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• Four finish mental court program

  January 19, 2012 in City on Page A6 Four community members graduated Wednesday from a program designed to help them overcome the complications that often come with serious mental illness. Spokane County District Court Judge Debra Hayes presided … 3

• Mielke, Hayes deny dating conflict

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B2 Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke says his dating relationship with a District Court judge poses no conflict as commissioners prepare to fill a vacancy on the court. Mielke and the … 6

• Crowd decries social, health services cuts

  October 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 Saying the state government now faces “one of its hardest moments since the Great Depression,” the head of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services brought bad news Wednesday … 27

• Courthouse remodel sets off alarms

  July 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 Two visions for the Spokane County Courthouse collided this week at a security scanner. County commissioners learned Tuesday that a half-million-dollar remodeling project placed a door on the wrong side … 16

• District judges’ schedules difficult to track

  October 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 An effort to prevent political use of information about their daily duties seems to have backfired on Spokane County District Court judges. Instead, they handed critics an opportunity to accuse … 10

• Spokane County District Court, Position 6 race

  October 12, 2010 in City Local defense attorney Timothy S. Note is challenging one-term incumbent Judge Debra R. Hayes in the District Court’s only contested race this year. The challenger’s campaign has raised questions about …

• Incumbent, attorney face off in District Court race

  October 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 A young attorney who has big ideas on how to make court more efficient is taking on a one-term judge who said her life experiences have made her better at … 13

• Felon arrested after fleeing courtroom

  April 22, 2010 in City on Page A6 A felon returned to jail Wednesday after fleeing a courtroom and falling in front of the Spokane County Elections Office. 1