Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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SPOKANE-In March, Martha Lanman was recognized at the 2023 Northwest Rural Health Conference held in Spokane, Wash. She received a Community Star Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and its partners in conjunction with National Rural Health Day, celebrated in November 2022. The Community Star Recognition Program honors those who contribute to making a difference in rural areas through collaboration, education, innovation, and communication. Each year...
SPOKANE—A debate between incumbent Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley is scheduled at Gonzaga University in Spokane. The event will take place on Oct. 23 at 5p.m. The debate is being organized and jointly sponsored by the League of Women Voters and The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages speaker series, along with broadcast assistance from KSPS. The Washington State Debate Coalition also is affiliated with this debate. Admission will be free, but tickets will be required to the event at the uni...
SPOKANE—Nonprofit organizations that serve children in Columbia County are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia County Children’s Fund at Innovia Foundation. Applications close on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The Columbia County Children’s Fund supports organizations that address one of the following program areas: educational enrichment and special needs programs (with preference given to elementary school-aged children); guidance, counseling and therapy to children and their families; or medical and dental services and/or supplies (...
SPOKANE—Innovia Foundation is excited to announce the opening of their third annual Photo Contest: This is WHO We Are. This region is a beautiful patchwork of lives and communities and they invite residents to submit images that capture the unique identity and spirit of the Inland Northwest. Participants can submit photographs to the following six categories: People, Landscape/Wildlife, Education, Arts and Culture, Community, and Nonprofit Mission in Action. Photographs must be taken within Innovia Foundation’s 20-county service area. To ben...
SPOKANE—Innovia Foundation is currently accepting applications through its Community Grants Program. This grant program is open from December 6, 2021, through midnight PST on January 11, 2022. The Early Bird deadline is January 5, 2022 (by midnight PST). The Community Grants Program comprises more than 90 funds established by donors whose generosity has given Innovia Foundation the flexibility to make funding decisions that accommodate changing needs and capitalize on timely and compelling opportunities in our 20-county region. Grants are a...
SPOKANE—Hundreds of trained American Red Cross disaster volunteers are helping 24-7 in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California to support people affected by wildfires throughout the western states. “July has already been an incredibly busy month for the Red Cross with hundreds of disaster workers responding to help people whose lives were turned upside down by wildfires and other disasters,” said Alex Dieffenbach, Northwest Region CEO. “We need your help now. Please consider becoming a Red Cross volunteer, giving blood, or making a donatio...
SPOKANE – The Columbia County Children’s Fund grant program at Innovia Foundation is currently accepting applications from organizations that serve children in Columbia County. The Columbia County Children’s Fund provides support to organizations within Columbia County. Applications must address one of the following program areas: Educational enrichment and special needs programs, with preference given to elementary school-aged children. Guidance, counseling and therapy to children and their families. Medical and dental services and/or suppl...
SPOKANE—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has increased fire restrictions on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The fire restrictions order has been modified to prohibit discharging a firearm, except while engaged in a lawful hunt under state, federal, or tribal law and regulations. The building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire of any type, including charcoal briquette fires is also now prohibited. The temporary ban will take effect August 21, 2020, at 12:01...
