Good morning, Spokane.

Healing Lodge will hold its “A Path to Wellness” gala today at the Pergola Event Venue to raise funds and publicize a multiyear Spokane Valley campus expansion that will add a boys' dorm and double girls' capacity to reduce waitlists and increase culturally grounded care.

Murder on Sunset will bring local bands, DJs, drag performances, tattoos, themed cocktails + a $500 costume contest to the Chameleon at 7 p.m. Saturday at 1801 W.

Sunset Blvd.; the 21-and-older event has multiple advance ticket tiers and $40 day-of admission.

Zan Fiskum will perform next week at 8 p.m. at the Chameleon (1801 W.

Sunset Blvd.) with opener Kyle James Bain, and general admission tickets are $25.97.

Lakeside High School in Nine Mile Falls won the West Division of T‑Mobile's Friday Night 5G Lights contest, earning a $250,000 weight room makeover and advancing to the final round to compete for a $1 million football-field renovation.

Voting ends Nov. 8 (you may vote once per day).

Gesa Credit Union opened a student-run branch inside Shadle Park High School so students can open no-fee (no overdraft) accounts with debit cards and online banking and manage money on campus; student staff earn scholarships and CTE experience, and Gesa plans branches at Rogers and Ferris.

Project FeederWatch asks Spokane area residents to count birds at their backyard feeders to help scientists track shifting songbird ranges; the winter counting season will run (Nov.

1 through April 30), sign-ups cost $18 and include ID materials at feederwatch.org.

Eastern Washington will host Montana on Saturday, Oct.

31 at 1:00 p.m. in Cheney on the Eagles' red turf (the Red), marking the 102nd game there as EWU aims to protect a 77-24 home record on the surface.

Gonzaga Prep sophomore Miro Parr-Coffin has the fastest time in Washington after a 14:28.4 at the Bob Firman Invite.

District meets are Saturday at Veterans Memorial Golf Course, Reardan, and Apple Ridge as teams and top finishers will advance to state meets on Nov. 7 at Sun Willows (Pasco).

Whitworth hired Alecia Parker in May to lead a team that returns Northwest Conference scoring leader Ashlyn Peterson and key starters; Parker plans deeper rotations and a renewed defensive focus.

The season will tip off Nov. 14 at Cal Tech in Pasadena.

Lewis and Clark’s girls swim team enters districts this weekend undefeated after practicing five days a week at EWU (about a 25-minute drive) while sharing the pool with seven teams and one head coach; SPS says the program will get SCC pool access and a dedicated coach in Fall 2030.

Zags senior Braden Huff was named Thursday to the 20-player preseason Karl Malone Award watch list for the nation's top power forward, marking his first career appearance on a major positional preseason list after returning from last season's dislocated kneecap.

The Mariners declined 2027 options for Bryce Miller and Victor Robles, making Robles a free agent with a $500,000 buyout + Miller will re-enter arbitration while remaining under club control through 2029; the club exercised Andrés Muñoz's $9 million option and claimed outfielder Grant McCray off waivers.