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I’ve been obsessed with the new podcast What to Carry, What to Burn. The show is about wilderness survival, and it’s an addictive listen — long-distance dogsled musher Blair Braverman dives deep into historical disasters to illustrate how survivors made it through the unthinkable: plane crashes, shipwrecks, madness. In

Celebrated poet Nance Van Winckel, who taught more than 20 years at Eastern Washington University’s creative writing program, died on July 19 at the age of 74 from complications of treatment she was receiving for cholangiocarcinoma. Van Winckel was a literal and figurative spinner of yarns, publishing fiction, memoir,

SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 700 families lost their homes in recent Spokane-area fires, and m…

SPOKANE, Wash. — As Spokane families prepare for the school year to begin Wednesday, one local family is navigating the transition while displaced from their home due to wildfire damage.

Spokane Motown soul band to play final Summer Music Series concert. The final show in Mattox Farm Production’s “Odd Nights Out” free Summer Concert Series will feature Nu Jack City at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27 at Farmin Park (corner of Fourth Avenue and Oak Street, in downtown Sandpoint).

Countless Spokanites have fond memories and family photos that can be traced back to Green Gables Photography’s white, historic-style building at 727 W. Francis Ave. While the studio closed in 2021, the space has a new lease on life with Grounded Gardens, a plant cafe that opened on July 21.

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. - A Level 3 evacuation order has been issued northwest of Airway Heights for a new wildland fire referred to as the Spring Creek Fire, according to Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) and WildCAD. According to the SREC evacuation map, the Level 3 order extends from the...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A woman was arrested for trying to steal items from a burned home in the Indian Trail neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Law enforcement officers are investigating a body that was found near Riverside State Park.

An FBI-led counter-drone task force used electronic countermeasures to force civilian drones out of the sky over the Spokane wildfires, after its detection gear logged 41 unauthorized aircraft inside the flight restriction in four days. The unit was assembled to protect FIFA World Cup matches in Seattle earlier this su