18+ hour, 30+ min ago   (323+ words) DOONBEG, Ireland – President Donald Trump said at the end of a visit to Ireland on Sunday that he would remove a 10% tariff ​on Irish whiskey, a duty that currently falls under those imposed on all European Union wine and spirit…...

19+ hour, 3+ min ago   (381+ words) President Donald Trump said he’d warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting oil refineries in Russia amid strikes that have shut down diesel refining and helped drive prices for the fuel to record levels. “Mr. Zelenskyy has to do…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1133+ words) OLYMPIA – Washington state’s refusal to levy personal income has made its tax code an outlier for more than 90 years. With two months until the general election, public employee unions and some of the state’s wealthiest residents have raised millions in…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1802+ words) For some, escaping took hours. They drove on winding roads they had seldom, if ever, been on before, fleeing one fire only to see another flare behind them or ahead in the distance. Others tried to evacuate but never managed…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (580+ words) When President Donald Trump offered to send a $5,000 dividend to all adult Americans last week if Republicans keep control of Congress, I didn’t open my calculator app to start reworking my budget. Promises of government largesse tend to sound great…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (506+ words) A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco in a decision issued late Friday said the U.S. Department…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1075+ words) Like many Americans, 62-year-old Doug Jonas remembers exactly where he was on Sept. 11, 2001. He was elk hunting on Bethel Ridge near Yakima with two of his cousins and an uncle. As they were coming out of the thicket of trees…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (556+ words) When Spokane Valley resident Mark Horak fell about 15 feet off a retaining wall one evening in June, he didn’t realize at first that he had fallen sideways onto a metal fence post, which pierced his torso from one side to…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (734+ words) When: 12:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Tickets: $35 general admission, $25 student tickets through TicketsWest. Free admission for 12 and under. Nearly a year since the release of Lady Wray’s latest record, “Cover Girl,” she reflects on the introspective, soulful…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (585+ words) KYIV, Ukraine – Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in the southern region of Odesa, killing two people, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials said Wednesday, as Moscow targets trade and logistics routes to cause economic damage. Two people…...