Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Planning panel studying shoreline draft goals and policies

  May 17, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley Planning Commission spent four hours last week painstakingly reviewing the Shoreline Master Program draft goals and policies, but they often seemed frustrated over the purposely broad statements …

• Valley planning commission gets ‘range rider’

  May 3, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A recent controversy about not excusing the absence of a Spokane Valley planning commissioner who recused herself from meetings has caused the city to bring in a facilitator for one-on-one …

• Vote on commissioner’s absence arouses concern

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Spokane Valley Planning Commissioner Marcia Sands is deciding her future on the commission after four of her fellow commissioners voted at last Thursday’s meeting not to excuse her absence after …

• Company wants gravel pits excluded from shoreline plan

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V3 A public hearing on Spokane Valley’s proposed Shoreline Master Program before the city’s planning commission generated a mix of negative and favorable comments. The planning commission is reviewing the draft …

• Spokane Valley ready to move on shoreline plan

  February 23, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Work on the stalled shoreline master program resumed Tuesday as Spokane Valley’s City Council and planning commission held a joint meeting. Development of the shoreline plan stopped last summer after …

• Spokane Valley City Council amends snow plan

  January 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council voted unanimously to make a small change to the city’s snow plow plan, clarifying that plowing the flat streets on the Valley floor would take …

• Shoreline draft complete

  July 23, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The City of Spokane Valley has been working on an update to its Shoreline Master Program for two years and it appears to have hit a stumbling block. A few …

• City will apply for state Ecology grant

  May 28, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Spokane Valley City Councilwoman Brenda Grassel cast the only vote against applying for a $125,000 grant from the Department of Ecology to help pay for the ongoing update of the …

• Council revisits ongoing Shoreline program process

  March 3, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The City of Spokane Valley has been working since 2009 on updating its Shoreline Master Program, and on Tuesday the city council had some questions and concerns about the process. …

• Shoreline program update approved

  July 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 The city of Spokane’s newly updated Shoreline Master Program has been approved by the Washington Department of Ecology.

• Shoreline Master Program delayed

  May 13, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A new speed bump appeared in the road to approval of the first phase of the city of Spokane Valley’s Shoreline Master Program at Tuesday night’s council meeting as the …

• Shoreline plan gets hearing

  March 4, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council and the city’s Planning Commission members spent most of the evening Tuesday listening to a lengthy presentation about progress being made on the city’s Shoreline …

• City crafting new shoreline plan

  October 31, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A plan to develop new shoreline regulations in Spokane Valley generated little enthusiasm Tuesday among City Council members. Several members resented having to spend $150,000 of city money for a …

• Testimony favors undeveloped shorelines

  February 25, 2009 in City on Page A6 A slide show of waterfowl, a recording of a songbird and a few human cries for the defense of private property rights greeted Spokane County commissioners Tuesday night as they …

• Shoreline inventory continues

  February 24, 2009 in City on Page A5 Spokane County will hold a public hearing tonight as part of its ongoing effort to update its Shoreline Master Program to comply with state law. But county leaders will not …