Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Spokane Valley’s peaceful atmosphere appeals to new public works director

  September 8, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley Public Works Director Eric Guth has been on duty for two weeks and he’s liking the job more than his last one. In Spokane Valley, he doesn’t have …

• New roomy location

  September 3, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 This is a busy time of year for Public Works employees in Spokane Valley. They spend their days patching holes and cracks in streets and maintaining dry wells. They have …

• Yake, 90, helped reshape Spokane

  December 29, 2009 in City on Page A5 The retired Spokane administrator who led the city’s engineering effort that transformed the industrialized, decaying core surrounding the Spokane Falls into a park that became the region’s central gathering spot … 4

• Proposal for school modernization in works

  April 7, 2009 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Citing Depression-era public works spending as his inspiration, a House lawmaker on Monday proposed borrowing $3 billion to modernize schools and university buildings across the state. “We’re going …

• City plugging old meters as gifts

  December 6, 2008 in City on Page B2 Once a tool more to the Grinch’s liking, the city of Spokane is betting its supplies of mothballed parking meters will spread joy this holiday season. The street department will …

• Lincoln Bridge Unveiled New Span Will Revolutionize Downtown, City Officials Say

  February 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Design firm’s rendering of the proposed Lincoln Street bridge looking from the Monroe Street Bridge.