Archives | September 2019

Sunday, Sept. 1

• 100 years ago on the Palouse: 2 farmers electrocuted after power line falls onto telephone wire

• Business Beat

• BBB Tip of the Week: Watch out for pro sports ticket scams

• Motley Fool: Nike sprinting ahead

• Week Ahead

All stories for Sept. 1, 2019 »

Monday, Sept. 2

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Teachers consider joining union; tailors go on strike

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Normal’ is what got us here

• Then and Now: Thor/Ray arterial

• Hillyard’s water contamination may lead to locks on fire hydrants

• Getting there: Autonomous bus could come to Riverfront Park

All stories for Sept. 2, 2019 »

Tuesday, Sept. 3

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Wife leaves for Los Angeles in search of missing husband

• Paul Turner: Backyard apple tree proves a formidable foe as fall nears

• Marianne Williamson: U.S. needs Department of Peace

• Charles Lane: Mattis shows way on defying Trump

• Breeding has shaped dogs’ brains, MRI scans reveal

All stories for Sept. 3, 2019 »

Wednesday, Sept. 4

• Michael Gerson: Trump has done nothing to win back the voters who left him in the midterms

• Niche home-sharing sites roll out welcome mat for minorities

• Reader photo: Humdinger!

• 100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Chronicle calls for new bridges to replace ferries

• Washington records

All stories for Sept. 4, 2019 »

Thursday, Sept. 5

• Don C. Brunell: Tacoma LNG project needs to happen

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Spokane prepares for President Wilson’s visit; bunco men nabbed

• Gardening: Transplant learns to blend into surroundings

• Feature creature: SCRAPS volunteers rate Riker as ‘gentle, sweet and adventurous’

• Education notebook: Medical Lake High installs new safety fence

All stories for Sept. 5, 2019 »

Friday, Sept. 6

• Marc A. Thiessen: Senate Democrats’ unprecedented threat against the Supreme Court

• Washington records

• Catalyst rising: Cross-laminated timber structure takes shape in U-District

• Snap Fitness to join Ponderosa Village development in Spokane Valley

• Front Porch: A big deal, no-big-deal wedding

All stories for Sept. 6, 2019 »

Saturday, Sept. 7

• Tom Kelly: College bound? Suggestions for off-campus living

• Trudy Rubin: Ending the Afghan ‘forever war’: Trump will fail by imitating Obama

• Sheldon Whitehouse: The newest political arm

• Spokane’s third charter school finds home in downtown Lerner Building

• Spokane Valley Walmart selected for pollinator garden pilot program

All stories for Sept. 7, 2019 »

Sunday, Sept. 8

• Motley Fool: An undervalued giant

• Week Ahead

• Business Beat

• BBB Tip of the Week: Watch out for scammers trying to sell flooddamaged

• Millennial Money: Couple goals start with money summit

All stories for Sept. 8, 2019 »

Monday, Sept. 9

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: We are living the fable of the emperor’s new clothes

• Cheney school board candidates representing Airway Heights tout elected experience, say district needs more schools

• Rob Curley: New things at Spokane County Interstate Fair include inside look at The S-R

• Congress returns to McConnell’s legislative ‘graveyard’

• Trump’s planned Camp David retreat with the Taliban draws flak from all sides

All stories for Sept. 9, 2019 »

Tuesday, Sept. 10

• East Valley HS choir ready to share the stage with Foreigner

• Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Daley: Too many voters live under minority rule

• Washington records

• The Spokesman-Review’s agriculture project ‘A Year in the Fields’ on display at fair

• As winter approaches, city pledges to take action on homeless shelter

All stories for Sept. 10, 2019 »

Wednesday, Sept. 11

• Longtime Liberty Lake mayor faces city councilman in re-election race as town continues to grow

• Michael Gerson: Historical context is no excuse for the founders’ failure on slavery

• Spokane law enforcement agencies will add four more mental health teams

• Shawn Vestal: Spokane should expand its successful community court program

• Riverstone development in Coeur d’Alene marks 20 years of challenges and successes

All stories for Sept. 11, 2019 »

Thursday, Sept. 12

• Incumbent Cragun, challenger Phillips face off for Deer Park City Council seat

• Contract disputes between AT&T and local broadcast stations leave customers in the dark

• Washington records

• Orchard Prairie School, celebrating 125 years, still maintains family feeling

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Crowds gather to hear President Wilson promote League of Nations

All stories for Sept. 12, 2019 »

Friday, Sept. 13

• Washington records

• Man accused of firing into crowd and at police after Coeur d’Alene Fourth of July fireworks display arrested Thursday

• A slowdown in U.S. business formation poses a risk to economy

• David Von Drehle: Vaping finally has its Joe Cool moment

• Trudy Rubin: Trump failing at solo diplomacy

All stories for Sept. 13, 2019 »

Saturday, Sept. 14

• Work to prepare Ridpath Hotel condos continues

• George F. Will: Hong Kong is a ‘hair’s breadth from destruction’

• Yes, stocks are up again. No, recession worries aren’t gone

• Women of the Year: For Pam Senske, Pearson Packaging is about family and community

• Sue Lani Madsen: 51st state movement rooted in history and differences, not fantasy

All stories for Sept. 14, 2019 »

Sunday, Sept. 15

• Motley Fool: A stock that can deliver

• Nerd Wallet: Moving to escape taxes? Make it a clean break

• BBB Tip of the Week: Learn how to be safer dating online

• Tom Kelly: College faculty, staff, grads often need housing

• Week Ahead

All stories for Sept. 15, 2019 »

Monday, Sept. 16

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Arguments over electability are an annoying diversion

• Faith and Values: The key to restoration is embracing, not forgetting, the past

• Collection of premier proverb scholar opens at UVM

• Canopy Credit Union opens Spokane Valley branch

• Getting There: Riders, meet your new bus line: the crosstown Route 4

All stories for Sept. 16, 2019 »

Tuesday, Sept. 17

• Debbie Dingell: NAFTA 2.0 needs upgrading

• Robert J. Samuelson: Should we love or hate ‘negative’ interest rates?

• 100 years ago in Spokane: With soldiers back from World War I, city experiences shortage of housing – and jazz musicians

• Temporary bike lane to connect university pedestrian bridge with greenway project

• U.S. should look to the past, allies, before taking action in Middle East former Ambassador Crocker says

All stories for Sept. 17, 2019 »

Wednesday, Sept. 18

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Enforcement finds most don’t follow new headlight law

• Women of the Year: For Jordan Stevenson, being active is the way to help others

• Leaders say sit-lie ordinance won’t be suspended even if Spokane remains without shelter

• Shawn Vestal: Homelessness case that has candidates talking and cities worried may not be the final word

• Neighbors sue over plans for park in Millwood on Spokane River

All stories for Sept. 18, 2019 »

Thursday, Sept. 19

• Medical Lake School Board candidates highlight perspectives on military, special needs students

• Goodbye, green water: Manito’s Mirror Pond to get makeover

• After high tariffs led to cancellation of Chinese light festival in Spokane Valley, organizers are regrouping

• Richard Cohen: Why identity politics is dangerous

• 100 years ago in Spokane: People line up for days to buy lots as city suffers housing crunch

All stories for Sept. 19, 2019 »

Friday, Sept. 20

• Michael Gerson: American’s shouldn’t look at all politics through the lens of one issue

• Longtime Middle East diplomat, Spokane native advises crowd to ‘ignore history at our own peril’

• 100 years ago in Spokane County: Staff quits sanatorium over allegations of doctor’s ‘unprofessional’ behavior

• Washington records

• Shawn Vestal: Realtors and other rich interests are pouring money into funds to back Nadine Woodward and other Spokane candidates

All stories for Sept. 20, 2019 »

Saturday, Sept. 21

• Gamer’s Haven owners preparing space near Kendall Yards to include bar, restaurant

• Thomas Hammer to open South Hill location near Washington Trust branch

• Michael Morell and David Kris: How the DNI-Congress feud puts intelligence and democracy in danger

• Commentary: Spiro Agnew laid the groundwork for Trump’s GOP

• Michael Parr: Do we care that the birds are disappearing?

All stories for Sept. 21, 2019 »

Sunday, Sept. 22

• The nominees are…

• Week Ahead

• BBB Tip of the Week: Be on the watch for SIM swapping

• Tom Kelly: Purchase real estate with a converted 401(k) plan

• Nerd Wallet: The 6 biggest retirement mistakes, and 1 defense

All stories for Sept. 22, 2019 »

Monday, Sept. 23

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Spokane superintendent suggests vote of public on teacher wage increases

• Election preview: Mead School District board member Dorcas Wylder faces challenger Michael Cannon

• Faith and Values: To aid the environment, Buddhism teaches us to see interdependence between nature and living

• West Central’s Knight House part of Spokane Preservation Advocates’ fall tour of historic Spokane homes

• Then and Now: The Spokane streetcar barn

All stories for Sept. 23, 2019 »

Tuesday, Sept. 24

• Apple Watch alerts paramedics to Spokane man’s bike crash

• Robert J. Samuelson: The odd couple: Trump and Powell

• Washington records

• When a town loses its clinic: how residents in Fairfield are fighting to get health care back

• 100 years ago today in Spokane: ‘Domestic help’ scarce as Spokane women find other work

All stories for Sept. 24, 2019 »

Wednesday, Sept. 25

• Marc A. Thiessen: Democrats’ double standard on Ukraine

• AP Explains: The rise of a Trump impeachment inquiry

• In cautious comments, Biden stops short of calling for impeachment now

• Shawn Vestal: Be the hero the republic – and Republicans – truly need, Representative

• Washington records

All stories for Sept. 25, 2019 »

Thursday, Sept. 26

• Egg roll: Over 136K eggs fall off semitrailer onto roadway

• Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead’s poetic lyricist, dies at 78

• Impeachment push tests GOP’s political skills as 2020 looms; McMorris Rodgers criticizes Dems

• Why transcript of Trump’s Ukraine call is not word for word

• Johnson’s Custom Jewelry fills space vacated by Dodson’s

All stories for Sept. 26, 2019 »

Friday, Sept. 27

• Richard Cohen: The lucky life of a newspaperman

• Yellowstone National Park names 1st female chief ranger

• Week 4 prep football preview: ‘Battle of the Bell’ showcases two top teams in Mead, Mt. Spokane

• Washington records

• Nun praised for dissertation on sex abuse of nuns by priests

All stories for Sept. 27, 2019 »

Saturday, Sept. 28

• Demolition set for buildings at Normandie complex site

• Week Ahead

• From Harrop: HELP WANTED: Republicans willing to defend country

• Hugh Hewitt: Impeachment-minded Democrats, welcome to Al Capone’s vault. Look familiar?

• Eye on Boise: Climate change troubling, but U.S. already doing more than other countries, Idaho senator says

All stories for Sept. 28, 2019 »

Sunday, Sept. 29

• Commission named every 10 years to redraw Washington’s congressional, legislative boundaries

• BBB Tip of the Week: Torch Award for Ethics winners announced

• Motley Fool: Paper profits

• Tom Kelly: Investing in real estate abroad? Take a look at your IRA

• Business Beat

All stories for Sept. 29, 2019 »

Monday, Sept. 30

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Trump makes Captain Queeg look like Captain Kirk

• Faith and Values: Be an aware, active advocate of creation

• Spokane domestic violence survivor credits vigilant friends, co-workers for helping her escape abuse

• 100 years ago in Spokane: France sends medals for local veteran, but he’s a hard man to find

• Getting There: A high-tech hatchback cruises Spokane Valley streets, cataloging every crack and pothole

All stories for Sept. 30, 2019 »