Archives | June 2019

Saturday, June 1

• 100 years ago in Spokane: S-R defends Navy’s women clerical workers; Stantons buy shares in Washington Trust

• Buildings’ demolition to make way for downtown Sportsplex

• Rodda Paint to reopens at new location in Spokane Valley

• Svati Kirsten Narula: I almost died on Everest. I still want to go back.

• George F. Will: The idea of an aesthetic impeachment

All stories for June 1, 2019 »

Sunday, June 2

• Tom Kelly: Tax-free cash to rental owners under 14-day rule

• Nerd Wallet: Making ‘good enough’ choices can pay off

• Motley Fool: A Micro-strong investment

• BBB Tip of the Week: Torch Awards 2018

• Business Beat

All stories for June 2, 2019 »

Monday, June 3

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: In letting fake Pelosi video stand, Facebook shows its true colors

• Top North Korean official reappears days after purge report

• White House: Trump ‘deadly serious’ about Mexico tariffs

• Before clean air agency formed 50 years ago, Spokane’s air was unhealthy more than a third of the time

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Labor endorses government ownership of railroads

All stories for June 3, 2019 »

Tuesday, June 4

• 100 years go in Spokane: Safecrackers make off with nearly $1,000 from downtown Buick dealership

• Daniel Marchalik: Why are so many doctors burning out? Tons of real and electronic paperwork.

• Robert J. Samuelson: The brave new world of trading blocs

• Paul Turner: When you gotta go, you gotta go

• Family connections help couple take the plunge in the resort business at Loon Lake

All stories for June 4, 2019 »

Wednesday, June 5

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Judge tosses lewdness charges against ‘professed Bolshevist’ and his secretary arrested in hotel room

• Ethiopian adoptees in Nine Mile Falls learn their birth mother who has cancer, HIV is improbably alive

• Washington records

• Michael Gerson: To promote Donald Trump, Franklin Graham betrays the gospel

• Hoopfest agrees to stay in Spokane after city officials tentatively agree to pay 65% of security costs

All stories for June 5, 2019 »

Thursday, June 6

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Restaurant workers no longer forced to work 7-days-a-week

• Finding peace amid the horror of Normandy

• Joe Meiners became a medic on Utah Beach and dragged soldiers to safety

• Ben Brooks faced deadly reality as he stepped onto bloody Omaha Beach

• The war at home: How Spokane’s newspapers covered the Allied invasion of France

All stories for June 6, 2019 »

Friday, June 7

• Washington records

• Paul Waldman: Abortion is set to be a huge issue in 2020

• As Walmart turns to robots, it’s the human workers who feel like machines

• Here’s the list you want today: Area bakeries offer up their bestsellers on national day of doughnut delight

• Shawn Vestal: WSU’s growing athletics debt will top $100 million by 2023

All stories for June 7, 2019 »

Saturday, June 8

• Business Beat

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Boys wanted in suspected arson; Robert Frost scheduled to make give poetry reading

• Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr.: I gave $26 million to Alabama. Here’s why they gave it back.

• Anne Applebaum: ‘America First’ has NATO feeling uneasy

• Pressure for everyone as U.S. Open returns to Pebble Beach

All stories for June 8, 2019 »

Sunday, June 9

• Tom Kelly: Living trust can be a flexible alternative

• Motley Fool: Dividends and growth

• Week Ahead

• Nerd Wallet: What will long-term care cost you?

• Airbnb, NAACP partner to get more people of color to become Airbnb hosts

All stories for June 9, 2019 »

Monday, June 10

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: What they see when they see us

• Johnson hardens Brexit rhetoric as opponents launch campaigns

• Strong job market hampers FEMA hiring in flood-hit states

• It’s the greatest: Ali’s training camp opens to public

• Massive extradition bill protest fills Hong Kong streets

All stories for June 10, 2019 »

Tuesday, June 11

• Aaron Blake: John Dean’s compelling case for parallels between Trump and Watergate

• Robert J. Samuelson: The Democrats’ fairy-tale campaigns

• 250 attend Spokane library discussion about drag

• Washington records

• Paul Turner: There’s a conspiracy against people writing checks

All stories for June 11, 2019 »

Wednesday, June 12

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Oklahoma senator says Sen. Miles Poindexter, of Spokane, a strong contender for president

• Michael Gerson: The abortion lobby has taken the first step toward re-electing Donald Trump

• Don C. Brunell: 737 Max fix critical to Washington

• Senior meals

• Sisters remember brother slain along with four others in violent area of Yakama reservation

All stories for June 12, 2019 »

Thursday, June 13

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Construction of Kirtland Cutter-designed Deaconess Hospital begins

• Joe Heller cartoon

• Dana Milbank: Is it any wonder Washington is broken? The friendship tree has died.

• Blissful Whisk satisfies sweet tooth of Spokane Valley customers, dental patients

• Five West Central ‘zombie homes’ placed in receivership as part of affordable housing push

All stories for June 13, 2019 »

Friday, June 14

• Washington records

• Acquitted Knox back in Italy for wrongful conviction talk

• 100 years ago: Washington Gov. Ernest Lister dies after long illness

• Jonah Goldberg: As with superheroes, Trump’s superpowers have their limitations

• Judge rejects federal challenge to Hanford workers comp law

All stories for June 14, 2019 »

Saturday, June 15

• Mitch Daniels: Down on the farm, values grow

• Ann McFeatters: Swampier than ever

• Froma Harrop: Tweets, stock prices and Donald Trump

• Pullman-Moscow bus route pros, issues discussed

• Booming Seattle questions future of city golf courses

All stories for June 15, 2019 »

Sunday, June 16

• Tom Kelly: Never underestimate your circle of friends

• Business Beat

• Motley Fool: Take a Bite of This

• BBB Tip of the Week: Fake airline ticket scams

• Nerd Wallet: Don’t believe these Social Security myths

All stories for June 16, 2019 »

Monday, June 17

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: LGBTQ pride on 50th anniversary of Stonewall Uprising

• Massive blackout hits tens of millions in South America

• Boris Johnson skips debate as Tory rivals quizzed on Brexit

• Costco shooting: Man killed by off-duty officer was nonverbal, had an intellectual disability

• Hong Kong police begin to clear streets of protesters

All stories for June 17, 2019 »

Tuesday, June 18

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Jury sides with black man who sued segregated theater

• Matt Welch: Banning hate never works out as we expect

• Robert J. Samuelson: The fate of Japan – and everyone else

• Spokanes, Kalispels each get $500,000 in HUD block grants

• Paul Turner: Doomsday secret didn’t spoil summer for the neighborhood kids

All stories for June 18, 2019 »

Wednesday, June 19

• Pacific Northwest-based Foster Pepper, Garvey Schubert Barer law firms combine

• Washington records

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Washington State football coach who led Cougars to Rose Bowl win accused of evading draft

• Doris Nelson, Little Loan Shoppe owner convicted of fraud, dies in federal prison

• Spokane mayoral campaign pushes community to question, defend safety of downtown library

All stories for June 19, 2019 »

Thursday, June 20

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Power company nearing final approval for dam at Bowl and Pitcher in Spokane River that would create 4-mile lake

• Dana Milbank: Let’s talk about what really matters in 2020 … Hillary Clinton’s emails

• Veterinarians to appeal dismissal of trafficking lawsuit

• Report: Spokane ranks second in the nation for most cat-friendly city

• Riverfront Park playground to prioritize accessibility

All stories for June 20, 2019 »

Friday, June 21

• Michael Gerson: Venezuela is a world leader in the production of desperation

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Man accused of advocating revolution found guilty

• Basketball’s love letter to Spokane

• F-22 Raptors arrive at Fairchild Air Force Base

• Washington records

All stories for June 21, 2019 »

Saturday, June 22

• Summer Guide: A former Imagineer’s journey to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

• Work underway at Lewis and Clark High school

• Bakery planned next to First Avenue Coffee in downtown

• 100 Years Ago Today: Railway inspector injured in derailment in Northport; Spokane agrees dynamite Fourth of July

• Summer Guide: Galaxy’s Edge is exactly what patient Star Wars fans have long craved

All stories for June 22, 2019 »

Sunday, June 23

• Nerd Wallet: Make your money last in retirement

• Motley Fool: Diversity in one stock

• Tom Kelly: Second-home extra spaces can pay dividends

• BBB Tip of the Week: Fake airline ticket scams have landed

• Business Beat

All stories for June 23, 2019 »

Monday, June 24

• Clarence Page: On abortion, voters still lean to the wobbly middle

• Faith and Values: For deeper spiritual maturity, find a common identity

• Former NIC wrestling coach files tort claim seeking damages for ouster

• Spokane-area kids are top contenders in innovation competition with astronaut device

• Then and Now: Velox Naval Supply Depot

All stories for June 24, 2019 »

Tuesday, June 25

• 100 years ago in Spokane: At federal trial, prosecutors say former Washington State coach ‘Lone Star’ Dietz was posing as Indian

• Robert J. Samuelson: Tear up the (economic) textbooks – and start over!

• 50 years later, the moon is still great for business

• Washington records

• Spokane police investigating 33-year-old man for homicide in the death of his mother in her downtown apartment

All stories for June 25, 2019 »

Wednesday, June 26

• Trump’s Iran policy is nothing like Obama’s failure in Syria

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Jury can’t decide fate of former Washington State Football Coach ‘Lone Star’ Dietz

• As they prepare for smoke season, Spokane leaders consider adding more air monitors and protections for homeless

• Washington records

• Liberty Lake City Council race a debate between experience and fresh ideas

All stories for June 26, 2019 »

Thursday, June 27

• Dana Milbank: Trump demands subservience and gets incompetence

• Washington records

• Lawyer: Stevens County militia leader fled to West Virginia to escape threats, not authorities

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Former Washington State football Coach ‘Lone Star’ Dietz arrested again

• Control of Spokane Valley City Council a top issue for two of Councilman Arne Woodard’s primary challengers

All stories for June 27, 2019 »

Friday, June 28

• Michael Gerson: Evangelicals praise Trump at steep moral consequence

• For two weeks a year, children with rare speech disorder learn to overcome and be heard

• Local governments, industries submit plans to limit pollution in Spokane River as conservation groups cry foul

• Garland Resale Boutique opening Friday in downtown Spokane

• Ammi Midstokke: Mountain medicine for the wee ones

All stories for June 28, 2019 »

Saturday, June 29

• Froma Harrop: Vogue doesn’t have to put Melania on its cover

• Christine M. Flowers: Detained children should be released, not used as political pawns

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Father of woman dubbed Spokane’s ‘mystery girl’ says she suffered from mental illness following meningitis

• Washington man convicted in 1987 killings of Canadian couple

• President Donald Trump visits DMZ for meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

All stories for June 29, 2019 »

Sunday, June 30

• BBB Tip of the Week: Screen incoming numbers to avoid robocalls

• Nerd Wallet: 3 sites to help aging parents organize details

• Kathleen Parker: Why millennials may be conservatives at heart

• Business Beat

• Week Ahead

All stories for June 30, 2019 »