Friday, March 10, 2017

New skywalks, lots of SWAT and more morning headlines

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click to enlarge New skywalks, lots of SWAT and more morning headlines
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Spokane County prosecutor Larry Haskell's strict rules for prosecutors can sometimes backfire

ON INLANDER.COM

D'oh!
How Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell's sentencing standard intended to be tough-on-crime resulted in an accused car thief going free

The downside is it requires exercise.
High-intensity interval exercise might (might!) be able to slow down aging.

Scaling down the cliff
The Levy Cliff, intended to decrease the amount of levy capacity once the legislature fully funded schools, has been put on hold.

IN OTHER NEWS

The sultans of SWAT
Even though violent crime remains low, the Spokane Police Department is using SWAT a lot more often.  (Spokesman-Review)

You can skytalk the skytalk, but can you skywalk the skywalk?
The city approves a new skywalk for Macy's. (Spokesman-Review)

Great Again
The new jobs report is out, and it's grrrrreeeat! (Though it's not really fair to credit Trump this early.) (New York Times)

Park Shut Down

South Korea's president Park Geun-hye has been impeached. (Washington Post)

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Daniel Walters

A lifelong Spokane native, Daniel Walters was a staff reporter for the Inlander from 2009 to 2023. He reported on a wide swath of topics, including business, education, real estate development, land use, and other stories throughout North Idaho and Spokane County.His work investigated deep flaws in the Washington...