In the news, Saturday, February 7, 2026

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Western:

St. Romuald.

St. Moses

St. Adaucus

St. Amulwinus

St. Anatolius

Bl. Anselm Polanco Fontecha

St. Augulus

St. Chrysolius

Bl. Felipe Ripoll Morata

St. Fidelis

St. Julian of Bologna

St. Lawrence of Siponto

St. Luke the Younger

St. Meldon

Bl. Pius IX

St. Richard

Bl. Rizzerio

St. Theodore Stratelates

St. Tressan

Bl. William Richardson

Orthodox – OCA:

Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Saint Parthenios, Bishop of Lampsakos

Venerable Luke of Hellas

1,003 Martyrs of Nicomedia

Martyr Aule

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In the news, Friday, February 6, 2026

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Western:

St. Titus,  B. C.

St. Dorothy of Caesarea,  V. M.

The 26 Martyrs of Japan

St. Paul Miki

St. Alfonso Maria Fusco

St. Amand

St. Antholian

St. Anthony Dainan

St. Bonaventure of Miako

St. Cosmas

Bl. Diego De Avezedo

St. Dorothy

St. Francesco Spinelli

St. Francis Nagasaki

St. Francis of St. Michael

St. James Kisai

St. John Soan de Goto

St. Martin de Aguirre

St. Martin Loynaz of the Ascension

St. Matthias of Meako

St. Mel

St. Michael Kozaki

St. Mun

St. Peter Shukeshiko

St. Relindis of Maaseik

Sts. Saturninus, Theophilus, & Revocata

St. Tanco

St. Theophilus the Lawyer

St. Thomas Danki

St. Thomas Kozaki

St. Vedast

Orthodox – OCA:

Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Saint Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna

Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople

Venerable Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet

Virgin Martyr Dorothy at Caesarea, in Cappadocia, and those with her

Martyr Julian of Emesa

Virgin Martyr Fausta, and Martyrs Evilasius and Maximus, at Cyzicus

Virgin Martyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Lycarion, in Egypt

Saint Arsenius of Iqalto, Georgia

Saint Amand, Abbot of Maastricht

Secular:

Ronald Reagan, 40th POTUS

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In the news, Thursday, February 5, 2026

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Western:

St. Agatha,  V. M.

The Martyrs of Japan

St. Abraham

St. Adelaide of Bellich

St. Avitus of Vienne

Bl. Elizabeth Canori Mora

St. Gonsalo Garcia

St. Leo Karasuma

St. Louis Ibachi

St. Modestus

St. Philip of Jesus

St. Vodoaldus

Orthodox – OCA:

Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily

Repose of Saint Theodosius of Chernigov

Martyr Theodula of Anazarbus, and the Martyrs Helladius, Macarius

      and Evagrius, in Cilicia

Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”

Icon of the Mother of God “Elets-Chernigov”

Icon of the Mother of God “Divnogorsk”

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Two dead in North Spokane apartment shooting

Two people are dead following a shooting at a North Spokane apartment complex. Spokane Police have since detained a suspect, department spokesperson Officer Dan Strassenberg said Thursday. Police responded to the Center Court Apartments at 7007 N. Nevada St. around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night to reports of an altercation and then the sound of gunfire. Upon interviewing witnesses they were able to find the apartment involved and discovered two deceased people inside, Strassenberg said.

Senate is not ‘anywhere close’ to a funding deal as ICE fight intensifies

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In the news, Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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Western:

St. Gilbert of Sempringham,  Abt. C.  d.

St. Andrew Corsini, B. C.

St. Joan (Jane) of Valois

St. Aldate

St. Aventinus of Chartres

St. Eutychius

St. John de Britto

Bl. John Speed

St. John Stone

St. Joseph of Leonissa

St. Liephard

St. Modan

St. Nicholas Studites

St. Nithard

St. Obitius

Bl. Rabanus Maurus

St. Rembert

St. Theophilus the Penitent

St. Vincent of Troyes

St. Vulgis

Orthodox – OCA:

Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Venerable Isidore of Pelusium

Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir

Venerable Cyril the Wonderworker, Abbot of Novoezersk, Novgorod

Venerable Abraham and Coprius, of Pechenga

Martyr Jadorus

Hieromartyr Abramius, Bishop of Arbela in Assyria

Venerable Nicholas the Confessor, Abbot of Studion

Saint Evagrisi, disciple of Saint Shio

Monastic Martyr Anthony of Kareotis

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Spokane’s High Utilizers Initiative provides intensive case management to give hope to people who’ve cycled in and out of jail and treatment

For roughly two decades, Spokane has had, off and on, some version of a program that’s been called “Hot Spotters,” which works to identify and help stabilize people who are most frequently visiting emergency departments, interacting with police, and/or landing in Community Court. Most recently, in late 2024, the program was restarted as the High Utilizers Initiative.

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Trudy Rubin: Trump betrays his pledge to Iran’s protesters by letting clerics crush them

When President Donald Trump called on Iranian demonstrators to “KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER THE INSTITUTIONS” in early January and pledged “HELP IS ON THE WAY,” I feared a shameful episode of American betrayal was about to be repeated.

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In the news, Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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Western:

St. Blaise of Sebaste,  B. M.  s.

St. Ansgar, Abp. of Hamburg-Bremen.

St. Anatolius

St. Berlinda

St. Caellainn

St. Celerinus

St. Deodatus

St. Hadelin

St. Ia of Cornwall

Bl. John Nelson

Bl. Justo Takayama Ukon

St. Liafdag

St. Lupicinus & Felix

St. Margaret of England

Bl. Marie Rivier

Bl. Odoric of Pordenone

St. Oliver

St. Philip of Vienne

St. Werburg

St. Werburga

Orthodox – OCA:

Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Holy, Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver

Holy, Righteous Anna the Prophetess

Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich

Prophet Azariah

Martyrs Papias, Diodorus and Claudianus, at Perge in Pamphylia

Saint Savva of Ioannina

Martyr Adrian at Caesarea, Cappadocia

Martyr Eubulus at Caesarea, Cappadocia

Martyr Blaise of Caesarea, in Cappadocia

Saint Simeon, Bishop of Polotsk and Tver

Saint Jacob, Archbishop of Serbia

Saint Nicholas, Enlightener of Japan

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The Ones Who Didn’t Convert

— John Duggan

“Melanie McDonagh’s Converts, reviewed in First Things last month, allows us to gaze close-up at the extraordinary procession of eminent literary, artistic, and intellectual figures that made its way over the threshold of the Roman Catholic Church from the 1890s right up until the 1960s. But there was, one might say, another contemporaneous procession. However, this procession circled the Church, hugging its outer walls, but never entered. And at the head, I would place C. S. Lewis and T. S. Eliot.”

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His detainment sparked 30 arrests in Spokane. After 7 months, judge ruled asylum seeker’s imprisonment was illegal

U.S. District Judge James Robart ruled last week that the U.S. government illegally detained 29-year-old Joswar Slater Rodriguez Torres and denied him his right to due process when he showed up at the Spokane ICE facility that day for a regular check-in, but was detained by agents instead, calling the arrest an “abuse” of discretion from the Department of Homeland Security.

Guest Opinion

Dr. Bruce Dentler, Anne Freeman and Tara Hill-Matthews: Resources are available for people with dementia and their caregivers

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In the news, Monday, February 2, 2026

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The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

or The Purification of the Theotokos.

Commonly Called Candlemas.

Western:

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

St. Joan de Lestonnac

St. Adalbald of Ostrevant

St. Adeloga

St. Apronian

St. Cornelius

Martyrs of Ebsdorf

St. Feock

St. Flosculus

St. Lawrence of Canterbury

Martyrs of Ebsdorf

St. Theodoric

Orthodox – OCA:

The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

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Spokane landlords now required to engage in eviction prevention programs, council votes

Landlords will be required by city law to participate “in good faith” with a diversion program for at least 30 days after submitting a demand for payment, though only if they began eviction proceedings purely for nonpayment of rent. Tenants who violate other aspects of state law, including using illegal drugs on the property or seriously damaging it, could be evicted without the 30-day grace period.

Eviction levels hit an all-time high in WA, especially in Seattle area

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In the news, Sunday, February 1, 2026

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Western:

St. Ignatius of Antioch,  B. M.  d.  Red

St. Brigid of Kildare, Abs.

St. Cinnia

St. Crewanna

St. Darulagdach

St. Jarlath

St. John of the Grating

St. Kinnia

St. Paul of Trois Chateaux

Orthodox – OCA:

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Beginning of the Lenten Triodion

Forefeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

Martyr Tryphon of Lampsacus Near Apamea in Syria

Martyrs Perpetua, a woman of Carthage, and the Catechumens: Saturus,

      Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus and Felicitas

Venerable Peter the Hermit of Galatia Near Antioch, in Syria

Venerable Vendemianus the Hermit of Bithynia

Venerable Brigid (Bridget) of Ireland

Saint Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov

Icon of the Mother of God “Socola”

Saint Seririol of Wales

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Hard Times in the Delta as farmers consider letting crops rot

Across the country, farmers are struggling. Prices for nearly every major crop are below what it costs to grow them. Much attention has been paid to Midwestern soybean growers, whose crop was at the heart of the trade war between the United States and China. But farmers in Mississippi are perhaps worse off than farmers in the rest of the country. Rice is one of their biggest crops, and almost no one is buying.

The Dirt: Infamous apartment building gets new life

Located at 225 S. Wall St., the 36-unit Wall Street Apartments has remained vacant since September 2023 when city officials emptied the building of inhabitants and boarded up its windows and doors. Code enforcement staff claimed its owner, who was escorted out of the meeting due to repeated disruptions, neglected to address code violations to the building, which prompted them to determine that the building was not fit for occupancy. Since then, First Interstate Bank foreclosed on the vacated building then sold it for $535,000 to Jonathan McKay, a tech executive based in San Francisco.

Spin Control: Proposal would let Legislature decide how long it meets

Over the course of its two annual sessions, the Washington Legislature has a chance to consider thousands of ideas. Some legislators think the issues are becoming too numerous and complicated in a growing Washington state to be handled in the currently allotted days, which are 105 in odd-numbered years when the two-year budget is written and approved while other problems are addressed, followed by 60 days in an even-numbered year when that budget might get tweaked and other issues tackled. They are proposing that sessions have no time limits, and the Legislature decide for itself how many days it will meet and when it will end.

How can someone in midst of legal process to stay be deported? And other questions about America’s confusing immigration laws

Guest Opinion

Gavin Cooley and Fawn Schott: HB 2489 raises serious concerns for Spokane in the age of fentanyl

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants in two-day battle after wave of attacks

Pakistani security forces killed 145 militants in a 40-hour battle launched as a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks across Balochistan left nearly 50 people dead, the province’s chief minister said on Sunday. Authorities in the southwestern province are battling one of the deadliest flare-ups in years, as insurgents in the resource-rich province bordering Iran and Afghanistan step up assaults on security forces, civilians and infrastructure.

Iran warns of regional conflict if U.S. attacks, designates EU armies ‘terrorists’

Iran’s leadership warned of a regional conflict on Sunday if the U.S. were to attack it, stoking the tension between Washington and Tehran, and it designated EU armies as “terrorist groups” in a retaliatory move.

Russian drone strike kills 12 miners as Kyiv announces new talks

Russian drone strike on a bus carrying miners killed at least 12 people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced new peace talks amid uncertainty over a Russian suspension of attacks on energy infrastructure.

How Moses Lake processes a deadly school shooting 30 years later: ‘If you try to bury it, it’ll get to you’

Football Coach Jason McLean won’t ever forget the exact date he started teaching: Monday, Feb. 4, 1996. “I know that day very well,” the Moses Lake educator said. “I met some very special people.” He’d been asked to take over teaching an algebra class at Frontier Junior High the Sunday night before. “At first I wasn’t sure I was the right person for the job,” McLean recalled. “But then again, who could be?” It was just days after a 14-year-old student brought a rifle to the school and opened fire in that algebra classroom the afternoon of Feb. 2. The shooter, who remains in prison, killed teacher Leona Caires, 49, and two 14-year-old students, Arnold “Arnie” Fritz and Manuel Vela Jr. Natalie Hintz, then 13, suffered multiple bullet wounds in her arm and chest, but survived the shooting. “On that first day, I saw courage. I saw resilience that left a lasting impact,” McLean said. “Despite all the weight of the tragedy we had all just experienced, these students showed up for each other.”

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In the news, Saturday, January 31, 2026

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Western:

St. John Bosco,  Pr. C.

St. Peter Nolasco,  C.

St. Marcella

St. Adamnan of Coldingham

St. Aidan of Ferns

St. Athanasius

St. Bobinus

St. Cyrus

St. Domitius

St. Eusebius

St. Francis Xavier Bianchi

St. Geminian

St. Julius of Novara

St. Madoes

St. Martin Manuel

St. Metranus

St. Nicetas

Sts. Saturninus, Thrysus, & Victor

St. Tarskius

St. Trypbaena

St. Ulphia

Orthodox – OCA:

Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John, and those with them

Venerable Niketas of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod

Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nikēphóros, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion,

      and Papias, of Egypt

Martyr Tryphaίnē at Cyzicus

Saint Arsenius of Paros

Saint Julius of Aegina

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