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The Fig Tree Spring Benefits to highlight community persistence, raise $60,000

The Fig Tree newspaper will host its 2026 Spring Benefits under the theme “Persist Together: Inspire Miracles.”

Inland Northwest Indigenous author uses Coyote to tackle trauma and healing in new book

Two Indigenous authors draw on the Coyote trickster tradition to explore trauma, healing, family and identity in new books.

Idaho bill to label products made with fetal cells dies in Senate committee

An Idaho Senate committee debated requiring labels on products using fetal cell lines but ultimately voted to hold the bill amid federal preemption concerns.

FāVS Religion News Roundup: March 6

Washington religion news: Catholic Church probe moves forward, Spokane LGBTQ shelter opens, Ramadan events and ICE concerns at churches.

We’re soothing ourselves to death: The case for facing our mortality

An exploration of Terror Management Theory, mortality and how confronting death can bring meaning, urgency and freedom to life.

Landslides close Holden Village in North Cascades; Lutheran retreat center may not reopen until 2027

Holden Village in Chelan County may remain closed until 2027 after landslides destroyed its only access road, leaving repairs in federal hands.

Podcast: Spokane Quakers on the power of silence — ‘We wait together and listen’

The Spokane Quaker Worship Group gathers each Sunday in silent, unprogrammed worship, listening for the “inner light” within each person.

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