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MOSES LAKE, Wash.-- Two men stabbed another Thursday in the Upper Basin Homes neighborhood near Moses Lake, according the Grant County Sheriff’s Department. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on Lybbert Drive Northeast. Deputies were called to Samaritan Hospital around 8:30 p.m. for Keith Ford, 29. http://www.krem.com/news/crime/Two-men-allegedly-stab-victim-in-apparent-gang-related-fight-138225249.html

If you've ever wanted to own part of Spokane's history, now's your chance as the Bing is on the market." Built in 1915 with 756 seats in the Bing Crosby Theater, one of the sales pitches is there's not a bad seat in the house," owner Mitch Silver said. Walking down through the Bing Crosby Theater and onto the stage one gets a sense of the history of the place. This is the stage where everyone from Big Crosby himself to Pearl Jam has performed..  http://www.kxly.com/news/30309993/detail.html


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Two people, including an RCMP Constable were taken to hospital following a crash Thursday afternoon on Highway 3 east of Grand Forks.

Boundary RCMP Staff Sgt Jim Harrison says the crash took place on a three-lane stretch of Highway near Collins Rd and involved a marked police pick-up truck and a Toyota Prius.

The Constable was trapped inside his vehicle for about 45 minute although his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The driver of the Prius suffered no visible injuries.

Harrison says the road surface was wet, but not snowy or icy. Loose gravel had also been laid down as a result of recent snow activity.

The making of NASA's super hi-res blue marble Earth image
A flaky winter in Yosemite
Beatles coming to Wallingford in 45-foot mural

Chains seize new opportunity for liquor sales
The Spokesman Review
An East Coast company calling itself a “wine superstore” has announced plans to open two stores in the Spokane area. Representatives of the company, Total Wine, said those plans are the direct result of voters passing Initiative 1183, which ended the ...

Spokane police may wear body cameras
The Seattle Times
Among the reforms the Spokane City Council is considering for the police department is one that would put body cameras on officers to record their interactions with the public. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article.

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Saturday...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of freezing rain or snow. Lows in the mid 20s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday...Cloudy with a chance of rain...snow and freezing rain. Snow level 3000 feet. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Sunday Night...Rain or snow likely. Light snow accumulations. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

Monday Through Tuesday Night...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain or snow showers. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.


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Homeless, services, hook up at Spokane event
The Spokesman Review
“Many other communities, we found, were having events like this,” said Ron Hardin, spokesman for the Spokane Homeless Coalition, which put on the event. “The homeless and vulnerable in the community have problems with transportation and if all of the ...

Blessed are those that can give without remembering,  and take without forgetting.

 
One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money from you, I'm doing community service this week.'
The florist was pleased and left the shop.
 
When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for
him at his door.
 
Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill , the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you, I'm doing community service this week.'  The cop was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a 'thank you ' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.
 
Then a Congressman came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill , the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.'  The Congressman was very happy and left the shop.
 
The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there
were a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the politicians who run it.

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Woman survives car rollover into Spokane creek
Northwest Cable News
by KREM.com SPOKANE-- A woman driving on an icy street went off the roadway, landed upside down in her car and became submerged in water, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Department. The call came in around 8:45 am for the vehicle in Minnie ...

Response times evaluated in Wash.
FireRescue1
By Nina Culver SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Valley Fire Department commissioners heard a mostly favorable report Monday on how often the department met its response-time goals in 2011. Response times for each type of call between 2008 and 2010 were ...

Spokane leaders outline proposed police reforms
The Spokesman Review
The Spokane City Council has unveiled its list of proposed police reforms, including body cameras for officers, restored independent investigative authority for the police ombudsman and posting internal affairs investigations on the Internet.

The strange sounds heard around the world phenomenon has struck again, and this time an actual news station has covered it, giving it a bit more credibility. Apparently, the strange sounds were heard in Battleford, Canada, by numerous people one night, and it put residents on edge.

While some described it as sounding like a snowplow, others weren't quite sure how to describe it; all they know is that it was a noise they had never heard before. One resident said he was alseep when calls and texts started coming from friends and relatives who had heard the noise. "That's when the goose bumps got me and I thought 'that's awfully strange'," he said.

Even the Mayor of North Battleford heard the strange sounds, which he said sounded like a "scraping" noise. As for the theories running amuck in Battleford, it seems like a lot of people think it could be the 2012 Doomsday prediction coming true. "I've heard that Jesus is coming back, I've heard that it's 2012 and the world is ending," said one person who heard the strange sounds.

However, there is a more logical explanation for the strange sounds. Whether or not people will believe it is another story altogether, though "Somehow they are picking up noise from an electrical antenna that is there. That is electromagnetic noise," said a professor from the University of Saskatchewan. His theory might give more credibility to the idea that HAARP, a top-secret Government agency, is playing around with something sinister—like an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse). The professor seems pretty adamant that this is an electromagnetic noise, so it's highly possible that it could be coming from an EMP.

GRAND COULEE, Wash. - Police need your help in finding a missing woman. Jamie Breckenridge, 43, was last seen Sunday night According to the Grand Coulee police department, her family says she was last seen at Tim's 4-Corner Union 76 in Grand Coulee. Breckenridge had a court date set for January 17th but did not show up.If you have any information that can help authorities find her, please call the grand coulee police.


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Storm skips Spokane area, drier weather arriving
The Spokesman Review
An overnight storm system skipped over the Spokane region, but it is currently bringing heavy snow to mountains in Idaho and Washington. Forecasters are calling for drier conditions through Sunday. Snow was falling heavily at Lookout Pass on Interstate ...

Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales and other marine life.

The environmental law firm Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups filed the lawsuit Thursday against the National Marine Fisheries Service, saying it was wrong to approve the Navy's plan for the expanded training

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/26/4216411/groups-sue-over-navy-sonar-use.html#storylink=cpy

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. - A 26-year-old woman was rescued from the icy waters of Marshall Creek after her car slid off Cheney-Spokane Road Thursday morning in the Marshall area.

Downtown Grand Forks is normally plowed quickly...Ron caught this
shortly after a bluster came through and before the crew could go ute (*pronounced out!)


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High-rise buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro
Azerbaijan police foil Iran plot to assassinate Israel ambassador

EU sent 50 MEPs to Congo for eight days at cost of £850,000

Controllers guide pilot though clouds just in time

Tanzania's Hadza group sheds light on ancient social networks

Philippe's 9-cent coffee about to become history

A peaceful interlude at the Mojave National Preserve

Ubehebe volcano in Death Valley could erupt again

USGS uses airborne tool to map Alaska permafrost

Parts of Interior Alaska may see wind chills to minus 75

"It was a frosty morning and as I was shooting some images a flock of Snow Buntings flew over us drawing his attention skyward."
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Contracts renewed for Spokane Symphony's musical leaders
KXLY Spokane
Two signatures are shaping the future of music in Spokane. Eckart Preu, music director of Spokane Symphony, and Morihiko Nakahara, resident conductor, have extended their contracts with the symphony. Like a good marriage, Preu says the better a ...

Spokane skates past Everett, 4-2
The Seattle Times
Steven Kuhn had two goals and an assist, powering the Spokane Chiefs to a 4-2 Western Hockey League victory over the Everett Silvertips Wednesday night before a crowd of 3548 at Comcast Arena. No comments have been posted to this article.

The biggest wave ever to hit Irish shores has been recorded, weather experts have revealed today.

The monster 67-footer was measured at a special buoy off the Donegal coast today as a force-10 storm raged across the north coast.Meteorologists at Met Éireann said data from the sea conditions about 60 miles to sea were the most severe it has encountered that distance offshore.“At 14.00 today the M4 weather buoy off the Donegal coast recorded a maximum wave height of 20.4 metres which is the highest maximum wave recorded in Irish waters,” Met Éireann reported.At Malin Head, the northerly most tip of Ireland, wind gusting to 140km/h was recorded.Elsewhere, the Irish Coast Guard has urged people to stay off exposed coasts, cliffs, piers, harbour walls, beaches, promenades during this week’s forecast stormy weather.

Hangers......

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Seattle boxer preparing for trials
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Queen Underwood poses at the Howard Street Boxing Club in Spokane, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, where she is preparing for the Olympic trials. COEUR D'ARLENE PRESS OUT Photo: The Spokesman Review, Dan Pelle / AP Queen Underwood shadow boxes at the ...

Spokane woman falls prey to faux Craigslist housing advertisement
KXLY Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. -- You can find just about anything on Craigslist, but the popularity of the site also means one thing: Not every ad is legitimate, as Spokane resident Cheyanne Middleton found out the hard way. Middleton thought she had found the ...


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There's been a lot of buzz over the last few weeks about strange sounds being heard in the atmosphere. People around the world and here at home have reported hearing some bizarre noises. The latest were recorded in the Battlefords last weekend.

Ian Hamilton, North Battleford's mayor, says he can't explain it. "What I experienced was a scraping sound, like a snowplow."

Mike Halstead, a North Battleford resident, was lying in bed when his phone rang. Calls and text messages came in from his friends, each reporting strange noises. "That's when the goose bumps got me and I thought ‘that's awfully strange'."

It's now days after and the city is still abuzz with talk about the sounds. Everyone has his or her own theory. But the phenomenon has stretched beyond North Battleford. Similar experiences were reported in Saskatoon, northern Saskatchewan, and parts of the USA and Europe.
http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120124/sas-noisesnorth-120124/20120124/?hub=Saskatoon

Along the Kettle River "HGWY"

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The only mystery about the “Strange Sounds in the Sky” videos is which synthesizer was used to make the sounds – aside from how these videos managed to capture the fears and imaginations of people around the world.

“It’s definitely a synth,” says producer and recording engineer Phil Anderson, owner of Edmonton’s Powersound Studios, after about two seconds of hearing the soundtrack to a YouTube video allegedly made near Conklin, Alberta that went viral. By Jan. 25, less than two weeks after it was posted, it stands at an astounding 1.8 million views and counting – with more than 5,000 emotional comments attached. About half the comments sampled dismiss this paranormal sonic phenomenon as a hoax, some express fear that it’s real and still others are angry with the suggestion that it isn’t. Insults are flying. Weird no matter how you look at it.
http://www.gigcity.ca/2012/01/25/strange-sounds-in-edmonton-sky-part-of-viral-phenomenon/

- University of Saskatchewan professor Jean-Pierre St. Maurice says there is a natural explanation. "Somehow they are picking up noise from an electrical antenna that is there. That is electromagnetic noise." -

Seems like the professor is indicating that the Battleford's noise could be related to the recent solar storm activity which has been the most active since 2005.

Winter weather advisory issued for Okanogan, Ferry counties


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OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA
315 PM PST WED JAN 25 2012

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH VALLEYS AND UP TO 1 INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.

THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

Kaiser unveils cleanup plans
The Spokesman Review
Kaiser Trentwood's plant along the Spokane River has a long, illustrative history. Built to produce aluminum for military planes during World War II, the factory later became a steady source of blue-collar jobs for generations of Spokane-area residents ...


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Spokane man dies following Tuesday night crash
The Spokesman Review
A Spokane man died Tuesday night after his car collided with a semi south of Deer Park. Sean A. Dieringer Burns, 23, died at the scene around 9:30 pm, the Washington State Patrol reported. Burns was headed north on state Highway 395 just south of Half ...

Spokane County unemployment rate at 9%
Northwest Cable News
by Shawn Chitnis & KREM.com SPOKANE – New unemployment numbers for Spokane County suggest our area is far from a full recovery from the downed economy. Tuesday's numbers suggest the economy for Spokane County hasn't changed since 2009.


wordspics©RonRattray Canadian Correspondent