But once Spokane began to boom ... characters inviting children for photos. Businesses pooled their funds to create the downtown light displays and Christmas trees. In Monday’s Then and Now ...

Children, anxious to make their Christmas requests, filed past the famous resident of the North Pole as he sat on a raised platform. Santa visits with the children in downtown Spokane during the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Riverfront Park is packed with people as the City of Spokane gets ready for the Christmas season. People are getting into the Christmas spirit at the Numerica Tree Lighting ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The department store Christmas display ... "It was such a big part of downtown, and the Crescent was just an anchor for the holiday season." But when the store shut down ...

An icon is returning to Spokane and I'm not talking about Cher. I am talking about Madonna, however, but not the Madonna you're thinking about. The Madonna and The Christ Child display that ...

Six months ago, in the dead heat of summer, Miracle approached Roman Harner, general manager at Volstead Act in downtown Spokane, to ask about his Christmas plans. Did he want to be the first bar ...