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Byline: Emry Dinman Jan. 3The state Department of Ecology determined that an oily substance found on the Spokane River in the Millwood area on Dec. 26 was a mineral oil [...]

Byline: Colin Tiernan Nov. 28Spokane County's largest private landowner is seeking millions of dollars from the federal government in exchange for conservation easements that would permanently protect from development thousands [...]

Mar. 4From staff reports The Spokesman-Review sports department earned a Top 10 award in the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) Contest. The award came in the Division A-B Print [...]

Byline: Garrett Cabeza May 4The chemical fire at Inland Empire Paper Co. has been out for more than a day but crews from several agencies continued work at the scene [...]

Byline: Emma Epperly and Garrett Cabeza May 3Dozens of firefighters from multiple agencies responded to a chemical fire at Inland Empire Paper Co. Wednesday afternoon. A bleaching agent leaked out [...]

Byline: James Hanlon Nov. 30Clyde Anderson, a former president of Inland Empire Paper Co. and Washington State Parks commissioner who played a key role in the creation of the 40-mile [...]

Byline: Thomas Clouse Aug. 31The owners of a cryptocurrency operation announced Tuesday a plan to rehire as many as 150 workers to restart operations this fall at the Ponderay Newsprint [...]

Byline: Amy Edelen Jan. 26When the coronavirus pandemic accelerated a nationwide trend of declining print-advertising revenue amid temporary business closures, the Inland Empire Paper Co. saw an opportunity to innovate [...]

Byline: Amy Edelen Nov. 4Clearwater Paper Corp. has reported a decline in third-quarter earnings compared with the third quarter of 2020. The Spokane-based tissue and paperboard supplier's net income for [...]

Byline: Lee Howard Jun. 23Getting more people involved in their local hometown paper was one of the goals when I first took the reins of the Times papers four years [...]

Byline: Colin Tiernan Apr. 28Spokane Valley has banned newspapers from the City Hall lobby. On Tuesday, the City Council voted 4-2 to prohibit third-party publications from the lobbies of City [...]

Byline: Thomas Clouse Mar. 10The Ponderay Newsprint mill, which had been one of the largest employers in Pend Oreille County before it shut down, could be sold at auction in [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Apr. 28MOHEGAN Sarah Harris, vice chairwoman of the Mohegan Tribal Council, first visited Dartmouth College when she was in high school. She later enrolled at Dartmouth, in [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Apr. 28MOHEGAN Sarah Harris, vice chairwoman of the Mohegan Tribal Council, first visited Dartmouth College when she was in high school. She later enrolled at Dartmouth, in [...]

Byline: Chad Sokol June 24-- Jun. 24--The Ponderay Newsprint Co. has indefinitely shut down its paper mill in the small town of Usk, likely dealing a major blow to the [...]

Byline: Nick Gibson Jul. 11As a longtime public servant in Thurston County, Heather Hirotaka is used to preserving history, not making it. But that's what Hirotaka did earlier this month, [...]

Byline: Dana Jensen April 26-- Apr. 26--New London -- City firefighters put out a fire Saturday in the large paper recycling bin at the rear of The Day building, off [...]

Byline: Taylor Hartz March 19-- Mar. 19--OLD LYME -- Interstate 95 northbound near exit 70 was closed Thursday morning due to an overturned tractor trailer. The tractor trailer, which was [...]

Byline: Don Chareunsy Sept. 20-- Sep. 20--One of the fascinating aspects of Inland Northwest Opera's 'Madame Butterfly,' at Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox on Friday and Sunday, is that [...]

Nov. 09--Clearwater Paper Co. reported improved third-quarter earnings, citing one-time gains from the sale of a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin and record paperboard shipments. The Spokane-based company reported $34.4 million [...]

Byline: Will Campbell Sept. 11--ROCKFORD -- Washington State University professor Tim Murray drove a white truck across a farm field where the winter wheat and rye look sick. Murray scooped [...]

Byline: Jim Camden June 28-- Jun. 28--Since before Washington was a state and before Spokane had an 'e' on the end, its newspapers have been printed in downtown. Today's newspaper [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Oct. 01-- Oct. 1--NEW LONDON -- Arrow Paper Party Rental, a venerable Colman Street supplier of tents, tables, chairs, linens and just about anything else one possibly [...]

Byline: Adam Shanks Dec. 24The city of Spokane is encouraging residents to recycle their leftover wrapping paper this Christmas. Except for the cellophane and metallic stuff, most gift wrap is [...]

Byline: Elizabeth Regan Aug. 1NORWICH Lottie B. Scott has always been a dreamer. That creativity and insight helped shape her rise from Longtown, S.C., farm girl to a host of [...]

Byline: Becky Kramer April 03--A Millwood manufacturer discharged more pollution into the Spokane River than its permits allowed on several days over the past two years. Inland Empire Paper Co., [...]

Byline: Jim Kershner June 27-- Jun. 27--Spokane had 'one of the best musical seasons' in the city's history in 1920, according to a story in The Spokesman-Review. The city's classical [...]

Byline: Lee Howard Oct. 05-- Oct. 5--MYSTIC -- Morgan has a special technique for delivering newspapers in his Bay View and Misty View neighborhood that never fails to bring smiles [...]

Byline: Thomas Clouse March 03-- Mar. 3--Shoppers at the Costco on East Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley on Monday walked past the place where they expected to find toilet paper. [...]

Byline: Becky Kramer Oct. 20--Clearwater Paper Corp. reported a drop in sales and flat income during the third quarter, citing higher transportation costs from hurricanes in the Southeast as a [...]

Byline: Treva Lind Feb. 20When she moved to the area in 1999 for her husband's post at Fairchild Air Force Base, Michele Craft knew she'd feel at home if she [...]

Byline: Shawn Vestal Oct. 26Occasionally, I will write something so outrageously offensive to some readers that they reach out to let me know they are canceling their subscriptions. Ignore me, [...]

Byline: Adam Shanks March 14-- Mar. 14--After she gathered what she needed from a chaotic Albertson's on the South Hill on Friday night, Pam Travis faced a choice: wait in [...]

Byline: Mary Biekert Sept. 25--The Florence Griswold Museum will showcase its collection of works on paper, which include prints, drawings and watercolors, this fall. Though works made on paper may [...]

Byline: Mary Biekert Sept. 24--The Florence Griswold Museum will showcase its collection of paper-made prints, drawings and watercolors this fall. Though works made on paper may sound simple, such pieces [...]

Byline: Maggie Quinlan Sept. 27-- Sep. 27--Hundreds chanted Breonna Taylor's name Saturday as they marched from Riverfront Park to the Spokane County Courthouse. The event saw a 15-year-old boy arrested [...]

Byline: Benjamin Kail Sept. 04-- Sep. 4--39 39 0 0 sub 2 Get the weekly rundown Sign up to receive our weekly BizBuzz newsletter Email* Submit Stop & Shop, which [...]

July 09--The U.S. paper industry kicked off a $20 million advertising campaign this week to highlight the role of paper in Americans' lives. The campaign, 'How Life Unfolds,' includes a [...]

Byline: Ellen Dennis Dec. 7A handful of Washington business groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the water quality standards it adopted last year are impossible to meet. [...]

Byline: Christine L. Peterson Dec. 26Reader: My husband and I are not very happy with your editorial page. Most of your columns are left-wing writers. How come we never see [...]

Byline: Chelsey Levingston Oct. 13--MIDDLETOWN -- The parent company of Middletown paper mill Wausau has reached an approximately $513 million deal to be acquired, the company announced Tuesday. SCA, a [...]

Aug. 22--Clearwater Paper Corp. has sold a plant in Wisconsin that makes recycled paper for $72 million. The Spokane-based company on Tuesday announced the sale of the Ladysmith facility to [...]

Byline: David Wasson July 19--Paper-pushing at Spokane City Hall is likely to get a bit greener. A proposal expected to win council approval Monday night would require the city to [...]

Byline: Jim Camden March 25-- Mar. 25--OLYMPIA -- Single-use plastic bags at stores will be banned statewide starting next year and customers without reusable carriers will be charged 8 cents [...]

Byline: Lee Howard Nov. 08-- Nov. 8--It's been 40 years since I wrote my first article for The Day, about a tornado that landed in Windsor Locks, destroying the aircraft [...]

Byline: Kara Driscoll July 25--The owner of former Miami Twp. paper producer NewPage announced it has emerged from bankruptcy following a success financial restructuring. Memphis-based Verso Corp. said the company [...]

Byline: Ted Evanoff July 26--Taking over a Texas rival this year has helped cushion Memphis-based International Paper Co. from a falling ruble in Russia. The global paper and cardboard maker, [...]

Byline: Jonathan Glover Aug. 21-- Aug. 21--It's not a calling. It's an inevitability. Illustrate this: It's 2008 and you're a sophomore in college at the Columbia University seeking a degree [...]

Byline: Thomas Gnau Feb. 04--Two Ohio senators and a congressman are pressing the government to impose duties on a foreign competitor of a local paper manufacturer. In a letter released [...]

Feb. 08--Clearwater Paper Corp. will build a new tissue machine for producing premium and ultra-premium toilet paper, paper towels and napkins at its facility in Shelby, North Carolina. The Spokane-based [...]