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A young moose wanders the green grasslands of Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge south of Cheney. Visitors will find moose throughout the refuge....
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The Spokane County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of two people found dead after being hit by a pickup truck at about 11:45 p.m., April 29, near the intersection of West Trails and North Flight roads. Desmond Miller, 25, and his fiancee Kady McFeron, 33, died from blunt force injuries to the head, neck, torso and extremities, the Coroner’s Office reported. Megan C. Skillingstad, 29, is being held on $1,000,000 bail in the Spokane County Jail...
RITZVILLE – Sen. Mark Schoesler and other state lawmakers will return to the Capitol for a special session beginning May 16. “After returning home to Ritzville early last week following the end of this year’s legislative session, I was not planning to return to Olympia for at least a few months,” the 9th Legislative District senator said. “Turns out, my fellow legislators and I may be back at the Capitol little more than a week from now.” Gov. Jay Inslee called the special...
CHENEY – Dozens of students from across the region will be at Eastern Washington University’s Hargreaves Hall early Friday morning, May 12, for the 2023 West Plains PACE Awards ceremony. The event runs from 7-8:30 a.m. PACE, or Partners Advancing Character Education, is a grassroots initiative that encourages good character through partnership with schools and other agencies. The organization works from a common list of monthly character traits like integrity, honesty and citizenship. Students with exemplary character traits...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest has opened a new store and a new United Parcel Service facility is planned for the near future. And both facilities will have customer amenities as well as areas for internal operations. The new Goodwill store opened at 8 a.m. Monday, May 8, at 9837 W. Flight Drive. With the opening of the large facility, Goodwill closed its outlet store at 1406 E. Front Ave. and moved any merchandise to the new store. But Goodwill i...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Tuesday, May 9, that is designed to aid businesses looking to adopt an employee stock ownership plan. Senate Bill 5096 was sponsored by 4th District Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley. “This new law will help promote employee ownership, which is valuable not only for employees but for our society,” Padden said. “Studies have shown that when employees are happier, they stay in their job longer and they retire in a much better financial position. “And the companies are more like...
Northern Quest Resort and Casino celebrated the opening of their newly built River Tower on May 1. The new tower features 190 rooms and is heavily inspired by the history of the Kalispel Tribe and their fishing techniques....
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Tuesday, May 9, that is designed to aid businesses looking to adopt an employee stock ownership plan. Senate Bill 5096 was sponsored by 4th District Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley. “This new law will help promote employee ownership, which is valuable not only for employees but for our society,” Padden said. “Studies have shown that when employees are happier, they stay in their job longer and they retire in a much better financial position. “And the companies are more like...
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