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Felicity Jones portrays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a scene from “On the Basis of Sex.” Jonathan Wenk/Focus Features

Major motion picture ‘Train Dreams’ is filming in Spokane, to star Joel Edgerton and Oscar nominee Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones portrays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a scene from “On the Basis of Sex.” Jonathan Wenk/Focus Features

May 12, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

Adapted from a novel set in the Idaho Panhandle, “Train Dreams” is filming in Eastern Washington and will begin its shoot in Spokane later this week. Read story

Eight people in Spokane County have died the last month in house fires. A Spokane father knows the pain from 29 years ago

May 12, 2024, 5:31am Northwest

An April wave of fatal house fires reminds Rob Schliebe exactly how he felt the day his four young boys were killed in his own house fire 29 years ago. Read story

Discover fairy tale forest, sweet treats in Lynden

May 11, 2024, 6:09am Life

Lynden, approximately 15 miles north of Bellingham and 5 miles south of the Canadian border is Whatcom County’s second largest city. The area is known for farming, but also features a fairy tale forest, delicious pastries, sweet locally owned shops and beautiful scenery. Read story

The new Tropical Reef Aquarium habitat will open at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma on June 14.

Tacoma zoo to reopen its aquarium

The new Tropical Reef Aquarium habitat will open at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma on June 14.

May 11, 2024, 6:05am Life

Point Defiance Zoo is expected to reopen its Tropical Reef Aquarium next month, the zoo announced this week. Read story

Serhii Marchenko and Yulia Marchenko came to the Boise area after leaving their home in Ukraine last month. They attend Full Gospel Slavic Church in Meridian with another refugee family from their same hometown. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/TNS) (Photos by Sarah A.

‘All of Ukraine is our family’: Idaho community continues support for Ukraine

Serhii Marchenko and Yulia Marchenko came to the Boise area after leaving their home in Ukraine last month. They attend Full Gospel Slavic Church in Meridian with another refugee family from their same hometown. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/TNS) (Photos by Sarah A.

May 11, 2024, 6:04am Nation & World

For two years, Serhii and Yulia Marchenko tried to ride out the war in Ukraine. Along with their six children — the youngest now only 7 months old — they hoped to stay in the home they built in central Ukraine. Before the war, Serhii had planted grapes in their… Read story

&ldquo;The Boys in the Boat&rdquo; actors, from left, Sam Strike (who played Roger Morris), Luke Slattery (Bobby Moch), Tom Varey (Johnny White), Jack Mulhern (Don Hume) and Bruce Herbelin-Earle (George &ldquo;Shorty&rdquo; Hunt) at Conibear Shell House on May 2 in Seattle.

‘Boys in the Boat’ actors visit Seattle where the rowers they portrayed trained

&ldquo;The Boys in the Boat&rdquo; actors, from left, Sam Strike (who played Roger Morris), Luke Slattery (Bobby Moch), Tom Varey (Johnny White), Jack Mulhern (Don Hume) and Bruce Herbelin-Earle (George &ldquo;Shorty&rdquo; Hunt) at Conibear Shell House on May 2 in Seattle.

May 11, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

To transform an actor into a believable Olympic-level rower isn’t easy. Just ask the cast of the 2023 movie “The Boys in the Boat,” who came to Seattle to experience rowing up close at the Windermere Cup Regatta on the Montlake Cut — the same location where their 1930s counterparts… Read story

Moses Lake mosque moves into renovated church

May 11, 2024, 5:45am Churches & Religion

The former church building at Third Avenue and Elm Street is once again a house of worship, as the Moses Lake Islamic Center. Read story

Washington D.C. roll call report

May 11, 2024, 5:39am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending May 10. Read story

Seattle City Council committee OKs wage changes for gig workers

May 10, 2024, 8:46pm Northwest

A Seattle City Council committee voted in favor of an overhaul to Seattle’s pay standards for app-based delivery drivers Thursday, the last hurdle before the full council considers rewriting the law that’s been in effect for not even six months. Read story

Underground fire still burns in Spokane-area landfill

May 10, 2024, 7:42pm Northwest

Smoldering through the underground remains of a long-forgotten building demolished half a century ago, the Gray Fire is still going strongly nearly a year later in a landfill near Eastern State Hospital. Read story