Tag: Spokane
Washington state is latest to pass heat rules for workers
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington state on Friday became the second state in the Pacific Northwest in as many days to announce emergency rules that...
Rolling blackouts for parts of US Northwest amid heat wave
SPOKANE, Wash. — The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Oregon, moved inland Tuesday — prompting a electrical utility in...
Dead ‘murder hornet’ near Seattle is 1st found in US in 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the country this...
Mike Roth to retire after 24 years as Gonzaga AD
SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth said Monday he will retire on Aug. 31, ending a 24-year run during which the Bulldogs...
Gonzaga promotes Chris Standiford to replace Mike Roth as AD
SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga promoted Chris Standiford to director of athletics on Tuesday following the announcement that Mike Roth is retiring at the end...
Family: Black students in Washington upset by school project
SPOKANE, Wash. — A family in Spokane, Washington, is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could segregate two Black...
Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary
SPOKANE, Wash. — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary...
Star forward Drew Timme will return to Gonzaga next season
SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, who led the West Coast Conference in scoring last season, announced Wednesday that he will return for...
Gonzaga hires Stephen Gentry as assistant basketball coach
SPOKANE, Wash. — Former Gonzaga player Stephen Gentry was hired Monday as an assistant basketball coach to replace Tommy Lloyd, who left the Bulldogs...
Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams
SPOKANE, Wash. — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic...
