The little town of Millwood is about to break ground on its largest road construction project in more than a decade. // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/j…

Spokane Valley voters will be asked to decide this August if they want to pay a higher sales tax to pay for more policing. // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/a…

The Spokane Valley City Council is considering asking voters to approve a sales tax measure this fall that would be used to meet the city’s stated priority of bolstering its police department. // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

Spokane is one of “the hottest destinations” for spring travel, as beloved weathercaster Al Roker put it on The Today Show earlier this week. // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

“It’s so awesome to see there’s so many people out on the streets, like obvious high school volleyball players and sports fans, and just everybody’s out shopping and got their Nike bags and Apple bags, Lego bags,” said @SpoKate director of public relations for Visit Spokane. “And I’m like, ‘Yay, they’re spending money and enjoying our city.’ ” // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

U.S. Army Col. Anne McClain @AstroAnnimal is on her way to the @Space_Station, joined by fellow @NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi. // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

Liftoff of @AstroAnnimal and Crew-10 from @NASAKennedy moments ago taken by @newsynicholas

.@newsynicholas has a pretty nice view for the @NASA @SpaceX Crew-10 launch in about 5 minutes. Live stream of the launch at spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

Crew vehicle departs for the pad.

Crew-10 loading up in the vehicle that will take them out to the pad.

Crew-10 with Col. Anne McClain @astroannimal have left for the launch pad at @NASAKennedy

.@NASA and @SpaceX are prepared for “take two” of the Crew-10 mission launch Friday, as Spokane astronaut Anne McClain @AstroAnnimal put it in a message on social media. // story by @newsynicholas at @NASAKennedy spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

Story update from @newsynicholas at @NASAKennedy -- @NASA officials delayed the launch scheduled for Wednesday, at 4:48 p.m. Pacific, due to an issue with the hydraulics system on the launchpad discovered about 4 hours before launch. spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

After a weeklong trip turned into a nine-month stay aboard the @Space_Station, @NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore may return as early as Sunday, weather permitting, and if their replacements arrive as scheduled. // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

Thousands of queries addressed to Army Col. Anne McClain @AstroAnnimal, poured in from Spokane and beyond in a letter writing campaign organized by McClain’s high school math teacher. // story by @elenaperry00 spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…

.@SpokesmanReview reporter @newsynicholas is in Orlando, Florida, this week to report on Anne McClain (@AstroAnnimal) and @NASA's @SpaceX launch from Kennedy Space Center this Wednesday. Follow along in print and online at spokesman.com/sections/retur….

“It’s so incredible to fly into this landing strip knowing that we don’t have a return ticket back to Houston,” Astronaut Anne McClain said as her crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center. “We are going to take a little bit of an adventure before we go back.” // story by @newsynicholas spokesman.com/stories/2025/m…