A northeastern Washington sheriff running for governor was warned by the state's Public Disclosure Commission about using money from the sale of his book to prop up his campaign.
Coca-Cola is shutting down the juice and smoothie brand Odwalla at the end of July. The company made the call "given a rapidly shifting marketplace and despite every effort to support continued production," John Hackett, president of Coca-Cola's Minute Maid…
Spokane County has allocated $10 million to fund a grant program to support small and non-profit businesses.
The US Treasury is giving a $700 million loan to YRC Worldwide, a troubled trucking company that warned in May it was in danger of going out of business. That's an enormous sum for a company whose stock had plunged…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Idaho officials to accept online signatures that could put a $170 million education funding initiative on the November ballot. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued the order on Tuesday…
In a ruling that will open the door to more public funding for religious education, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of parents in Montana seeking to use a state scholarship program to send their children to religious…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state could make a request for a federal loan as soon as August or September to secure funds by the end of the year in order to keep its unemployment trust fund solvent as it…
Washington State University President Kirk Schulz was offered and has accepted a five-year contract extension.
The City of Spokane and SNAP have received a nearly $20,000 grant to support homeless services and energy assistance.
Amazon is giving out more than $500 million as a "Thank You bonus" to front-line workers who were with the company throughout the month of June, a move that comes after the e-commerce giant eliminated a $2 hourly wage bump…
Justin Bieber has filed a $20 million defamation lawsuit against two women who accused him earlier this week of sexual assault. The two women posted the allegations on their respective Twitter accounts. Bieber's lawsuit, which was filed Thursday, calls the…
The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on the US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, days after President Donald Trump's visit to a section of the wall in Arizona. In…
NASA wants you to help put the loo in lunar, so it's offering $35,000 in prizes to design a toilet that can be used on the moon. The space agency has set an ambitious goal of sending astronauts back to…
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The Spokane Regional Health District has paid for 85 nights of hotel stays for local COVID-19 patients experiencing homelessness.
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) -- It’s no secret people who work in the service industry have taken a big hit due to COVID-19. But recently, a local bar owner received something in the…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — So many Idaho workers lost jobs so quickly this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that an unemployment extended benefits program will go into effect that was last used during the Great Recession in 2009. The…
Bank of America announced Wednesday it will give SNAP Spokane a $50,000 grant for its housing counseling program.
OLYMPIA, Wash - The coronavirus will have a lasting impact on the state of Washington, with a $1.4 billion dollar shortfall by the end of 2021.
Governor Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced the cancelation of a scheduled general wage increase for some government employees, as well as the need for more than 40,000 state employees to be furloughed.
Target said Wednesday it will raise its minimum wage for employees to $15 up from $13 starting July 5, a few months ahead of a deadline it set three years ago. The retailer had made a pledge in 2017 to…
The CEO of Netflix says he will donate $120 million to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), calling the gift "an investment in America's future." Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, and his wife Patty Quillin, said Wednesday they are…
The Spokane County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of directing more than $2.1 millions in coronavirus aid funding to Second Harvest.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign says it raised nearly $81 million in May, a clear jump over his April figures. The $80.8 million haul between Biden's campaign, the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising efforts, announced in…
