Archives | May 2021

Saturday, May 1

• Dave Anderson: Nine in 20 of us identify as independents. So how can we be polarized?

• This Date in Baseball: May 1

• After loss by 33 votes in March, the Post Falls School District is trying again at a levy extension

• Spokane couple wins $1 million from Publishers Clearing House

• A Grip on Sports: May bursts from the starting gate quickly and continues to put the pedal to the metal

All stories for May 1, 2021 »

Sunday, May 2

• Motley Fool: Huge and still growing

• Susan Tompor: Many taxpayers feel like ‘return has fallen into a black hole’

• March U.S. incomes surge as relief rolls out, spending jumps

• Horse racing’s Triple Crown

• We the People civics lesson: The pros and cons of an Electoral College

All stories for May 2, 2021 »

Monday, May 3

• Leonard Pitts: Times these days when you simply must close your mind

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Theater company thrives despite poor economic conditions

• Then and Now: Bernard and Riverside

• Spokane City Council says no, again, to multifamily housing in Southgate neighborhood

• Former Spokane City Councilman wants permanent cap on council salaries

All stories for May 3, 2021 »

Tuesday, May 4

• Mets fire hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant Tom Slater

• This Date in Baseball: May 4

• 100 years ago in Spokane: County fair, vaudeville wedding targeted by Sunday school convention

• ‘You’re on mute’: How a virtual session changed the dynamic in the 2021 Legislature

• ‘This is a safe place’: Spokane Boxing hosts weekly workouts for teens with Police Activities League

All stories for May 4, 2021 »

Wednesday, May 5

• This Date in Baseball: May 5

• 100 years ago today: Shocking confession in Corbin mansion fire

• Is a 95% reduction in Spokane’s emissions possible by 2050? A new plan calls on the city to try

• Vaccine brings optimism that the fall could bring a mostly normal school year

• Great horned owl parents lost their baby in a windstorm near Cheney. A rescuer reunited them and brought an extra gift

All stories for May 5, 2021 »

Thursday, May 6

• B&B Theatres to reopen, operate former Movie and Dinner cinema at Northern Quest

• Avista Corp. reports increase in first-quarter earnings

• This Date in Baseball: May 6

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Racked with guilt, Corbin confessed to burning her mansion but was ‘on the verge of a mental breakdown’ after

• Washington State University may use debt to fix the university’s athletics budget shortfall

All stories for May 6, 2021 »

Friday, May 7

• Trudy Rubin: As journalists worldwide face repression, GOP lies threaten US media future

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Corbin and her caretaker changed story on mansion-burning as evidence against them mounted

• ‘Pioneering’ first class at Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine graduates Thursday in Spokane

• Washington State University proposes 2.5% tuition increase for upcoming school year

• New weekly jobless claims drop in state, Spokane County

All stories for May 7, 2021 »

Saturday, May 8

• Lawsuit challenges Idaho’s new ballot initiative process

• Restaurants worry about new plastics restrictions in Washington

• Ben Schott: What banks and airlines can learn from funeral homes

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Even more evidence emerged in the suspected arson at the Corbin mansion

• Spokane County’s median home price reaches record high of $356,500 in April

All stories for May 8, 2021 »

Sunday, May 9

• Carla Fried: What you need to know about Medicare by age 63. Yes, 63

• Motley Fool: Spinning for dollars

• U.S. average mortgage rates down slightly; 30-year at 2.96%

• New climate data show Spokane summers are hotter and drier, but what does that really mean for the area?

• The Dirt: Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes undergoing renovations

All stories for May 9, 2021 »

Monday, May 10

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: We keep hitting new lows

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Courtroom hears details of deadly drunken driving, streetcar crash

• Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown

• Capital gains tax: A look at how Washington got here and what’s still to come

• Getting There: 50 years ago, private passenger trains left Spokane on their final journeys

All stories for May 10, 2021 »

Tuesday, May 11

• Big changes coming for statewide public health system and local boards

• 100 years ago today: A call for ‘American moral normalcy’

• One of two Spokane COVID-19 isolation centers to close

• A Grip on Sports: The latest in a series of M’s saviors arrives Thursday in Seattle

• Spokane Parks experiments with ways to reduce use of synthetic herbicides

All stories for May 11, 2021 »

Wednesday, May 12

• 100 years ago in Spokane: The proprietors of a Moran Prairie speakeasy were acquitted of Prohibition violations

• Local undocumented students eligible for federal pandemic assistance, Biden administration rules

• Bloomsday 2021 draws more than 22,000 registrants: See where they’re from

• Spokane’s most expensive condo listed for $2.5 million

• Shawn Vestal: Board ideologues imperil NIC’s academic mission

All stories for May 12, 2021 »

Thursday, May 13

• Kurt Bardella: Cheney’s ouster speaks volumes about the GOP

• As DNR awaits new wildfire prevention funds from Legislature, officials warn people of record-breaking wildfire season to come

• Syrian family reunited, against the odds, in Greece

• Spokane County likely to see uptick in new home listings this summer, but prices expected to remain high

• 100 years ago in Spokane: A dog saved a toddler’s life by pulling him from the tracks as a streetcar came toward them

All stories for May 13, 2021 »

Friday, May 14

• 100 years ago in Spokane: During a series of talks on morality, a speaker said roadhouse patrons should be ‘ostracized from society’

• Parents must file taxes by Monday deadline to receive correct monthly payments up to $300 per child starting in July

• Ready to Shock the Indoor Football League: Reborn IFL franchise opens season Saturday at fanless Spokane Arena

• Retail sales were flat in April as stimulus spending waned

• U.S. industrial output rose a modest 0.7% amid shortages

All stories for May 14, 2021 »

Saturday, May 15

• Kevin R. Kosar: The GOP and the strains on the two-party system

• Spokane County, city will have to reach agreement in dispatch feud, according to bill signed by Inslee

• How should Spokane fix its housing crisis? A draft plan includes ideas, but the city also wants yours

• ‘It’s about time for live music in Spokane’: New festival runs through Sunday, and for a good cause

• Rob Curley: The Spokesman-Review’s paid high school internship will teach you a lot more than journalism

All stories for May 15, 2021 »

Sunday, May 16

• Motley Fool: Barking up the right tree

• Carla Fried: With models proliferating, how to compare EVs and hybrids

• Scott Burns: No matter your net worth, simple wealth beats complex wealth

• U.S. mortgage rates fall for 4th week; 30-year dips to 2.94%

• Carl P. Leubsdorf: Why we don’t yet have a Jan. 6 commission

All stories for May 16, 2021 »

Monday, May 17

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Sometimes you wonder what they’re so afraid of

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Map pinpoints location of Col. George Wright’s camp in 1858

• Law and Justice Council recommends county split it in two

• Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics

• It’s time to make sure your phone will get Washington’s new ShakeAlert early earthquake warnings

All stories for May 17, 2021 »

Tuesday, May 18

• 100 years ago today: Hotelier innocent of liquor charges

• City laying groundwork for post-pandemic homeless shelter system

• People’s Waffle opens restaurant in downtown Spokane

• ‘Her image is an inspiration’: Whitworth student depicted on new Alaska Airlines aircraft

• Wife of state senator among those who filed to run for office in Spokane County on Monday

All stories for May 18, 2021 »

Wednesday, May 19

• Kootenai County voters reject hospital candidates most skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines, protocols; back GOP-recommended candidates in library races

• ‘They’re not an afterthought’: Advocates push to overcome Latino vaccine hesitancy

• 100 years ago in Eastern Washington: Fire leveled much of the town of Opportunity

• Federal judge orders Washington transgender inmates’ records to remain sealed, for now

• Trust, organization crucial in getting farmworkers vaccinated against COVID-19

All stories for May 19, 2021 »

Thursday, May 20

• After controversy of ‘pop up’ homeless shelter at Women’s Club, city leaders consider guidelines for temporary shelters

• Education notebook: G-Prep, Pullman High students awarded National Merit scholarships

• Hesitancy or convenience? When the COVID-19 vaccine rolled into Fairfield this month, demand was strong

• A tax break for Pac-Man? Spokane considers repeal of decades-old arcade and games fee

• Washington State University faculty skeptical of athletics budget recovery plan

All stories for May 20, 2021 »

Friday, May 21

• Carl P. Leubsdorf: It’s good and bad for the GOP

• Washington records

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Bootleggers were free to have a field day after local Prohibition agents got furloughed

• Investment deals in Idaho exceeded $5.2 billion in 2020; Kootenai companies see increase despite pandemic

• School name finalist: Eugene Breckenridge graduated Whitworth with rave reviews and masters degree, but the Spokane School Board wouldn’t hire him

All stories for May 21, 2021 »

Saturday, May 22

• Margaret Sullivan: America’s rich people could have saved local journalism - and perhaps democracy. They refused.

• Petula Dvorak: When it comes to unmasking, do we trust one another to follow the rules?

• Michael Hiltzik: The evidence is clear — COVID lockdowns saved lives without harming economies

• Mark Z. Barabak: The crazy history behind Arizona’s wacky presidential recount

• School name finalist: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an icon for women’s rights during her career that included U.S. Supreme Court justice

All stories for May 22, 2021 »

Sunday, May 23

• Carla Fried: Plan ahead for monthly federal payments to families with children

• Hit by higher prices for gear, doctors and dentists want insurers to pay

• Motley Fool: Big Blue for big green

• School name finalist: Enslaved explorer York was critical to the Lewis & Clark expedition

• We the People: How many seats are on the Supreme Court? And how did we get there?

All stories for May 23, 2021 »

Monday, May 24

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Isn’t it time we moved on?’

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Oil-crazy South Hill residents, spurred by geologist, seek lease with city

• Birth of the Dow Jones Industrial Average

• Cultural ties: Mead High student creates Red Thread Unraveled to benefit Chinese adoptees

• Getting There: Biden says Amtrak is ‘environmentally, a lifesaver.’ But just how green is rail travel?

All stories for May 24, 2021 »

Tuesday, May 25

• Deputies use bean-bags to subdue robbery suspect they say threatened Rite Aid employee with knife

• 100 years ago today: Small town mayors pitch irrigation project

• School name finalist: Beacon Hill sole landmark considered for name of new middle schools

• City to begin delivery of larger recycling carts

• United Airlines launches free flight sweepstakes for vaccinated customers

All stories for May 25, 2021 »

Wednesday, May 26

• 100 years ago in Spokane: The Davenport Hotel’s proprietor worried police were overstepping with hallway patrols

• Spokane County’s jobless rate drops to 6.1% in April

• School name finalist: John Oakley left indelible mark on students, athletes during 36-year career

• School name finalist: Pauline Flett helped save Spokane Tribe’s language

• Missing links: Three land buys will boost Spokane Valley parks and trails

All stories for May 26, 2021 »

Thursday, May 27

• Doyle McManus: How Mitch McConnell and the GOP perfected the politics of ‘No!’

• The career of baseball legend Willie Mays

• Former mayor of Springdale pleads guilty to theft, faces sentencing in June

• ‘Massive’ cat once roamed Inland Northwest, research co-authored by Gonzaga professor finds

• Browns Park improvements to be completed this summer; Balfour Park expansion planned

All stories for May 27, 2021 »

Friday, May 28

• Not making a splash: Splash Down closed again for the summer, citing challenge of COVID-19 enforcement

• 100 years ago in Spokane: ‘Please let us girls have smokes,’ female inmates begged the jail

• New weekly jobless claims drop in state, Spokane County

• Lost Boys’ Garage Bar & Grill owners opening restaurant at former Lindaman’s location

• Meet Kodie Kolden, Washington State’s surging leadoff hitter, one-half of the ‘Coeur d’Alene Rake Show’ and an aspiring physical therapist

All stories for May 28, 2021 »

Saturday, May 29

• Nicholas Goldberg: Notoriously silent Justice Thomas is suddenly garrulous

• Virginia Heffernan: A government sarcasm detector is just what we need, right?

• Spokane County Interstate Fair could be hampered in September by capacity limits. Or not?

• 100 years ago in Spokane: The circus acts of 1921 probably wouldn’t have been allowed today

• A Grip on Sports: More than 50 games into the season we’re still not sure just how good, or bad, the Mariners are

All stories for May 29, 2021 »

Sunday, May 30

• Motley Fool: Testing, testing: Is this stock on?

• The Dirt: The Joint Chiropractic expanding to Eastern Washington

• Got a teen driver? Follow these 7 guidelines

• Amazon-MGM seen winning antitrust nod as tech critics cry foul

• Trudy Rubin: ‘Don’t give up on us.’ Afghan girls and women in grave danger when US troops leave

All stories for May 30, 2021 »

Monday, May 31

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: He was a Vietnam vet named Greg

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Swarm of bees - you read that right - block downtown traffic

• Honoring those who’ve gone: Cemeteries differ, but traditions continue for Memorial Day

• Getting There: Spokane Valley has ‘ghost roads,’ and the city wants you to sue if one belongs to you

• Jazmine Redmon brings experience, family atmosphere to University girls basketball program

All stories for May 31, 2021 »