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Front Porch: Birthday brings reflections of two American stories

January is the month of my birth. A lot of people don’t care much for January – long, gray, cold, post-holiday letdown, not a...

100 years ago in Spokane: Defense for dragging suspect claimed he couldn't hear all the cries to stop

“Deafness” constituted the principal alibi of W.J. Van Skike, on trial for manslaughter after running down a widow on the street and dragging her...

Spokane City Council ratifies mayor's emergency order for windstorm

For about two hours on Jan. 14, as winds whipped mercilessly and tossed down trees across Spokane, there was not a single fire department...

A state proposal that could impact distribution of funds for local emergency communications higlights tensions between city, county

The funding mechanism for the largest 911 call-taker in Spokane County could be upended by a proposal in the state Legislature. The bill filed...

'Focused right now on the mission': New command chief gets started at Fairchild Air Force Base

Twenty-four hours sometimes aren’t enough for Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Guzman. As the new command chief for the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild...

Leaders at Fairchild Air Force Base work to preserve base culture in midst of pandemic

The Fairchild Air Force Base movie theater has been serving the base’s command staff nowadays for less cinematic purposes. Unit leaders use the facility...

Murray, Cantwell ask Biden to approve wildfire aid for Malden, Pine City; McMorris Rodgers sends separate letter

WASHINGTON – After months of waiting under the Trump administration, Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are asking President Joe Biden to swiftly authorize...

Actress and Spokane native Sydney Sweeney's program kicks off its plan for 2,400 meals

Fresh, restaurant-cooked meals made their way to the Women & Children’s Free Restaurant and Community Kitchen as the “Extend the Love” initiative started by...

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich files complaint against Washington State over rejection of training proposal

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has filed a complaint against a state commission for rejecting his proposal to run a new law enforcement training...

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