Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Balfour plans debated

  April 25, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Dozens of people packed into the basement meeting room at the Spokane Valley Library Monday to tell city staff what features they wanted to see in an expanded Balfour Park. …

• City seeking input on park near University City Mall

  April 18, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V2 The collaboration between Spokane Valley and the Spokane County Library District to create a new library and expand a park across from the old University City Mall is going strong, …

• Valley City Council assesses road work list

  February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The Spokane Valley City Council took a look at the amended list of proposed road projects for this year’s Transportation Improvement Plan at Tuesday’s meeting. Some projects were removed due …

• Valley residents now can borrow from Liberty Lake libraries

  October 18, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Beginning sometime next week residents of Liberty Lake will be able to sign up for free library cards at Spokane County Library District. While the Liberty Lake Library has offered …

• Spokane Valley to buy Pring land

  October 11, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council voted Tuesday to pay businessman Jack Pring $2.5 million dollars for slightly more than 8 acres at Sprague Avenue and Herald Road across from the … 1

• City rejects proposed property tax increase

  September 27, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After weeks of the discussion, the Spokane Valley City Council voted Tuesday to kill a proposed 1 percent property tax increase for 2013. The decision will save residential taxpayers about … 1

• Spokane County Library District proposes smaller library

  August 16, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane County Library District’s plan for a new Spokane Valley library has changed, but it’s unclear if the changes will affect a proposed partnership with the city of Spokane …

• Book Notes: Digital Bookmobile hits North Spokane

  April 29, 2012 in Features on Page D6 First up, some library news of note. The Spokane County Library District’s North Spokane branch will host a visit from the Digital Bookmobile on May 7 and 8.

• County answers animal shelter questions

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council spent the bulk of its time Tuesday going over responses from Spokane County to questions the city asked about a proposed regional animal shelter. The … 1

• City considers buying Pring property for library park land

  April 14, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council on Tuesday again discussed a proposal to buy property at Sprague Avenue and Herald Road for a new library and expansion of Balfour Park, but …

• New job like a homecoming for county library director

  March 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 A new director moved in the Spokane County Library District administrative office this month for the first time in more than two decades and the office reflects the change. Nancy …

• New job like a homecoming for county library director

  March 17, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A new director moved in the Spokane County Library District administrative office this month for the first time in more than two decades and the office reflects the change. Nancy … 9

• Valley Council decides to move forward on purchase of Pring property

  March 8, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A staff presentation on the possible purchase of property on Sprague Avenue was interrupted Tuesday as six of the seven Spokane Valley City Council members took time to complain about … 3

• Land ownership complicates potential sale to city, library

  March 2, 2012 in City on Page A5 A possible land deal involving the city of Spokane Valley and the Spokane County Library District will get extra scrutiny because of ties between most members of the Spokane Valley … 3

• City mulls street fixes

  February 11, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The need to pay for street preservation ran headlong into the Spokane Valley City Council’s often-stated opposition to new taxes during the council’s winter retreat on Tuesday. No one argued …

• Spokane Valley mulls library land deal

  January 12, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane County Library District is proposing that the city of Spokane Valley join it in purchasing 8 acres of land to be split between the two entities. The district …

• County hosting library finalists

  November 29, 2011 in City on Page A9 Candidates from Arizona and California will be in Spokane this week as finalists for the job of executive director of the Spokane County Library District. The district will hold a …

• Trustees to narrow library chief hopefuls

  November 5, 2011 in City on Page A6 Eight applicants will be scrutinized today as replacements for Mike Wirt, who will retire Feb. 24 as director of the Spokane County Library District. Trustees will meet in a closed …

• Unique summer programs at libraries to entertain

  July 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It’s summertime and your kids might be complaining of boredom. To keep them busy, check out some of the children’s activities going on in the Spokane County Library District.

• Book Notes: Black set to star in film version of Walter’s ‘Poets’

  May 22, 2011 in Features on Page D7 Spokane novelist Jess Walter’s latest book, “The Financial Lives of the Poets,” has been picked up as a movie vehicle for Jack Black, retitled “Bailout.” This news came out of …

• Library District buys house, property off Argonne

  March 24, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Last week the Spokane County Library District board of trustees voted to purchase a piece of property next to the Argonne Library for future expansion. An expansion of the library …

• Library trustees seek exemption from SEC requirement

  March 6, 2011 in City on Page B1 As part of its plan to prevent another economic meltdown, the federal government is cracking down on library trustees. Spokane County Library District trustees recently joined library boards around the … 4

• Book Notes: Chinese massacre in 1887 focus of Nokes’ story

  September 19, 2010 in Features on Page D9 R. Gregory Nokes, a former reporter for the Associated Press and the Oregonian, will tell a fascinating story today at Auntie’s Bookstore. Nokes is the author of “Massacred for Gold: …

• North Spokane library branch to start kids’ book club

  September 9, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N4 The Spokane County Library District’s North Spokane Branch, 44 E. Hawthorne Road, will start a book club for children in grades 4 through 6, beginning Sept. 21. The club will …

• City, county library directors see host of obstacles

  June 22, 2010 in City on Page A5 An informal study shows consolidation of the Spokane and Spokane County library systems would face big financial, logistical and political obstacles. That may explain why no one so far is …

• Libraries compare notes on merger options

  June 21, 2010 in City, News An informal study shows consolidation of the Spokane and Spokane County library systems would face big financial, logistical and political obstacles.

• Failed Valley library bond has ripple effects

  March 27, 2008 in Voices on Page N4 A failed March 11 bond measure to build and expand libraries in the Greater Spokane Valley area would have benefited residents of northern Spokane County as well. The $33.4 million …