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Earthworks helps out the Christmas Bureau with carboard charity

The Christmas Bureau has often been called a fine-tuned machine, with hundreds of volunteers and several local companies coming together to make sure the distribution of grocery store vouchers, toys and books goes smoothly.

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Woman in Spokane Valley collapses in roadway, is hit and killed by car

Local Government

Spokane joins cities banning use of ‘price-fixing’ algorithms. Their use in the city appears to have been widespread.

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Local Business

Ashley Store opening in Spokane and Moscow

National Business

A Seattle shipyard charts major growth even as US shipbuilding struggles

Nation

ShakeAlert sends false alarm about magnitude 5.9 earthquake in California, Nevada

World

Israel and Lebanon take part in rare talks in bid to ease tensions

Washington

Seattle traffic worsens amid roadwork and return to office mandates

Idaho

Boise-area prison escapee accused of brutally killing two men in North Central Idaho pleads guilty to murder

WA Government

State treasurer to again push for financial education requirement for high schoolers

ID Government

Are nonpartisan elections doomed? Idaho GOP head calls them a ‘farce’

Education: K-12

Jenny Slagle appointed Spokane Public School Board president

Higher Education

International students facilitate cultural, religious exchange at Spokane universities

Health

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown proposes citywide ban of Kratom and 7-OH

Transportation

Spokane Public Schools approves $32 million purchase of a new fleet of school buses

Science & Tech

‘Space gum,’ sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample, NASA says

Military

Remembering heroes: Keirsten Lyons honors fallen military members, families and veterans

Weather

Heavy snow expected in parts of US Midwest, Northeast

Columnists

This day in history: Teen escaped before having to testify against his mom. Hunters shot 3 cougars in Stevens County

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This day in history: Teen escaped before having to testify against his mom. Hunters shot 3 cougars in Stevens County

Religion

Bombu Barber owner hosts food drive, reflective of Buddhist spiritual practices he holds near

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News > Crime/Public Safety

59-year-old woman identified in fatal Thanksgiving crash near Airway Heights

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

A woman who died in a rollover crash on Thanksgiving north of Airway Heights has been identified as 59-year-old Dana Venziano, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office.

News > Nation

Mystery grows over who left an unidentified body at funeral home, NC police say

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

A macabre investigation is underway in southeastern North Carolina, after one body too many showed up at funeral home.

News > Nation

Trump wins inaugural FIFA peace prize

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

It wasn’t the one he had in mind but Donald Trump did finally take home a peace prize. Trump was the winner of the inaugural "FIFA Peace Prize," which the soccer organization awarded during its World Cup draw in Washington.

News > Washington

US energy secretary tours Lower Snake River dams after Trump nixed deal

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived in the Tri-Cities this week on a tour of some of Washington state's energy infrastructure, including a dam on the Lower Snake River.

News > National business

US consumer spending stalled in September, inflation in line

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

US consumer spending stalled in September, suggesting Americans were already stretched going into the government shutdown in the face of stubborn inflation.

News > National business

Lance Armstrong narrates documentary on the rise and fall of Schwinn, once America’s bike maker

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

Once upon a time in America, Schwinn and bicycles were synonymous, and Chicago was the center of the two-wheeled, pedal-powered universe.

News > Nation

CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

An influential vaccine advisory panel on Friday voted to lift a long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a vaccine for hepatitis B, marking the most significant change to the childhood immunization schedule under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

News > National business

Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros. in a $72 billion deal that will transform Hollywood

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

Netflix has prevailed in its bid to buy Warner Bros., agreeing to pay $72 billion for the Burbank-based Warner Bros. film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.

News > Spokane

Earthworks helps out the Christmas Bureau with carboard charity

Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

News > K-12 education

‘Enjoy all the life I have left’: Medical Lake High School hosts special basketball game to fulfill two wishes for terminally ill student

Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

Though diagnosed with terminal brain tumors and given a handful of months left to live, Medical Lake High School Senior Owen Pitts has a lot to smile about.

News > Spokane

This day in history: Teen escaped before having to testify against his mom. Hunters shot 3 cougars in Stevens County

Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

From 1975: A Spokane judge presiding over a grand larceny case declared a mistrial for an unusual reason: A witness escaped from custody on the way to the courtroom.

News > Washington

Energy Secretary praises hydropower, slams environmental agenda ‘climate craziness’

Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

Energy Secretary Chris Wright stood against a rainy backdrop of the Ice Harbor Dam to praise the value of hydroelectric power to the Northwest during his first visit in office to the Tri-Cities on Thursday.

News > Washington

Former EPA lawyer based in Seattle fights Trump-related firing

Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

A former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attorney who was based in Seattle is among those challenging their firings for signing a letter critical of the Trump administration.

News > Washington

Hanford Patrol officer fired, sentenced for federal COVID fraud in side business

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

A Pasco gun dealer who also worked for the Hanford Patrol has been sentenced to two years probation but no jail time after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government in his private business. Leif Gerald Larsen was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Stanley Bastian in the Yakima U.S. Courthouse for wire fraud related to U.S. government loans intended to help small businesses remain afloat ...

News > Washington

Former prosecutor tried to stop Benton sheriff’s retaliation and abuse

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

Testimony at a high-profile lawsuit this week revealed that former Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller threatened to strip an embattled sheriff of his legal protections so he could be personally sued if he continued to retaliate against county employees. But the jury won’t be allowed to consider exactly what steps were taken by county officials to put a stop to ex-Sheriff Jerry Hatcher’s ...

News > Spokane

Spokane joins cities banning use of ‘price-fixing’ algorithms. Their use in the city appears to have been widespread.

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

Spokane has joined the growing list of cities across the country to ban the use of algorithmic software that landlords have allegedly used to coordinate rent increases, which some Spokane City Council members and prosecutors across the country have likened to cartel-like behavior.

News > Features

Woman, 101, visits NorthTown Mall Santa as part of new tradition after career on the other side of the Christmas camera

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

Irma Almond was behind the camera 70 years ago, capturing the quintessential mall Santa photos at Crescent Court and the Bon Marché.

News > K-12 education

Spokane Public Schools approves $32 million purchase of a new fleet of school buses

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

Spokane Public Schools is buying its own buses as it moves toward operating its own fleet.

News > Nation

Supreme Court lets Texas use GOP-redrawn congressional map

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

A sharply divided Supreme Court said Thursday that it would allow Texas to use a new congressional map that targets five seats held by Democrats in next year’s midterms.

News > WA Government

State treasurer to again push for financial education requirement for high schoolers

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

OLYMPIA – While State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti has been in office, he has spoken to thousands of people across the state. Not one, Pellicciotti said Thursday, has told him they feel adequately versed in financial education or financial literacy.

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