Archives | December 2023

Friday, Dec. 1

• Central Mine Rescue commemorates 100 years with silver coin

• Translators ensure ‘all are welcome’ at the Christmas Bureau

• Man charged with Lapwai murder will be returned to Idaho

• Wall Street awaits Powell as Fed-cut hype eases

• A Grip on Sports: Money matters in college sports and it will matter this weekend – as well as into the future

All stories for Dec. 1, 2023 »

Saturday, Dec. 2

• A Grip on Sports: Washington heads to CFP as Pac-12 champs, more changes in Pullman and Zags visit Vegas again as the weekend rolls on

• Pac-12 football: Ranking the champions from the expansion era (Washington is No. 1, just not this team)

• ‘It’s tough to guard us’: Gonzaga shares the ball, runs away with 89-76 win over USC in Las Vegas

• Women’s basketball: On heels of comeback win over EWU, Gonzaga takes on No. 3 Stanford

• ‘Leigh LeBron’: Gonzaga’s Kayleigh Truong shows off her versatility in bounce back from injury-plagued 2022-23

All stories for Dec. 2, 2023 »

Sunday, Dec. 3

• Mailed holiday cards deliver timeless message

• Charles M. Blow: An electorate in revolt threatens Biden’s chances

• The Black Lens, Spokane’s Black newspaper, will return in February

• Spokane lawyer, former congressional candidate Natasha Hill announced as editor of relaunched Black Lens

• 100 year ago in Spokane: The ‘Lion Tamers Club’ formed, with tween boys living it up in a shed

All stories for Dec. 3, 2023 »

Monday, Dec. 4

• The cat’s meow: South Hill residents build customized cat patio and treehouse

• Michelle Goldberg: Farewell to George Santos, the perfect MAGA Republican

• The Cheney Chipsters chip in at the Christmas Bureau with handcrafted wooden toys

• Then and Now: A.E. Keats

• Wall Street’s furious bull run gets reality check

All stories for Dec. 4, 2023 »

Tuesday, Dec. 5

• Teddy bears, pajamas – and at least one plush chicken wing – arrive for sorting at the Christmas Bureau

• AT&T taps Ericsson for $14 billion network revamp, ousting Nokia

• Two hours of daily meetings is the limit, Slack survey shows

• Meta, IBM create industrywide AI alliance to share technology

• Coffee lovers to endure more pain as Vietnam’s crop to fall

All stories for Dec. 5, 2023 »

Wednesday, Dec. 6

• ‘Like Santa Claus coming’: Volunteers prepare for the Christmas Bureau to open Thursday

• Stock futures up after private payrolls report

• Unprecedented U.S. exports are weighing on global crude market

• Moody’s cuts China banks outlook after sovereign downgrade

• U.S. firms slow hiring with manufacturers cutting jobs, ADP says

All stories for Dec. 6, 2023 »

Thursday, Dec. 7

• The Christmas Bureau opens today: ‘There’s plenty for everyone’

• The Collector: As her scale collection grew, Bonne Ahrens used her maiden name as a limiting factor

• Gardening: Last few chores on 2023 garden set up 2024 garden for success

• 2023-24 Winter High School Sports Preview: Mead wrestling again relying on depth in search for state threepeat

• 2023-24 Winter High School Sports Preview: Cheney’s Alma Smith hopes to repeat state diving title

All stories for Dec. 7, 2023 »

Friday, Dec. 8

• Green writes book about recent UI crises

• Stock bulls score longest weekly win since 2019

• U.S. labor market defies slowdown forecasts in broad strengthening

• Micron seals labor deal for $15 billion plant, boosting bid for U.S. funds

• U.S. consumer sentiment jumps as inflation concerns dissipate

All stories for Dec. 8, 2023 »

Saturday, Dec. 9

• Leavenworth, four Idaho towns named among ‘coziest winter destinations’ in America

• Patrick Massey: Keep holidays merry and bright with safe online shopping tips from CISA

• Campus antisemitism, free speech and double standards

• Former GOP heads say party needs ‘course correction’ after divisive changes

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Two mysterious young women who showed up at a funeral ended up having a sad connection to the decedent

All stories for Dec. 9, 2023 »

Sunday, Dec. 10

• Maximum fun at Star Wars miniature game night at Uncle’s Games

• Idaho law forced women out of state for abortions. They detail ‘grim’ experiences

• Motley Fool: Enbridge for income

• Commentary: Republicans, don’t fear DEI. Diversity offices like mine could only wish to be that influential

• ‘Everyone deserves to be happy’: Christmas Bureau recipient wants to give back

All stories for Dec. 10, 2023 »

Monday, Dec. 11

• 100 years ago in Spokane: The public safety commissioner explained Prohibition enforcement in city

• Wall Street holds back on big bets before consumer report

• A record high is in the cards for U.S. stocks in 2024

• Boeing promotes services leader in possible prelude to top job

• A Grip on Sports: Seahawks delay the inevitable, Sunday and for this disappointing season, but still lose again

All stories for Dec. 11, 2023 »

Tuesday, Dec. 12

• Nicholas Kristof: The old new way to provide cheap housing

• Hasbro to lay off 1,100 employees as toy sales slump

• Google’s Epic legal defeat threatens $200 billion app store industry

• U.S. consumer prices pick up in bumpy path down for inflation

• Inflation drops as Fed kicks off final meeting of 2023

All stories for Dec. 12, 2023 »

Wednesday, Dec. 13

• The Christmas Bureau helps a young mother provide for her son and siblings: ‘They thought of everything’

• 100 years ago in Spokane: A pinochle hand ‘not drawn in a lifetime by many players’ ended tragically for a would-be lucky player

• Moscow seeks artist to replace damaged mural

• Wall Street braces for big test of dovish Fed bets

• Hospitals creeping toward recovery grapple with ‘out of control’ costs

All stories for Dec. 13, 2023 »

Thursday, Dec. 14

• Gardening: Dig in to your sources before trusting online gardening advice

• The Collector: Camels carry Maryanna Mayer down memory lane

• Stock bull run is flashing signs of exhaustion

• A Grip on Sports: If no news is good news, what does a lot of news correspond to on the good/bad scale?

• U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rise in solid start to holidays

All stories for Dec. 14, 2023 »

Friday, Dec. 15

• Catholic Charities and Skils’kin team up to help low-income people with disabilities find employment while retaining benefits

• ‘Bad guys doing good’: How a group of Spokane professionals transforms from day jobs to charitable Star Wars villains

• The Christmas Bureau helped over 25,000 people in 2023: ‘What a wonderful year’

• Amid the chill, homeless advocates remember those lost

• Tesla Autopilot recall threatens its defense in lawsuits over crashes

All stories for Dec. 15, 2023 »

Saturday, Dec. 16

• Jamelle Bouie: Red states and blue states are becoming different countries

• Commentary: The trouble with Congress or college presidents policing free speech on campuses

• Michelle Goldberg: A Texas case shows that abortion ban exemptions are a sham

• Jackie Calmes: House Republicans can’t govern, but they try, try again to impeach Biden

• A Grip on Sports: A pair of decisions that have to do with courts informs our Saturday in different ways

All stories for Dec. 16, 2023 »

Sunday, Dec. 17

• Charles M. Blow: America’s thirst for authoritarianism

• Paul Krugman: Watch what people do, not what they say about the economy

• ‘A real tough balancing act’: Inflation a Grinch for the Christmas Bureau

• CWI, a 2-year college, wanted to offer an inexpensive bachelor’s degree. BSU resisted

• A Grip on Sports: The nonconference schedule has provided tests for each of the local Division I men’s basketball programs

All stories for Dec. 17, 2023 »

Monday, Dec. 18

• Paul Krugman: The biggest threat to America’s universities

• It’s been 75 years since Idaho parachuted beavers into backcountry. Here’s what went down

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Turkey meets its fate after golf course hiatus on the South Hill

• Longtime volunteers also carefully plan the Christmas Bureau’s layout

• Inside Amazon’s effort to challenge Musk’s Starlink internet business

All stories for Dec. 18, 2023 »

Tuesday, Dec. 19

• 100 years ago in Spokane: A former German aristocrat, now surviving in a Spokane chicken shack, explained how her noble family fell from grace

• Alphabet, states reach $700 million deal in Google Play feud

• U.S. housing starts unexpectedly rise to a six-month high

• A Grip on Sports: Seahawks answer questions with a needed win as EWU uses lessons learned to earn one as well

• Bayer hit with $857 million verdict on toxic Monsanto chemicals

All stories for Dec. 19, 2023 »

Wednesday, Dec. 20

• Doritos nacho cheese-flavored booze has just become a reality

• Ross Douthat: It’s time for UFO whistleblowers to show their cards

• NAPA’s Freya location donated 1,000 model truck kits to the Christmas Bureau when they were needed most

• After law throws wrench in distribution, Idaho restarts program to provide OD reversal drug

• Kenworthy to brighten marquee

All stories for Dec. 20, 2023 »

Thursday, Dec. 21

• Gonzaga rewind: Anton Watson throws down poster dunk, climbs record books during Jackson State win

• Christmas Bureau volunteer JoNell Edlin left a lasting impression

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Talk of the city’s convict rock pile was back, and school band superstar John Philip Sousa was in town

• Gardening: Keep the birds well fed and watered this winter

• The Collector: Eileen Webber’s storied collection contains about 150 versions of a Christmas classic

All stories for Dec. 21, 2023 »

Friday, Dec. 22

• Francis Wilkinson: Giuliani’s fall won’t stop the GOP’s voter fraud farce

• With the 2023 Christmas Bureau complete, it’s time to assess what went well and what needs improvement

• Shawn Vestal: Before becoming a boy in the boat, rower grew up hard in Spokane and North Idaho

• White House clean-energy spending boom puts Biden in the crosshairs

• No one wants used EVs, making new ones a tougher sell too

All stories for Dec. 22, 2023 »

Saturday, Dec. 23

• Rare hissing mushroom spotted at Texas state park

• For some, working on Christmas is a privilege

• Boiseans rally to bring awareness to rising rates of maternal, infant mortality

• A Grip on Sports: The Christmas list for your favorite college football program has to include frankincense, myrrh and, of course, gold

• Top 25 recruit Zoom Diallo picks UW over Gonzaga, USC and Arizona

All stories for Dec. 23, 2023 »

Sunday, Dec. 24

• Spin Control: Time for some holiday cheer with the annual 12 Trivias of Christmas quiz

• Iconic movies, fish feasts, Santa visits: holiday traditions new and old

• The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund receives donations from all over

• A Grip on Sports: Sure, Christmas and sports are intertwined but that’s the not best part of the holiday season

• Seahawks score go-ahead TD late for second straight week, keep playoff hopes alive

All stories for Dec. 24, 2023 »

Monday, Dec. 25

• Shipping containers will soon house struggling Atlantans

• Christmas Fund needs a final flourish to reach goal supporting Christmas Bureau

• Gonzaga rises two spots to No. 13 in AP college basketball poll

• Then and Now: The Environmental Christmas Tree

• Ukraine says it downed 5 Russian planes, as Moscow claims it seized a town

All stories for Dec. 25, 2023 »

Tuesday, Dec. 26

• Difference makers: Unity in the Community volunteer co-chair April Anderson continued organizing and leading through cancer fight

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Chili parlor serves 400; burglars go on rampage; John Philip Sousa dispenses advice

• Idaho again among fastest-growing US states by population, but percentage is dropping

• Idaho officials tout education grants program successes

• U.S. home prices extend records, rising for a ninth straight month

All stories for Dec. 26, 2023 »

Wednesday, Dec. 27

• Idaho cattle ranchers seek ways to restore Western land. But the answer isn’t simple

• 100 years ago in Spokane: Chronicle sports editor heads to California to referee Rose Bowl

• The late-night email to Tim Cook that set the Apple Watch saga in motion

• Toyota saw record sales, output in November on demand abroad

• Microsoft, OpenAI sued by New York Times for copyright infringement

All stories for Dec. 27, 2023 »

Thursday, Dec. 28

• 100 years ago in Medical Lake: Five men kidnap driver and rob bank – but get caught by posse

• Gardening: Seed bombs a fun family project to do this winter

• Spokane Camera Club has been capturing images of region, world for more than 90 years

• Red Sea attacks could raise prices for U.S. consumers

• AI craze driving Nasdaq 100’s best run since 1999

All stories for Dec. 28, 2023 »

Friday, Dec. 29

• Expo ’74 at 50: The audacious plan that transformed Spokane often seemed destined for failure

• Difference Maker: Johnny Edmondson grows community through gardening

• U.S. tries to persuade shippers to sail Red Sea despite Houthi attacks

• S&P 500 bulls drive longest weekly win since 2004

• Musk leads world’s richest to $1.5 trillion wealth gain in 2023

All stories for Dec. 29, 2023 »

Saturday, Dec. 30

• Michelle Goldberg: Make a New Year’s resolution to fight Trump

• A Grip on Sports: A wave of mediocre play can hit any college basketball program, including, this season, Gonzaga

• Gonzaga rewind: Zags still searching for successful recipe against top opponents

• WSU announces addition of WR Tre Shackelford, a transfer from FCS Austin Peay

• An oral history: Gonzaga’s last losing season came nearly 35 years ago. During a preseason scrimmage, six redshirts made a statement to the varsity that times were about to change.

All stories for Dec. 30, 2023 »

Sunday, Dec. 31

• From Garland Theater sale to bakery woes, here are the top Spokane business stories of 2023

• This Boise-area city’s downtown was a ‘ghost town.’ Now you might want to live there

• Calendar for Expo ‘74’s golden anniversary to be released in January, feature celebrations of history, culture and environmentalism

• 50 years ago in Expo history: Toasts were offered as Spokane prepared for the 1974 world’s fair

• August wildfires in Medical Lake, northern Spokane County dominated The Spokesman-Review’s online readership in 2023

All stories for Dec. 31, 2023 »