Archives | July 2024
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Monday, July 1
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Then and Now: Hawthorne School
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Getting There: Pedal Pub tours coming to Coeur d’Alene, with family friendly and 21+ options available
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50 years ago in Expo history: Belafonte delivers captivating performances at the Opera House
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Borders and immigration: Congressional candidates agree change is needed, but they’re split on specifics
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A Grip on Sports: An unwanted missive signals the impending end of an era and the beginning, maybe, of a rebirth
Tuesday, July 2
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Award-winning parade float company will close after being dropped by Tournament of Roses
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Spokane car dealers lose services to cyber attack
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50 years ago in Expo history: The Goodyear blimp was a sign of the times (in the sky)
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Labor adds heat rule as world temps rise
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Analysis: Will July be any kinder to Mariners after late-June swoon?
Wednesday, July 3
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Meet Palmer Luckey, millennial slayer of U.S. defense giants
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Google’s emissions shot up 48% over five years due to AI
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Are Expos still a thing? Next up: Osaka 2025
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50 years ago in Expo history: Police get ready for Expo ‘74 traffic jams
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U.S. trade deficit widens to largest since 2022 on weaker exports
Thursday, July 4
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50 years ago in Expo history: From pie-eating contests to barbershop quartets, here’s what the 4th of July looked like in 1974
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Gardening: Catching aphid infestations early makes them easier to stop
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Handcrafted home: Retired teacher and coach has filled his home with tables, vanities, shelves and more that he’s created himself
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Commentary: Kraken hope Jessica Campbell’s player-development success translates to NHL
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A Grip on Sports: If life’s ups and downs get you in a funk, there are places to shed the blues even on the most red, white and blue day of the year
Friday, July 5
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Deer Park horsewoman taught generations riding and respect: ‘There is always more to learn’
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50 years ago in Expo history: Albi Stadium fireworks frustration abates with ‘largest’ display in America – and Liberace
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‘What is the relevance?’ Idaho sheriff’s office post about sex offender irks Satanists
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He’s been in the grocery business for 47 years. This was his last day on the job
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Meta’s Threads is struggling to win over content creators
Saturday, July 6
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Pamela Paul: Your religious values are not American values
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Nicholas Kristof: How Biden has gotten in the way of fighting starvation in gaza
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Robin Abcarian: The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun violence emergency. Here’s why that matters
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Linda Blackford: Dear Mitch McConnell: Are you happy now? Or are you worried about that military tribunal?
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50 years ago in Expo history: Liberace’s ivories (and diamonds and rubies) dazzled the crowd
Sunday, July 7
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Charles M. Blow: Forcing Biden out would have only one beneficiary: Trump
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‘Nowhere on Earth I’d rather be’: Man turns $250 collapsible post office from Expo ‘74 into cabin on Lake Pend Oreille
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50 years ago in Expo history: A Spokane tribal member explained to fairgoers the significance of the land they stood on
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A Grip on Sports: It’s an important Sunday for the M’s and for others, lots of others, as well
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Chris Evert beat cancer. Then it came back. So she beat it again.
Monday, July 8
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Then and Now: Old Union Stockyards
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50 years ago in Expo history: Fair-goers struggle to locate restrooms around event
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Boeing will plead guilty to fraud related to fatal 737 Max crashes
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Europe’s gas markets eye risk of Texas hurricane impact
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A Grip on Sports: The Mariners seem to be stuck in traffic as the trade deadline inches closer
Tuesday, July 9
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A wayward orange bird has captivated Spokane residents hungering for more sightings
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50 years ago in Expo history: Was the greatest entertainment weekend in Spokane history already behind it? The fair’s director believed it could be
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Analysis: Statistics show just how terrible Mariners’ offense has been
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A Grip on Sports: Finding clarity in the sports world isn’t easy as the fog of uncertainty rarely recedes
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At USA Basketball camp, teenage prodigy Cooper Flagg steals the show
Wednesday, July 10
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Man punched by Meridian police officer suffered fracture, trauma. Now he seeks relief
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50 years ago in Expo history: King Cole offered a warm welcome for the less famous man who played a crucial role in bringing the fair to life
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A Grip on Sports: Yes, failures were made, but not as many as some folks think
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Intuit says it is targeting low performers and executives in 10% jobs cut
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USA Basketball’s gold medal formula: Big stars, bigger centers
Thursday, July 11
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The federal government is trying to make it easier for home buyers to purchase fixer-uppers
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How to flip a house: A beginner’s guide
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Dreams to reality: SERA’s promotes youth and readies for August celebration
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50 years ago in Expo history: Fare-jumping at the fair? Officials hoped the scofflaws would at least buy a burger inside
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Gardening: Protect bumblebees, the gentle giants in the garden
Friday, July 12
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Is social media modern day’s society newspaper section? Experts draw contrasts, similarities
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50 years ago in Expo history: The fair was so impressive, it was getting nationwide publicity and even a free ‘commercial’
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The Beastie Boys sue Chili’s over use of ‘Sabotage’
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Expand SNAP or hike crop prices? Congress is locked in a farm bill fight.
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Redbox shutting down after parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul files for bankruptcy
Saturday, July 13
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Commentary: President Joe Biden’s student debt relief is another blow to meritocracy and personal responsibility
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Idaho funded less than one-third of requests for youth to receive highest level of psychiatric care
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50 years ago in Expo history: A Philippine beer garden was in the works, adding to the fair’s international flair
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Globe trotter: Gonzaga coach Mark Few ‘fired up and so excited’ for Paris Olympics with Team USA
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A Grip on Sports: For some reason, sports betting’s pervasiveness hit us like a forehand to the head this morning
Sunday, July 14
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Lu Hill: For our elders and our communities, the state long-term care program must be protected
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3 Idaho transgender prisoners sue over medical care. They can get treatment — for now.
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The Dirt: Car wash planned for South Hill
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On foreign policy, congressional candidates don’t all split on party lines – except on Israel
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50 years ago in Expo history: Nebraska Day in Spokane and an All-Pro Rodeo were making headlines
Monday, July 15
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Washington state will soon elect a new lands commissioner in the midst of a climate crisis. Here’s who’s running for office.
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Then and Now: Interstate 90 through Spokane
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Disneyland signals plans to celebrate 70th anniversary in a big way
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How to protect personal info after AT&T’s data breach
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50 years ago in Expo history: ‘Jjogging mayor of Pullman,’ the Carpenters music show and a dead nurse
Tuesday, July 16
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David French: The Republican Party has a split-personality problem
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50 years ago in Expo history: A judge made sentenced the fair’s young fare-jumpers to some poetic justice
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Rising energy costs in a warming climate add to pressure on businesses
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Tesla is on a hiring spree after Musk-ordered mass firings
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Cyberattack costs growing at UnitedHealth Group, but profit still better than expected
Wednesday, July 17
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New kiosk at Northeast Community Center offers free health supplies
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Plans MUV slowly for South Hill gym
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60,000 Scouts went to this camp near McCall. An Albertson family development firm just bought it
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50 years ago in Expo history: Chicago ‘mesmerized’ with their fair performance, although it wasn’t a Saturday in the park
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Profitable companies are dodging asbestos lawsuits. A North Carolina court has helped them
Thursday, July 18
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50 years ago in Expo history: Gerald Ford’s fair appearance wasn’t to be, but it was for a very good reason
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Initial jobless claims in US increase by most since early May
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US public EV chargers set to surpass gas stations in 8 years
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United sees profit below estimates as deep discounts sting
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‘These guys are so good’: Competition heats up for 37th Rosauers Open Invitational
Friday, July 19
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In race to replace McMorris Rodgers, fundraising shows some campaigns gaining, others fizzling
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50 years ago in Expo history: The famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir impressed, but the venue didn’t
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A Grip on Sports: If you can only watch three things this weekend, can we suggest the three M’s games?
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Wall Street looks past outage before tech earnings
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Airlines start digging themselves out of epic flight disruptions
Saturday, July 20
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Gustavo Arellano: I know what a true hillbilly is, and it’s not JD Vance
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50 years ago in Expo history: The fair was almost halfway over, so some interesting statistics were in
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A Grip on Sports: A dubious mark, another shutout, a lead squandered are not just hallmarks of the current M’s season but of the past as well
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Russell Grove shakes off shoulder issue to share Rosauers Open lead with Dalton Dean, Cort Benner
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Gonzaga’s Mark Few on Team USA: Traveling with rock stars, cooling of in London
Sunday, July 21
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Marc A. Thiessen: Now is Trump’s chance to unite the country. Here’s what he should say.
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Shaun McCutcheon’s Counterpoint: Assassination attempt will not be the end of leftist violence
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Race to represent Spokane in Olympia features three familiar faces in area politics
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50 years ago in Expo history: Little Misty the Siberian tiger cub won hearts at only 15 pounds
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Amateur Andrew Von Lossow claims Rosauers Open title with birdie on 18th hole
Monday, July 22
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Charles Blow: Republicans’ depressingly effective minority outreach strategy
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Then and Now: Valentino in Spokane
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How the Instagram and TikTok generations are bringing travel agents back
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Verizon revenue misses estimates as fewer upgrade their equipment
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A Grip on Sports: Questions abound on this Monday but answers are a lot harder to come by
Tuesday, July 23
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A new world coming: Bus maker Blue Bird embraces an electrified future
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Amazon cracks down on ‘coffee badging,’ amid return-to-office push
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50 years ago in Expo history: Crises groups respond to lost children and bad drug trips
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Comcast revenue misses estimates, dragged down by parks, studios
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Alphabet results to set tone for Big Tech on advertising, cloud
Wednesday, July 24
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Paul Krugman: Trump’s cynical attempt to pit recent immigrants against Black Americans
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‘I was horrified’: Manito Park administrators deny hobby painters’ request to paint in park gardens
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50 years ago in Expo history: A trial was underway following a flag-burning near the fair, but not for the constitutional implications
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Former Gonzaga guard Andrew Nembhard, Indiana agree to 3-year, $59 million contract extension
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U.S. warns small tech startups, VC firms: Watch for foreign actors
Thursday, July 25
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The Collector: Dean Carriveau has brought jukeboxes and pinball machines back to life
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World-famous Wall Drug isn’t immune from challenges facing rural pharmacies
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Gardening: After extended hot weather, many plants will need extra care
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US firms get mixed signals in China on whether they’re welcome
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Ford set for worst drop since 2020 as warranty costs hurt profit
Friday, July 26
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Idaho prisoners gaining more access to banned phones, drugs. Drone drops may be to blame
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Jorts, Crocs and baggy jeans make a comeback as Y2K resurgence hits Spokane vintage shops
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The golden summer of Andrew Nembhard? Coming off NBA run and contract extension, former Gonzaga guard is bracing for ‘surreal’ Olympic moment
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McDonald’s $5 value meal is slowly bringing diners back
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Fed’s favored price gauge rises at mild pace, spending holds up
Saturday, July 27
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50 years ago in Expo history: Union protests at the fair? It happened, but not among Expo workers
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A Grip on Sports: As times and conferences change, we have to do the same, albeit with some reluctance and trepidation
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American basketball stars bracing to face improved international competition
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Spokane Velocity slides out of playoff picture with loss to Charlotte 4-2
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‘One of the very best.’ Why Gonzaga’s Mark Few is revered by USA Basketball luminaries past and present
Sunday, July 28
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Charles M. Blow: Democrats, all of them, must protect Harris
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Organic farmers fight Idaho for land they thought was theirs
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50 years ago in Expo history: The fair’s Folklife Festival impressed, and did Norse explorers visit Spokane Valley in the 11th century?
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A Grip on Sports: We know we can’t move entrenched positions but maybe someday we can move back in time with a little forgiveness
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Kevin Durant’s return powers U.S. men to opening win over Serbia
Monday, July 29
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Then and Now: Kraft Foods at 122 E. Montgomery
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50 years ago in Expo history: Water ballet lights up ‘with phosphorescent glow’ at Spokane Coliseum
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TikTok stars get tax money, free airfare to promote Las Vegas
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More time equals more money: Whether on your own or through employer, save for retirement now
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A Grip on Sports: Everytime we turn on the TV for the Olympics, we wonder what life-long memory we will add to the collection
Tuesday, July 30
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After 33 years of feisty, 4-letter coverage, Seattle’s Stranger is sold
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PayPal shares surge on higher forecast for profit, buybacks
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It’s not just Boeing. Challenges mount for Airbus and aviation industry
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US consumer confidence rises on improved economic outlook
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Starbucks app users report outage ahead of buy one, get one deal
Wednesday, July 31
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Paul Krugman: Keep Sahm and carry on
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New Boise police accountability report justifies shooting, questions officers’ approach
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50 years ago in Expo history: The fair’s amusements were a flop, so new enticements were coming for visitors
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US hiring and wage growth both slowed in ADP July data
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Boeing names Ortberg as CEO to revive embattled planemaker