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- Slow Dancing With a Nightmare

Karmen Hassinger was forging a good life for herself and her children. Then the State of Washington entered her world like a flaming spear. If it could happen to her, she says, it could happen to you.
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- Police Rules

Despite Misgivings, Spokane Council Unanimously Adopts Police Ombudsman Ordinance.
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- EPA Takes the Bullet

In a remarkable public meeting, agency apologizes and takes brunt of criticism for reversing course on how it will regulate Spokane River pollution.
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- The End Run Highway

Center to seek federal court injunction on behalf of Bigelow Gulch neighbors to force environmental review of a controversial road expansion that looks a lot like the de facto North-South freeway.
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- Without A Leg To Stand On

Grant County and City of Moses Lake agree to $25,000 compensation and jail reforms in case involving seizure of prisoner’s prosthesis.
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- River Reversal

In a major victory for the Center for Justice and Sierra Club, the Environmental Protection Agency changes course on how it will regulate pollution in the Spokane River.
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- Southgate Setback

Hearings Board rules in favor of developers on issue of whether Spokane complied with Growth Management Act and City’s Comprehensive Plan.
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- Goodbye Guantanamo

In a historic blow to the Bush Administration, federal judge orders release of 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo.
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- Lifting the Fog on Police Oversight

Spokane looks to be chained to an ombudsman ordinance that gives far more power to the police guild than the public may realize.
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- Kitchen Table
- Kitchen Table is a state of mind based, loosely, on a real table just around the corner from the Fish Bowl.
- What Would Charlie Think?

The person I most wanted to hear from this morning was my father’s father.
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- Rodeo Days

Our ace paralegal Mary Harvill takes us to the Pendleton Round Up. But just so you know, what happens in the Let ‘er Buck room, stays in the Let ‘er Buck room.
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- Alumni Beat

Noah Patterson catches up with Clinton Lipscomb (2006-07).
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