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I am officially in squash appreciation mode, a feeling that washes over me every year around this time. I am stunned by the variety at the market – both the beauty of its various shapes and colors, and the way each boasts a unique flavor and texture when cooked, from creamy, sweet butternut, honey nut and kabocha to…
DEAR MISS MANNERS: If I want to start a conversation with a stranger – say we’re next to each other on an airplane – I might comment on the book they’re reading. Similarly, is it OK if I comment on their tattoo?
The Spokane Park Board may soon sign a six-year contract with a new concert booker and producer for the Gesa Pavilion summer concert series.
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On my first trip to Italy a decade ago, I stood in St. Mark’s Square in Venice around sunset. The red-orange clouds above looked like they’d been poured into dozens of wine glasses at the little cafes. Notes from a jazz combo mixed with cries of seagulls as I watched diners drinking their Aperol Spritzes, oozing la…
When a pregnant woman takes prescription medicines, illicit drugs, or other substances, the drugs and substances pass through the placenta to the baby. As a result, the baby becomes dependent on those substances while growing inside the womb. After birth, the infant is cut off from the substances it has become…
From 1976: Spokane County sheriff’s officers seized an X-rated movie, “The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann,” from the Dishman Theater.
Now that we’ve settled into fall, many have reacquainted their inner cook with the comforting, inviting aromas of something baking in the oven or simmering on the stovetop.
Global Soups with Jamie Aquino – Learn how to make soups from around the world. 5:45-8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. The Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. $89. 509-328-3335.
Front -runners in four Spokane County government races are a mixed bag of political parties, election night results indicate. Each race is too close to call.
Wednesday’s TV Highlights
Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins conceded to Democrat Troy Jackson on Tuesday, scoring a major pickup for Democrats in one of the midterms’ most competitive races. First elected in 1996, Collins had repeatedly survived as a moderate Republican in a state that has not backed her party for president since 1988…
Party alignment will remain the same among the Legislative seats representing the Spokane area, election night results indicate.
SEATTLE – Voters have sent two Spokane natives back to the Washington Supreme Court Tuesday night in a rare opportunity to reshape the state’s top court.
SEATTLE – Washington voters appear to have passed an initiative barring transgender athletes from competing in K-12 girls sports.
Victory erupted for several school districts across Spokane County Tuesday night as voters approved levies to fund educational programming and infrastructure improvements. Some district races, however, were still too close to call.
In a stinging midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, Democrats were poised to win control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. After a decade of defining American politics, Trump now begins a new political chapter, his trademark coalition showing signs of fraying while his opponents gain a foothold to…
Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa has pulled off an upset in the Texas governor’s race, unseating three-term Republican incumbent Greg Abbott.
For the first time in a generation, Eastern Washington’s congressional race was too close at the end of counting on election night.
Initiative 645 reverses a 9.9% income tax on earnings over $1 million imposed by Washington lawmakers earlier this year. Proceeds from the tax, anticipated at more than $11 billion over a five-year period beginning in 2028, would be split between the state's general fund and a dedicated account for childcare and early…
Weeks after Sean "Diddy" Combs was hospitalized for a head injury suffered while serving time in federal prison, his release date has moved up. The disgraced music and alcohol mogul is now set to be released on Feb. 6, 2028, nearly a month sooner than his projected release date last month, according to the Federal…
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s race for governor on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state and delivering Democrats a victory in one of the nation's most closely divided political battlegrounds. The former Atlanta mayor, who will also be the first female governor of the…
Amid record ocean temperatures, a third olive ridley sea turtle has laid its eggs in Southern California — this time on San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura. The rare event occurred on Sunday, according to witnesses and officials, and marks the third naturally-occurring sea turtle nest ever found on the U.S. West…
A flyover with four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters ahead of Monday night's Seahawks-Bears game drew audible reactions from some fans at Lumen Field.
Vi Tran and most others in her Snohomish County neighborhood agree that nobody should be shooting off fireworks after the Fourth of July. But one household doesn’t see it that way. Hearing bangs and whistles in August, Tran called the county’s nonemergency line for the fifth time in a month. Not a single ring was…
CVS Health Corp. is discussing plans to spin off its retail pharmacy business, according to the Financial Times, a shocking retreat for the country’s largest drugstore chain.
Three people are dead and two Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies are now fighting for their lives following a domestic violence shooting near Spangle, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said during a news conference Tuesday evening.
A trophy repurposed with a strip of athletic tape will continue to bring more weight to a football game than the game might generate on its own.
Gonzaga remains in the picture for one of the top prospects in the 2027 high school recruiting class.
Across the Inland Northwest voters are dropping off their ballots Tuesday to vote in a midterm election that will decide not only who will be serving in local offices but also in the courts, the statehouse in Olympia and who will represent us in Congress.
Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, riding a wave of anti-Republican sentiment as President Donald Trump’s influence was felt in House and Senate races across the country.
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration in a fast-moving election fight, lifting a ruling that barred the Justice Department from threatening state and local election officials with prosecution if they count disputed ballots. In a decision on Tuesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of…
The answer is always, “watch the film,” or “watch the tape.” Before dissecting all that goes wrong in a defeat, the stock response from NFL players is that before any explanations or maybe blame can be assessed, the game tape must be reviewed.
Do you trust Jerry Dipoto? Because this hire is all on him.
Spokane police arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing another man Sunday outside an apartment complex on the upper South Hill near the Target on South Regal Street.
NEW YORK — Paris Jackson has demanded that $600 million be released from the estate of her late father, Michael Jackson, to a family trust for her and her two brothers, Prince and Bigi. Despite having generated billions since the pop star’s death, the estate has yet to transfer any funds into the Michael Jackson…
A man who reportedly was threatening to fight people who didn’t vote on Tuesday morning was shot and killed outside the Spokane Valley Library at about 11:30 a.m. as voters were arriving to cast their ballots.
LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga preserved one streak and ended another by holding off Purdue 78-72 in Monday’s season opener at T-Mobile Arena.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren and four other lawmakers questioned McDonald's use of algorithmic pricing tools in a letter to CEO Chris Kempczinski, which the lawmakers shared with Reuters.
Authorities in Tennessee on Nov. 3 announced escaped inmate Jacob Allen Morley had been captured. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation posted on X that law enforcement had apprehended Morley, who had been on the lam since Oct. 25.
As a criminal investigation into Southern California Edison's actions before last year's deadly Eaton fire continues, the state's for-profit utilities are lobbying for legislation that would protect their shareholders from paying for future catastrophic fires they cause.
Lumen Field is no stranger to hosting military flyovers, especially when it comes to involving U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters. But the coordination of the helicopter flyover and the in-stadium fireworks seemed to be poorly timed ahead of Monday night's Week 8 matchup between the Seahawks and Bears. That all led…
The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to forecast a low pressure system could form in the Atlantic with a chance to develop into a more dangerous storm.
After Jason Myers’ second-quarter extra-point attempt squirted wide of the left upright, two words comically appeared on Lumen Field’s fleet of oversized video boards: OH BOY!
KYIV – Russia bombarded Ukraine's energy infrastructure in waves on Tuesday, knocking out power to swathes of the country with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, a week before US-brokered peace talks were due to resume. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least 33 people had been killed on Monday when Russia…
After a monthlong search, the Mariners have again settled on a first-time manager to succeed Dan Wilson in the dugout.
A Georgia man who brought firearms to Washington and threatened former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) the day after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested again in recent days and accused of threatening federal judges, according to court documents.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Mike Macdonald stood in front of the media Monday night following his Seahawks’ 34-17 loss to the visiting Bears and was succinct. He felt the Bears won all three phases of thegame. Kudos for the honesty Mike, but the real truth is Chicago actually won four phases.
Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig are starting their forever, tying the knot a month after respective ex-spouses Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes did the same.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The skies opened across eastern Central Florida as November arrived, bringing between one and two feet of rain, triggering catastrophic flash flooding, emergency rescues and the relocation of precincts in more than a half-dozen counties as voters head to the polls for Election Day. Sheriff's…
A tank of gas for Drew Brazie’s truck cost $35 more than it did toward the start of the year. Tariffs and rising prices kept scrambling the numbers for the construction projects he managed. A subcontractor said last week it would have to charge 23 percent more, because the price of steel was jumping - again.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion in annual funding to Israel after this year, but will still sell weapons to its close Middle East ally.
Dear Doctors: I’m a 63-year-old woman and a longtime runner. I thought the pain in my left foot might turn out to be arthritis. I was sort of right – it’s rheumatoid arthritis. Why do you get it? Does it spread or get worse?
Dear Annie: My daughter is getting married soon, and what should be a joyous occasion has become a source of heartache.
Yum Brands said same-store sales at Taco Bell were recovering after a wider-than-expected decline in the third quarter following a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak that hurt traffic at the Tex-Mex chain.
From 1976: Voter turnout in Spokane County was looking strong on presidential Election Day.
By the end of Tuesday, Americans likely will know if the political path of their country will shift – or maybe dramatically swing – as votes finally get tabulated in the 2026 midterm election.
STANFORD, Calif. – Playing without three key players, Eastern Washington came up a couple possessions short in a season-opening 74-65 loss to Stanford on Monday in men’s college basketball play at Maples Pavilion.
BERKELEY, Calif. – The Washington State women fell behind by double digits in the second quarter and absorbed a big loss in a nonconference season opener between former Pac-12 foes.
PULLMAN – These days, college basketball seasons always arrive with an alluring sense of promise. The slate is clean, the roster is new, and the coach talks about how much he learned from last year and how different things will be in this one.
It hasn’t been often the last couple of years that defense was the most critical element to victory for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team.
MOSCOW, Idaho – A new-look Idaho men’s basketball team had no trouble in its season opener against an overmatched opponent.
Instant impressions after the Seahawks lost to the Bears 34-17 and dropped to 4-4 on the season:
It was a seesaw battle for about 25 minutes between the Bulldogs and Boilermakers, who swapped the lead nine times through the first half at T-Mobile Arena. Gonzaga established an 11-point lead, almost coughed it up and emerged with the program’s first victory over Purdue in six tries, winning 78-72 in front of a…
SEATTLE – If a delay-of-game penalty can ever be well-timed for the offending team, then this was it for the Chicago Bears on Monday night.
DETROIT — Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to arrest and jail the accused ringleader of an alleged conspiracy to terrorize members of the Jewish community and University of Michigan officials, saying the pro-Palestinian activist sabotaged FBI agents, obstructed justice and destroyed evidence while on bond.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to expand California's current Film and Television Tax Credit Program from $750 million to at least $1 billion annually.
Apple Inc. delivered a mixed outlook to investors in its first quarterly report under Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, with narrower profit margins overshadowing an upbeat sales forecast.
Amazon Web Services is the company behind plans to develop a data center campus with up to 21 buildings at West Richland’s sprawling Lewis & Clark Ranch. Trammell Crow Co., a Dallas, Texas real estate firm with a data center development business, purchased nearly 1,000 acres from the estate of the late agriculture…
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government has been granted more authority by the country’s supreme leader to pursue peace talks, as President Donald Trump hinted at progress in negotiations. The comments on Monday signaled a potential diplomatic opening as fears grow of renewed hostilities between the U.S…
MIAMI — The crew of the Learjet plane that crashed into a Palm Beach County neighborhood, killing all nine people on board, began reporting light ice and turbulence about a minute before the aircraft plummeted to the ground, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Monday. The plane took off from…
FRESNO, Calif. — Sen. Alex Padilla and Congressman Jim Costa visited McFarland for a drop-in visit to the Golden State Annex, an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainment facility, but they never made it inside. The lawmakers said they were turned away because, according to Golden State Annex officials, there…
WASHINGTON – The United States struck Iran's Qeshm Island, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing US officials. The reporting follows several explosions on the island, which is situated on the Strait of Hormuz, according to state media outlet IRNA.
A teenage boy died and four other people were injured in a Halloween night crash in Mead, according to a news release from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
As Spokane County commissioners consider ways to reduce an anticipated budget deficit, the option to save money by closing the Geiger Corrections Center located near the Spokane International Airport already has been pushed to 2028.
While some were happy with the results of Monday’s Greater Spokane League 2A “mini-game” three-way tiebreaker, no one was particularly happy with how they got there.
Gardner Minshew not only changed Sunday’s game, rallying the Arizona Cardinals to an overtime win over the Dallas Cowboys, he may have altered Arizona’s pursuit of a franchise quarterback.
WASHINGTON — Republicans began the 2026 election cycle on a high, with a governing trifecta in Washington and heavy optimism that the coalition that swept Donald Trump back into the White House represented a durable new voting bloc. They had a favorable Senate map and insisted there were opportunities to expand their…
Two people were shot at a Halloween party attended by more than 70 people east of Pasadena Park early Sunday morning, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday.
Florence will commemorate the 56th anniversary of one of Oregon’s most unusual historic moments with a weekend of film screenings, live music and community gatherings Nov. 14-15.
An ICE agent “lied in an official record” shared with lawyers as part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s determined refusal to comply with an order barring warrantless arrests in most cases in Oregon, a judge found Monday.
WASHINGTON – The United States will bring together delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine, post-war security agreements and de-escalation, US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday.
The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by the Trump administration to order California to set aside ballots from more than 20,000 residents who the Trump administration claims might be noncitizens who therefore voted illegally. The ruling is the latest setback for the Department of Justice, which has waged an…
A Yakima County resident has become the first person in Washington state, and perhaps the country, to die from bird flu this year, following an exposure at a dairy farm last month.
DENVER — Southwestern Colorado residents were hit with another round of destructive flooding Sunday and Monday as rivers and creeks overflowed their banks for the second time in a week, rushing into homes and businesses, sweeping away property and stranding people.
A suicidal man who fired a gun at Post Falls Police officers before they returned fire and killed him Sunday morning has been identified as 46-year-old Timothy Amundson.
Pop singer-songwriter Paul Anka, music producer David Foster, actor Andy Garcia, playwright David Mamet and country singer Barbara Mandrell will be recognized at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors — although the center itself faces an uncertain future.
Xaivian Lee and Izan Almansa combined for 13 of 15 points during a key second-half run and Gonzaga held off a late push from Purdue, allowing the Bulldogs to prevail 78-72 and pick up the program's first victory over the Boilermakers.
Quarterback Demond Williams Jr. will start for Washington against Penn State this weekend if he’s available physically this week, coach Jedd Fisch said Monday.
WASHINGTON — On the day before the midterm election, Trump administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene and set aside ballots from 20,000 California voters who the administration says may not be citizens. “The Court should issue a limited injunction directing California to stop commingling suspected…
The crucial holiday shopping season is coming for retailers — and JCPenney is readying some widespread discounts and more. The department store chain is set to put 97% of in-store items on sale, according to a company statement. That offering will last from Nov. 5 to 11. In addition, the Plano, Texas-based company is…
Is this the year Sweet Lou finally gets in the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
The Sooners have decided to move on from its second-year play caller, who arrived along with quarterback John Mateer from Washington State, as the team struggled to build on last season's College Football Playoff appearance.