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Trump’s attacks on DEI initiatives cause concern for some Spokane community members

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In a press briefing Thursday, President Donald Trump insinuated the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts were to blame for Wednesday’s catastrophic plane crash that likely killed more than 60 people near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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Spokane, SREC board point fingers as fight over 911 dispatch funding heats up

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Spokane, SREC board point fingers as fight over 911 dispatch funding heats up

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Development firm purchases DoubleTree at Spokane Convention Center

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UPS announces major cutback in Amazon relationship

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Army chopper didn’t respond to air traffic control before crash with Wichita flight

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Israel frees prisoners after chaotic Gaza hostage exchange

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Claims by masked ‘bounty hunter’ upset Eastern WA town. Does ICE pay private trackers?

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‘Laws cannot erase us’: Idaho LGBTQ+ community commemorates 10 years since Add the Words hearing

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Republican lawmakers protest rule change they say could limit House debate

ID Government

Dueling Idaho Republican immigration bills aim to expand state reach, create new crimes

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Mead school board hires law firm to investigate football program

Higher Education

What did your breakfast just do to your blood sugar? Continuous glucose monitoring can ‘empower’ the diabetic and non-diabetic alike, experts say

Health

What did your breakfast just do to your blood sugar? Continuous glucose monitoring can ‘empower’ the diabetic and non-diabetic alike, experts say

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Apparent vandalism cut electricity to some Monroe Street Bridge lights

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Elementary students travel to Olympia to discuss pollutants in Spokane River

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Chief VA watchdog who helped expose flawed computer system in Spokane speaks out after being fired by Trump

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There goes the sun: Get ready for some snow in Spokane

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This day in history: A partisan gaffe led to a string of apologies from one ambitious legislator

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This day in history: A partisan gaffe led to a string of apologies from one ambitious legislator

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Faith and Values: Looking in the mirror reveals behind an aging face the youthful person of yesteryears

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News > Local government

Chief VA watchdog who helped expose flawed computer system in Spokane speaks out after being fired by Trump

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 31, 2025

WASHINGTON – A year after the Inland Northwest became the testing ground for a new computer system that promised to revolutionize veterans’ health care, leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs had received grave warnings from staff at Spokane’s VA hospital and evidence that flaws in the software had contributed to serious patient harm.

News > Spokane

Trump’s attacks on DEI initiatives cause concern for some Spokane community members

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 31, 2025

News > Spokane

This day in history: A partisan gaffe led to a string of apologies from one ambitious legislator

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025

From 1975: James Kuehnle, conservative Republican state legislator from Spokane, was scrambling to walk back remarks in which he called the Pierce County delegation “the lousiest contingent in the state.”

News > Washington

‘Wenatchee Record’ takes aim at Wenatchee School District again

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

Wenatchee Record.jpg The January 2025 edition of The Wenatchee Record was published Thursday. WENATCHEE — A political mailer last seen in 2023 reached local mailboxes on Thursday with renewed claims that the Wenatchee School District is failing due, at least in part, to its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. As with the first edition, The Wenatchee Record was published ahead of an ...

News > Washington

What changes for LGBTQ+ rights, resources under Trump? A 2025 guide for Washingtonians

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

Jan. 30—Donald Trump has signed a myriad of executive orders since being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025. This includes several focused on gender expression and the LGBTQ+ population, like one targeting "gender ideology extremism" revoking X gender markers on passports and in federal agencies, and overturning DEI protocols. While these executive orders ...

News > Local government

Spokane, SREC board point fingers as fight over 911 dispatch funding heats up

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on Thursday justified a push by two political allies in Olympia to claw back tax dollars from the regional 911 dispatch operator that two weeks ago booted the city of Spokane from its coalition.

News > Washington

Claims by masked ‘bounty hunter’ upset Eastern WA town. Does ICE pay private trackers?

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

A Seattle man claiming to be a bounty hunter made threatening comments at a press conference in Sunnyside this week, saying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deputize and pay private civilian forces to detain undocumented immigrants.

News > Washington

Renton family’s quest for reparations inspires WA bill

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

John Houston's parents were pressured under the threat of eminent domain to sell their land to the Renton School Board in 1968, he said. But the school district ultimately never used the land and instead sold it to a developer.

News > Weather

There goes the sun: Get ready for some snow in Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

After a stretch of sunny, cold weather, clouds and snow are making their way back to the Inland Northwest.

News > WA Government

Republican lawmakers protest rule change they say could limit House debate

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

Roughly 50 people rallied on the steps of the Washington Capitol Wednesday to protest a new rule that Republican lawmakers fear will limit their ability to speak against legislation on the House floor.

News > Nation/World

Trump to hit Canada, Mexico with 25% tariffs on Saturday

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

President Donald Trump said he would follow through on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1, citing the flow of fentanyl and large trade deficits as among the reasons for his decision.

News > Nation/World

For some affluent homeowners in L.A., private fire hydrants in big demand

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

LOS ANGELES – Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant to two long hoses that she left coiled tightly on the ground.

News > Nation/World

Man arrested in theft of three Humvees, equipment from military facility in California

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

A 40-year-old man suspected of stealing a cache of military equipment — including three Humvees — in a late-night break-in at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin has been arrested, police said this week.

News > Washington

Washington legislators consider universal health care

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

Jan. 30—OLYMPIA — The Washington Health Trust, a statewide initiative for universal health care, is supporting proposals introduced in both the Senate and House (House Bill 1445 and Senate Bill 5233), according to a statement from the group. The two bills are also backed by the Health Care is a Human Right Coalition and aims to establish a comprehensive healthcare model for all Washington ...

News > Nation/World

Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

A cohort of competitive figure skaters and their companions, including retired champions, athletic coaches and family members, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River, according to the figure skating community and Russian officials.

News > National business

UPS announces major cutback in Amazon relationship

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

UPS announced a seismic shift in the relationship with its largest customer, Amazon, prompting a sharp stock price drop Thursday morning. The Georgia-based logistics company will cut the volume it moves for the retailer by more than 50% by the second half 2026, a move company leaders say reflects UPS’ new strategy.

News > Nation

Army chopper didn’t respond to air traffic control before crash with Wichita flight

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

Air traffic control received no response from a military Black Hawk helicopter seconds before it collided with an American Airlines flight going from Wichita to Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening.

News > Nation

Wildfires took everything but their food trucks. So they fed their community.

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

The Tropic Truck has set up shop on the outer edges of a strip center parking lot, just steps from an insurance agency, barbershop and other businesses that have yet to reopen after wildfires jumped from Eaton Canyon to Altadena, a foothills community in the shadows of the San Gabriel Mountains.

News > Nation

Trump points fingers, says nation is in mourning after Wichita flight crash

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to cast blame for what caused a passenger flight from Wichita to crash into an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington Wednesday night, leaving no apparent survivors as both aircraft plummeted into the frigid Potomac River.

News > World

A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

To understand the shakedown empire that was once Syria under former President Bashar Assad, consider the notorious Al-Khatib prison and torture center. Nestled in a leafy neighborhood of Damascus, a so-called financial crimes unit of Syria's intelligence services would track down successful businessmen and sardine them in fetid cells at Al-Khatib until they handed over a cut of their profits.

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