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06/25/2026

A familiar cow moose has been spotted in north Spokane for the third consecutive year, and this time, she brought something rare.

Triplets!

06/24/2026

Northwest Passages Book Club nights are always full of surprises and special guests.

One of our favorite recent guests: Spokane Symphony Music Director James Lowe performing as Marcellus the octopus from “Remarkably Bright Creatures.”

To watch the full event at Gonzaga University, go to the Spokesman-Review’s YouTube page via the link in bio.

06/18/2026

Brutal start to Fire Season: The only recognizable remnant of the Schuler family’s home after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood is its address.

The only recognizable remnant of the Schuler family’s home after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood is its address.

05/26/2026

Bestselling mystery writer Craig Johnson returns to the Northwest Passages stage tonight!

Limited tickets still available. Please join us!

05/18/2026

Here are answers to some questions readers frequently ask about Comma, the future of The Spokesman-Review and how to support local news.

The Spokesman-Review shared some big news with more than 800 readers this week at the Northwest Passages Book Club. The nonprofit Comma Community Journalism Lab has reached its first big step by meeting its fundraising goal.

05/14/2026

Thank you to the Auntie’s team for joining this special evening and for generously sharing gift certificates with Northwest Passages Book Club readers.

05/13/2026

Last night at our Northwest Passages Book Club event, before best-selling author Shelby Van Pelt took the stage, we had some breaking news.

05/11/2026

“My little corner of Wyoming and Sheriff Longmire’s Absaroka County stand apart from the antics ripped from the current headlines. The billionaire influx over in Jackson Hole is a pretty isolated occurrence and really doesn’t have much of an effect on those of us in the rest of the state. I like to keep it that way”

For 20-some years I’ve been writing about the sheriff of the least-populated county in the scarcely populated state of Wyoming, but only five years have passed for Walt Longmire.

05/11/2026

Bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt brings “Remarkably Bright Creatures” to the Northwest Passages Book Club Tuesday night. In Further Review, Charles Apple explores the movie, the novel and the science of octopuses.