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click to enlarge Photo courtesy Spokane Colleges Students get hands-on nursing experience at Spokane Community College. Beyond the innovative research happening at our local universities, it's been a busy year for higher education in the Inland Northwest. Here are some of the big changes. TAKING THE LEAD After years of continuous leadership, both Washington State University and Gonzaga University have or will have new presidents.

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click to enlarge Colton Rasanen photo The ridges on these mussel shells can help researchers recreate climate data. By all accounts, freshwater mussels are boring creatures. From the time they fall off their host fish as a larva and settle in a riverbed until they die decades later, they might move a few meters at most.

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click to enlarge FROM Left: Lili Navarrete, Kate Telis, Alejandro Barrientos For the second time in as many years, the Spokane City Council is accepting applications for an appointment to one of its District 2 seats. Last week, City Council member Lili Navarrete announced she would resign from her seat by June 30.

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click to enlarge Young Kwak photo About two years ago, Tyann Bjorkman saw a video on TikTok profiling a romance-only bookstore. As an avid romance reader, the idea of a genre-specific bookstore was like one of those songs you can't get out of your head. As she replayed the thought over and over, she wondered if she could create something similar in North Idaho.

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click to enlarge Rendering courtesy of Spokane Public Schools Student athletes will get more lighted fields — and hours of use — if both Together Spokane measures pass. A community recreation center inside an elementary school. A park or open space within a 10-minute walk of every Spokane resident, even those farthest from the city's core. Free swim lessons for second graders. Open and clean public restrooms throughout the city's park system.