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The Glover Mansion hosts Kindling Dance's haunted-house performance inspired by its storied history

More than 100 years ago the opulent Glover Mansion was built for its first inhabitants, James and Susan Glover…



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Sherman, Wash: Tucked amid rolling fields is the well-kept remnant of a town that began to decline shortly after its founding in the 1880s

It's a sunny Monday as I drive out to Sherman, one of Lincoln County's few ghost towns…



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There are dozens more ghost towns across the Pacific Northwest, including these four nearby spots

Fishtrap, Washington…



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Cloverland, Wash: The only original building left in this briefly booming orchard town in Asotin County is its well-preserved garage

Though a sign on Washington State Route 129 points you in the right direction, driving the nearly 12 miles along Cloverland Road to arrive at the Cloverland Garage in Asotin County can make you feel like you're, well, chasing ghosts…



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Govan, Wash: A railroad put this Lincoln County community on the map, but a 1927 fire set its demise in motion

I've driven past many dilapidated buildings in my life…



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Burke, Idaho: Wedged between mountains, the Silver Valley mine town's history of rich resources still echoes down the canyon

Crammed in a narrow canyon of North Idaho's Silver Valley, in perhaps one of the most inconvenient but also beautiful places for a hub of human habitation, are the rusted remains of a once-lively mountain mine town…



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The Gonzaga men have reloaded for the 2024-25 season, while the women have some departures to deal with

GONZAGA MEN…




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Gen Heywood's photography exhibition at Gonzaga University Urban Art Center explores the potency of two American icons

It's a scary time of year, but not because of Halloween…



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Scouting the Inland Northwest's college hoops programs for the 2024-25 season

WASHINGTON STATE MEN…




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Discover five Inland Northwest ghost towns where the past still eerily echoes

As early settlers flocked to the American West to extract the land's rich resources, small towns spread across the landscape…



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Q&A: Former Gonzaga head coach Dan Monson returns to the PNW sidelines to lead Eastern Washington University

Don't let anyone tell you that you can't go home again…




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After being eliminated from the city’s budget over a decade ago, Mayor Lisa Brown wants Spokane Arts back in the city

Art and community have gone hand in hand for millennia…



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Journalist Nate Schweber shares a historic story of public lands conservation for the Palouse's Everybody Reads program

Like the main characters of his latest book, author and journalist Nate Schweber is shaped by his upbringing in the Western United States…



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Art and signage commemorating the history and contributions of Spokane's early Japanese residents installed at Saranac Building

A map of downtown Spokane's east end, circa 1910, would be barely recognizable to most locals today…



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The Zags are set for another season competing at the very top of college basketball

Forget rebuilding and reloading…




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Three takeaways from Gonzaga’s dominant start to the season

The Gonzaga Bulldogs went 2-0 last week, with wins over Dixie State and Texas. One of those games may as well have been a scheduled win, while the other was a marquee match-up of two top-five teams…




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In a challenging year for the movie business, these 10 films were the best to hit screens large and small

What even is a 2021 movie?…



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Shrek, sharks and Kung Fu Panda: Spokane becomes the first U.S. destination for new Dreamworks Animation exhibit

Don't even try to deny it, you're a total sucker for an animated children's movie…



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Inland Northwest tribes are using technology to track young salmon in hopes of returning runs to the Columbia and Spokane rivers

It starts raining just as two trucks hauling juvenile salmon arrive near the end of a gravel road at Chief Joseph Dam in the Central Washington town of Bridgeport on Friday, May 6…



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Meet the Mild Riders, Spokane's chillest (and only) scooter gang

Whizzing through West Central Spokane on the back of a scooter, the wind whipping around your face, offers a new perspective to getting around town…



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The Spokane Indians offer a tasty lineup of new food items at the ballpark

Going to a Spokane Indians game is as much about the sensory experience at the ballpark as it is rooting for your favorite team…



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Spokane artist Chris Bovey opens Vintage Print + Neon storefront, studio and workshop in the Garland District

Chris Bovey's new shop on Garland Avenue isn't technically open on Tuesday, but it's too enjoyably warm and sunny on a late September afternoon to keep the roll-up door along the sidewalk closed…



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The shadow of election denial hangs over Spokane elections

In the weeks leading up to Election Day, local officials are required by law to perform what's known as a "logic and accuracy" test on the ballot counting machines…



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Seed banks around the world guard against the perils of industrialized farming and disasters. One of the most diverse banks in the U.S. can be found on the Palouse

Tucked inside a nondescript building on Washington State University's Pullman campus is a bank holding an abundance of the world's wealth, where row after row of temperature-controlled filing cabinets store something far more precious than savings bonds or artwork: seeds…



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Behind the Curtain

From auditions to opening night: How the Spokane Civic Theatre took Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from page to stage Everyone knows the story of Charlie, the Golden Ticket and his fateful visit to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory…



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Inside the world of Spokane's indie pro wrestling scene

Chase James is ready for his crowning achievement…



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Foo Fighters and the Breeders rock the Arena

There was a moment when Dave Grohl stopped the music and quizzed the adoring, rambunctious, rafter-packing, sold out crowd at the Spokane Arena last Friday…



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FriendChips captures chipmunks in the office, playing poker and drinking Nutz Lite

When Christie Pierce took a photo of a chipmunk named Mr. Stubbs at her Valleyford home, making it appear as if he was playing cards with drink tickets she received at a casino night, she didn't expect it to catalyze the creation of a niche wildlife photography business…



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Retired veteran Richard Weatherly has been making grandiose clocks for over 20 years

Richard Weatherly has always had time on his side…



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We spent two home matches with the Spokane Velocity team, fans and staff at ONE Spokane Stadium. Here's what we saw.

Soccer is the world's game — the beautiful game — and here in Spokane, it's the Velocity's game…




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Royal Blue Fine Woodworking: Going with the grain to create lasting beauty and functionality

Josh King’s Royal Blue Woodworking is named for his first dog, Bud, a blue Great Dane. For six years King studied at Colorado’s Red Rocks Fine Woodworking College, where, as he puts it, he got to learn from “eight different Michael Jordans.” King has now been a full-time fine woodworker for 12 years, though Bud has sadly passed on…




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We went behind the scenes at Scarywood to understand what it takes to bring the theme park alive with fright

Fear is an instinctive, innate biological response that's kept humans safe for many millennia…



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Forty years ago this week, MTV changed everything in the music business

It's obvious now, but when MTV first launched 40 years ago this summer, the idea was relatively novel that a musical artist would feel compelled to make mini-movie versions of their songs…



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It was no accident that a restaurant called Central Food was the first business to open in Spokane's now-bustling Kendall Yards neighborhood

When I began thinking about the relationship between neighborhoods and food in Spokane, we were still in COVID lockdown and I hadn't been out to eat in over a year…



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Why Washington is knowingly violating its own laws in the treatment of mentally ill suspects

In the early morning of June 10, 2015, Dennis Platz woke up to go open the gate to his Colbert property and let in his neighbor, Dan Carver, who planned to borrow a field sprayer…



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We asked more than 65 local politicians if they were vaccinated for COVID-19. Here's what they said

Before we start, let's get this out of the way: No, it is not a HIPAA violation to ask someone if they've been vaccinated for COVID-19…



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Jimmy Lake brings his Eastern Washington bona fides to the land of the Purple and Gold

Don van Lierop had a problem…




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As Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, Spokanites try, mostly in vain, to rescue their Afghan friends and family

It's a Sunday in late August, eight days before the last American soldier will leave Afghanistan…



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Fentanyl is flooding into the Inland Northwest, triggering a deadlier phase of the opioid crisis

Allan didn't know it was fentanyl…



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After nearly 50 years, Jerry Quinn Sr.'s work to preserve the Northwest's railroad legacy keeps rolling

On the face of it, the legacy of Jerry Quinn Sr. is simple…



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Eastern Washington ranching mogul Cody Easterday wagered hundreds of millions of dollars on the price of beef. He lost.

By Lee van der Voo, High Country News…



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The bombs exploding in Ukraine reverberate in Spokane, where tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian refugees now live

Alexander Kulabukhov is up at 5 am on Feb. 24, jolted awake by the explosions in his neighborhood…



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On loving the Seattle Mariners, even when it seems like a terrible idea

It's October 22, 2001, and I'm standing on a crowded Key Arena concourse…




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The story of Expo '74 is the story of rediscovering what can unite us and give meaning to this place we call home

Fifty years ago, in 1972, Spokane was on the threshold of creating one of the most remarkable world's fairs anywhere…



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Spokane had a mini-renaissance in the 1970s; let's recapture some of that magic as we celebrate the World's Fair and plan for future success

As preparations begin for the 50th anniversary of EXPO '74 next year, we want to reflect on one of the greatest periods in our history, when the Spokane community somehow pulled together to put on a World's Fair and, at the same time, tackled some of the biggest challenges our community had ever faced…



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Is Spokane's Pavilion actually cooler than the Seattle Space Needle?

At its peak, the World's Fair was a chance for cities to wow visitors with massive, awe-inspiring structures that promised a unique vision of the future…



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School board elections across the nation are being stormed by conservatives demanding more 'parental rights' — including Spokane Valley's Central Valley School District

It's been more than three years since COVID began to shake up the world with lockdowns, social distancing and other measures that seem like relics of the past…



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The U.S. House once had a representative for about every 30,000 people, but now lawmakers serve between 543,000 and 991,000 constituents — what happened?

Imagine this: You're voting on a matter of national significance, you get to the front of the line, and the poll worker asks, "What state are you from?"…



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He got caught with 75 pounds of marijuana in Idaho, but Coeur d'Alene's Wylie Hunter says the justice system was so corrupted and poorly managed that his record should be cleared

Wylie Hunter refuses to give up…



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Question of the Week

What's your go-to coffee order? …



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