Here's a few tidbits you can check out in Saturday's Valley Voice. The Spokane Valley City Council reversed themselves on the items they want to support at the 2011 Washington legislative session, despite having voted to approve them in October. As the calendar rolls over…
Kenai is escorted by SCRAPS volunteer coordinator Francine Moniz to a kennel. Chances are good that Kenai will find her way home. She had both SpokAnimal and personal ID tags with a phone number, as well as a microchip. SR phot/J. Bart Rayniak In today's…
Expect light posting the rest of the week, as I will be at home relaxing in my recliner again - provided I can manage to get home safely this afternoon. I'll poke my head in once or twice, but there won't much up on blog.…
The scanner is beginning to hum with a steady stream of accidents caused by the weather, so be careful out there. Sullivan Road near the freeway is currently backed up because of a truck on fire. Drive safely! 2:47 p.m. update: Bigelow Gulch Road sounds…
This cat was left at the SCRAPS after hours drop off sometime between 5:30 pm, Mon., Dec. 20, and 7:30 am Tuesday Dec. 21, 2010 with no paper work. So far 1,969 cats and dogs have been left at the receiving room, with 886 undocumented.…
A 911 caller in the 8000 block of E. South Riverway in Millwood reports that three men robbed him at gunpoint in his home. More information to follow when available. 4:35 p.m. update: The man said he and his mother were tied up by the…
A dog named Lucky romps in the snow in a Picture Perfect submission by Wende Barker that ran in the Valley Voice on Saturday. Picture Perfect is a Spokane Valley scrapbook of people and events that we publish for free. If you would like to…
The Spokane Valley City Council will be back on the dias tonight after a week off for the holiday. The agenda looks pretty short and uneventful. The outgoing planning commission members will be recognized, there's a vote scheduled on some small changes to the city's…
Deputy chief Larry Rider and Chief Mike Thompson (in white) are joined by other Spokane Valley Fire Department employees and members of the community during a ceremony held last week to dedicate a new fire engine. The photo is courtesy of the Spokane Valley Fire…
Members of the extended Hughes family pose for a Christmas portrait in Spokane Valley. From left are Cohen, 1, Mary, Andrew and Tula Hughes, 2 ; Sam, 8, Nichole, Max, 11, and Matthew Bergam; Janice Hughes stands beside her husband, Steve; Ian Hughes, far right,…
Merry early Christmas: Five Guys Burgers and Fries should open at 10 N. Sullivan in Spokane Valley in March. It will be the second location of the popular national chain to open in the area and franchise owner Wayne Sheffield also plans to open one…
We've got a bunch of good stuff coming up in Saturday's Valley Voice. The Liberty Lake city council passed their 2011 budget this week. A lot of proposed cuts were washed away at the last minute thanks to some revenue changes. The golf pro is…
This is the second of two docks that a judge says were built with a valid city-awarded exemption from the Shoreline Management Act. SR photo/J. Bart Rayniak The City of Spokane Valley has come out ahead in a lawsuit filed against it by the Department…
A head-on collision with injuries has been reported on Harvard Road just north of I-90. Police and fire are on the scene; an officer reports that the southbound lanes are blocked. Avoid the area for a while until everything is cleaned up.
One quick note before we get into Thursday's coming attractions. Expect light posting for the next couple of days as I stay home, sleep in and sit in my recliner. I promise to poke my head in at least once to post links to Thursday's…
Two people have been arrested this week for the burglary of the home of Ernest Creach last week. Three people were seen running from the home by Creach's wife on Dec. 15. Several electronic items and a gun were reported missing. The third person has…
The new Rescue 8 truck will start serving Spokane Valley residents this week. Photo courtesy the Spokane Valley Fire Department. Spokane Valley Fire is taking a ceremony used in other cities and making it it's own. A housing ceremony for the department's new Rescue 8…
Some work is going on at 10 N. Sullivan at the site of an old Hollywood Video store next to Petco. A check of the online Washington State business license directory shows that Montana Burgers Inc. applied for a business license at that location this…
We took a look out our office windows a bit ago and noticed some work going on with the Value Village sign at Sprague and McDonald. Yesterday a new green sign that says "community donation center" was added to the front of the store. The…
I nearly forgot to mention the Liberty Lake City Council meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive. It's the last meeting of the year (unless another special meeting is scheduled), so the council must approve the 2011 budget. It…
Here's a little something to get us in a Christmas spirit - a photo taken by Spokesman-Review photographer Bart Rayniak in December 2009 of a festive home on McKinzie Road in Otis Orchards. Is it just me or do fewer people seem to be decorating…
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum volunteers Herman Meier and Al Shrock get a hand from Don Gorman covering the sign to protect it from deteriorating. The museum hopes to raise $10,000 to restore the original 1912 scroll sign above the entrance to the historic Opportunity Township…
Here it is the last weekend before Christmas and your holiday shopping isn't done. What to do? The Freeman High School Future Business Leaders of America club is willing to help by offering child care for people who need to go buy some last minute…
There are a couple things coming up in Saturday's must have edition of the Valley Voice. (But then, aren't they all must have editions?) Staff at the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum are trying to restore the original scroll sign mounted on the Sprague-facing side of…