Recent stories by John

• County districts nearly equal in population after latest adjustment

  December 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 Starting this month, when residents of nine Spokane County precincts call their commissioner, they can call him Al. Not Todd or Mark. 1

• Prosecutor defends decision-making

  December 14, 2011 in City on Page A5 Prosecutor Steve Tucker said Tuesday that he sees nothing in a petition to recall him except “rumors and hearsay, and ‘facts’ that are not true.” The petition for a recall … 44

• Man ignites fuel tank with torch, burns house

  December 11, 2011 in News Oops: Man’s errant torch exposes marijuana grow 9

• Murder trial delayed months while judge, prosecutor feud

  December 11, 2011 in City on Page B1 Kristen Cosby has no patience for quarrels among Stevens County judicial officers. Cosby’s mother was the victim of an Oct. 3, 2009, homicide. Her father, Craig Raymond Cosby, is the … 8

• County stands by deputies in lawsuit

  December 9, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County will stand behind two sheriff’s deputies who broke a Spokane Valley man’s rib and punctured his lung when they were dispatched to help him in September 2009. County … 30

• County cuts preservation office funds

  December 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Spokane historic preservation office will get only $5,000 from Spokane County in the $136.6 million 2012 budget county commissioners adopted Wednesday. The county has given $20,000 a year to … 1

• Spokane weighs inmate transfers

    December 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Spokane City Council will consider a proposal Monday to save about $1 million a year by sending inmates to the Benton County Jail in Kennewick. Spokane County officials are … 5

• Boundary review board eliminated

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A7 Spokane County’s Boundary Review Board will be dissolved Jan. 31 as an expensive anachronism. County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to close the $220,000-a-year office on grounds that changes in state …

• County budget won’t increase property taxes

  December 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane County commissioners decided Monday to decline the 1 percent increases in property tax levies that state law allows. Today they expect to adopt a $136.8 million 2012 general fund …

• New corrections site considered

  December 3, 2011 in City on Page B1 Spokane International Airport officials said this week that they may offer the Geiger Corrections Center a new home in the airport business park. The proposed site is immediately north of … 2

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  State, county officials open sewage plant

  December 2, 2011 in City on Page A5 Superlatives flowed Thursday in a valve-turning ceremony to open Spokane County’s new $173 million sewage treatment plant. “Today the river gets cleaner,” said Grant Pfeifer, regional Department of Ecology director. 5

• Vote recount will test new machines

  December 2, 2011 in City on Page A9 Spokane County election officials took advantage Thursday of an opportunity to test their vote-counting machines for free. The county Canvassing Board – Auditor Vicky Dalton, Commissioner Al French and County … 1

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  Polar bear expert nominated for conservation prize

  December 1, 2011 in City on Page A5 A Kettle Falls-area polar bear scientist is one of 29 leading conservationists internationally who are in contention for next year’s $100,000 Indianapolis Prize. Steven Amstrup moved to Stevens County about … 2

• Commission votes to abandon road

  November 30, 2011 in City on Page A6 Ben Burr Road may be eliminated if a developer first replaces it with a public trail and installs a traffic signal. County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday that the road is …

• Sewage plant set to open this week

  November 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane County officials expect to get a state permit today to operate their new sewage treatment plant – and to celebrate on Thursday. There may be some crossed fingers when … 7

• County to decide on property tax hike

  November 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 County commissioners considered a tax increase Tuesday and adopted an interim zoning ordinance they hope will lure a Boeing manufacturing plant. The zoning ordinance would raise the height limit in … 1

• County updates its online services

  November 18, 2011 in City on Page A7 A new “gateway to government services” promises to eliminate something people hate about Spokane County offices: going to one department only to find out they should have gone somewhere else. …

• Spokane Tribe lambastes critics of proposed casino

  November 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Spokane Tribe shot back Wednesday at critics of the casino it wants to build at Airway Heights. Mike Spencer, vice chairman of the tribal council, said he thinks most … 11

• Deal keeps rural Internet alive

  November 10, 2011 in City on Page A6 Commissioners in two counties met in joint session this week to prevent a lengthy Internet service interruption for customers of two Spokane-area companies. Medical Lake-based EcliptixNet Broadband and Spokane-based Pass …

• Lawsuit may halt sewage plant

  November 9, 2011 in City on Page A10 Spokane County commissioners moved Tuesday to intervene in a lawsuit that could mothball the county’s new $173 million sewage treatment plant. The action came a day after commissioners prepared an …

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