With the Spokane region's growing tourism market, a local college and a local native tribe are teaming up to offer certified programs in the field.

Spokane Community College and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians are offering 3 new resort option certificate programs for college credit aimed at students interested in pursuing a career in the resort field.

A piece of WWII history will be touching down in Spokane from June 2nd through June 5th.  The Experimental Aircraft Association's B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" will be appearing at Felts Field this weekend as part of its "Salute to Veterans" tour. 

The B-17 Flying Fortress, best known for its ability to sustain significant damage, was instrumental in the Allied victory of WWII.  The "Aluminum Overcast" is one of 8 remaining B-17's that are still in flying condition and, while this particular aircraft did not take part in combat operations, it provides the pu

Spokane residents should be congratulated.  We just made through the 9th coolest and 4th wettest Spring on record!  At Spokane International Airport, 6.89" of precipitation, both rain and snow, was measured for the three month period of March, April and May (climatologists use those months for "Spring" for record-keeping purposes).  This falls short of the record, which is 9.24" set back in 1948.  Records have been kept for Spokane since 1881.    There were some records broken this Spring in other Inland Northwest towns.  Deer Park