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Roughly 18 months in, tensions are high between the Garland Theater's operators and the property owner

By Samantha Wohlfeil

Jul 3, 2025

Early last year, it looked like everything was in place to save the Garland Theater from fading to black for the last time. A three-person team passionate about saving the Garland had created a plan with a local developer, who purchased the property from its longtime owner and planned to build apartments in one of its parking lots to help subsidize the historic theater...

Image: Roughly 18 months in, tensions are high between the Garland Theater's operators and the property owner

NEWS BRIEFS: Shooter kills two Kootenai County firefighters, injures another

Plus, SCOTUS allows temporary end to birthright citizenship; Spokane and 911 dispatch center split up, for real?

By Inlander Staff
Jul 3, 2025
The Salish School of Spokane and Catholic Charities Eastern Washington partner to build a new campus near the Spokane River

By Bee Reiswig
Jul 3, 2025
West Valley School Board unanimously decides not to renew contract of Spanish teacher who read racial slur aloud from To Kill a Mockingbird

By Colton Rasanen
Jul 3, 2025
An Afghan family separated during the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal has been reunited in Spokane

By Victor Corral Martinez
Jun 26, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: The massive reconciliation bill could require the sale of public lands for housing.

Plus, the U.S. strikes Iran, which strikes back

By Inlander Staff
Jun 26, 2025
The MAC could house its permanent collection in a joint storage facility with the school district if November funding requests pass

By Madison Pearson
Jun 26, 2025
Spokane's Peperzak Middle School receives honorary sapling from the Anne Frank Center

By Marta Szymanska
Jun 25, 2025
Spokane protests the detention of two legal immigrants and President Trump in week of action

By Samantha Wohlfeil and Colton Rasanen
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NEWS BRIEFS: Spokane County's top prosecutor, Larry Haskell, retires

Plus, Spokane argues over camping rules, and Idaho restricts candy and soda for those on food assistance

By Inlander Staff
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Trump aims to defund public media, impacting rural residents most, including in Washington and Idaho

By Victor Corral Martinez
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Things to know going into Spokane's weekend of planned protests and events

By Samantha Wohlfeil
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Spokane ICE protesters charged with felonies released after first appearance, and other updates

Stuckart offers more context on man in his care, politicians react

By Samantha Wohlfeil and Colton Rasanen
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Police respond in force to largely peaceful Spokane protests over immigration enforcement

By Inlander Staff
Jun 12, 2025
New Washington laws strengthen protections for immigrant communities amid federal attacks

By Victor Corral Martinez
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NEWS BRIEFS: Idaho State Police plan to transport immigrants for ICE

Plus, Washington ramps up the search for a Leavenworth murder suspect; and U of I won't buy University of Phoenix

By Inlander Staff
Jun 12, 2025
Eleven Spokane Falls Community College students are first graduates of new integrated behavioral health bachelor's degree

By Colton Rasanen
Jun 12, 2025
Agricultural protection areas in Idaho could protect farmland from government-led development. Will they actually help Kootenai County manage growth?

By Eliza Billingham
Jun 5, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: North Idaho voters pass school levies

Plus, SCOTUS allows Trump to end an immigration program, and WSU reorganizes Pullman admin

By Inlander Staff
Jun 5, 2025
The Trump administration wants to cut a grant program that helps low-income households in Spokane

By Victor Corral Martinez
Jun 5, 2025
How a North Idaho city is skirting a statewideflag law to show solidarity with Canada

By Victor Corral Martinez
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