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PFAS protection: West Plains residents to vote on tax to study and clean local groundwater
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (556+ words) West Plains voters will have a say this August in whether they'd be willing to pay a fee to help clean, maintain and monitor the aquifer coursing below their feet. The Spokane County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to place a…...
Washington AG alleges Kalshi is in 'direct violation' of state gambling laws in lawsuit
2+ week, 5+ day ago (938+ words) Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced Friday that his office has filed a lawsuit against online prediction market Kalshi, alleging the company has illegally skirted "some of the most restrictive gambling laws in the United States" while operating in the…...
March 2026 ranks as hottest since records started 130+ years ago
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (308+ words) After thousands of new high temperature records were set across the lower 48 states, March 2026 concluded as the warmest March over 132 years, federal records show. The average temperature was 50. 85 degrees, which is 9. 35 degrees above the 20th century average and marks the very…...
Arizona got to Final Four by bucking 3-point trend. Even Steve Kerr approves
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1277+ words) SAN JOSE, Calif. " Steve Kerr, coach of the team that broke basketball as we know it, sat just behind Arizona's bench during last week's Sweet 16, watching his Wildcats " mostly ignore the 3-point line. It was a strange sight, to say…...
As he takes powerhouse Arizona into the Final Four, Tommy Lloyd's humble Gonzaga beginnings don't feel that distant
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1823+ words) Tommy Lloyd's tenure as a graduate assistant was all of two weeks old when newly appointed Gonzaga coach Mark Few phoned predecessor Dan Monson. It was 1999 and Gonzaga had just carried out Monson's only request by hiring Few as its…...
Former Gonzaga forward Brandon Clarke arrested for speeding, substance charges
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (381+ words) Brandon Clarke, the former Gonzaga forward now in his seventh season with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, was arrested Wednesday in Arkansas on four charges, including speeding and trafficking a controlled substance, according to the Cross County Sheriff's Office. The 29-year-old…...
Spokane MAC unveils exhibit celebrating Bloomsday's 50 years to the people who've experienced it most
2+ week, 2+ day ago (711+ words) 50 Years of Bloomsday" When: 10 a. m. -5 p. m. Tuesday through Sunday. Open through May 3. Hours on the last Wednesday of the month are 10 a. m. -8 p. m. Where: Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. Cost: The Bloomsday exhibit is free. Bloomsday Perennials greeted each other like…...
Former Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd takes Arizona to first Final Four since 2001: 'Happy to win games for him"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (781+ words) SAN JOSE, Calif. " For the second time in his career, Tommy Lloyd will take on the Final Four in Indianapolis with a No. 1-seeded NCAA Tournament team. Five years after traveling to Lucas Oil Stadium with an unbeaten Gonzaga team…...
Tommy Lloyd responds to potential North Carolina interest: '(Arizona) deserves my full focus"
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (406+ words) SAN JOSE, Calif." Tommy Lloyd's name has been linked to one of the premier coaching jobs in college basketball. That probably wasn't news to the former Gonzaga assistant by the time he arrived at SAP Center for media obligations ahead…...
Arizona town records hottest March temperature in U. S. history
3+ week, 4+ day ago (299+ words) A small Arizona community broke the record for highest temperature ever recorded in March in the United States, reaching a scorching 110 degrees Thursday amid an early heat wave in the Southwest. The temperature hit the high mark near Martinez Lake,…...