Alayna Shulman

Wildfire sparks near Palisades Park in west Spokane

Basketball legend John Stockton has taken his disdain for COVID-19 restrictions to a federal courtroom, initiating a lawsuit with other plaintiffs against the Washington State Office of the Attorney General over pandemic rules that restrict doctors from speaking against “the mainstream Covid narrative.”

A Spokane County resident has tested positive for measles, spurring health officials to warn residents of possible sites of exposure to the highly contagious virus.

An Oregon woman died venturing into the Panhandle National Forest for help after getting confused by her vehicle’s navigation system and winding up stuck there, Kootenai County deputies said.

On a modest square plaque outside St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, a Latin inscription recalls the derelict 1893 building’s mission: CHARITAS CHRISTI URGET NOS, or, roughly, “The love of Christ impels us.”