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Attorney claims violation of the Keep Washington Working Act after ICE arrest in Spokane Valley

The Spokesman-Review 25 Mar 2025
The lawsuit was filed by the Washington attorney general’s office in Spokane County Superior Court, alleging the Adams County Sheriff’s Office held people in custody based on their immigration status, ...
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USC looks to keep March Madness title hopes alive without generational talent JuJu Watkins in lineup

The Morning Journal 25 Mar 2025
“I don’t know if people saw that through the TV, but it was a palpable thing.” ... We expect to win in this tournament regardless if it’s going our way, we have people, we don’t have people.
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Mead School Board to discuss ‘noncompliant’ transgender students policy at Monday meeting

The Spokesman-Review 24 Mar 2025
“The people that are arguing against this are arguing against a fiction,” Stay said ... Namely, Odyssey Youth Movement provides resources for kids and young adults, and Stay’s organization, Trans Spokane, supports trans people over 18.
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‘Who wants to go house shopping in a rainstorm?’: Spring weather helps fuel area markets

The Spokesman-Review 23 Mar 2025
Then it snowed in Spokane ...Once it starts to heat up, people start looking at houses.” ... “You want to time it for the weather,” said Dix, a real estate broker at Windermere Spokane-Manito ... People will pay prices for lake frontage that blows your mind.”.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE puts government agencies in Spokane Valley, Lapwai, Pomeroy on notice for building lease terminations

The Spokesman-Review 23 Mar 2025
in Spokane Valley is also on DOGE’s list ... The Spokane Valley USGS center helps collect, analyze and disseminate hydrologic data and information to manage water resources across the Northwest, like groundwater and aquatic ecosystems, she added.
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They were fired in the name of efficiency based on ‘a lie.’ Now the VA is paying them not to work

The Spokesman-Review 23 Mar 2025
In Washington state, the VA fired 12 people in Spokane, 14 in the Puget Sound area and six in Walla Walla, according to an internal email obtained by The Spokesman-Review. In North Chicago, 18 people were fired, according to Lovell employees.
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No job is too small for Mt. Spokane High School Principal, awardee of state principal of the year: ‘When you work for her, you feel valued’

The Spokesman-Review 21 Mar 2025
Spokane High School complained to Principal Chelsea Gallagher about a messy classroom floor that was distracting to students, she knew what to do ... Spokane ... “And that’s not hard, because I care about these people ... Spokane’s victories a step further.
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Leftwing activist group says it reserved hundreds of seats at Rep. Baumgartner’s tumultuous town hall

The Spokesman-Review 21 Mar 2025
Michael Baumgartner’s tumultuous town hall Monday night at Whitworth University were reportedly claimed by members of the Spokane branch of the leftwing activist group Indivisible ... “Our local Spokane ...
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Letters for March 21

The Spokesman-Review 21 Mar 2025
Many of the members at the time were more interested in relating how bad the downtown core was and urging people not to come downtown ... The current administration along with the city of Spokane Valley and Spokane County are continuing to make progress.
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‘To disregard our cultural language is disheartening’: Trump’s executive order on official language sparks conversation among Eastern Washington leaders

The Spokesman-Review 21 Mar 2025
He added that he supports offering important government information in other languages for people who don’t speak English and noted he expanded some of those services when he served as the Spokane County treasurer.
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Public buses serve a crucial need; Spokane Transit needs to keep its foot on the ...

Inlander 20 Mar 2025
Would you trust a restaurant critic who never goes out to eat? It is tiresome to hear rants about transit from people who have never witnessed first-hand the cross-section of Spokane that rides every day.
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Lawmakers must pass rent increase caps, improve legal support for tenants to slow the eviction crisis

The Spokesman-Review 20 Mar 2025
Spokane, like the rest of Washington, is experiencing an eviction crisis ... Rental housing is essential in Spokane ... In Spokane County, two-thirds of white households are homeowners, while less than half of people of color own their homes.
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Q&A: Downtown Spokane Partnership President Emilie Cameron talks about how the pandemic changed the heart ...

Inlander 20 Mar 2025
She offered unique insights into how downtown Spokane survived the pandemic and where it's headed now ... This is not unique to Spokane, but without a balance of multiple people using downtown, one group I think maybe became more noticeable.
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Letters for March 20

The Spokesman-Review 20 Mar 2025
The very people Jackson et al vilify are the ones most likely to consider residing downtown ... Spokane needs a progress-focused plan to keep and potentially invigorate downtown business ... Spokane ... I hope people see and understand that ... Spokane ... Spokane .
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The Spokane region is expanding opioid treatment and facilities

Inlander 20 Mar 2025
In a report to the Spokane regional health board a few months ago, the Opioid Treatment Program at the health district reported asking at least 20 people a month to come back later or schedule a later ...
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