Weather forecasts for the 45th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade set to kick off at noon Saturday in downtown Spokane are looking sketchy, but the parade will go on as planned.

Chief among them is Daniel Hernandez, a former state representative. Reached for comment Thursday, he didn't directly answer a question about whether he will run. But he expressed sympathy for the ...

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers.