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• Getting There: License fees will improve city roads

  July 16, 2012 in City on Page A1 The first Spokane street maintenance jobs financed by a new vehicle license fee will be getting under way across the city in the next few weeks. The City Council last … 14

• Motorcyclist injured in crash with deer

  May 27, 2012 in City, News A 65-year-old man was injured Sunday when his motorcycle struck a deer on Highway 395.

• Getting There: Interstate 90 widening project wrapping up

  November 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 The widening project on Interstate 90 from Sullivan to Barker roads is nearing completion this month. The $19 million project will expand I-90 to three lanes in each direction on … 4

• Traces of historic trans-America route still found in Spokane

  October 31, 2011 in City on Page A1 Most people in the Inland Northwest have never heard of the Three Flags Highway – until now. If you call up a Google map, you will find it running through … 4

• No charges for deputies in crash that killed diabetic man

  September 22, 2011 in City, News Prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against two Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies involved in a fatal crash with a diabetic man in June. 18

• Computer voice helps dispatchers get info to fire crews faster

  August 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 The voice of a woman dispatching Spokane-area fire crews last week was strong, steady and confident. The voice was coming from a computer. 5

• Getting There: Airplane painting business takes flight

  July 25, 2011 in City on Page A1 Rod Friese grew up in South Dakota, where out of high school he took a job painting trucks. Within a few years, he got a better job painting airplanes for … 2

• Driver who died in cop chase was diabetic, friends say

  June 22, 2011 in City, Idaho A driver who crashed into a log truck and died while being chased by sheriff’s deputies was a Post Falls man with severe diabetes, friends say. 23

• For roadways, major work; for drivers, major headache

  January 10, 2011 in City on Page A1 Drivers in the Spokane area are going to have another construction season of slowdowns under a series of major projects planned for Interstate 90 and Division Street. Studded tires have … 8

• Getting There: Venture converts hybrid vehicles

  January 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Richland company that specializes in energy consulting is hoping the high cost of gasoline and the desire to reduce oil consumption will fuel a new line of business. Vista …

• Highway 395 crash leaves five injured

  December 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 Five people were injured in a two-car crash Sunday south of Chewelah. Joseph D. Burya, 70, of Valley, Wash., was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, where he was …

• Five injured in two-car crash

  December 26, 2010 in News Five people were injured in a two-car crash Sunday south of Chewelah. Joseph D. Burya, 70, of Valley, Wash., was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, where he was …

• Old rail cars become fire and rescue training tool

  December 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 Kootenai County Fire and Rescue in Post Falls is upgrading its training facility with the help of the railroad. On Sunday, a construction contractor and the fire department moved two … 2

• Extreme November weather has historic company

  December 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Getting There today is devoted to not getting there. The last two weeks have been among the worst that winter has thrown at the Inland Northwest in the past century, …

• Getting There: U District bridge may cost up to $8 million

  November 1, 2010 in City on Page A1 Building a bike and pedestrian bridge over a railroad line might seem like a straightforward project. It’s not. The University District east of downtown is hemmed in by the BNSF … 20

• Getting There: Corridor bridge girders installed

  October 11, 2010 in City on Page A1 Construction of the North Spokane Corridor took a big jump forward in recent days with the installation of bridge girders at the future Wandermere interchange at U.S. Highway 395. The …

• Bellevue man killed in Highway 395 collision

  August 19, 2010 in City A 58-year-old Bellevue man died tonight when his motorcycle collided with a car on Highway 395.

• Car crash kills driver on slushy U.S. 395

  April 7, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Deer Park woman died of injuries in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 395 about 10 miles north of Spokane on Tuesday. Laura E. Koppe, 20, was driving a …

• One killed in Highway 395 crash

  April 6, 2010 in City A Deer Park woman has died of injuries in a two-vehicle collision that closed resulted in U.S. Highway 395 being closed for several hours 10 miles north of Spokane on …

• Spokane woman charged with DUI in Addy crash

  February 2, 2010 in City A Spokane woman was charged with driving under the influence this morning in an accident that blocked U.S. Highway 395 three miles north of Addy this morning. 1

• Pedestrian hit in Friday night crash dies

  January 9, 2010 in News A 60 year-old man hit by a car on North Division Friday night has died, Spokane Police said today. 1

• Collision with logging truck kills one

  November 9, 2009 in City A 25-year-old Colville man died this morning when he lost control of his 1992 Toyota pickup and slammed into an oncoming logging truck north of Deer Park.