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Federal judge orders increased spill over Columbia and Snake river dams in renewed court case

In February 2024, it looked like nearly three decades of litigation over the operation of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia ...
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Tucked among now-towering trees, a romantic cottage on Spokane’s South Hill is ready for its next century

Nestled behind hedges on a corner lot in Spokane’s historic Rockwood district, the William and Margaret Solby House is the ...
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Younger generations say TTYL to screens, hello to dumbphones

In fifth grade, my class was assigned to write a speech about what we thought was the greatest invention. I chose the ...
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Taking a deep dive into the offerings at this year’s Spokane International Film Festival

Finding an unheralded film that you can sing the praises of is a gift. It’s like a tiny magical secret you’re encouraged to ...
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Maya Jewell Zeller’s new memoir, Raised by Ferns, teaches readers to embrace their past selves

Even though Maya Jewell Zeller’s latest book was just published the first week of March, the version of herself that wrote it ...
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Sauce Is the Whole Point

Had she but lived, my grandmother would have been 104 this March, having drowned all her dinners in gravy despite a ...
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A biographical play about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stops in Spokane for one night

When Michelle Azar’s manager called her about an audition for a new one-woman show, All Things Equal: The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she was slightly insulted. Written ...
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On finding a slice of Spokane at a PGA golf tournament on the Monterey Peninsula

I’m standing at the rental car counter in California’s Monterey Regional Airport, staring blankly ahead at the rack of ...
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C U IRL: Why some people are switching to “dumb” phones to cut back on screen time

In fifth grade, my class was assigned to write a speech about what we thought was the greatest invention. I chose the telephone.
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A couple finds a dream home to renovate together, one room at a time

Though Derrick “D.O.” Oliver and his wife Nicole settled into a Perry District house he owned before their marriage, she didn’t love it. First off, it continued to feel like ...
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Train Dreams began with an unexpectedly rough plane landing. Now it may fly high at the Oscars

Train Dreams, director Clint Bentley’s transcendent locally set and shot film about troubled logger Robert Grainier (played ...
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Question of the Week: “What’s your biggest screen time waster?”

My friends and I developed this big habit of constantly sending Snapchats, that was another big time waster of mine. I don’t really see it as much of a problem, given that it’s not all in one sitting.