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• Spokane police can cite smokers who violate law

  April 30, 2013 in City on Page A1 Spokane police have a new responsibility: enforcement of smoking laws. The Spokane City Council on Monday unanimously gave its police officers the power to write $50 tickets for violating smoking … 56

• Frustrated by loitering crowds, building owners turn to technology

    April 7, 2013 in Business, City on Page A1 Young people loitering on downtown Spokane sidewalks have a new foe: the Mosquito. Several building owners in the downtown core, fed up with swearing, spitting and unruly behavior on public … 215

• The Dirt

  April 7, 2013 in Business on Page E1 Music venue being planned Spokane residents Caleb and Karli Ingersoll are planning to open The Bartlett, an all-ages music venue, along with a separate beer and wine bar, in the …

• Then and Now photos: A city is born

  March 25, 2013 in City on Page A5 Spokane’s story began on the corner of Howard Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard. Original settlers James Downing and Seth Scranton drove the first surveyor’s stake there in 1871. It was … 49

• Doug Clark: Losing Huppin’s costs downtown part of soul

  March 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 The news flash stopped me cold Thursday afternoon. Huppin’s TV, Audio, Cameras and More is closing its iconic store in the downtown business core. 57

• Electronics retailer Huppin’s consolidating to north Spokane store

  March 15, 2013 in Business on Page A1 Huppin’s TV, Audio, Cameras and More, one of Spokane’s oldest and best-known retail businesses, will close its downtown store and consolidate its retail operations in the company’s north Spokane location. … 19

• Then and Now photos: Downtown still stacks up

  March 4, 2013 in City on Page A5 The twin stacks of the Central Steam Plant were completed in 1916 by the Merchants Central Heating Co. The 225-foot stacks used 333,340 bricks and extended above the elegant facility … 6

• Credit union moving to historic downtown building

  February 8, 2013 in Business, City The Spokane Teachers Credit Union announced today that it will move its commercial lending operations to the Hutton Building, a building it owns as a result of foreclosure last year. 6

• Historic Ridpath will have a future if Wells succeeds

  January 25, 2013 in City on Page A1 The logjam may finally be breaking at the Ridpath Hotel. Developer Ron Wells, whose fine touch with condos and historical properties is well-established, has begun purchasing units at the decrepit … 19

• Homeless campers getting the boot

  January 4, 2013 in City on Page A5 As many as 50 people living under the Interstate 90 viaduct in downtown Spokane will have to find somewhere else to sleep. Spokane officials announced Thursday that they will enforce … 53

• Parking enforcement gets new name, duties

  November 23, 2012 in City on Page A5 Introducing a kinder, gentler meter maid. Spokane officials on Wednesday announced a rebranding of its parking enforcement division. 49

• Downtown’s Beignets closes, blames loiterers

  October 4, 2012 in City, Food on Page A1 Owners of a downtown Spokane restaurant are closing their doors and blaming teens and adults who they say loiter on the block and harass customers. Judie Sowards, who owns Beignets … 64

• Downtown group may fire leader

  September 18, 2012 in City on Page A5 Less than a year on the job, the leader of a downtown organization that collects about $1 million each year from downtown property owners and tenants is in danger of … 7

• Hoteliers see good, bad in Worthys’ plans

  September 15, 2012 in Business on Page B1 Spokane-area hotel managers have mixed feelings about Walt and Karen Worthy’s plans to build a 700-room downtown hotel. Yes, the 15-story full-service hotel will take away some of their business, … 1

• Police searching for man linked to hotel slaying

  September 14, 2012 in City Spokane police are searching for a “person of interest” in a Thursday morning murder at a downtown hotel. 7

• Police seek gunman in deadly shooting at hotel

  September 14, 2012 in City on Page A5 Spokane police were working Thursday night to find a suspect in a deadly shooting outside a downtown Spokane hotel. A fight that broke out in the parking lot of the …

• Dead man may be tied to Wednesday shooting

  September 13, 2012 in City A fight outside a downtown Spokane hotel escalated into a shooting, killing one man and leaving Spokane Police scrambling to find a suspect who remains on the loose after he … 22

• Jensen-Byrd plans on hold for at least a year

  August 10, 2012 in Business on Page A1 Washington State University officials say they’ll wait a year or more before reconsidering the fate of the empty Jensen-Byrd building on the edge of downtown Spokane’s University District. What they … 11

• Victim in downtown fire will go to Harborview

  August 4, 2012 in City One person was severely burned in a downtown apartment fire Saturday, Spokane Fire Department officials say. 1

• Bicyclist arrested for carrying heroin, gun, buglary tools

  July 7, 2012 in City A traffic stop Friday morning in downtown quickly escalated into a police chase that led to a loaded discovery of drugs, burglary tools and a loaded gun. 9

• Violence concerns downtown Spokane businesses

  June 26, 2012 in City SPOKANE — Some downtown Spokane businesses concerned about late-night violence will discuss the issue tonight at a meeting of the Riverside Neighborhood Council. 52

• Changes to noise ordinance could alter city’s soundscape

  May 13, 2012 in City on Page B1 Late last year, a violinist began showing up in front of River Park Square. He played popular music that could be heard at least a block away and often drew … 14

• Spokane police arrest ‘prolific graffiti tagger’

  March 14, 2012 in City Spokane police arrested a man they say is a “prolific graffiti tagger” believed to have caused property damage throughout the city and county in excess of $50,000. 32

• Japanese-American men tour very different downtown

  January 29, 2012 in Features on Page D1 Ken Kato, and Dave Heyamoto, both 62, grew up in downtown Spokane in the 1950s and early ’60s. Kato’s family lived in a now-torn down building directly across from the … 8

• Here’s the Dirt: Love crepes? This is for you

  January 15, 2012 in Business on Page E1 Judie and Ryan Sowards are leasing a downtown Spokane storefront for a new Euro-styled creperie called Beignets, in the Crescent Building.

• Photos: P.M Jacoy’s, downtown fixture for more than century

  July 25, 2011 in City on Page A5 P.M. Jacoy’s, a well-known seller of cigars, sporting-event tickets, magazines, books and the largest selection of out-of-town newspapers in Spokane, was opened in 1897 by Peter M. Jacoy. Originally named … 2

• Spokane Public Market opens

  June 8, 2011 in Food on Page C1 After 20 years of planning and months of construction, the Spokane Public Market became a reality Thursday offering a year-round home to dozens of farmers, food purveyors and artisans. Despite …

• 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

• Local architect Cloninger, firm founder, dies at 66

  December 7, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Glen A. Cloninger, one of Spokane’s most active architects, died Sunday at the age of 66. Family members said Cloninger died of complications following a minor medical procedure. 1

• Morning traffic heavy in downtown Spokane

  August 17, 2010 in City Traffic in downtown Spokane was clogging streets this morning as a larger number of vehicles were coming into the city for two big events along with holdups because of construction … 22

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