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• Mountain bikers try to stay their course on Beacon Hill

  May 5, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Downhill mountain bikers in Spokane have been on a decade-long roller coaster of mostly uphill battles in carving their signature into Beacon Hill. The latest challenges include private development plans … 2

• Local Trail Angel: Peter Jantz digs for downhill mountain bikers

  May 5, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 The caretaker at Camp Sekani digs his job beyond the call of duty. Peter Jantz, 33, moved into the Spokane City Parks facility at the foot of Beacon Hill in …

• 3 suspicious fires on Spokane’s Beacon Hill

  August 13, 2012 in City SPOKANE — Officials are investigating three small fires that broke out Sunday night on Spokane’s Beacon Hill.

• Getting There: Fancher Beacon tower taken down

  July 9, 2012 in City on Page A1 The historic Fancher Beacon tower that once held a powerful rotating light for early aviation is now gone from atop Beacon Hill in east Spokane. Named after Maj. John T. … 1

• Murder trial starts for man who withdrew guilty plea after appeal

  December 14, 2011 in City on Page A10 The trial began Tuesday of a Spokane man who pleaded guilty to a Hillyard slaying in 2007 but was allowed to withdraw the plea after a mistake was made on …

• Beacon Hill fire started at Minnehaha Park

  July 27, 2011 Spokane fire crews are on the scene of brush fire at Beacon Hill, near Minnehaha Park at Euclid Avenue and Havana Street.

• Beacon Hill project gets city approval

  February 17, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The Spokane hearing examiner has approved the preliminary plat and planned-unit development for the Beacon Hill project, as long as owners Pete Rayner and David Baker fulfill certain conditions as …

• Water still a stumbling block for Beacon Hill project

  January 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Beacon Hill development was the subject of a preliminary plat and planned-unit development hearing before the city of Spokane hearings examiner last Thursday. About 20 people were there to … 1

• Hearing today on Beacon Hill plan

  January 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Beacon Hill Event facility owners Pete Rayner and David Baker hope to get one step closer to realizing a 304-unit home development on the slopes north of the event facility, …

• Commissioners maintain conservation priorities

  December 15, 2010 in City on Page A8 Last-minute pleas to preserve land on Beacon Hill failed to persuade county commissioners to shuffle a priority list for Conservation Futures property acquisitions. Eight people urged the commissioners to give …

• County receives conservation list

    December 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane County’s Conservation Futures program may get a new, narrower target for acquiring public open-space land. County commissioners received a staff and advisory committee recommendation to focus on the top …

• County receives conservation list

    December 8, 2010 in City Spokane County’s Conservation Futures program may get a new, narrower target for acquiring public open-space land.

• Open space designation fields many nominees in county

  September 2, 2010 in City on Page A9 Three dozen properties have been nominated for purchase by Spokane County’s Conservation Futures program. The candidates to become permanent open space vary from half an acre to 920 acres and … 1

• Beacon Hill fire stopped, under investigation

  July 13, 2010 in City Spokane firefighters are investigating the cause of a brush fire Monday on Beacon Hill in northeast Spokane that left five acres charred.

• Effort shines light on Beacon Hill trash

  February 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 It’s an uphill battle that’s been going on for years. Last year, cleanup sessions on Beacon Hill headed by the Fat Tire Trail Riders Club led to 37 abandoned cars … 3

• Trail riders honored for work

  May 21, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S11 The Fat Tire Trail Riders Club, a local mountain biking organization, has just received the Washington Recreation and Park Association’s 2009 Citation of Merit Award for its work to clean …