Once a month, at Hogwash Whiskey Den in downtown Spokane, historian Renée Cebula takes a roomful of students through centuries of American and global history that trace the wars, immigration, tariffs, and changing tastes that have helped determine what ingredients end up in her students’ glasses.

For hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians, the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) has a real impact on their monthly budgets. It helps pay for groceries, utilities, prescriptions, and other necessities. But when prices continue to rise, even a welcome increase can disappear quickly.

Sarah Hopkins' legacy won't be found in a manual. It will be found in generations of singers who learned to listen to the person standing beside them, contribute their own voice without drowning out someone else's, and acknowledge that some of the finest things we create are those things we create in harmony.

Seniors and community members gather at the historic Garland Theater each month for Senior Cinema Day, a program that gives older adults an affordable opportunity to watch a movie and build connections.

Most people give the way they always have: a check to the church, a gift to a cause they believe in, and a hope that it helps at tax time. For a lot of retirees, it no longer does. The most tax-friendly dollar you give may be one that never touches your hands.

MultiCare Inland Northwest Foundation is bringing fundraisers out of the ballroom and into more intimate settings through a new series that connects community donors with physicians, patients, and the medical services their contributions help support.