Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Airway Heights to stop using Parkwest well

  September 11, 2011 in City on Page B3 Airway Heights has agreed to stop using a well that has deprived residents outside the city of water they’re entitled to pump. An “agreed order” with the state Department of …

• Garbage, sewer bills to rise in ’11 in Spokane

  December 21, 2010 in City on Page A6 Homeowners connected to Spokane’s sewer system will pay 17 percent more for service in 2011. The Spokane City Council voted 4-3 on Monday in favor of the new rate. 12

• Sewer rates may go up

  November 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Flushing your toilet in the city of Spokane may cost $5 a month more in 2010. Spokane Mayor Mary Verner on Monday presented her 2010 budget to the City Council. … 7

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  Phosphate detergent ban seems to be working

  August 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 The storyline of the near-ban on phosphorus in dish detergent in Spokane County has focused on scofflaws sneaking Cascade across the state line in a dogged attempt to keep their … 10

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  Bill takes on Pinecroft again

  March 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – It doesn’t look like a battleground, but a Spokane Valley mobile home park is again at the heart of a state clash between environmental concerns and affordable housing. … 1

• Construction to start on water-reuse plant

  March 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W3 Airway Heights will put the shovel in the ground for a long-planned $42 million water reclamation plant in early April in a bid to reuse wastewater, recharge the community’s aquifer, …

• County sewer vote set for Jan. 6

  December 17, 2008 in City on Page B3 The final decision on whether to build a $142 million sewage plant that would serve Spokane Valley and Spokane County is set for Jan. 6. County commissioners set the date …

• Playfair proposal put on hold again

  July 24, 2008 in Voices on Page V18 The Spokane City Council has declared a portion of the former Playfair horse track as surplus property and plans to put it on the market for business development by requesting …

• Playfair proposal put on hold again

  July 17, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 A City Hall proposal to declare a portion of the former Playfair horse track as surplus property and put it on the market for business development has been postponed for …

• Holding tank nears completion

  August 9, 2007 in Voices on Page N3 A large underground holding tank designed to minimize the dumping of raw sewage and storm water into the Spokane River is getting its finishing touches at High Bridge Park just …