Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Soon-to-be Spokanites should know the facts

  December 8, 2009 in City on Page A5 Let me be the first to welcome all those West Plains dwellers who are destined to become Spokanites thanks to the city’s biggest land grab since 1907. Excuse me. I …

• Cities’ 10-square-mile West Plains gain is county’s loss

  December 4, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane and Airway Heights will grow wings. Leaders from Spokane, Airway Heights and Spokane County put aside years of bickering Thursday and unanimously approved the largest annexation in Spokane since … 6

• City on the road to peaceful growth

    September 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane County has raised a white flag. After years spent fighting Spokane’s growing city limits, county commissioners are taking a friendlier stance on what would be the largest expansion of … 2

• Spokane could come out ahead

  September 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 If the city of Spokane annexes a portion of the West Plains in 2012 as planned, the city could collect about $750,000 more a year in taxes and fees than …

• City, county discuss annexation at forum

  June 11, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V8 A public forum was held last week to gather input on plans for dividing a large area of the West Plains between the city of Spokane and the city of …