The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review covers everything in the Inland NW, from Olympia to Boise. Established May 19, 1883, and it is published daily.

Notice critical billboards around Eastern Washington? A group of knitters and sewers are behind some

A group of Washington women are knitting red hats and selling them to fund billboards across Eastern Washington advocating on political and economic issues.

A year after buying church from Messiah Lutheran, hundreds fill pews of St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church for holiday and feast

After years of renting space, St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox in Spokane celebrates its first major festival in its own building.

White South Africans given refugee status by Trump to resettle in Idaho, while other refugees remain barred from U.S.

Trump admits Afrikaner families as refugees to Idaho, citing race-based persecution in South Africa — while broader refugee program stays frozen.

Spokane’s Haitian community struggles with looming deportation

Haitians in Spokane fear deportation after Trump ends Temporary Protected Status, impacting hundreds who rely on the program to live and work legally in the U.S.

Kootenai libraries approved all mature book relocations, except the Bible.

Kootenai libraries move 16 young adult books to mature book section under Idaho’s new law. Authors of these books express their opinion. So far, only Bible request denied.

Protected status extension could let thousands of Ukrainians stay in Spokane

Biden administration's protected status extension safeguards nearly 1 million immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, providing 18-month relief for those unable to return to conflict zones.

‘We’re dying, but they’re rising’: Spokane Lutheran church sells to Ethiopian Orthodox congregation

Witness the power of faith and community in Spokane. St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church acquires a new place of worship, while Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church gracefully bows out.

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