Tue., Oct. 20, 2015
Spokane County Commissioners Al French and Todd Mielke, who have staked different positions on the ballot measure to expand the commission by two members, joined Karen Kearney, Sheila Collins and KSPS's Doug Nadvornick in a roundtable discussion.
Fri., Oct. 16, 2015
At an event in Spokane addressing the state's worst fire season on record, little time was given to discussing the possibility of environmental policy addressing underlying weather conditions that give rise to massive blazes. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers acknowledged conditions were bad, but stopped short of saying environmental change is needed.
Mon., Sept. 21, 2015
Revisions eight years in the making will modernize Spokane County's rules governing 13,000 acres of parkland.
Fri., Sept. 18, 2015
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was one of 239 House Republicans who voted Friday to deny federal funds to Planned Parenthood, the controversial reproductive care group that has come under fire in recent weeks.
Wed., Sept. 9, 2015
Per capita sales make a nice headline or tweet, but there's more going on in that study that's hit the Web in a big way this week.
Fri., Sept. 4, 2015
Republican Matt Shea and Democrat Bob Hasegawa offered ideas - including using precious metals as currency - on how to avoid what they saw as a rapidly approaching economic crisis at a event hosted by Spokane County Treasurer Rob Chase on Wednesday.
Wed., Aug. 26, 2015
Steve Bartel says the county is working on installing additional security at the courthouse and Public Safety Building, but those efforts have been stalled by budget concerns.
Tue., Aug. 25, 2015
The Washington senator joins 28 other Democrats saying they'll support a nuclear deal with Iran brokered by the Obama administration.
Mon., Aug. 24, 2015
The organization says this weekend's events represent continued political attacks from "fundamentalist extremists."
Wed., Aug. 12, 2015
The Iran deal and the Planned Parenthood scandal weren't the only topics Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers addressed at a town hall on Tuesday.
Wed., July 15, 2015
Spokane County Commissioners on Tuesday night ended what had become a lengthy negotiation targeting a proposed apartment complex near Wanderme Golf Course. Here's what they agreed to.
Thu., June 25, 2015
In a floor speech delivered Thursday, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers called Elson Floyd "a giant for Eastern Washington."
Tue., June 23, 2015
Shelly O'Quinn said Tuesday she was frustrated by statements made by fellow Commissioner Al French following his decision not to support the CEO candidacy of Al French.
Mon., June 1, 2015
Bonnie Mager, a former Spokane County Commissioner who lodged a complaint about the CEO hiring process now in the hands of the state attorney general, has launched a petition asking commissioners to start over.
Mon., May 11, 2015
Former Spokane County Commissioner Bonnie Mager has asked Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell to seek an "independent investigation" into the search for a new county CEO after former colleague Todd Mielke emerged as the top candidate in April.
Wed., May 6, 2015
The Spokane Sheriff's Office says now a regional drug task force targeting mid- to high-level trafficking will shutter in October without financial assistance from the county.
Tue., April 28, 2015
The Republican commissioner, who is in the midst of a public disagreement over transit funding with colleague Al French, said Tuesday she supports a measure to add two members to the Spokane County Commission.
Mon., April 13, 2015
The other ballot measure in this month's special election to fund transit projects is an extension of a 20-year-old sales tax to fund the county's juvenile detention programs. County commissioners, divided on the transit issue, unanimously endorsed the juvenile jail sales tax on Monday.
Mon., March 30, 2015
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Monday that most of the messages of support for Obamacare posted on her Facebook page concerned parts of the health care legislation that had bipartisan support.
Thu., March 26, 2015
The Washington Public Disclosure Commission on Thursday fined Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke $100 and put him on four-year probation after finding he improperly used county email to obtain information ahead of a candidate debate against John Roskelley in June 2012.
Wed., March 11, 2015
Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke said Wednesday he's filed the paperwork to be considered as replacement for longtime county CEO, Marshall Farnell.
Mon., Feb. 9, 2015
At a packed house meeting Sunday night, more than a hundred residents vowed to fight a proposed three-story apartment complex near Wandermere Golf Course.
Wed., Jan. 28, 2015
Yesterday, we brought you the story that Liberty Lake had lifted its moratorium on recreational marijuana. Here are the locations where pot shops/farms/processors could locate.
Wed., Jan. 28, 2015
A letter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord has begun arriving at marijuana stores around the state, telling owners that service members are banned from their premises.
Tue., Jan. 27, 2015
The laws governing where recreational marijuana businesses can locate in Spokane County were made permanent Tuesday with a unanimous vote by the Board of County Commissioners.
