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Sunday, December 28th, 2025
Good morning, Spokane Valley. Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 28th of December.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Numerica’s Five Days of Family Fun kicked off Saturday with a Spokane Chiefs game and offers free skating, tubing, and movies. Today, the Skate Ribbon runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Spokane, with Mobius Discovery Center hosting family play on Monday, and North Idaho events begin Dec. 31. FOX 28 Spokane
- ➤ The Innovia Foundation’s annual community grants program is now open for nonprofits across Eastern Washington and North Idaho to win over $1M for arts & culture, economic opportunity, education and health. Early bird entries by Jan. 9 win a $1,000 drawing; final submissions are due by Feb. 6. FOX 28 Spokane
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ FAVS News visited Feed Spokane this Christmas week to show how rescued food is re-routed for those in need. The segment features a discussion with author Eric Vickrey about his new 1970 baseball team book and an archived interview on apples’ role in local farming (from regional history). Spokane Public Radio
- ➤ Readers shared cherished memories of the historic Crescent department store in downtown, with nearly 50 letters submitted + published by The Spokesman-Review. The letters include tales of family outings + first jobs and began appearing Dec. 7 as part of a series that will conclude on Monday. The Spokesman-Review
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ Mountain West Food Group, LLC is recalling 2,855 pounds of raw ground beef because routine testing revealed E. coli O26. The product, produced on Dec. 16, 2025, was sent to retail stores in Washington + other states, and consumers should dispose of or return it if found. FOX 28 Spokane
- ➤ SpokAnimal closed its kennel Saturday after a veterinarian recommended the shutdown — a response to a respiratory virus spreading among dogs — as samples were sent to a California lab for testing and antibiotics are used to treat the affected animals while cats remain safe. FOX 28 Spokane
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ The Spokane Chiefs will face the Wenatchee Wild in an upcoming game — local fans can look forward to competitive hockey at the arena. KXLY
- ➤ Saturday's nonleague high school basketball tournament at West Valley HS featured Mead's Addison Wells-Morrison scoring her 1,000th career point in a 42-30 win over South Salem and Colfax's Adrik Jenkin hitting nine 3-pointers with 37 points in a 65-52 victory over Pullman. The Spokesman-Review
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