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• ‘Near nature’ drawing tourists

  May 25, 2012 in Business, Travel on Page A12 This story was edited on Friday, May 25 to add the amount paid for the study.

  A detailed study of Spokane’s tourism industry has found that the area’s “near nature, … 6

• City makes parking shift

  March 9, 2012 in City on Page A1 The price to park in downtown Spokane is going up and down – but mostly up. City street employees are working to adjust meters to reflect price changes the Spokane … 75

• High-tech meters get new test

  September 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 They’re back. High-tech Seattle-style parking meters were installed Wednesday along four blocks of downtown Spokane and in a city-owned parking lot next to City Hall as part of an experiment. 15

• Graffiti remains a challenge

    June 23, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 With warmer weather and sunlight lingering into the evening come flowers and blooms and, well, graffiti. Spring and early summer is prime graffiti season, because that’s when fair weather taggers …

• Anti-noise plan deserves a hearing

  May 20, 2011 in City How loud do you like your amplified blues harmonica? That’s the real question underlying the proposal to change Spokane Municipal Code 10.08.020. 33

• Expired parking meter would cost $25 under plan

  January 31, 2011 in City on Page A1 Motorists could soon face heftier fines for parking too long at downtown parking meters. The Spokane City Council is scheduled tonight to consider raising parking ticket fines from $15 to … 40

• Surveillance cameras help deter crime, manage traffic

  August 30, 2010 in City on Page A1 Maybe Rockwell’s 1984 song “Somebody’s Watching Me,” about the fear of being watched, foretold the future of surveillance. The chorus, “I always feel like somebody’s watching me. I have no … 7

• Parking tax debate turns to growth

  August 21, 2010 in City on Page B1 It could cost more to park in private lots in central Spokane if city leaders get behind ideas to tax downtown lots. The parking tax concept is in flux, with … 3