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TODAY'S HEADLINES


WAITSBURG RESTAURANT BAR BACETTO IS A JAMES BEARD SEMIFINALIST

Updated 12 minutes ago

A small-town eatery in southeast Washington was listed Wednesday as a James
Beard Award semifinalist for best new restaurant.
Movies


SPOKANE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL TURNS 20 AND CELEBRATES WITH NEW AND VINTAGE FILMS

Updated 4:47 p.m.

WA Government


WILDFIRE RECOVERY LEADERS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION TO OFFICIALS AT ROUNDTABLE

Updated 4:50 p.m.

Crime/Public Safety


NEW CHARGES AGAINST THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER INCLUDE
HOMICIDE BY ABUSE, ASSAULT

Updated 4:59 p.m.

NCAA


‘PAC-2’ STRATEGY: WASHINGTON STATE AND OSU STAY FLEXIBLE, WATCH FOR ACC BREAKUP

Updated 54 minutes ago


‘PAC-2’ STRATEGY: WASHINGTON STATE AND OSU STAY FLEXIBLE, WATCH FOR ACC BREAKUP

Updated 54 minutes ago


22-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER IN SOUTH HILL SHOOTING

Updated 24 minutes ago


WSU MINI-ROBOTS MIMIC INSECTS TO GET STRONGER, FASTER: ‘THEY CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT
WE WANT TO DO’


KALISPEL TRIBE LOOKS TO CONVERT 243 ACRES OF QLISPÉ RACEWAY PARK TO TRUST LAND

3:47 p.m.


ANONYMITY, LIMITED TESTIMONY AND AN END TO STANDING: SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL
CHANGES OPEN FORUM RULES


ONE DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN BIGELOW GULCH HEAD-ON CRASH

Updated 5:01 p.m.


EFFORT TO REPEAL WASHINGTON’S CAPITAL GAINS TAX ADVANCES TOWARD NOVEMBER BALLOT

Read all of today’s stories



Movies


SPOKANE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL TURNS 20 AND CELEBRATES WITH NEW AND VINTAGE FILMS

Updated 4:47 p.m.

WA Government


WILDFIRE RECOVERY LEADERS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION TO OFFICIALS AT ROUNDTABLE

Updated 4:50 p.m.

Crime/Public Safety


NEW CHARGES AGAINST THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER INCLUDE
HOMICIDE BY ABUSE, ASSAULT

Updated 4:59 p.m.


YESTERDAY'S TOP STORIES

 1. Shawn Vestal: Yes, Elon, the Patriot Front was unmasked in Coeur d'Alene
 2. Report offers more detail on avalanche that killed skier in North Idaho
 3. Where Gonzaga stands in polls, brackets, key metrics and national
    championship odds
 4. Dairy goal: Nonprofit Columbia Community Creamery goes back to basics with
    local milk sold in returnable glass bottles
 5. Tipoff time, television network announced for Gonzaga-Saint Mary's game on
    Feb. 3





BUSINESS


NETFLIX SOARS ON BIGGEST SPIKE IN NEW SUBSCRIBERS SINCE PANDEMIC

Updated 19 minutes ago


 * UPDATED:  MICROSOFT HITS $3 TRILLION VALUE, CEMENTING STRENGTH OF AI RALLY


 * UPDATED:  AMAZON’S RING TO STOP LETTING POLICE REQUEST DOORBELL VIDEO FROM
   USERS


 * UPDATED:  SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PUSH FOR STRIKE AFTER SAYING
   PILOTS GOT BETTER DEAL


SPORTS


ONE-LOSS WCC TEAMS GONZAGA AND SAN FRANCISCO TANGLE AT THE KENNEL

Updated 5:35 p.m.


 * UPDATED:  KEY MATCHUP: USF'S JONATHAN MOGBO, GONZAGA’S ANTON WATSON HAVE
   SIMILAR ROLES


 * UPDATED:  WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: FORTIER ON VANDERVEER'S HISTORIC WIN, COUGS
   HEAD TO LA, EAGS KEEP WINNING AND MAISIE BURNHAM SOARING


 * UPDATED:  GONZAGA'S BRADEN HUFF EARNS THIRD WCC FRESHMAN OF WEEK HONOR

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 * WSU Football
 * Gonzaga Basketball
 * Gonzaga Women's Basketball


PACIFIC NORTHWEST


LILY GLADSTONE’S PATH FROM SEATTLE THEATER TO AN OSCAR NOMINATION

Updated 3:27 p.m.


 * LAST KNOWN SET OF REMAINS LINKED TO GREEN RIVER KILLER IDENTIFIED AS EVERETT
   TEEN


 * MOST IDAHOANS WANT ABORTION EXCEPTIONS, AND TRUST LIBRARIANS, BOISE STATE
   RESEARCH SHOWS


 * BURST PIPE CLOSES SEATTLE OPIOID TREATMENT CLINIC SERVING OVER 1,000

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SPONSORED


SPECIALIZED PROCEDURE: SEATTLE PATIENT TRAVELS TO SPOKANE FOR ROBOTIC HEART
SURGERY AT SACRED HEART


 * LOCAL STROKE SURVIVOR URGES OTHERS TO LEARN SIGNS OF STROKE


 * COMCAST EXPANDS BROADBAND TO MORE PEOPLE IN SPOKANE COUNTY


 * MORE HEALTH CARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE


MORNING REVIEW PODCAST

The Morning Review podcast is your first look at the headlines in today’s paper.
All the news, weather and sports you need to start your day.

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PHOTO GALLERIES

The Spokesman-Review's award-winning photojournalists have been covering the
Inland Northwest since 1894.

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 * Then & Now


 * DAY AFTER 6 INCHES OF SNOW


 * WEDNESDAY SNOWFALL


 * GONZAGA MEN VS. SANTA CLARA (JAN. 11, 2024)


 * GONZAGA WOMEN VS. SANTA CLARA (JAN. 11, 2024)


 * ICE SCULPTURES IN SPOKANE


NATION/WORLD


TALKS ON NEW CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS FACE HURDLES


 * YOUR HEALTH CARE COSTS WENT UP IN 2023. IT WON’T STOP IN 2024, EXPERTS SAY


 * UPDATED:  TRUMP RACES TOWARD 2024 BIDEN REMATCH AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE WIN


 * MORE ELITE UNIVERSITIES SETTLE SUIT OVER ALLEGED ‘PRICE-FIXING’ AID POLICIES

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EDUCATION


$1.3 BILLION IN TAX ASKS ON SPOKANE COUNTY-AREA BALLOTS THIS FEBRUARY


 * WSU MINI-ROBOTS MIMIC INSECTS TO GET STRONGER, FASTER: 'THEY CAN DO EXACTLY
   WHAT WE WANT TO DO'


 * WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS FUNDING MORE DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN
   SCHOOLS


 * TRIAL OVER IDAHO NEGOTIATIONS TO BUY UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX OPENS IN BOISE


A&E


JON STEWART TO RETURN AS (PART-TIME) HOST OF ‘THE DAILY SHOW’ THROUGH 2024
ELECTION

Updated 22 minutes ago


 * UPDATED:  SPOKANE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL TURNS 20 AND CELEBRATES WITH NEW AND
   VINTAGE FILMS


 * UPDATED:  TWITCHCON'S THOUSANDS OF GAMERS RETURNING TO SAN DIEGO THIS YEAR —
   PLUS FOUR MORE YEARS


 * UPDATED:  REVIEW: 'SIX' IS NOT YOUR STANDARD MUSICAL. IT'S A 90-MINUTE,
   FLASHY POP CONCERT FILLED WITH QUEENS.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT


WILDFIRE RECOVERY LEADERS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION TO OFFICIALS AT ROUNDTABLE

Updated 4:50 p.m.


 * ANONYMITY, LIMITED TESTIMONY AND AN END TO STANDING: SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL
   CHANGES OPEN FORUM RULES


 * $1.3 BILLION IN TAX ASKS ON SPOKANE COUNTY-AREA BALLOTS THIS FEBRUARY


 * KALISPEL TRIBE LOOKS TO CONVERT 243 ACRES OF QLISPÉ RACEWAY PARK TO TRUST
   LAND


TRANSPORTATION


WORK TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK IN SPOKANE


 * MORE SNOW CAUSES MORE SNARLS FOR SPOKANE'S MORNING COMMUTE


 * PERSONALIZED DRIVER SAFETY ‘SMARTSIGNS’ COMING SOON TO SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS


 * PLOWING DOWNTOWN SPOKANE IS COMPLICATED, CITY OFFICIALS SAY, THEY WILL GET TO
   UNPLOWED DOWNTOWN ROADS WHEN THEY CAN.


OUTDOORS


COLVILLE TRIBES AGREE TO PROVIDE WOLVES FOR COLORADO REINTRODUCTION

Updated 5 p.m.


 * UPDATED:  SNOWMOBILERS WILL SEE NEW KIOSKS ON STATE LAND IN NORTH IDAHO


 * UPDATED:  GLACIER NATIONAL PARK VEHICLE RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE THURSDAY


 * REPORT OFFERS MORE DETAIL ON AVALANCHE THAT KILLED SKIER IN NORTH IDAHO


WEATHER


DOZENS OF DEATHS LINKED TO WINTER STORMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES


 * BURST PIPE CLOSES SEATTLE OPIOID TREATMENT CLINIC SERVING OVER 1,000


 * MORE SNOW CAUSES MORE SNARLS FOR SPOKANE'S MORNING COMMUTE


 * SNOW-PACKED STREETS PASSABLE, BUT SLICK




LIFE


LIBRARY LEARNING WEEK OFFERS LESSONS ON THE PRACTICAL (WRITING, HISTORY AND
BUSINESS) TO THE PLEASANT (DANCING, WILDLIFE, DRAWING)


 * ADVENTURER ALICE FORD SHOWCASES HER EXPERIENCES IN WONDERLAND, EXCLUSIVELY ON
   KSPS


 * GROOMED FOR ADVENTURE: CAPTAIN GINGE CONNECTS WITH LOCAL SKIERS


 * RON SYLVESTER: REAL MAGIC IN 'THE STRANGE BEAUTIFUL'


PUBLIC SAFETY


POLICE: WASHINGTON TRUST BANK ROBBED, SUSPECT ON THE LOOSE


 * 38-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED NEAR TACOMA FOR ALLEGED SPOKANE VALLEY MURDER


 * 24-YEAR-OLD NORTH IDAHO MAN SENTENCED TO MINIMUM OF 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
   KILLING 2-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER


 * REPORT OFFERS MORE DETAIL ON AVALANCHE THAT KILLED SKIER IN NORTH IDAHO


CRISIS IN UKRAINE


RUSSIAN MILITARY JET CRASHES NEAR BELGOROD, KILLING 74, OFFICIALS SAY

Updated 57 minutes ago


 * IN UKRAINE’S NORTHEAST, FEARS RISE OF SECOND RUSSIAN OCCUPATION


 * GERMANY AND FRANCE POINT FINGERS OVER UKRAINE WEAPONS DELIVERIES


 * DEADLY BLAST HITS MARKET IN UKRAINIAN CITY CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA, OFFICIALS
   SAY




NORTHWEST PASSAGES BOOK CLUB


UPCOMING EVENT:

SPOKANE BLACK VOICES - THE BLACK LENS LAUNCH CELEBRATION

Feb. 1, 2024, 7 p.m.

Gonzaga University Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Coughlin Theater 211 E
Desmet Ave Spokane, WA 99202


RECENT STORIES:

 * NO-LI DONATES TO THE BLACK LENS, CHALLENGING OTHERS TO AS WELL: 'THIS IS
   IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR CULTURE'

 * 'THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A FORGOTTEN STORY': WITH 'THE STRANGE BEAUTIFUL,'
   CARLA CRUJIDO MIXES FANTASY AND SPOKANE HISTORY

 * RON SYLVESTER: REAL MAGIC IN 'THE STRANGE BEAUTIFUL'

 * 'IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO BE BACK': MEMBERS OF GONZAGA'S 1999 TEAM REMINISCE ON RUN
   TO ELITE EIGHT AT NORTHWEST PASSAGES EVENT

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COLUMNISTS


50 YEARS AGO IN EXPO HISTORY: AN AD MAN PITCHED A PUNNY SPOKANE SLOGAN FOR THE
FAIR


 * SHAWN VESTAL: YES, ELON, THE PATRIOT FRONT WAS UNMASKED IN COEUR D'ALENE


 * 50 YEARS AGO IN EXPO HISTORY: SPOKANE'S ICONIC GARBAGE GOAT STARTED OUT AS A
   DIFFERENT DESIGN, AS DETAILED IN AN S-R ARTICLE


 * 50 YEARS AGO IN EXPO HISTORY: U.N. AGREES TO ON-SITE EXHIBIT WITH EARTHWATCH
   CENTER


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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 * Death notice
   
   Mr. (Lt) Michael Robert Curtin, son of the late Charles Harry Curtin and Emma
   Marie Baker. He was born February …

 * Death notice
   
   Terry Thorson, born July 19, 1958, in Spokane, WA, went to rest with the love
   of his life on January …

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