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• Education Notes: Rescue dog shows its skills

  November 7, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 Otis, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s in-training rescue dog, recently spent time with Anita Dahmen’s second-grade students at Holy Family Catholic School. The 1-year-old black Lab is being trained by …

• FEMA pays Spokane agencies millions for snowstorms

    March 18, 2010 in City Local governments, schools and nonprofit agencies in Spokane County have been reimbursed $5.7 million for their costs in responding to record snows that began in mid-December 2008 and continued through … 2

• Creek’s flood plain shrinks

  February 20, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After nearly 20 years of slogging through government regulations and appeals, some residents near Chester Creek are breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to a few more dollars …

• City scrambles to replenish snow emergency fund

  March 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley may be paying for this winter’s snow removal over the next four years. Federal disaster assistance is expected to remove a little of the sting, though.