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A last gasp of summer before rain and cooler temperatures

A slight warming trend on Monday and Tuesday will bring high temperatures into the 80s across the Inland Northwest. Monday will be mostly quiet while Tuesday will feature a few pop-up storms and showers mainly south of I-90. Widespread rain chances arrive starting Tuesday night and continue through Wednesday and...
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Airbnb extends free stays to Washington wildfire survivors

Washingtonians displaced by the state's ongoing wildfires have another option for short-term accommodations: Airbnb, the home-sharing marketplace. Airbnb.org, the nonprofit arm of Airbnb, is offering free emergency housing to people affected by the devastating wildfires. It's available for those in Spokane, Stevens, Ch
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School zone safety: What Spokane drivers need to know as classes resume

SPOKANE — As students return to class, Spokane police and the City of Spokane are reminding drivers plan ahead, slow down in school zones, and watch for pedestrians crossing the street.
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Otis Orchard Library closed this week for maintenance

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- The Otis Orchard Library will be closed most of this week for maintenance.
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Spokane students learn about photography from NatGeo

One of the things I most associate with National Geographic is great photography. Flip through any of its magazines and that’s the thing that draws you in. So I was intrigued when I heard National Geographic was holding a photo camp for students this summer in Spokane. One of the instructors was Kiliii Yuyan.
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Spokane chest surgeon, med student work to promote early lung cancer testing

One of the most important cancer-fighting strategies is catching and removing tumors early before they have a chance to grow and metastasize. Dr. Alexi Matousek, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Sacred Heart Medical Center, is trying to do that with lung cancer. Lung cancer doesn’t have a widely-used early screening tool, a
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From ledge to legacy: Stranded climber donates $10,000 to rescue crew

A man stranded on a rocky spire in the Washington Cascades for 18 hours is so thankful to the helicopter crew that saved his life that he donated $10,000 to their rescue organization. The climber has chosen not to be identified. But his story is being told across the Pacific...
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Windy & cool weekend in Spokane, chance of rain on the horizon

Windy weather sticks around in Central and Eastern Washington through Saturday evening. A blowing dust advisory is in place for the area, with as little as a quarter mile of visibility possible.
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Early morning shooting leaves one injured in Liberty Lake

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. -- A shooting in Liberty Lake early this morning left one person injured.
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Officer fired and indicted after beating 62-year-old grandpa and leaving him with 9 broken...

A former Spokane County sheriff’s sergeant who was fired and criminally charged after a violent arrest left a 62-year-old grandfather with multiple serious injuries has been acquitted by a Washington jury, even though bodycam footage showed the confrontation from beginning to end.

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