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His dad died in tragic accident on Father's Day. Today at #FreemanHS Sam Strahan died confronting school shooter spokesman.com/stories/2017/s…
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An anti-abortion group must pay about $960,000 to Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho to cover legal feels and a fine for protests that interfered with patient care. spokesman.com/stories/2023/f…
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A Spokane attorney wants it to be illegal for the homeless to camp within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds and child care facilities – and he thinks voters will agree. spokesman.com/stories/2023/m…
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Former Washington State University football coach Nick Rolovich was in a Spokane courtroom Thursday, asking a federal judge to allow his case against his former employer for firing him after his refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine
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Rainbow flags by the hundreds weaved through downtown Spokane on Saturday as part of the 31th annual Spokane Pride parade. spokesman.com/stories/2023/j…
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Backed by former auto shop owner, ‘right-to-repair’ bills pick up steam in Congress, statehouses spokesman.com/stories/2023/m…
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.@GraceEGold of @USFigureSkating fr #TeamChallengeCup visits children in #Spokane hospital
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‘Myst’ creators @cyanworlds surprise with announcement of new, virtual-reality based game spokesman.com/stories/2018/m…
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UPDATE: Spokane County Sheriff confirms five people shot, one dead, shooter in custody at Freeman High School spokesman.com/stories/2017/s…
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Once-abandoned dogs in Brazil trained to retrieve tennis balls in Brazil Open
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.@vestal13 -- Idaho kids need protection from lawmakers, not librarians spokesman.com/stories/2022/m…
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Fort George Wright Drive is now Whistalks Way. The name change, an acknowledgment of the brutality imposed on Native American tribes in Spokane by Col. George Wright and the U.S. Government, was approved unanimously by the Spokane City Council on Monday. spokesman.com/stories/2020/d…
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Dry Fly Distilling announced Tuesday it has received federal approval to begin producing hand sanitizer spray and plans to distribute the product in Spokane for free.
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He has a LONG way to go, but ESPN's @JayBilas says he'll make good on promise to grow an immense @PKarnowski beard
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Gonzaga is one of the smartest basketball teams in NCAA tournament history. The stats prove it. bit.ly/2njyAcn
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.@vestal13 -- Was there a specific moment that clearly foretold that @cathymcmorris would betray her oath of office, the Constitution, and the most basic principle of American democracy in favor of an attempt to lie, cheat and steal an election?
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A Spokane County Superior Court judge has permanently barred anti-abortion protesters from loudly demonstrating just outside the doors of Planned Parenthood’s Spokane clinic.
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Sen. Maria Cantwell made history Thursday when she became the first woman to lead the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
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Matt Shea claimed U-Haul in CdA was filled with Antifa. But among those arrested was man who attended Shea’s church spokesman.com/stories/2022/j…
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“Washington state was a pro-choice state, Washington state is a pro-choice state, and we’re going to fight like hell to keep Washington a pro-choice state,” Gov. Jay Inslee said. spokesman.com/stories/2022/m…
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane and North Idaho Rep. Russ Fulcher plan to object to the certification of Electoral College results in a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, the two Republicans told The Spokesman-Review on Tuesday. spokesman.com/stories/2021/j…
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.@vestal13 -- The leaders of the Spokane Regional Health District (@spokanehealth) put on a sickening display Friday. As the pandemic enters a crucial seasonal stage, they ousted the health officer, Dr. Bob Lutz, without a replacement or explanation.
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Kicking off Pride month, artists on Sunday painted the intersection just south of Riverfront Park with a massive rainbow Pride flag. spokesman.com/stories/2023/j…
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What's more impressive, that someone did this in the first place or that the dollar's still there after several hours? Either way, good on you Spokane.
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Starbucks employees from the Shadle Center store voted to unionize Friday, becoming the first location in Spokane to join the ranks of Starbucks Workers United. spokesman.com/stories/2023/j…
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Gonzaga’s Anton Watson maintains national title aspirations: ‘I want to see that for my city’ spokesman.com/stories/2022/j…
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In her first hearing as head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, @cathymcmorris signaled she intends to elevate Eastern Washington and craft bipartisan legislation as the first woman to lead the influential panel in its 227-year history spokesman.com/stories/2023/j…
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BREAKING: Indoor mask mandates are back, and vaccine requirements are expanded to educators, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday. spokesman.com/stories/2021/a…
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Crowd gathered at Federal Building in downtown Spokane protesting @cathymcmorris support for tax bill
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Spokane novelist Jess Walter wins Washington State Book Award for “The Cold Millions,” a nuanced, immersive work of historical fiction centered on two brothers and the labor movement in Spokane in the early 20th century.
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Spokane County drops rape charges against all members of Polish death metal band Decapitated. spokesman.com/stories/2018/j…
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.@SpokesmanReview columnist Shawn Vestal @vestal13 won first place in the prestigious Best of the West journalism contest for 2020.
The Best of the West is a nonprofit organization operated by First Amendment Funding Inc., out of Phoenix, Arizona.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States.
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Did you feel it? Working to get information about an earthquake that hit the region a short time ago. Felt across Spokane area and as far south as Boise.
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After years of attempts, Democrats in the Washington House of Representatives passed a ban on assault weapons late Wednesday. spokesman.com/stories/2023/m…
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Website Outage Update: Good news everyone! IT was able to download our website and printed it off on paper! Copies are available all around Spokane!
#SupportLocalJournalism
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After a tumultuous 48 hours, @spokanehealth Officer Dr. Bob Lutz released a statement on Saturday addressing the attempt to oust him.
He has not resigned and does not plan to, according to his statement. He has also retained legal counsel. spokesman.com/stories/2020/o…
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Rep. Paulette Jordan, a Democrat from Plummer and member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, announced Thursday she would run for governor in 2018 spokesman.com/stories/2017/d…
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Jim Meehan (@SRJimm) has been named Washington state Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Meehan has covered @ZagMBB full-time for @SpokesmanReview
since the 2007-08 season.
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For the first time in more than a generation, chinook salmon have spawned in the upper Columbia River system.
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Spokane civil rights activist Sandy Williams was aboard the plane that crashed in Puget Sound. No one aboard survived.
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Pauline Stensgar, the last fully fluent speaker of the nxaɁmxčín language, died Tuesday. She was 96.
A Colville Tribe member, Stensgar dedicated her life to preserving and revitalizing the language. spokesman.com/stories/2023/m…
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.@WSUCougFB @Saints standout @TeamGleason considered for Congressional Gold Medal spokesman.com/stories/2018/a…
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Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura, a fast-rising star in the Pac-12, joined six others on the list of finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year award, as announced Thursday by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame.
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We want to pause for a moment to remember a life cut short. Lt. Col. Michael Anderson of Cheney died 18 years ago today, along with his fellow astronauts, when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry over Texas.
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Masks are now required in North Idaho.
The Panhandle Board of Health — which represents Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Shoshone and Kootenai counties — voted Thursday to reinstate a mask mandate for the entire district. spokesman.com/stories/2020/n…
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Rep. Dan Newhouse, a Republican who represents a heavily conservative district in Central Washington, announced Wednesday he would vote to impeach President Donald Trump over his role in inciting last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol spokesman.com/stories/2021/j…
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Nick Rolovich’s short and controversial tenure as Washington State’s football coach has ended after just 11 games.
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Difference Maker: Jake Dickert provided stability when Washington State’s football program needed it, so WSU returned the favor. Dickert’s dues-paying path toward his career goal reached its end in Pullman. spokesman.com/stories/2021/d…
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Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich violated a pair of state laws prohibiting the use of public office for electioneering and use of public funds for indirect lobbying, the Washington Public Disclosure Commission ruled Thursday.
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Wearing masks is working. The number of people infected with the coronavirus is falling. So are hospitalizations and even deaths in Spokane and across most of Washington.
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“We are now seeing community transmission of this virus; families deserve to know when testing will actually be ready to scale up.”
~ @PattyMurray
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31 men arrested Saturday in Coeur d'Alene with ties to racist white nationalist group identified by Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. spokesman.com/stories/2022/j…
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Coeur d’Alene Tribe buys Latah Creek property, spares it from residential development spokesman.com/stories/2021/s…
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On Friday, March 13, Dr. Bob Lutz canceled a high school basketball tournament and all large gatherings in the county, citing a pandemic on its way. Not one case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Spokane County but Lutz had seen the writing on the wall spokesman.com/stories/2020/d…
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"The Tonight Show" is sending students "Rowdy Rags," a blue rally towel emblazoned with the mascot.
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Former Spokane County Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz was fired illegally, preliminary state investigation concludes.
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After Jalen Suggs beat the buzzer, students danced in the streets and on their lawns. Hundreds of drivers honked incessantly. At least a dozen police cars and a firetruck patrolled the area. A helicopter circled overhead.
And the yelling kept coming. spokesman.com/stories/2021/a…
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More than 100 students from Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane walked out of class on Thursday to protest gun violence. spokesman.com/stories/2022/m…
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Nearly 1,000 people gathered Saturday evening in Spokane’s Riverfront Park to protest the Supreme Court’s expected reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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From @SpokesmanReview Editor @robcurley -- Traditions are important, but some need to go away; a lot of things are important in a newspaper, but endorsements aren’t one
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Here we are, another dreary day in Spokane, trying not to get murdered or robbed. <sigh> At least we have the Zags spokesman.com/stories/2017/m…
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Nathan Nash, a former Spokane police officer convicted of rape, is sentenced to 14 years to life.
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Shawn Vestal: I didn’t like that endorsement either, but I hope you’ll stick with the paper spokesman.com/stories/2020/o…
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Washington recently became the first state to pledge public funding for vending machines that carry emergency contraception at its public universities, technical and community colleges spokesman.com/stories/2023/j…
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#ElectionDay -- A 39-year-old Spokane attorney with the backing of prominent local Democrats will face Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers for her seat in Congress in November.
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.@WilliamShatner will participate in a live Q & A at the First Interstate Center for the Arts Friday night here in Spokane following a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" spokesman.com/stories/2019/m…
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On the basketball court or in the classroom, Eastern Washington’s Sir Washington has overcome all obstacles
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Citing state law, the Spokane City Council asked police Monday to prevent armed militias from marching in Spokane. spokesman.com/stories/2020/n…
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A former Los Angeles Police Department officer convicted of sex crimes in California was arrested at his Hayden home Saturday for failing to register as a sex offender numerous times, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.
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.@vestal13 -- If @cathymcmorris were sincerely concerned about a lack of confidence in vaccines, she would do something real about it, forgo the anti-government fear-mongering and craven bootlicking about Operation Warp Speed that she spouted this week. spokesman.com/stories/2021/j…
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Do you think Spokane should be allowed to relax social distancing guidelines and reopen businesses at its own pace, independently from Western Washington?
Spokane leaders, who have already endorsed that position, want to know if the community agrees.
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Bill Morlin, the dogged investigative reporter who covered everything from neo-Nazis and white supremacists to crooks and corrupt politicians in some four decades at the Spokane newspapers, died Saturday. He was 75. spokesman.com/stories/2021/n…
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.@vestal13 -- Feeling oppressed by masks in schools? Here’s the perfect solution
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Spokane School District:
~Melissa Bedford has beaten Daryl Geffken for Position 3
~Riley Smith has defeated Kata Dean in the race for Position 4
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Making, selling or distributing firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition is now illegal in Washington.
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-home order and system of reopening businesses in phases is within his authority to protect the public, a federal judge has ruled.
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.@EWUEagles athletics fans have enjoyed games via Larry Weir’s broadcasts for decades. Weir, 64, is now entering his 35th year as the Voice of the Eagles in a career that has included more than 900 @EWUMBB and 400 @EWUFootball broadcasts of the Eagles.
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Michaela Laabs found herself with time on her hands after her classes at the UW moved online and she lost her job. When she came home, she started regularly visiting her grandmother at Holman Gardens on opposite sides of a screen door. spokesman.com/stories/2020/a…
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Giant ‘Baby Trump’ balloon is coming to Spokane to protest Pence visit spokesman.com/stories/2018/s…
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.@MatthewModine is quick to say that no, he did not anticipate he’d still be talking about “Vision Quest” 40 years after its release. He’ll celebrate its 40th anniversary with two appearances during this weekend's Spokane International Film Festival.
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Comcast is expanding broadband internet service to more than 447 homes in rural areas of Spokane County over the next two years, the company announced Thursday. spokesman.com/stories/2021/f…
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From columnist Shawn Vestal: "This week, McMorris Rodgers and the political accomplices voted against a congressional inquiry into the events of Jan. 6...
They’re ashamed of themselves.
They know they’ve done – and are continuing to do – the wrong thing." spokesman.com/stories/2021/m…
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Four months after the devastating fires there, Malden and Pine City residents are waiting on federal aid because of President Donald Trump's beef with Gov. Jay Inslee, an aide for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says. spokesman.com/stories/2021/j…
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Embattled Spokane Valley Republican Matt Shea will not seek re-election to the legislative seat he has held for 12 years. spokesman.com/stories/2020/m…
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A Post Falls librarian has received a distinguished award for her work providing safe spaces for LGBTQ+ teens amid community backlash. spokesman.com/stories/2023/m…
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Pops of color frequently disrupted the steady stream of capped and gowned students who received their diplomas at Whitworth University last month as dozens of students handed University President Scott McQuilken pride flags.
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.@vestal13 -- So: Criminalizing homelessness is all there is, then.
Following 2½ years of ineptness and inaction on homelessness, @MayorSpokane has proposed an incoherent, mean-spirited plan to deploy police to sweep homeless people out of downtown
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