying again at passing a bond to build a new school for its 79 students.

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Should cursive writing make a comeback?

UPDATED: Thu., April 10, 2025

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in workbooks.

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Washington school sports authority will not change policy on transgender student athletes

UPDATED: Mon., April 7, 2025

Transgender female athletes will continue to play on girls teams in Washington school sports despite some school boards’ efforts to switch them to boys teams or create a league of their own.

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Man appointed to write a voter pamphlet statement against the Mary Walker school levy argued for the levy instead

Mon., April 7, 2025

SPRINGDALE, Wash. – The voter pamphlet for the Mary Walker School District levy this month includes an argument in favor of the measure, but the argument against it is conspicuously missing.

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Feds may withhold school funding for ‘illegal DEI practices’; state contends WA schools are in compliance

Mon., April 7, 2025

Legal disagreements continue between Washington state and the federal government after a directive from the Trump administration warned that state education agencies could lose federal funding if they have diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Supreme Court allows Trump officials to freeze teacher training grants over DEI

UPDATED: Fri., April 4, 2025

A divided Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to at least temporarily freeze up to $65 million in educational grants designed to address teacher shortages, which the government says fund programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Spokane, Washington State childcare leaders sound alarms following cuts to federal preschool program

UPDATED: Thu., April 3, 2025

Child care providers are warning of dire implications for Spokane residents as the Head Start program is the latest to be caught up in federal cuts.

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Kennewick School Board files federal complaint over state policy on trans athletes

UPDATED: Fri., March 28, 2025

An Eastern Washington school board is pleading for urgent federal intervention to force the state to comply with the Trump administration’s policy on transgender athletes.

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Tri-Cities school board wants ‘urgent’ federal intervention over WA athlete gender laws

UPDATED: Fri., March 28, 2025

The Kennewick School Board on Thursday filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over Washington state policies on who can use female locker rooms and compete on girls sports teams. The board voted 4-0 at its Wednesday board meeting to file the complaint, with board member Michael Connors abstaining. He said the complaint was a “wildly partisan document.” The complaint claimed ...

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‘It’s a big family’: Professional basketball stars show Spokane youths the ropes prior to NCAA March Madness games

UPDATED: Thu., March 27, 2025

The Warehouse was alive with the sound of squeaking shoes, bouncing basketballs and gleeful chatter Thursday afternoon as area youths learned some tips and tricks from several professional basketball stars.

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Mead School Board proposal suggest it would follow Trump orders that conflict with state law on transgender policy

UPDATED: Wed., March 26, 2025

A proposed policy on transgender students in the Mead School District suggests it would follow “federal guidance” over “state directives,” setting up a likely showdown with state officials tasked with enforcing state anti-discrimination law.

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