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• Spokane Valley woman in serious condition after accident

  May 16, 2012 in City A Spokane Valley woman is in serious condition after an accident Tuesday in North Spokane which she disregarded flaggers at a construction site, drove around a line of traffic, and … 8

• Builder confidence at highest level in 5 years

  May 15, 2012 in Business Confidence among U.S. builders rose to the highest level in five years in May, a hopeful sign that modest improvement in the housing market will pick up.

• Spokane Fire to back up Valley Fire

  March 17, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Spokane Fire Department engines are responding to 911 calls for fires or medical assistance on the west end of the Spokane Valley along with crews from the Spokane Valley Fire …

• Valley Fire finds funds to fill Station 6 shortfall

  March 1, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Spokane Valley Fire Department commissioners voted Monday to change the 2012 budget to account for a higher-than-expected cost to tear down and rebuild Station 6 on Sprague Avenue near the …

• Valley Fire mulls construction bids for Station 6

  February 16, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Spokane Valley Fire Department commissioners got a bit of sticker shock Monday when they opened bids for the construction of a new Station 6. The department has plans to tear …

• December ends 3rd poor year for home building

  January 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Builders ended 2011 with a third straight year of dismal home building and the worst on record for single-family home construction, despite modest improvement at the end of …

• Rise in home building suggests industry turnaround

  December 20, 2011 in Business, Nation/World A surge in apartment construction gave home builders more work in November. And permits, a gauge of future construction, rose largely because of a jump in apartment permits. Some analysts …

• Getting There: Plow drivers want to keep rescuing slide-offs

  December 19, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane County road crew workers want to keep pulling stranded motorists from snowy ditches despite fears by the county’s risk manager that the practice puts the county in jeopardy for … 12

• Officials call repair bids a scam

  November 27, 2011 in City on Page B1 Faith Gallinger had long wanted custom cabinets for her early 20th-century home in northeast Spokane. Ronald Glen Stratton seemed perfect for the task – he boasted of being able to … 12

• Boise-area couple killed near Snoqualmie Pass

  October 18, 2011 in City, Idaho An Idaho couple died when their car was crushed between two semi-trucks as traffic slowed through a construction zone on eastbound Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass. 7

• Safer airport runway opens

  October 16, 2011 in City on Page B1 The main runway at Spokane International Airport reopened to regular airline service on Saturday after being closed for a major upgrade in recent months. More than 100 workers moved dirt …

• Work starts on new Ferris High

  October 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V6 On the campus of Ferris High School – roughly where the old field house used to be – a giant construction crane is perched over a 50-acre construction site, where …

• Sacred Heart to expand ER in $19 million project

  October 10, 2011 in Business, City Construction crews will start work next week on an $18.6 million emergency department expansion and remodeling project at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. 4

• Westbound commuters backed up on I-90

  July 12, 2011 in City Traffic on Interstate 90 westbound was backed up this morning in East Spokane, the first morning commute with a temporary lane reduction for construction work. 1

• Getting There: Spokane Falls Boulevard section reopening

  June 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 An east-west arterial link into downtown Spokane should reopen later this week as workers progress on an initial segment of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Spokane Falls Boulevard … 2

• Getting There: Workers ready to resume West Second upgrades

  May 30, 2011 in City on Page A6 A crew on Tuesday will resume work started last year along 11 blocks of West Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. The work will take about two weeks and cover Second …

• Doug Clark: Here’s a project that I can dig

  May 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 I doubt anyone at Spokane Public Schools really expected me to horn in on the ceremonious groundbreaking Wednesday morning at my alma mater, Ferris High School. Or that I would … 3

• I-90 construction in Spokane brings delays, lane closures

  May 9, 2011 in City on Page A1 With winter weather ending in the Cascades, construction work on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass has gone into high gear for another summer driving season. Motorists traveling to and …

• Honda model chosen as troopers’ new ride

  April 25, 2011 in City on Page A1 Ninety years ago, the Washington State Patrol was formed with troopers riding Indian motorcycles. The iconic bikes were replaced in recent years with BMW motorcycles for the state’s 43 troopers … 23

• City outlines road projects

  March 31, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 With spring comes road construction season and the City of Spokane has a bunch of projects planned for this year. Alert drivers already know that Second Avenue is down to …

• Appeals court rules against Liberty Lake homeowner in 19-year shoreline fight

  March 19, 2011 in City on Page A7 Appellate judges have handed a defeat to a Spokane Valley lawyer who has fought with Spokane County and state regulators for 19 years over the expansion of his boat dock …

• Bouncing paychecks at Millwood plant leave workers in lurch

  March 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 When Rich Spencer received his paycheck Feb. 22, he didn’t waste any time. He went straight to the bank to cash it. The checks from Millwood Manufacturing had been a … 17

• Paving crews racing to beat the freeze

  November 4, 2010 in City on Page A5 Dozens of workers were hurrying on Wednesday to lay rock, fix utilities and prepare West Second Avenue for its finishing layers of asphalt pavement in coming days. A $3.3 million … 8

• Division project puts safety, aesthetics at fore

  October 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 The crush of vehicles moving north on Division and south on Browne streets through downtown Spokane is intimidating enough for any pedestrian trying to cross. Growth of the University District … 19

• Traffic jammed to top of Freya Hill

  October 14, 2010 in City Drivers in southeast Spokane are already running into jammed traffic trying to get off the hills along Freya and Ray streets because of a two-day closure on 11th Avenue at … 10

• Monroe and Lincoln closed at Second Avenue

  September 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 Congestion in downtown Spokane is likely to get a little worse today and Thursday with the closure of major intersections for paving work on West Second Avenue. Monroe and Lincoln … 3

• For street and water projects, downturn has an upside

    September 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 In the midst of the Great Depression, Spokane won federal money to upgrade the Upriver Dam to generate more power and construction jobs. Nearly 75 years later and in the … 1

• Paving work will close 4 downtown intersections

  September 27, 2010 in City on Page A1 Second Avenue and four major intersections in downtown Spokane will be closed at times this week for paving work as part of a reconstruction of Second. The intersections are on … 6

• Spokane airport’s longer runway to open

  September 22, 2010 in Business, City Spokane International Airport will open its new runway extension on Thursday morning after months of major construction. 2

• School board gets an earful during Jefferson forum

  September 15, 2010 in City The battle over the future of Spokane’s Jefferson Elementary School remained heated Wednesday. More than 200 people attended a public forum before the Spokane School Board, many making their case …

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