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Strolling through a state fair, a couple run into a national celebrity. Husband asks if he can take a picture of the celebrity and wife together.

Avista began recharging the Spokane River on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. For the second year in a row this stretch ran dry for about .5 to 1 miles near the Barker Road Trailhead. (Kathy Plonka/The ...

At least two Idaho high schools were affected Tuesday in a regional swatting incident, including Nampa High School. A call was made to the Nampa Police Department dispatch at 12:34 p.m., and a woman ...

During his game day preparation, Eastern Washington offensive coordinator Marc Anderson doesn’t focus much on what’s ...

A Spokane County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday morning outside Evergreen Middle School in Spokane Valley. The school was put on lockdown after a caller told dispatchers about 11:30 ...

The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Trump administration to resume expansion of an internal government database available to states to verify the citizenship of voters ...

There was a time when the public knew Leonard Williams was in some regard famous. For what was the question. “I'm already big and people are looking at me, so they're already going to assume that I do ...

Eastern Washington University President Sheri McMahan announced Tuesday that she was recently diagnosed with "an aggressive form of cancer" and that the Board of Trustees has appointed Vice President ...

As November’s midterm elections loom, President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to struggle, reaching a new record ...

The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution announced on Tuesday that he was retiring after months of accusations from the ...

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s raining in Spokane. The sun is expected to pop out soon. The clouds should disappear. And it should ...