Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• West Central to host workshops

  May 10, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S9 To say there’s a lot going on in West Central next week is an understatement. The city of Spokane has declared the week of May 13-19 Neighborhood Resiliency Week, and …

• Shawn Vestal: Threads of change

  March 2, 2012 in City on Page A1 If you want to give Patrick Malone a nice present for his 60th birthday, buy something for yourself. A cup of coffee. A sandwich. A book. He won’t mind. Malone, … 5

• Shawn Vestal: West Central not his dream, but poverty now his focus

  February 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 When Brian Burrow returned to West Central – the neighborhood where he grew up, where his parents grew up, where four generations of his family now live – it wasn’t … 7

• Group starts time bank

  January 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S5 A group of Spokane residents is starting a time bank. The idea behind a time bank is pretty simple: Members volunteer skills, and every hour volunteered counts as a deposit …

• West Central grocery keeps options healthy

  September 8, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 There is a new corner grocery store and a new café in West Central. Parkside Grocery and the Monkey Business Café have just opened across the street from the Cannon … 1

• As COPS West turns 20, need for volunteers is great

  June 30, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 COPS West is where it all began. Actually, it all began with the disappearance of Rebecca West and Nicki Wood, 12 and 11, who walked to the store in 1991 …

• Program promotes better eating by adding to stores’ offerings

  November 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 A couple of West Central convenience stores will begin stocking healthier food choices, giving customers the option to buy apples instead of candy bars, and vegetables and whole grain breads … 6

• Summer program teaches kids job skills, community support

  August 26, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 It’s early on a warm Friday morning in the West Central neighborhood. In a yard around a little white house, a flock of teenagers are busy digging and pulling weeds, …

• No one injured in pair of house fires

  August 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane firefighters rescued a woman and her pet early Sunday from a fire that broke out at a home in Hillyard, and a fire later Sunday in the West Central … 1

• Night against crime unites neighborhood

  August 4, 2010 in City on Page A6 A year ago, Derek Garcia was shot in the stomach in a drive-by shooting in West Central. That didn’t keep him from celebrating the community Tuesday night. It is, after … 1

• Activities at West Central house concern neighbors

  June 17, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 When Lorna Doone Brewer and her family purchased a home on West Sharp Avenue, they did so because they wanted to live in the West Central Neighborhood. Brewer said she …

• Police looking for four robbers in home invasion

  December 8, 2009 in City Four robbers invaded a West Central apartment through an unlocked front door shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, police said. 2

• Man with serious injuries found in alley

  November 30, 2009 in City A 60-year-old Spokane man was injured Sunday during a fight in a West Central alley, Spokane police said.

• Plans back on for tower

  November 18, 2009 in City on Page A5 A controversial 10-story development in the West Central neighborhood is moving forward again, after a city hearing examiner signed off on revised plans for the project. The developer of the … 1

• Kendall Yards buyer touts range of housing options

  November 12, 2009 in City on Page A1 A venerable home builder is bringing new hope to a stalled downtown Spokane development project. Greenstone Corp. has purchased the Kendall Yards property with plans to build a waterfront neighborhood … 24

• West Central works to spruce up

  October 29, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The city of Spokane and the West Central neighborhood are joining forces to encourage property owners to clean up the neighborhood. If the program is successful, it may be extended …

• EPA retests Spokane yards for asbestos

  June 30, 2009 in City Yards near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane are being retested for asbestos with new technology that can detect the cancer-causing fibers at ever lower levels. 1

• Blaze damages home in West Central

  May 25, 2009 in City on Page A6 A suspicious fire displaced two residents of a West Central Spokane home Sunday. The neighborhood, which is northwest of downtown, has been plagued with arsons the past few years.

• Fire damages West Central home

  May 24, 2009 in City A suspicious fire displaced two residents of a West Central Spokane home on Sunday. The neighborhood, which is north and west of downtown, has been plagued with arsons the last …