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• Find a friend for a low price from SCRAPS

  July 7, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The cat room at the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service is bursting at the seams, prompting the shelter to offer a sale on cat adoptions that ends today. The …

• County answers animal shelter questions

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council spent the bulk of its time Tuesday going over responses from Spokane County to questions the city asked about a proposed regional animal shelter. The … 1

• Spokane Valley critical of Spokane’s stand on regional animal shelter

  October 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The city of Spokane Valley is not interested in subsidizing the city of Spokane in a regional animal shelter, the City Council said Tuesday. The council agreed to send a …

• County edits shelter proposal

  September 7, 2011 in City on Page A7 A proposal to build a new regional animal shelter will be a ballot “measure,” not a “proposition,” in the Nov. 8 general election. Spokane County commissioners approved a new designation …

• County, Valley look at Spokane-less deals

  September 1, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County and Spokane Valley officials wondered Wednesday what their kennel would look like with only two big dogs. They agreed it’s time to start planning a solid-waste system that … 1

• Commission puts animal shelter levy on November ballot

  August 16, 2011 in City Voters will decide this fall whether to replace the overcrowded, awkwardly located Spokane County animal shelter. Divided county commissioners decided Tuesday to place a nine-year property tax levy on the …

• Kootenai Humane Society seeks to replace medicine

  May 1, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 A refrigerator at the Kootenai Humane Society in Hayden was accidentally left open recently, causing a number of expensive veterinary medicines to spoil. The nonprofit organization is asking for the …

• City-owned warehouse seen as ideal for regional animal shelter

  February 20, 2011 in City on Page B1 A regional task force believes it has found the perfect site for a new animal-control shelter if not a way to pay for it. Numerous questions remain unanswered, but Spokane … 19

• Animal shelter plans advance

  November 6, 2010 in City on Page B1 Plans for a new regional animal-control shelter took a step forward this week when public officials warmed to a site near the county fairgrounds. County Commissioner Todd Mielke said city …

• Warehouse idea for SCRAPS gains traction

  November 5, 2010 in City Plans for a new regional animal-control shelter took a step forward this week when public officials warmed to a site near the county fairgrounds.

• Animal control options limited

  January 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 Almost two years after completing an agreement hailed as the solution to Spokane’s ongoing animal control problem, leaders again are debating how to regionalize dog and cat licensing and other … 9

• SCRAPS seeks help with record influx of puppies

  January 8, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service, 2521 N. Flora Road, is looking for help from the community. Since October SCRAPS has received more than 200 puppies, more than any other …

• Pets at heart of two-part plan

  March 22, 2008 in City on Page B1 A big chunk of vacant land in the middle of Coeur d’Alene is going to the dogs – for North Idaho’s first dog park and a new animal shelter large …

• Joint animal shelter considered

  September 1, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 Coeur d’Alene and Kootenai County may team up to build a regional animal shelter, possibly on property near the county’s garbage transfer station on Ramsey Road. Kootenai County Commissioner Rick …