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Gonzaga wing Davis Fogle was named Wednesday to the Julius Erving Award watch list, which honors the nation’s top small forward.

The sophomore, coming off WCC All-Freshman honors (8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 51.8% FG) and a 30-point Kraziness in the Kennel outing, sat out a preseason exhibition with a minor left leg injury.

Fall fishing is prime on nearby North Idaho cutthroat streams and the Spokane River as low water concentrates trout and BWO hatches trigger surface feeding late morning to midafternoon; nymphs, streamers, and stonefly nymphs are working now, and late whitetail rifle season runs Nov. 7 to 19 in certain units, so check regulations + tags.

The Mead School Board passed a resolution and sent a letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson asking him to opt Washington into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program by Jan.

1, 2027, saying private donations could fund tutoring, technology, extended day programs, and special needs services for eligible students (taxpayers could claim up to $1,700).

TopGolf USA purchased an 11-acre property on Country Vista Drive in Liberty Lake, closing the sale Wednesday and confirming a TopGolf venue will come to the area.

Five Spokane-area fire chiefs and the county sheriff received Hero of Honor medals in New York City's Times Square Wednesday at the First Responders Children's Foundation ceremony hosted by Jon Stewart, and they also received the SERVPRO Natural Disaster Award for evacuating 65,000 residents (with zero lives lost) during the Spokane Complex Fires.

A free Halloween Health Fair will be held at Shadle Park Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

31, with free health screenings, flu shots, vaccinations, local resources, prizes for kids who visit five booths, and giveaways (free lunch for anyone who visits five booths).

A new study by Portland State University and the U.S. Geological Survey, published recently in the National Academy of Sciences journal, finds western glaciers have lost about 35% of their area and 33% of their volume since the 1950s and that over 300 glaciers have vanished, cutting late-summer snowmelt for streams.

Today marks six years since Spokane Regional Health District fired longtime health officer Dr. Bob Lutz during the pandemic, and this spring he settled wrongful-termination claims for $1.65 million (he's using part of the payout to start the LEAF endowment for public-health education and outdoor experiences).