After two-year-plus effort, Soap Lake Creative District is official

SOAP LAKE – Anyone who’s been to Soap Lake for a bite to eat at the Del Red Pub and heard live music there or seen a production at the Masquers Theater knows that Soap Lake has a thriving arts scene. The arts are an important part of the community, and now even the State of Washington recognizes that.

Sprouts for sprouts

Volunteers sack over 2,000 seedlings for area fourth graders

As Venture Academy junior Alethea Konen helped bag tree seedlings Tuesday morning, she couldn’t help but recall when she received a seedling herself as a fourth grader as part of a tradition that has now spanned forty years.

Ann Louise Copeland Shults

1936 — 2025

Born July 31, 1936, to Howard and Elizabeth Louise Payne in Littleton, Colorado, Ann was greeted by a host of family and friends as she left this Earth April 29, 2025, surrounded by family.

LPOSD board tables new flags and banners policy

The Lake Pend Oreille School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to table the district’s new flags and banner policy, citing a lack of clarity from the state law on Tuesday.

Local vets: Pets probably not at risk for COVID-19

Confirmation of COVID-19 cases in non-human patients such as tigers, lions, dogs and cats has naturally begged the question from pet owners all over the world – Is my pet at risk? The short answer is probably not. However, scientific information about the pandemic’s origin and the nature of this disease is changing daily.

Get into Glacier for free on Monday

Entrance fees to Glacier National Park, as well as other units of the National Park Service, will be waived on Monday, Jan. 18, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Get into Glacier for free on Monday

Entrance fees to Glacier National Park, as well as other units of the National Park Service, will be waived on Monday, Jan. 18, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Whitefish Winter Carnival treasure found

The 2025 Winter Carnival treasure was found this morning at City Beach.

Protesters express frustrations regarding ICE, Venezuela Saturday

MOSES LAKE — Area residents gathered on Stratford Road in Moses Lake to protest the recent deaths of Renee Nicole Good, 37, of Minneapolis and Kieth Porter, 43, of Los Angeles. Both incidents involved Immigration Customs Enforcement agents. They also expressed frustration regarding the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Fair Commission embraces Golden Rodeo event

Sandy Evenson and Leslie Baldwin from Tough Stock Heritage Productions, Inc. appeared before the Sanders County Fair Commission on Wednesday evening to propose adding a new program to this year’s rodeo aimed at supporting young children battling cancer.

PREP SOCCER: Pittman kicks Lakeland past Post Falls boys

Results from Thursday's prep soccer matches.

Record turnout powers SilverHoops

Record turnout powers SilverHoops

School bells ring in the 2023-24 year next week

Most schools around the valley start the 2023-24 school year next week with some starting in September.

Australian think tank finds 380 detention camps in Xinjiang

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China appears to be expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang, where predominantly Muslim minorities are targeted in a forced assimilation campaign, and more of the facilities resemble prisons, an Australian think tank has found.

AP PHOTOS: Cars become home for Spain's pandemic casualties

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — When the social worker called to tell Javier Irure that he was being evicted, the 65-year-old Spaniard couldn't fathom that he could end up homeless after five decades of manual labor.

Biden to order a review of US supply chains for vital goods

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors that power cars, phones, military equipment and other goods.

EU sets out virus pass plan to allow free travel by summer

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive body proposed Wednesday issuing certificates that would allow EU residents to travel freely across the 27-nation bloc by the summer as long as they have been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19 or recovered from the disease.

AP PHOTOS: Cars become home for Spain's pandemic casualties

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — When the social worker called to tell Javier Irure that he was being evicted, the 65-year-old Spaniard couldn't fathom that he could end up homeless after five decades of manual labor.