1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (750+ words) Sept. 23: Sourdough Basics Sept. 30: Sourdough Bread Oct. 7: Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls and British Buns All classes begin at 6 p.m. and will be taught in the Bakery in Building 1, on the Spokane Community College’s Mission campus, 1810 N. Greene St. Call 509-533-8500 to enroll or…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago   (479+ words) The East Valley School District is making a third attempt this year to gain support for a tax to improve facilities. But the request on the November ballot is significantly more modest. Instead of a bond to rebuild the district’s…...

22+ hour, 47+ min ago   (226+ words) Eastern Washington University President Sheri McMahan announced Tuesday that she was recently diagnosed with “an aggressive form of cancer” and that the Board of Trustees has appointed Vice President Cesar Portillo to handle day-to-day operations at the university. In a…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1031+ words) Tyler Lafferty founded Slingshot in 2021 with a mission: to challenge the expectation that high school- and college-aged people must have a single career path locked in. “I had no intention of starting a nonprofit,” said Lafferty, an entrepreneur with experience…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1454+ words) Nathan Fox is a third-generation Whitworth University student in part because of his grandmothers’ persistence. Fox’s mother, Marcy, said she met her future mother-in-law while the two attended Whitworth. At that time, her mother-in-law tried to persuade her to go…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (267+ words) Whitworth 'buzzing again' as parents move students into dorms to start new chapter 'without Mom and Dad' Whitworth University junior Emmett Scott, from Belfair, Waashington, carries a refrigerator for his brother Travis, center rear, while moving Travis' belongings into Arend…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (725+ words) Spokane Public Schools is proposing new start times for the school day, including a 7:30 a.m. bell for middle school students First, however, the school district with about 30,000 students wants community feedback on a plan that would also start elementary schools at…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (830+ words) At the sound of the morning bell, 7:55 a.m. sharp, Alki Elementary School families broke out in applause. For days, parents and guardians had been watching with bated breath over the possibility of a teachers union strike. On Wednesday, the first day…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (548+ words) Abner Gaston Jr.’s days are often busy with doctor’s appointments or church services, but he tries to find a few hours each day to sit in his favorite chair in his living room and read. The 98-year-old doesn’t pore…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (394+ words) OLYMPIA — The Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board will decide this week whether to extend a pilot program that allows for alcoholic beverage sales at home Cougar football games. Both the university and Aramark, the alcohol vendor at Martin Stadium, have…...