❤️ What's happening this weekend in Spokane

Good morning, Spokane!

Spokane's newest fair ambassador is four-legged, shaggy, and probably unconcerned with email. Clover the Highland cow arrives just in time for the Spokane County Interstate Fair's 75th-anniversary opening, an especially good excuse for livestock barns, fair food, and one more lap under the midway lights. Whether you go for the rodeo or just to debate the correct number of elephant ears, the weekend has officially clocked in.

In today's Spokane Pulse:

Let's get to it.

— Laina & Lucas Wyland

🎡 Spokane County Interstate Fair opens its 75th-anniversary run at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, starting at 11 AM Friday and 10 AM Saturday-Sunday with rides, fair food, and rodeo nights.

😂 Ashley Gavin brings fearless crowd work to Spokane Comedy Club Friday and Saturday, with 7 PM and 9:45 PM performances both nights and tickets from $35.99.

The Chiefs host Portland in a Friday-night preseason matchup, bringing hockey back to the downtown arena.

Anne Wilson brings her country-meets-faith catalog to the Fox, joined by singer-songwriter Aodhan King.

Organist Justin J. Murphy-Mancini puts the cathedral's Aeolian-Skinner instrument through a wide-ranging program of English and American works.

Gary Owen turns family stories, military memories, and everyday absurdities into an unapologetic night of stand-up.

Liberty Lake's biggest car show rolls into a new park with music, demonstrations, food vendors, auctions, and first-responder tributes.

Walk one to three noncompetitive miles in remembrance and support while helping fund suicide-prevention research, advocacy, and education.

Harmon Park fills with cornhole, local vendors, food, games, music, and the neighborhood energy behind Hillyard Built's youth work.

The Pirates host Eastern Oregon in a Saturday afternoon football matchup at the Pine Bowl.

John Pizzarelli's guitar-led trio swings through Tony Bennett's songbook in a personal centennial tribute to the legendary singer.

A full live band, sparkling costumes, and classic hits salute the Temptations, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and more.

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The Zags return to Luger Field for a late-morning nonconference test against the Utah Valley Wolverines.

A stage-to-screen presentation brings J.M. Synge's unruly Irish classic and its unlikely local hero to the Bing.

Bring a lawn chair for live soul, family activities, local vendors, and a gift-card drive supporting fire-affected families.

🚌 STA is planning an $8.3 million Plaza renovation that is expected to finish in 2028 with administrative offices and a more accessible public boardroom upstairs.

🪖 More than 550 Washington National Guard members returned home after spending more than 44 days supporting six wildfire responses around the state.

🏀 Balfour Park's new sports courts are open, adding four pickleball courts, one full basketball court, two half courts, lighting, and a sound system for year-round use.

🔥 Spokane County commissioners prepared a major-disaster request that could unlock individual aid, small-business loans, and infrastructure recovery money for communities hit by the August fires.

💧 Avista increased flow below Post Falls Dam by 350 cubic feet per second Tuesday, beginning to refill as much as two miles of Spokane River channel that went dry this summer.

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