The Spokesman-Review

Peperzak Middle School will soon receive an Anne Frank tree saplings to be planted on the campus this spring. The school surprised its namesake and local Holocaust survivor, Carla Olman Peperzak, with the news on her 101st birthday celebration at the school on Thursday.

Controversy surrounds the issue of gender-affirming care in Catholic hospitals. Read about Bishop Thomas Daly's plans to confront hospitals offering these services.

Explore the impactful prayer for national healing delivered by Pastor John Repsold of Mosaic Fellowship at the opening of the House of Representatives.

Child marriage is still legal in Washington, and on Monday state lawmakers moved along a proposed law to ban it.

Pope Francis’ declaration this week allowing priests to bless same-sex couples is being hailed in Spokane as a shift by advocates of softening the church’s doctrine on the issue while more conservative faith leaders are quick to point out the gulf between blessings and more formal and unchanged rules regarding ceremonies such as marriage.

Hundreds of Gonzaga students gathered on Thursday to call for a statement from university officials, urging a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and condemning violence of the Israeli government against civilians in Gaza.

Last week, Gerber-Rockstrom launched a petition on Change.org because she wants to make the intentional killing of a law enforcement officer a hate crime.