On the heels of last week's bank robbery are two convenience store robberies, the most recent this morning. An armed man entered the Zip Trip at 15504 E. Fourth at about 2:30 a.m. today. The clerk told police that the man brandished a black pistol…
Both Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake are back in the swing of things with council meetings Tuesday night. The Spokane Valley meeting will include a proposed resolution amending the master fee schedule, a report on lodging tax proposals, a report on railroad crossing quiet zones,…
Tyler Brink pulls his homemade ski sled and Eric Wagemann trudges his homemade "ski bike" up a hill at Valley Mission Park on Wednesday. The hill has been busy since the recent snowfall and several injuries occurred on the popular sledding hill over the weekend.…
Jerry Stout puts the finishing touches on his snowman he built in his Upriver Drive apple orchard on Thursday. "The snow is actually working, and I'm out of work, so I've got the time," remarked the 65-year-old. He found buttons in his wife's sewing kit…
No arrest has been made in yesterday's bank robbery. A K9 team was unable to track the suspect and people in a home that drew police's attention for a time turned out to be uninvolved, according to police spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan.The robber got away…
The Sterling Savings bank near Sprague and Bowdish was robbed just before 2:30 p.m. Police are flooding the area. Dispatchers say the suspect is discribed as a white male, age 25-30, about 5' 6" tall and 130 pounds. He was reportedly wearing a dark coat,…
The jolly man himself is planning a couple of stops in the Valley area this weekend as kids start polishing their Christmas lists and trying to behave. Because he KNOWS if you've been bad or good. Santa will make an appearance at the annual Millwood…
Two contracted graders clear compact snow and ice off 15th Avenue just east of McDonald Road in Spokane Valley on Monday. SR photo/Bart RayniakThere are a few good reads in today's Valley Voice. The City of Spokane Valley's public works director believe's the city's plowing…
All traffic lights are out at the intersections of Argonne and Knox and Argonne and Broadway. Others may be out as well. A dispatcher reports that Avista had to turn off power in the area temporarily to deal with a downed power line. A deputy…
In this 2008 photo Chad Gilbert leaps onto his snow sled at the top of the sledding hill at Valley Mission Park. SR photo/Bart Rayniak.Does anyone out there have a story to tell about sledding at Valley Mission Park? I'm working on a story for…
If you are tired of looking at snow and ice, take a look at the Corbin irrigation ditch, which was constructed in the early 1920s, east of Otis Orchards in the Spokane Valley. If you know a long-time Valley resident, ask them about how the…
As always, there is something to look forward to in Thursday's Valley Voice. All this snow has been the City of Spokane Valley's first big test of its relatively new snow plow program and things have been going smoothly thanks to a mild winter breaking…
The hopes of students in the Freeman area for a snow day have not been answered. Freeman schools are running two hours late this morning. Preschool and skill center have been cancelled, however. The Liberty School District announced yesterday that it would also be running…
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