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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Trail completion in doubt

Bikers speed past heaps of tumbleweed blown in from an adjacent field Thursday on the Centennial Trail between Harvard and Barker roads near Liberty Lake.  (KATE CLARK / The Spokesman-Review)
Bikers speed past heaps of tumbleweed blown in from an adjacent field Thursday on the Centennial Trail between Harvard and Barker roads near Liberty Lake. (KATE CLARK / The Spokesman-Review)

Bikers speed past heaps of tumbleweed blown in from an adjacent field Thursday on the Centennial Trail between Harvard and Barker roads near Liberty Lake.

A state determination barring the construction of new trails along some portions of the Spokane River could cause further headaches in the two-decade effort to complete the popular Centennial Trail.

The 37-mile route, which links Riverside State Park to Lake Coeur d’Alene, has a two-mile gap between Riverfront Park and the T.J. Meenach Bridge on the south side of the state park.

This week, Greenstone Corp. President Jason Wheaton told the Spokane City Council that the company is committed to completing the trail through Kendall Yards, the housing and commercial development west of Monroe Street along the river. Read more. Jonathon Brunt, Spokesman Review

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.