Mercer Mass Timber plans $30 million expansion
SPOKANE, Wash. — Mercer Mass Timber LLC in Spokane Valley is planning a $30 million expansion in Spokane Valley, Washington, that is being aided by $250,000 grant from the state that will aid in engineering, permitting, and installing assembly line infrastructure at the secondary manufacturing space. Washington...
Washington Weather Alert This Weekend: Spokane Sees Fog, Freezing Temps, and Air Quality Concerns...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Washington – Headlights glow like halos in thick mist across the Spokane area, where dense fog clings to streets, fields, and river valleys. Visibility drops fast before sunrise, and damp pavement feels...
GU Board of Trustees votes to cover lost state grant funds for students
The 678 Gonzaga University students who previously received financial aid through the Washington College Grant will now have the difference covered by GU, despite state-level cuts to the program. When Washington lawmakers voted to cut funding for the grant by $3,200 per student per year, a change set to take...
Inland Journal: A Spokane task force hones in on community health and safety improvements
Spokane’s Safe and Healthy Task Force was created last year to find new remedies to the region’s homelessness, mental health and substance abuse problems. The group hired a Florida-based consultant, retired Miami Judge Steven Leifman, to assess Spokane's health and public safety systems and recommend ways they could...
Car crashes into Hillyard home, firefighters contain house fire
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane firefighters were able to contain a house fire in Hillyard Wednesday night when a car crashed into a home.
Liberty Lake roundabout back open from ‘large traffic obstruction’ in eastbound lanes
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. -- A roundabout in Liberty Lake closed Thursday morning for what appeared to be concrete block in the road.
After growing up in Spokane, Julia Keefe returns to town with her Indigenous Jazz...
When discussing musical styles native to the United States, jazz usually comes to the forefront. Emerging from New Orleans’ Black community in the late 19th century, the versatile and improvisational genre blended blues, ragtime and West African rhythms to create a sound that was definitely unique and has become one...
Rockford Police Probe Crash That Injured Two Pedestrians
Rockford Police are investigating an Illinois traffic crash that left one pedestrian critically injured and another hurt on East State Street.
The 35th Annual Record Sale, February 14 & 15, 2026
Join us for our 35th Annual Record Sale, February 14th and 15th at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley. Pre-sale is Saturday from 9 to 11 am. Regular hours are Saturday from 11 am until 5 pm, and Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm.
Art Program Helps Disabled People
In Michigan an art program helps disabled people discover new talents using a wide variety of tools. Click the video for more details.
