1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (580+ words) When President Donald Trump offered to send a $5,000 dividend to all adult Americans last week if Republicans keep control of Congress, I didn’t open my calculator app to start reworking my budget. Promises of government largesse tend to sound great…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (506+ words) A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco in a decision issued late Friday said the U.S. Department…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1075+ words) Like many Americans, 62-year-old Doug Jonas remembers exactly where he was on Sept. 11, 2001. He was elk hunting on Bethel Ridge near Yakima with two of his cousins and an uncle. As they were coming out of the thicket of trees…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (556+ words) When Spokane Valley resident Mark Horak fell about 15 feet off a retaining wall one evening in June, he didn’t realize at first that he had fallen sideways onto a metal fence post, which pierced his torso from one side to…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (734+ words) When: 12:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Tickets: $35 general admission, $25 student tickets through TicketsWest. Free admission for 12 and under. Nearly a year since the release of Lady Wray’s latest record, “Cover Girl,” she reflects on the introspective, soulful…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (585+ words) KYIV, Ukraine – Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in the southern region of Odesa, killing two people, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials said Wednesday, as Moscow targets trade and logistics routes to cause economic damage. Two people…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (713+ words) DALLAS — In a remarkable move for a Democratic lawmaker, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman on Wednesday appeared in a video at the Republican midterms convention — an event specifically designed to boost GOP candidates this fall — in a way that praised President…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1122+ words) The wife of one of the 11 men killed in the Longview paper mill disaster is suing its operating company, Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company, alleging its negligence led to the chemical tank failure that caused her husband’s death. Attorneys representing Mackenzie…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (477+ words) A treatment used by hundreds of firefighters battling wildfires that swept into northwest Spokane neighborhoods has drawn renewed scrutiny from federal medical officials and a leading firefighter organization. Billed as an antioxidant to help rid the body of toxins associated…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (416+ words) The House Oversight Committee excoriated the Navy for failing to address concerns that career aviators suffered brain injuries from the physical stress of piloting fighter jets. “Despite credible warnings, external reporting, and internal awareness, the Navy has yet to determine…...