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• 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

• Fatal fall from garage a possible suicide

  December 1, 2011 in News, City A 15-year-old girl died after falling from the River Park Square garage in downtown Spokane Wednesday. 7

• Christmas Tree Elegance is twice as nice this year

  November 24, 2011 in Features on Page C3 Spokane’s annual Christmas Tree Elegance will be twice as elegant this holiday season. Elaborately decorated themed trees, with accompanying prize packages, will be raffled not only at the usual location, …

• 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

• Locally made T. rex leaves small environmental footprint

  July 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S6 There’s a new toy in town but its origins are positively prehistoric. The Recyclosaur, a Tyrannosaurus rex model kids can decorate, made its retail debut in April at Whiz Kids … 2

• Wendle plans showrooms for Infiniti and beyond

  May 20, 2011 in Business on Page A10 Spokane’s Wendle Motors has begun building a $1 million showroom for its growing line of Infiniti vehicles. The North Spokane dealership, at 9000 N. Division St., expects the 6,000-square-foot showroom …

• Doug Clark: Canned-food replicas defy hunger, gravity

  March 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 As a sign of my revered and sophisticated stature, I was asked to judge a major downtown art exhibit. OK. That’s stretching things a bit. 2

• Bomb doesn’t change parade plan

  January 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 Less than a week after a bomb was found along the route of the annual march commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., police are planning for another walk through downtown by …

• South Hill diner an Ed-ifying bar, food joint

  November 26, 2010 in Business on Page A14 Two owners of popular Spokane hangouts are working together to build a new South Hill neighborhood bar and food joint. Dale Kleist, owner of downtown Spokane’s Fast Eddie’s, and Mark … 1

• Here’s the Dirt: Sky High Sports Spokane franchise under construction

  October 8, 2010 in Business on Page A10 Take an abandoned warehouse, cover its main floor and walls with trampolines, open it to the public and you have Sky High Sports, a new Spokane business that wants customers …

• Senate confirms Ormsby for U.S. attorney post

  October 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 The U.S. Senate has confirmed Spokane attorney Mike Ormsby as the next U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington. Ormsby will replace James McDevitt, who has held the post since he was … 3

• Line up, Apple fans: Store opens Saturday

  September 21, 2010 in Business on Page A1 Apple Inc. has never said it will open a store in Spokane, even though the company’s distinctive retail space has been taking shape downtown for weeks. That changed Monday, when … 3

• Early seller of Apple in Spokane saw company ripen

  September 9, 2010 in Business on Page A10 In early 1978 Spokane businessman Gary Klaue smelled a possible hot product made by a small company in California. The company was Apple, and the product was a personal computer, … 1

• 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

• Apple store may say as much about Spokane as firm’s success

  August 29, 2010 in Business on Page E1 In 2004 the company that owns River Park Square contacted Apple Inc. and asked the maker of Mac computers and iPods to open a new store in the downtown Spokane … 34

• 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

• Talbots closing downtown Spokane location

  August 3, 2010 in News, Business Talbots in downtown Spokane: they’re outta there

• Here’s the Dirt: Gonzaga students get new meal option on campus

  July 30, 2010 in Business on Page A10 And the Bulldog shall dine with the Panda. Gonzaga University students will have a new dining choice this fall. Crews were demolishing one-half the interior of Cataldo Hall this week … 2

• North Side Olive Garden plans fall opening

  July 9, 2010 in Business on Page A12 Olive Garden will open its second Spokane restaurant later this year at 9652 N. Newport Highway, in a new building expected to be finished in September. The 7,400-square foot building …

• Auntie’s to open second shop

  June 24, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Downtown Spokane bookseller Auntie’s Bookstore will expand into River Park Square in mid-July, said owner Chris O’Harra.

• Auntie’s Bookstore to expand into River Park Square

  June 23, 2010 in Business Downtown Spokane bookseller Auntie’s Bookstore will expand into River Park Square in mid-July, said owner Chris O’Harra.

• Dad posters celebrate Spokane-born holiday

  June 10, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 If you want to know how area third-graders define fatherhood, take a walk through the second floor of River Park Square. Dozens of brightly colored posters adorn the walls near …

• Building permits list Apple Inc. as tenant

  May 28, 2010 in Business on Page A14 Trend-setting retailer Apple Inc. is listed as the tenant on Spokane building permits that indicate the company will move into the space vacated by Eddie Bauer in downtown Spokane. Contractors … 1

• Permits reveal Apple’s plan for downtown Spokane store

  May 27, 2010 in Business, City Trend-setting retailer Apple Inc. is listed as the tenant on city building permits that indicate the company will move into the space vacated by Eddie Bauer in downtown Spokane. 11

• Eddie Bauer shutters downtown mall store

  May 15, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Outdoor clothing retailer Eddie Bauer closed its downtown Spokane retail store recently, leaving only an outlet store in the Spokane Valley, the Bellevue-based company said Friday. Spokeswoman Sarah Redgrave said …

• Eddie Bauer closes downtown Spokane store

  May 14, 2010 in Business Outdoor clothing retailer Eddie Bauer closed its downtown Spokane retail store recently, leaving only an outlet store in the Spokane Valley, the Bellevue-based company said Friday. 2

• Top jail site reaffirmed

  April 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 Once again a consulting study has concluded the best site for a new medium-security Spokane County jail is next to the existing high-security jail. A “weighted analysis” released Friday lists … 9

• Siddoway chosen to fill Appeals Court vacancy

  March 25, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Spokane attorney involved in a couple of the most contentious civic projects in the past 20 years was named Wednesday to an opening on the state Court of Appeals. … 2

• Memo on legal work in RPS case surfaces

    February 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 A lawyer with the state attorney general’s office who provided a legal review of an investigation into a fatal 2006 River Park Square garage crash believed his review was being … 22

• Amid buzz, Apple quiet on possible Spokane store

  February 22, 2010 in Business, Green Breaking News If Apple intends to open one of its stylish retail stores in Spokane, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is saying little to confirm that rumor. 5

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