Samantha Wohlfeil

Here’s the deal: You’ve probably heard that the criminal “legal limit” for driving is a blood alcohol content of 0.08%, right? But did you know that’s only the percentage at which state lawmakers have decided that anyone is considered too impaired to driv... See more

On Thursday, Spokane City Council, the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners and the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, board inked a deal to phase the city out of the regional 911 dispatch center over the next two years. Akin to a... See more

Maddie’s Place is grateful for new bipartisan legislation in Congress that could bring work like theirs to the national stage. The Spokane nonprofit helps infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome, who were exposed to drugs in utero, and their parents, wi... See more

Last week, when Congress voted to fund the federal government through Jan. 30 and end the longest shutdown in history, the spending bill also included a full year of funding for a few departments, including agriculture. Among the pages of the bill were pr... See more

Historically, consumer sentiment surveys are a pretty good indicator of whether the country is heading toward a recession. But over the last three years since the pandemic, even though consumer vibes have continued to be bad, the economy overall has conti... See more