Nina Culver

Christmas is still weeks away, but plans for this year’s annual Christmas Bureau at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center is already ramping up and online applications for grocery vouchers are being accepted from adults with no children in the home.

For a few years, Bloomsday Perennial Robert Maudlin wasn’t on the official race perennial list because he didn’t complete the first race in 1977 under his own name. A phone call to race founder Don Kardong fixed that, however, and Maudlin is now on the list with the other runners who have spent 49 years running the streets of Spokane.

The August primary turned up surprising results in the Cheney City Council race for Position 4, with only three votes separating the top two candidates.

There’s a confusing twist in a race for a West Plains fire commissioner.

Two political newcomers are vying for an empty seat on the Cheney City Council created when incumbent Paul Schmidt did not file for re-election.

Editor’s note: There are 70 people who have run every Bloomsday. In the months leading up to the 50th running of the race, The Spokesman-Review will publish stories about these athletes, known as Perennials.

University High School senior Kailee Alteneder began her journey to fitness in the seventh grade, determined to protect her health. She’s turned that determination into a career goal, aiming for a career either as a personal trainer or a nutritionist.

There was a whole lot of sniffing going on Saturday as hundreds of dogs gathered for the Parade of Paws hosted by the Spokane Humane Society.

Three electric school buses quietly glide down the streets of the West Valley School District – so quietly, in fact, that exterior speakers mounted on the buses play ambient white noise so pedestrians can hear them coming.

Three electric school buses quietly glide down the streets of the West Valley School District – so quietly, in fact, that exterior speakers mounted on the buses play ambient white noise so pedestrians can hear them coming.