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Riverfront Egg Hunt Canceled

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Friday, March 29th, 4:55 pm
Riverfront Egg Hunt Canceled

The annual egg hunt in Riverfront Park has been canceled because the event lacked sponsorship. 

The hunt has been an annual event in the park for 32 years and in recent years has been sponsered by KIX-96, a Clear Channel Radio Station. Following a format change the company opted out of sponsoring the hunt. 

While event organiziers were not able to find a new sponsor in time for this year they hope to contuine the egg hunt next year.

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Cougar Crimson license plate craze continues

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Monday, March 11th, 5:00 pm
Cougar Crimson license plate craze continues

More Washington state drivers than ever before are seeing red – in the form of Cougar Crimson.

Since the new crimson Washington State University vehicle plates went on sale in early 2012, they’ve been selling at a clip that outpaces all other specialty plates in the state. Today, the new crimson plate has been mounted to the bumpers of more than 7,000 vehicles from Makah Bay to Newport and from Blaine to Goldendale.

Sally van Boheemen, the WSU Alumni Association’s 1st-vice president and mother of a proud WSU grad, said sales of the new plate over the past 12 months have driven the total number of active WSU plates on Washington roads to 16,257, making it by far the most popular of the state’s specialty license plates.

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Spokane Valley Rotary Club provides students with free books

Submitted by Jacob Palmer on Friday, March 8th, 12:26 pm
Spokane Valley Rotary Club provides students with free books

 

In a world dominated by iPads, Xboxs and HDTVs, the Spokane Valley Rotary Club is looking to teach children the value of a good book.

This year marked the third year the Rotary Club provided Spokane Valley elementary students with a free book. What started as a project helping just Broadway Elementary students has expanded to serving two schools in each of the three Valley school districts: Trentwood and Trent of East Valley; Orchard Center and Ness Elementary of West Valley; and Broadway and Opportunity Elementary of Central Valley.

“We make sure every child in those schools get a book,” Rotary member Kay Bryant, who spearheads the project, said. “What we want to do is put a book in the hands of every elementary student in the Valley.”

Bryant said she was inspired to do the project when she witnessed a mother walking with her children past a private book sale.

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You can honor a "Super Senior Citizen"

Submitted by Robyn Nance, Good Morning Northwest Anchor
Thursday, March 7th, 2013, 9:15am
You can honor a "Super Senior Citizen"

 

You know that person.. the retired woman or man who reads with students at your kids' school, delivers meals to shut ins, or keeps the church clean and organized.  You can get them the recognition they deserve!  The search is on for Washington's outstanding senior volunteer.

The Salute to Senior Service program, sponsored by Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network, honors the contributions of adults 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes.

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Chiefs bag groceries for 2nd Harvest

Submitted by Jacob Palmer on Monday, March 4th, 6:08 pm
Chiefs bag groceries for 2nd Harvest

 

Paper of plastic?

Players from the Spokane Chiefs bagged groceries today at Fred Meyer in the Valley to raise awareness and donations for 2nd Harvest.

“The donations people give are incredible,” defenceman Reid Gow. “It's pretty awesome.”

This is the fifth year the team has teamed up with 2nd Harvest and Fred Meyer for the event, according to Chiefs' director of public relations Jay Stewart.

“Gets the boys off the Xbox,” Stewart joked. “Truly what it does is allows them to support the community that supports them so much.”

Darren and Tyler Chandos showed up in their Chiefs jerseys with a bag of food to donate.

“We try to come every year,” Darren said. “Take some pretty good pictures with the players, get a chance to donate. It's an overall pretty good event.”

Players bagged groceries, helped customers get their groceries to the car, and greeted shoppers.

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Photo contest: We want your best pictures from the mountain!

Submitted by Jacob Palmer on Wednesday, February 20th, 12:42 pm
Photo contest: We want your best pictures from the mountain!

 

With ski season entering its final stretch, we at KXLY want to see the awesome mountain photos you took of your friends and family shredding.

Send your best shots to news4@kxly.com (with the subject line: Photo contest), and the newsroom will vote on the best photo, which will be shown during Chief Meteorologist Kris Crocker's ski report on Friday's newscasts. We will put together a slideshow for the KXLY Communities sites, so even if you don't win, your work will still be showcased.

Make sure to include where you are, the name of the photographer, names of the people in the photo and your contact information so you can be reached for a short story.

So sift through those awesome stills of your loved ones dominating some pow-pow and send them in for a chance to be shown to the Inland Northwest.

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A chance to experience Japanese culture in your own home

Submitted by Joseph Suttner, Producer
Sunday, January 20th, 2013, 10:07pm
A chance to experience Japanese culture in your own home

If you’ve ever wanted the chance to get some international exposure, right here in Spokane, now is your chance.

Each year, the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute in west Spokane hosts hundreds of Japanese students looking to learn more about America.

All of the young women come from Mukogawa Women’s University in Nishinomiya, Japan (Spokane’s Sister City). 

Spokane native Nicole Tamura helps coordinate the student’s stays here in Spokane.

“They are here for about 4 months to study English and American culture. Students live on campus in our dormitories and have their meals in our student dining hall. Our homestay program gives our students an opportunity to experience American life outside of campus and dormitory life,” Tamura said.

While the students stay on campus for most of their time in America, the school looks for Spokane families to host two Japanese students for a weekend.

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