Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• County tightens rules on smoking

  August 14, 2012 in City, Health on Page A6 Spokane County commissioners are making good on a plan that was unveiled last spring to turn most of the Courthouse campus into a smoke-free zone with the exception of six … 1

• New steps toward renovation

  February 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 The front steps leading to the Spokane County Courthouse were torn out a week ago in a project intended to bring new life to the historic French Renaissance building. New … 1

• County dusts off master plan to begin courthouse reorganization

  January 31, 2012 in City on Page A1 People trying to iron out child custody problems bump into each other in the main-floor corridor of the Spokane County Courthouse almost on a daily basis while everyone else who … 1

• Courthouse remodel sets off alarms

  July 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 Two visions for the Spokane County Courthouse collided this week at a security scanner. County commissioners learned Tuesday that a half-million-dollar remodeling project placed a door on the wrong side … 16

• Face Time: Judge has relished chance to help change lives

  June 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 For 36 years, Richard “Rick” White has reported to his job at the Spokane County Courthouse, mostly on foot. White started in 1975 working as a juvenile probation officer, a … 5

• Parking garage planned near courthouse

  September 23, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Spokane County courthouse’s lack of parking is legendary, but help may be on the way. Except for jurors, anyone with business in the courthouse and surrounding public buildings is …

• Spokane County OKs thousands in courthouse repairs

  May 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 A decorative metal finial – sort of a giant hood ornament – was blown off the roof of the Spokane County courthouse last Wednesday night. A nearly 5-foot chunk of … 1

• Loaded gun seized at Spokane County Courthouse

  March 3, 2010 in City A Spokane woman was arrested today after she tried to bring a loaded gun to a court hearing on a domestic violence charge. 8

• The high cost of free

  February 9, 2010 in City on Page A1 Local governments often turn to grants to supplement tight budgets, but Spokane County is so broke it can’t even afford “free” money. Facilities Director Ron Oscarson recently had to give … 10

• Prosecutor drops case against bail bondsman

  January 15, 2010 in City on Page A5 A bail bondsman once called “a threat to the administration of justice” by a prosecutor has been cleared of wrongdoing in a case his lawyer said amounted to little more … 3

• County shows off courthouse, before and after restoration

  November 6, 2009 in City on Page A5 When the flagpole on top of the Spokane County Courthouse began to tilt nearly three years ago, county commissioners knew they had a remodeling project. But in a process that … 1

• ‘WarrantFest’ allows residents to resolve legal problems

  October 27, 2009 in City Spokane residents sick of having outstanding misdemeanor warrants can to go court later this week and get those legal problems fixed. However, Spokane Municipal Court officials are not offering amnesty …

• Holy Family seeks more parking space

  March 29, 2007 in Voices on Page N11 Holy Family Hospital is holding a public meeting tonight on a proposal to convert the land-use designation for a block of property near the hospital from multifamily to a mixed-use …