Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Nonprofit lowers offer for city-owned Carlyle Care Center

  April 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 A Seattle-based nonprofit group has lowered the amount it is willing to pay the city of Spokane for the Carlyle Care Center. The Spokane City Council in December agreed to … 3

• City considers bid for Carlyle Care Center

  December 2, 2010 in City on Page A5 Spokane leaders believe they finally have a viable buyer that will maintain the Carlyle Care Center as stable downtown housing serving people with mental illness. The city bought the Carlyle …

• St. John’s Cathedral wants to buy renovated Carlyle from city

    October 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 For many residents of the Carlyle Care Center, choices are limited – and often harsh. Without the Carlyle, Priscilla Shadowens said, “I’d be homeless.” 4

• Cigarettes may be to blame for Carlyle evacuation

  October 9, 2009 in City Discarded cigarettes may have sparked a small fire that evacuated the Carlyle Care Center this morning.

• Spokane may have buyer for Carlyle

  October 3, 2007 in City on Page B6 The city of Spokane believes it has found a buyer for the downtown housing complex it took over last year to prevent displacing dozens of people with mental disabilities. Spokane …

• Mental health sales tax paying dividends

  July 11, 2007 in City on Page B6 Spokane County Commission Chairman Mark Richard says he’ll proudly carry a year-old mental health tax into his 2008 re-election campaign. He and Commissioners Todd Mielke and Bonnie Mager planned to …

• Former owner bids on Carlyle

  March 20, 2007 in City on Page B2 The former owner of the downtown center that accrued more than $12 million in debt while providing care to people with mental disabilities is hoping to get the facility back. …

• Spokane looking to sell Carlyle

  December 9, 2006 in City on Page B3 Two weeks after quietly purchasing a historic former hotel, the city of Spokane will begin the search for a new owner next week. “It is not our intention to make …

• Council votes to fund Carlyle

  November 21, 2006 in City on Page A1 The Spokane City Council on Monday voted to spend part of its community development money to preserve the Carlyle Care Center as affordable housing for as many as 138 residents …

• Money woes threaten Carlyle center

  November 11, 2006 in City on Page B1 In recent years, the renovated Carlyle Hotel established itself as a model care facility for people with severe mental illness and complex medical problems. With on-site nurses and regular visits …

• Rx: Hope and help at the Carlyle

  January 29, 2006 in City on Page B1 Gary Mulvey hasn’t been the same since he stuck a .22-caliber pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger 25 years ago. He survived, but the bullet blew away all …