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In 2021, a Spokane city water department building was brimming with dust, radon and COVID

How a network of politicos tied to U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers are pulling behind-the-scenes strings to tar up local liberals

Let my aged wisdom and accrued cynicism guide you, young reporter

John Powers- Spokane's first strong mayor - beholds the changes the city has undergone, and pronounces them (mostly) good

Spokane City Council says the Woodward administration is failing to communicate, but the mayor says no one told her

Some people think biking is crazy — for columnist-trucker-cyclist Justin Short, that's practically the point

As Spokane City Council president, Breean Beggs pursued his agenda slowly and steadily — but to what effect?

Gonzaga teams up with Whitworth and Oregon State to discover how ponds are being impacted by climate change

A Whitworth prof invents a smaller, cheaper way of manufacturing COVID tests — and it could be revolutionary

The Book of Employee Exodus: 3 years of staffing chaos at Spokane City Hall

A tech executive from San Diego wanders the streets of Spokane with one mission — find his son

Stop and smell the roses while you stop and charge the Leaf

An "inconclusive" investigation reveals the chaos and conflict that chased veteran employees away from Spokane City Hall

Gov. Jay Inslee presided over a booming economy and the nation's worst housing shortage — will it help or hurt his former commerce director in her run for Spokane mayor?

City Council shouldn't draw their own boundaries, judge rules, but Zappone's map survives

The city of Spokane's homeless shelter system is teetering on the edge of financial collapse

How Everything, Everywhere, All at Once captures the nightmare of our attention-deficit TikTok-addled age

Camp Hope officials say they repeatedly asked police for help removing dangerous residents — that help rarely came

Idaho Rep. Heather Scott's husband also threatened Idaho Rep. Steve Berch with copyright suit over Confederate flag photo

A Washington state bill proposes hitting the very, very, very rich with a new type of tax — but is it legal?