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THE MYSTERY OF THE PERRY STREET STAIRS MAY BE SOLVED, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENT BEHIND THE CLUES NOW HOPES FOR A HISTORICAL MARKER THERE

Updated 8:19 a.m.

The concrete staircase easily could be missed – one side is tucked among trees
near a dead end of Perry at 20th Avenue. But the pedestrian pathway linking
neighborhoods on the South Hill is beloved by many residents nearby.
Features


THE CHRISTMAS BUREAU IS BACK – HERE’S WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR

Idaho


‘IT’S UP TO US’: RURAL TOWN OF FERNWOOD WILL BREAK GROUND ON NEW LIBRARY AFTER
COMMUNITY EFFORT

Religion


WOMEN OF THE YEAR: MABLE DUNBAR HELPS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE – ‘PEOPLE JUST
NEED TO BE HEALED’

Local government


CHRISTMAS ARRIVES EARLY AGAIN THIS YEAR IN SPOKANE, WITH VARIOUS EVENTS, LIGHT
DISPLAYS AND MORE


CHRISTMAS ARRIVES EARLY AGAIN THIS YEAR IN SPOKANE, WITH VARIOUS EVENTS, LIGHT
DISPLAYS AND MORE


MANITO’S ANNUAL TURKEY TROT DRAWS THOUSANDS – ‘IT’S A TRADITION’


‘UNBELIEVABLE’ ANTON WATSON PUTS ON SHOW IN GONZAGA’S WIN OVER UCLA AT MAUI
INVITATIONAL


COVERAGE FROM THE MAUI INVITATIONAL


SHAWN VESTAL: SEEKING OUT WONDER – AND THE ‘SMALL SELF’ – HELPS US SEE THE WORLD
ANEW


WEATHERCATCH: GRATEFUL FOR A FULL PLATE OF DECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS


WOMEN OF THE YEAR: TERESA SKINNER CHAMPIONS THE POWER OF PARASPORTS

Read all of today’s stories



Features


THE CHRISTMAS BUREAU IS BACK – HERE’S WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR

Idaho


‘IT’S UP TO US’: RURAL TOWN OF FERNWOOD WILL BREAK GROUND ON NEW LIBRARY AFTER
COMMUNITY EFFORT

Religion


WOMEN OF THE YEAR: MABLE DUNBAR HELPS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE – ‘PEOPLE JUST
NEED TO BE HEALED’


YESTERDAY'S TOP STORIES

 1. 'I just do it myself': Suki Yaki Inn owner and sole cook closing downtown
    Spokane restaurant after 74 years
 2. Spokane woman pleads guilty to stealing more than $715,000 from Spokane
    Dermatology Clinic
 3. Grizzly bear photographed in Montana's Missouri River Breaks; farthest east
    a bear has been seen in 100 years
 4. No charges for bail bondsman who shot, killed handcuffed man in September
 5. Dave Boling: Zags don't pout after loss to Purdue, rise early for inspired
    win over Syracuse





BUSINESS


AIRBUS AND BOEING POISED FOR MAJOR THAI AIRWAYS WIDEBODY ORDER

Updated 9:31 a.m.


 * UPDATED:  U.S. SERVICES, FACTORIES CUT EMPLOYMENT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2020


 * BARBIE, HOT WHEELS, CARE BEARS AND OTHER NOSTALGIC FAVORITES STAY PLENTIFUL
   ON TOY SHELVES THIS YEAR


 * ALTMAN RETURNS AS OPENAI CEO IN CHAOTIC WIN FOR MICROSOFT


SPORTS


DAVE BOLING: SEAHAWKS HEADED FOR BLEAK FRIDAY AFTER BEING CARVED UP BY 49ERS ON
THANKSGIVING


 * GONZAGA REWIND: DEFENSE, ANTON WATSON’S EPIC EFFORT AND TOURNAMENT TAKEAWAYS


 * NEW:  A GRIP ON SPORTS: THIS WEEKEND IS SO DIFFERENT, BY THE TIME SUNDAY
   COMES, THERE ARE HARDLY ANY NFL GAMES LEFT


 * WSU'S JAKE DICKERT REMINISCES ON 2021 APPLE CUP WIN — AND HOW THINGS HAVE
   CHANGED SINCE

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 * WSU Football
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST


SAFE AND SNOW-FREE TRAVELS FORECAST OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES THIS WEEK


 * WEATHERCATCH: GRATEFUL FOR A FULL PLATE OF DECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS


 * IMMIGRANT DETAINEES RESORT TO HUNGER STRIKES IN PROTEST OF CONDITIONS AT
   TACOMA FACILITY


 * UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO-PHOENIX MEGADEAL CLEARS A KEY REGULATORY HURDLE. WHERE IT
   STANDS NOW

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 * Washington
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CLOSING THE GAP


 * WANT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE? BETTER KEEP OUR HYDROPOWER


 * THE TRUTH ABOUT GIGS, GS AND OTHER INTERNET MARKETING JARGON


 * LOCAL STROKE SURVIVOR URGES OTHERS TO LEARN SIGNS OF STROKE


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Inland Northwest since 1894.

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 * THE NOSTALGIA OF BLACK FRIDAY STILL REMAINS FOR SOME IN SPOKANE VALLEY


 * MAUI INVITATIONAL: GONZAGA MEN VS. SYRACUSE (NOV. 21, 2023)


 * GONZAGA MEN VS. PURDUE (NOV. 20, 2023)


 * WHITWORTH FOOTBALL VS. CHAPMAN (NOV. 18, 2023)


 * WSU FOOTBALL VS. COLORADO (NOV. 17, 2023)


NATION/WORLD


NYC MAYOR ADAMS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN NEW LAWSUIT AHEAD OF ADULT
SURVIVORS ACT FILING DEADLINE


 * GAZA PUMMELED BY ISRAELI STRIKES AS HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL SET FOR FRIDAY


 * RACING TO THE MOON AND MARS, US INTELLIGENCE SEES CHINA ADVANCING WITH
   REMARKABLE SPEED


 * PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS DISRUPT NYC MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

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EDUCATION


‘WE DON’T KNOW PEOPLE’S STORIES’: FORMER GONZAGA PREP STUDENT LEARNS HER OWN
FOOD DRIVE STORY WITH TEACHER OVER 10 YEARS LATER


 * 'KIDS ARE DURABLE': SCHOOLS PROVIDE NORMALCY THREE MONTHS AFTER WILDFIRES IN
   MEDICAL LAKE AND ELK


 * UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO-PHOENIX MEGADEAL CLEARS A KEY REGULATORY HURDLE. WHERE IT
   STANDS NOW


 * HOW THE VALLEY WAS WON: CONSERVATIVE NEWCOMERS TO CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD
   READY FOR TEAMWORK, CONCERN FOR LEVY PASSAGE


A&E


‘IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME’: NUMERICA SKATE RIBBON OPENS FOR THE SEASON AT
RIVERFRONT PARK


 * WOMEN OF THE YEAR: ELLEN TRAVOLTA CAME TO COEUR D'ALENE 'TO GIVE SOMETHING TO
   THIS COMMUNITY,' NOT JUST TO HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE


 * HOW LAS VEGAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN F1 RACETRACK


 * A TAYLOR SWIFT-THEMED CRUISE SETS SAIL IN 2024. JUST DON'T EXPECT THE SINGER
   TO BE THERE

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ELECTION CENTER


WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE CALLS ON POSTAL SERVICE AFTER OLD DROP BOXES USED
ON ELECTION DAY


 * SPIN CONTROL: BALLOT COUNT ALL BUT OVER, HERE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM THE
   2023 ELECTION


 * HOW THE VALLEY WAS WON: CONSERVATIVE NEWCOMERS TO CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD
   READY FOR TEAMWORK, CONCERN FOR LEVY PASSAGE


 * WEST VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD SENDS BOND AND LEVY ASKS TO FEBRUARY BALLOTS


LOCAL GOVERNMENT


SPOKANE POLICE LEADERSHIP TO RECEIVE RAISES WITH APPROVAL OF 2023-2026 CONTRACT


 * WITH A TEMPORARY VETO-PROOF SUPERMAJORITY IMPENDING, THE LIBERTY LAKE CITY
   COUNCIL WILL RECONSIDER A VETOED ORDINANCE TO CONTROL THE CITY'S LIBRARY
   BOARD


 * MEIDL: NEW MAYOR DESERVES A CLEAN SLATE IN LEADERSHIP, BUT RANK-AND-FILE
   SHOULD GIVE HER A CHANCE


 * WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE CALLS ON POSTAL SERVICE AFTER OLD DROP BOXES
   USED ON ELECTION DAY


OUTDOORS


HURRICANE RIDGE TO REOPEN AFTER ‘YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES’


 * MONTANA'S RED LODGE MOUNTAIN INSTALLS 3RD HIGH-SPEED CHAIRLIFT


 * FOREST SERVICE OFFERING CHRISTMAS TREE PERMITS


 * ALAN LIERE'S HUNTING AND FISHING REPORT FOR NOV. 23


WEATHER


WEATHERCATCH: GRATEFUL FOR A FULL PLATE OF DECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS


 * AFTER RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EASTERN U.S., A THANKSGIVING FREE OF WEATHER
   STRESS


 * SAFE AND SNOW-FREE TRAVELS FORECAST OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES THIS WEEK


 * 60 MPH GUSTS, FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES IN FLORIDA AS HURRICANE CENTER TRACKS 2
   SYSTEMS




LIFE


FULL SUBURBAN: KIDS HAPPY? PARENTS HAPPY? THIS IS HALLOWEEN


 * ASK DR. UNIVERSE: WHEN IT COMES TO SOME PLANTS AND ANIMALS, THE FEELINGS ARE
   MUTUAL


 * HALLOWEEN IS FOR KIDS. ‘KIDULTS,’ TOO.


 * ASK DR. UNIVERSE: SURVIVING THE DINOSAUR-KILLING METEOR WAS FOR THE BIRDS


PUBLIC SAFETY


SIX DISPLACED IN INDIAN TRAIL HOUSE FIRE


 * JUDGE DISMISSES CONSPIRACY TO RIOT CHARGE AGAINST PATRIOT FRONT FOUNDER,
   PROSECUTORS APPEAL


 * JURY CONVICTS GANG MEMBER WHO KILLED 15-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY HIGH STUDENT OF
   MURDER


 * NO CHARGES FOR BAIL BONDSMAN WHO SHOT, KILLED HANDCUFFED MAN IN SEPTEMBER


CRISIS IN UKRAINE


UKRAINE’S CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SUFFER THE ‘HUGE PRESSURE’ OF WAR


 * UKRAINE HEADS INTO WINTER WITH A FRAGILE POWER GRID


 * AUSTIN VISITS KYIV TO SIGNAL US SUPPORT AS BATTLES RAGE


 * EUROPE MOVES TO FILL WEAPONS GAP AMID DOUBTS ABOUT U.S. COMMITMENT TO UKRAINE




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AFTER HUGE SUCCESS WITH ‘MAID’ STEPHANIE LAND DIVES DEEPER INTO THE SYSTEMIC
ISSUES IMPACTING THOSE IN POVERTY IN ‘CLASS’

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 17, 2023


UPCOMING EVENTS:

 * STEPHANIE LAND DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK, CLASS, WITH EMMA EPPERLY ON WEDNESDAY,
   NOVEMBER 29, 2023

 * STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL BOOK & DOCUMENTARY SCREENING ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER
   16, 2023

 * THE REUNION - GU'S 1999 ELITE 8 TEAM ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 05, 2024

 * DEADLINE FOR SPOKANE BLACK VOICES 2024 ON MONDAY, JANUARY 08, 2024

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SHAWN VESTAL: SEEKING OUT WONDER – AND THE ‘SMALL SELF’ – HELPS US SEE THE WORLD
ANEW


 * WEATHERCATCH: GRATEFUL FOR A FULL PLATE OF DECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS


 * 100 YEARS AGO IN EASTERN WASHINGTON: MORE DETAILS EMERGED IN THE RUM-RUNNING
   BUST OUT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY


 * 100 YEARS AGO IN SPOKANE: A BRAZEN NORTH SIDE BANK ROBBERY WAS THE THIRD OF
   ITS KIND IN AS MANY YEARS


LONG READS


 * ‘IT WAS JUST RAINING FIRE’: THE DAY THE GRAY FIRE CHANGED A TOWN FOREVER


 * U.S. LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING IDAHO SEN. RISCH, AND GLOBAL LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH
   MORAL DILEMMA OF ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR AT HALIFAX FORUM


DEEP DIVES


 * BUGS IN THE SYSTEM: HOW A BUNGLED SOFTWARE ROLLOUT IS ENDANGERING INLAND
   NORTHWEST VETERANS


 * UKRAINE HITS HOME: A YEAR OF FEAR AND LONGING FOR SPOKANE’S UKRAINIAN
   COMMUNITY


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