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News >  Pacific NW

High school students and teachers review books the Community Library Network is considering restricting from minors

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 2, 2025

The Community Library Network in Kootenai County, Idaho, is considering a list of 140 books – many of them young adult novels – to possibly add to its mature content collection that will be kept in a room at Post Falls Library with adult access only.

A&E >  Dining

Iconic Eateries: Spokane favorite Clinkerdagger celebrates 50th anniversary

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 10, 2025

Clinkerdagger celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, as it opened in 1974. 

A&E >  Stage

‘Newsies’ seize the stage at CYT North Idaho

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2024

Seventy-four members of the Christian Youth Theatre in North Idaho are taking to the stage to perform the 2011 Disney musical, “Newsies.”

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News >  Health

GU partners with UW in new Parkinson’s research study focused on mobility

Tue., Aug. 13, 2024

GU and UW researchers are looking at how individuals with Parkinson's fatigue when compared to unimpaired people. 

News >  Health

Is caffeine really off-limits during pregnancy? Experts weigh in on a contested topic

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 7, 2024

This piece explores the most recent caffeine guidelines for pregnant people and talks about why research is difficult to conduct.

News >  Spokane

A ‘campaign staple’: Signs with candidates’ names line the streets, but do they really work?

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 6, 2024

A plethora of campaign signs decorate front yards and dry grass patches along arterials – it’s a familiar sight , especially in the late summer and early fall of election years.

News >  Military

Does Uncle Sam want her? Veterans and politicians weigh idea of women in the draft

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 12, 2024

John Ford spends his days at the Veterans of Foreign Wars location in Hillyard. There, he connects with fellow military service members and their families. The site serves as a home – a community for a population that Ford thinks lives in the shadows of the U.S. government.

News >  Health

Everywhere and everlasting: How PFAS affect the human body

Sun., Aug. 4, 2024

PFAS present many health concerns; their danger is explored in this piece. 

News >  Crime/Public Safety

International kidnapping charge ‘unique’ in Eastern Washington, U.S. attorney says after Pullman man makes court appearance

Sat., Aug. 3, 2024

The Pullman man accused of kidnapping his toddler in May and taking her to Mexico made his first appearance in federal court Friday.

News >  Features

Jorts, Crocs and baggy jeans make a comeback as Y2K resurgence hits Spokane vintage shops

Fri., July 26, 2024

If you stumble into one of Spokane’s thrift stores these days, you may be taken back to the colorful clothing era of celebrities like Christina Aguilera, Lindsey Lohan and, of course, fictional HBO fashionista Carrie Bradshaw. Stores are filling up with droves of denim, strappy 2000s tank tops and baggy T-shirts made popular around the turn of the millennium.

News >  Sci/Tech

Hundreds treated to the ‘disgusting’ and ‘gooey’ spectacle of a shark dissection at the Mobius

UPDATED: Thu., July 18, 2024

For 9-year-old Metta Olson, watching a shark dissection at the Mobius Discovery Center each summer is becoming a tradition.

News >  K-12 education

Fair game: More teachers are ‘gaming’ during lessons, but is it safe?

Wed., July 17, 2024

Games are shaking up the classroom – not as a student distraction but as a new learning mode.

News >  WA Government

Primary election ballots coming soon to Spokane County mailboxes

Wed., July 17, 2024

Spokane County officials will begin mailing Aug. 6 primary election ballots Wednesday as political campaigns ramp up efforts to sway voters.

News >  Nation

We the People: Other cities have been the nation’s capital, but D.C. has longevity (and a lack of voting rights)

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 26, 2024

In the We the People series, The Spokesman-Review examines a question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens.

News >  Health

New variant, updated vaccine: Coronavirus is back, but it never even left

UPDATED: Thu., July 25, 2024

There’s no indication that the coronavirus’ tenure is ending.

News >  Health

‘Not just a tool, but a symbol’: UW Medicine celebrates first day of school with stethoscope ceremony

UPDATED: Fri., July 12, 2024

Sixty future physicians were presented with stethoscopes on Thursday in a celebratory ceremony at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Spokane. The class of 35 women and 25 men will now embark on four years of exploring and encountering the medical field and local communities.

News >  Health

At your annual exam, more doctors are starting to screen for what the stethoscope misses: loneliness

Mon., July 1, 2024

While physicians have been discussing anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors with their patients particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increased call to focus on how often a patient interacts with others. 

News >  K-12 education

Laura Sheikh, a lifelong Spokesman enthusiast, never fails to say ‘yes’

Sun., June 30, 2024

Spokesman-Review intern Laura Sheikh is rarely blunt, but when speaking about her interests, she is concise: “many hobbies, no passions.”