A unified regional animal control system won important, though qualified, support tonight from city leaders. The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to endorse Mayor Mary Verner’s stance on a proposed nine-year county property tax that would pay for a new animal shelter for the Spokane…
City leaders tonight agreed for the second time this year to a deal that keeps Spokane’s Waste-to-Energy Plant open another three years. The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to approve an operating contract with Wheelabrator, the Waste Management subsidiary that has operated the plant since…
AP photo Hoquiam's annual city festival, Loggers Playday, is generating more than usual interest this year because of a T-shirt that's being sold as a fundraiser. The shirt, Osama Bin Loggin, features a drawing of an extremely muscular logger, American flag tattoo on his right…
The Centers for Disease Control released its annual ranking of what kills Americans, which is grim reading at best, and the No. 1 killer -- again -- is heart disease. Because of the time it takes to compile data from all over the country, it…
If you're headed out for a camping trip in Washington this weekend, and wondering about the fire danger levels in the place where you'll be pitching a tent, the state Department of Natural Resources can tell you with the click of a mouse button. It…
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