The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper located in Spokane, Washington. It is the sole daily paper serving the city and ranks as the third most-read daily newspaper in the state. Its readership primarily comes from eastern Washington.

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Trump taps top Justice Dept. official to also head Library of Congress

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Perry Stein |Meryl Kornfield

President Donald Trump has chosen Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche - the No. 2 official at the Justice Department - to also serve as the acting head of the Library of Congress, according to a Justice official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. Blanche would assume the acting role days after Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden nine years into her 10-year term. The White House has not announced Blanche’s new role.
Spokane County to consider Avista plan to bury power lines to reduce wildfire risks in 3 Spokane County urban wildlands

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Nick Gibson

There will soon be less power lines breaking up the views from one of Spokane County’s largest recreation areas, if Spokane County commissioners grant an easement to the region’s largest power utility. The governing board of Spokane County will vote Tuesday afternoon on granting a 10-foot-wide easement to Avista Utilities along the northern face of Mica Mountain, which would allow the company to convert their existing overhead lines in the area underground.
Hunter kills grizzly bear in North Idaho

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Michael Wright

A hunter shot and killed a female grizzly bear in North Idaho Friday evening after mistaking it for a black bear. The hunter killed the grizzly in the Priest Lake drainage and immediately self-reported the killing using the Citizens Against Poaching hotline, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Grizzlies in the Lower 48 are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Princess Kate Middleton celebrates nature’s healing in poignant new video

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Theresa Braine

Princess of Wales Kate Middleton celebrated spring and humankind’s connection to nature in a poignant video shared Monday to kick off Mental Health Awareness Week in the U.K.“Over the past year, nature has been my sanctuary,” her voice intoned over clips of herself and husband Prince William ambling through a forest together, soaking up the sights and sounds. The royal couple spent a “brutal” 2024 navigating the princess’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, in addition to that of King Charles.
Heavy rains fall as storm surges from Florida to Virginia

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Ben Cattell Noll |Ian Livingston

An intensifying atmospheric river that has already hit parts of the South with as much as 9 inches of rain will surge north and east Monday. The storm, which caused a waterspout and tornado in Pensacola, Florida, over the weekend, is stretching 1,000 miles from South Florida to southern Pennsylvania, bringing intense rain to some areas, including some of the heaviest downpours since the remnants of Hurricane Helene in the western Carolinas.
WHL Championship: Spokane Chiefs bounce back from Game 1 loss, take advantage as series shifts back to Arena

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Dave Nichols

The Spokane Chiefs weren’t happy with their performance in Game 1 of the Western Hockey League Championship series, a 4-1 loss in Medicine Hat that was closer than the score appeared – it was a one-goal game in the third period before a bit of a lucky bounce and an empty-net goal. But it also could have been much worse, as goalie Dawson Cowan was tested time and again – with several opportunities coming on odd-man rushes – in a second period that the Tigers completely dominated.
Then and Now: Palace Department Store

3 days ago | spokesman.com | Jesse Tinsley

American department stores evolved from frontier dry goods dealers in the 1800s into elegant shopping palaces through 20th century and then declined as competition, new management and market forces took their toll. Rueben Weil, born in 1859 in Hungary, came to the United States at the age of 14 and worked in retail stores in Tennessee and Colorado before arriving in Spokane about the time of the city’s massive 1889 fire.
Getting There: Fewer traffic impacts than normal expected for 2025 grind and overlay work in Spokane

3 days ago | spokesman.com | Emry Dinman

Construction season is underway, and with it comes another summer of roads getting torn up and resurfaced. Still, the city expects there will be fewer significant traffic impacts in 2025 than in prior years. Grind and overlay projects are planned across the city this season, with the greatest concentration of projects between Interstate 90 on the south and Maxwell Avenue on the north.
India, Pakistan both claim victory as truce seems to hold

3 days ago | spokesman.com | Anupreeta Das |Salman Masood |Hari Kumar

NEW DELHI — The fragile truce between India and Pakistan appeared to be largely holding on its first full day after some initial skirmishing, as both countries turned Sunday to making the case that they had come out on top in the four-day conflict. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the two sides had agreed to a ceasefire with the help of U.S. mediation.
WHL Championship: Spokane Chiefs lead Medicine Hat 4-1 after first period of Game 2

3 days ago | spokesman.com | Dave Nichols

MEDICINE HAT, Alberta – Despite allowing the first goal, the Spokane Chiefs scored four goals in a span of 4 minutes, 36 seconds and lead the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1 after the first period of Game 2 of the Western Hockey League Championship at Co-op Place on Sunday. Right off the bat WHL player of the year Gavin McKenna came in alone on Chiefs goalie Dawson Cowan, but the goalie was able to brush it aside.