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NEWS: Craig Meidl, who was not one of the two candidates for police chief after a lengthy selection process, was chosen by Mayor David Condon as the next police chief anyway. 
NEWS: This one cop is glad the Straub report revealed the havoc the former chief wreaked on the Spokane Police Department. 
MUSIC: Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band will stop at the Spokane Arena's Star Theatre for a show on Oct. 16.

IN OTHER NEWS

Turn in your ballot
It's primary election day. Remember to postmark your ballot by Tuesday or turn it in a drop box by 8 pm. Read our coverage previewing the 6th Legislative District, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners and how Cathy McMorris Rodgers will defend her congressional seat. 

Missing boaters
The family of three missing boaters presumed drowned after a collision on Lake Coeur d'Alene over the weekend is holding out hope they might find them alive. (KXLY) 

Somehow alive
A woman was run over by an RV when her husband apparently didn't notice her standing in front of it. She's expected to be OK. (KHQ)

What Trump sacrificed
As Donald Trump criticizes the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq after they asked Trump what he had sacrificed for his country, the New York Times details Trump's four draft deferments — one for bad feet. 

The rising cost of higher education
Nearly 100 University of Washington students from China may have been defrauded in a tuition scam of up to $1 million, according to the UW Police Department. (Seattle Times)