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Spokane City Council raises police budget and OKs raiding traffic camera...
On Monday, Spokane City Council unanimously approved outgoing Mayor Nadine Woodward's $1.2 billion budget for 2024 — including a controversial section that diverts money generated by automatic...
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NEWS BRIEFS: State officials want a new fire-focused license plate
Plus, Spokane leads the nation for housing innovation; and Spokane library and EWU partner up for the arts While Smokey Bear probably wouldn't approve of you doing donuts, he may soon be on one of the...
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Nez Perce Tribe shares its work to restore balance in documentary Covenant...
This time three years ago, the Nez Perce Tribe shared what's at stake if salmon populations in the Columbia-Snake river system don't recover…
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EWU professor Jonathan Middleton is working to transform complicated...
Have you ever wondered what a cloudy day sounds like?…
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Spokane's homeless shelter will likely remain with Salvation Army, despite...
The future of the city's flagship homeless shelter on East Trent Avenue has never been more uncertain…
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Spokane judge dismisses lawsuit attempting to remove Trump from Washington's...
On Wednesday, an Eastern Washington District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Spokane Valley resident that attempted to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for president in...
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Mayor-elect Lisa Brown introduces a (very large) transition team of 92 people
Lisa Brown is bringing a very large group of community leaders together to help advise her as she prepares to take office as mayor of Spokane on Jan. 1. "I am asking for guidance on priorities from...
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Spokane's American Indian Community Center hopes to build a new facility in...
After moving around Spokane a dozen times in its 56 years, the American Indian Community Center hopes to stop renting and finally build a permanent home in an underutilized city park…
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NEWS BRIEFS: Spokane's lone Black paper is revived
Plus, the Idaho panhandle gets easier access to a lifesaving drug; and a potential Spokane parks levy gets pushed to August Call it a win for local journalism…
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Spokane asks Legislature to strengthen hate crime laws, raise property tax...
On Monday, Spokane City Council members passed Spokane's annual list of priorities for the upcoming 2024 state legislative session…
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Outbreak of Shigella diarrheal illness declared in Spokane County and city's...
Spokane’s homeless community is suffering from a serious outbreak of Shigella — a bacterial infection that spreads through fecal-oral transmission, and can cause severe diarrhea, fever and stomach...
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NEWS BRIEFS: A state court upholds Spokane's voter-approved camping ban
Plus, Liberty Lake edges toward more book banning; and a bikeway Christmas miracle In November, Spokane passed a ballot initiative to ban homeless camping within 1,000 feet of schools, parks,...
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Everything from physics to football is on the table for budget cuts at...
As Eastern Washington University works to become more financially sustainable and address a budget deficit, even the most celebrated aspects of the college are at risk of being cut…
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From a student cookbook to a VHS documentary, the WSU Queer Archives...
If you lined up the historical archives at Washington State University side by side, they would stretch for three miles…
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We sat down to chat with Zack Zappone, the first openly queer leader elected...
Two years ago, voters in northwest Spokane’s District 3 elected Zack Zappone, 33, the first openly queer candidate elected to city government…
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Here to help: A guide to local and national LGBTQ+ organizations
Whether you're looking for queer-specific services or perhaps just a friend, here are some local and national organizations that can help…
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The Spokane Riverkeeper hires attorney Katelyn Scott as the organization's...
When the longtime head of the Spokane Riverkeeper organization — Jerry White Jr. — retired earlier this year, the environmental group shifted to a new model of leadership…
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Years after losing state funding and shrinking its footprint, the...
Four squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt hang from ceiling to floor in a small gallery connected to Spokane's newest queer bar, the Q Lounge…
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Pride in December
Between the recent election of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and all of his homophobic baggage, Mexico's first openly nonbinary magistrate being brutally murdered in their home, and a town in...
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As Spokane's transit system recovers from the pandemic, one STA board member...
When the pandemic hit, people stopped riding the bus in record numbers…
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Washington keeps ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth after the US...
Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided it wouldn't hear a case from a Washington marriage and family counselor, Brian Tingley, who wishes to practice conversion therapy — mental health counseling...
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NEWS BRIEFS: Gov. Jay Inslee names his three climate priorities for 2024
Plus, vehicle license fees in the Valley; and a Shigella outbreak hits the homeless community. Last week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced his plans to push for three major climate policy changes...
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Will a new ethics committee decision and a February ballot measure put...
In February, Spokane voters will consider a ballot measure that would change the way City Council districts are drawn and — ideally — remove City Council influence and perceptions of partisanship from...
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How Coeur d'Alene Schools bought into a different type of development for...
For the last decade, people have been moving to Idaho at breakneck speeds…
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The new Idaho Mobile offers "cheap" phone plans with goal of expanding...
You've probably heard the famous examples of tech leaders who dropped out of college to start their businesses — the minds behind Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, Twitter and Facebook all did it…
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