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The man who died in a Newman Lake house fire was ‘kind to a fault’ and will leave a legacy, his daughter says

When Farah Taylor was growing up in her father’s lakeside house, she and her brother would force their dad to watch “dive competitions” off the dock for hours until the sun went down. He never complained.

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Boy dies after jumping off Riverfront Park bridge

Updated 9:42 p.m.

30-year-old man accused of shooting person with BB/pellet gun in alleged South Hill road rage incident
Updated: Spokane man sentenced to life in prison without parole for brutal murder of Deer Park 'girl dad' Richard Purdy
Rathdrum man sentenced for killing 19-year-old cousin in DUI crash

Local Government

Spokane County announces plans for initial $7.2 million in opioid settlement disbursements

Local Business

Buck Knives to hold grand re-opening of Post Falls headquarters

National Business

Pfizer agrees to settle more than 10,000 Zantac cancer lawsuits

Updated 7:19 p.m.

Nation

Greene booed as Republicans turn on her over bid to oust Speaker Johnson

Updated 9:30 p.m.

World

Biden pressures Israel to reach cease-fire in Gaza, straining ties

Updated 9:30 p.m.

Washington

‘Let the festivities begin’: Spokane leaders kick-start 50th anniversary of Expo ‘74

Idaho

Prosecutors decline to charge suspect in Coeur d’Alene racial harassment of Utah women’s basketball team

WA Government

Reichert files for governor, another Republican enters congressional race, and more

ID Government

Idaho Gov. Brad Little worried vetoing Transportation Department budget would jeopardize money for bridge repairs

Education: K-12

Oroville Elementary School wins $1,000 grant from NFL, American Heart Associaiton

Higher Education

Gonzaga students ask university to cut financial ties to Israel

Health

Spokane County announces plans for initial $7.2 million in opioid settlement disbursements

Transportation

Getting There: Spokane to swap out recently installed downtown parking meters

Science & Tech

Over half of West Plains wells exceed PFAS limits, Ecology finds. Many private wells have PFAS chemicals over ten times the new federal limit

Military

30 sailors, Marines assigned to Norfolk-based ships injured in hovercraft training mishap, Navy says

Weather

A first for 2024: Inland Northwest to hit 80 degrees and higher this weekend

Columnists

50 years ago in Expo history: Visa issues held up a mariachi band slated for performance at the aptly named Mariachi Lounge

History

50 years ago in Expo history: Visa issues held up a mariachi band slated for performance at the aptly named Mariachi Lounge

Religion

Faith and Values: Blinded by binaries: Why we don’t see the infinite dignity of two-spirit people

Latest Stories

News > Crime/Public Safety

Boy dies after jumping off Riverfront Park bridge

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

A boy died Wednesday night after he and three other teens jumped off the orange pedestrian bridge at Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane.

News > Local government

Bernadine Bank, Carmela Conroy endorsed for Congress by Spokane County Democrats

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

The Spokane County Democratic Party has dual-endorsed two candidates running to represent Eastern Washington in Congress: former diplomat Carmela Conroy and OB-GYN Bernadine Bank.

News > Crime/Public Safety

30-year-old man accused of shooting person with BB/pellet gun in alleged South Hill road rage incident

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

A road rage shooting involving a pellet or BB gun Wednesday on the South Hill left a person with minor injuries and landed a 30-year-old man in jail.

News > Washington

Seattle could close about a quarter of its elementary schools

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

SEATTLE – Seattle Public Schools is expected to take up a proposal Wednesday that could eventually close more than a quarter of the district’s nearly 70 elementary schools.

News > Nation/World

RFK Jr. says he had parasitic brain worm and undisclosed memory loss

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate who has marketed himself to voters as a younger, healthier alternative to the two major contenders, contracted a parasitic worm that got into his brain years ago and ate a portion of it before dying, his campaign said Wednesday.

News > Washington

DOJ decision on reopening Boeing criminal prosecution coming this month

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

The U.S. Justice Department expects to have a decision by the end of this month on whether it will pursue criminal claims against Boeing following two fatal 737 Max crashes.

News > Education

Is WA’s school board association seeing a conservative takeover?

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

Members of a nonpartisan state agency made up of local school board officials from across Washington are warning that conservative groups opposed to teaching about race and gender in schools are wielding increased influence within the organization’s ranks.

News > Washington

Why supporters of Washington’s long-term care program are worried

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

With a looming ballot initiative threatening to upend the finances of Washington’s long-term care benefit, the state is looking at contingency plans.

News > Idaho

Idaho Democratic Party doubles legislative candidate numbers in the face of GOP supermajority

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

For Joseph Messerly, a Soda Springs, Idaho, business owner and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the decision to run for state office started with one issue: Idaho libraries.

News > Nation/World

Greene booed as Republicans turn on her over bid to oust Speaker Johnson

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

They heckled her and shouted boos as she rose to speak, and some hissed at her - and those were the voices from the same side of the aisle as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

News > Nation/World

Two young siblings swept away, killed in fast-moving creek in California

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

A 4-year-old girl and her 2-year-old brother died Tuesday after they were swept downstream in a fast-moving San Bernardino National Forest creek near Forest Falls, California, authorities said.

News > Idaho

Roommate to Idaho student homicide victims speaks out, honors friends with charity event

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

The previously unidentified former roommate at the King Road house in Moscow where four University of Idaho students were killed in late 2022 has publicly come forward in her efforts to contribute to the lasting legacy of her friends. Ashlin Couch, a winter 2021 U of I graduate and sorority sister to two of the stabbing victims, said she chose to speak out for the first time to honor the lives ...

News > Nation/World

Miss Teen USA gives up title days after Miss USA resigned

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

Miss Teen USA will be hanging up her tiara a few months ahead of schedule, and just days after Miss USA did the same.

News > Nation/World

Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

Top Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, are refusing to commit to accept November’s election results with six months until voters head to the polls, raising concerns that the country could see a repeat of the violent aftermath of Trump’s loss four years ago.

News > Local government

Brown backs away from proposed property tax increase on August ballot

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

A major Spokane property tax increase likely will be pulled from the August ballot to allow time for “additional analysis,” Mayor Lisa Brown’s administration announced Wednesday. .

News > Health

Can aspirin prevent colon cancer and strokes?

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

Q. My father had colon cancer, and I have had polyps myself, including a precancerous one. Consequently, I might be an ideal candidate for daily aspirin to prevent colon cancer.

News > Nation/World

Dog hit by car loses leg, is adopted by firefighter who helped her

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

Anthony Pulvino, a firefighter in Buffalo, New York, was at the firehouse one evening last month when two teenage girls came rushing toward the station - holding an injured puppy. “They saw her get hit by a car,” said Pulvino, noting it was clear that the pit bull mix was in pain and couldn’t move her injured leg.

News > Business

GM to end production of the Chevy Malibu this fall, will prep Fairfax for Bolt production

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

General Motors Co. will halt production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan this fall at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas to prep for production of the new Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, the automaker confirmed Wednesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man sentenced to life in prison without parole for brutal murder of Deer Park ‘girl dad’ Richard Purdy

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

The family of a Deer Park murder victim rallied together Wednesday to see his killer sentenced to life in prison without parole.

News > Pacific NW

President Biden to visit Seattle for campaign events

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

President Joe Biden is headed to Seattle this week to raise money for his reelection campaign. Biden will participate in fundraising events in the area on Friday and Saturday, the White House announced Wednesday.

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