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Dear Spokane: Protecting Ponderosas as They Protect Us
34+ min ago (249+ words) I’ve been thinking of the W.H. Auden poem “The More Loving One,” where the poem’s speaker looks up at the night sky and imagines it emptied of stars. He writes, Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn…...
Spokane held a practice evacuation in April, which gave emergency planners valuable feedback put to use during the real evacuations of Aug. 1
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (699+ words) People evacuating from the Old Trails Fire on West Francis Avenue. When a wildfire is headed your way, evacuating may sound straightforward: Gather your belongings, get in the car and leave. In reality, it is one of the most complex…...
Seattle’s celebrity raccoon has overcome his own challenges, but research shows the species is particularly well-suited thanks to their sophisticated brains — and devoted moms
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (815+ words) A raccoon’s forepaws are extremely dexterous and sensitive, taking raccoon learning abilities to the next level. As a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as a compelling tale of an animal…...
Not far from Spokane, the summer night sky offers countless opportunities for awe-inspiring, humbling experiences | Health & Home
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1286+ words) The Milky Way rises over the Rosalia Railroad Bridge on the Palouse. From ancient times, stars have helped people tell time, sailors navigate the seas and farmers plant crops. Interest in stars and space ebbs and flows, and it has…...
He calls them toys, but EWU professor Dan Tappan is making devices that model real-world cybersecurity vulnerabilities
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (413+ words) EWU professor Dan Tappan plans to build this model plane that can pivot on gimbals. Aerospace cybersecurity isn’t necessarily a field that lends itself to oversimplification, but Dan Tappan doesn’t mince words when he describes the project he’s working on....
WSU research shows it’s feasible to make renewable methane from wastewater solids and reduce how much material ends up in landfills
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (717+ words) Aerospace cybersecurity isn’t necessarily a field that lends… When it comes to fixing unhealthy waterways, Gonzaga Univers… Spokane’s Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility treats sewage to separate out soil-like biosolids, which are spread on farmland. WSU research could enable large…...
Research at the University of Idaho could uncover the molecular mysteries of tendon growth and healing
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (870+ words) Julia Palmer, who recently graduated from the University of Idaho, has worked on tendon research since 2023. When Nathan Schiele attended the University of Dayton in Ohio a couple decades ago, he focused his studies on mechanical engineering. However, rather than…...
Beavers had it right all along; Gonzaga University and local partners are mimicking their dams to restore stream health | News
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1058+ words) Students install posts and other materials to build a beaver dam analog. When it comes to fixing unhealthy waterways, Gonzaga University undergraduates in professor Sue Niezgoda’s stream restoration and senior design classes are taking notes from nature’s engineers: beavers. Working…...
NEWS BRIEFS: Donated land expands a Little Spokane River conservation area
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (562+ words) Inland Northwest critters now have more permanently protected habitat along the Little Spokane River thanks to the most recent donation by a private landowner who has committed to donate 885 acres over time to the Kalispel Tribe. Last week, the Inland…...
To truly change the trajectory of life on this planet, every day needs to be an Earth Day through the remainder of the 2020s
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (455+ words) NASA astronaut Christina Koch looks back at Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window on April 2. Last month, on Earth Day 2026, under a robin’s egg blue sky, I sat outside with my morning’s first mug of coffee and gazed upon a…...