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US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest — dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs...
Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79. Nethercutt...
Avista: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Avista Corp. (AVA) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $71.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Spokane, Washington-based company said it had profit of 91 cents. The utility posted revenue of $609.4 million in...
Potlatch: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Potlatch Corp. (PCH) on Monday reported a loss of $305,000 in its first quarter. The Spokane, Washington-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. The average estimate of four analysts...
The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Washington state opened some of the nation's first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. He would soon be off to prison to serve the lion's share of a four-year...
