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Ellensburg man abused at boys ranch in Pend Oreille County in the 1980s receives $1.5 million...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 10—Through three marriages and a string of failed jobs, Terry Vanbuskirk carried with him memories he tried to suppress. "I'd get a job, and someone would make me angry, and I quit," Vanbuskirk ...
Spokane County jobless rate drops to 3.7% in September
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 27—Spokane County's preliminary unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in September compared to the prior month, according to nonseasonally adjusted data from the Washington state Employment ...
Critics question grant request to restart Usk papermill
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 16—The company that runs a cryptocurrency operation in Usk is seeking a $400,000 grant from the state that it says will help to restart a shuttered papermill even though the site doesn't ...
'From cattle to court': New Spokane judge uses experience to make a difference
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 3—Spokane County Superior Court Judge Jeremy T. Schmidt's best tactic to process the drastic, unusual and appalling things he has seen in his career is to hold it, use it to the best of ...
Unemployment throughout the Harbor rises for third consecutive month
The Daily World, Aberdeen, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 25—Despite dropping from the fourth-highest unemployment rate to a tie for the eighth-highest throughout Washington, Grays Harbor County still saw a rise in the overall unemployment rate ...
Workforce training center in Chewelah would give internships to rural high schoolers
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoMar. 15—CHEWELAH, Wash. — The Chewelah School District and a local health care provider want to create a training center that would host internships for rural high school students across northeast ...
Under pressure: Study analyzes how elk manage threats from predators, humans
Tribune via AOL· 2 months agoFeb. 28—Elk in northeastern Washington have a lot to deal with. Beyond the basic needs of food and water, the animals have to manage a complex network of competing predatory threats — from carnivores ...
Spokane Valley bull rider starts long haul to recovery after a rodeo fall, broken neck
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 13—At a Friday night peak event, Connor "Hubba" Hagerty held on for 8 seconds with a high score for a win in the Aug. 19 bull-riding contest at the Pend Oreille County Fair & Rodeo. When ...
Spokane businesses get millions of state dollars in pandemic relief grants
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoJul. 24—Three and a half years after COVID emerged, the state of Washington recently sent more than $3 million to dozens of Spokane businesses hurt by the pandemic , the Department of Commerce ...
Let's not allow election skeptics to curb open government
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI know that memories of snowy Pacific Northwest Thanksgivings do exist, but the sudden onset of...
