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Four candidates vie to represent south Spokane on the City Council
Four candidates are vying to represent south Spokane on the City Council this year. After the Aug. 1 primary election, only the top-two vote getters will advance to the November general.
Johnnie Perkins resigns as Spokane City Administrator amid sexual harassment investigation
Spokane City Administrator Johnnie Perkins resigned from his position effective immediately, according to a letter submitted to Mayor Nadine Woodward Thursday.
Spokane City Council rebukes mayor for dodging approval of city attorney
More than a year after Lynden Smithson was named Spokane’s interim city attorney, the Spokane City Council says he remains in that position on an interim basis in violation of city law.
Does Woodward deserve 4 more years? Incumbent, Brown, Archer and McKann make their cases for Spokane mayor
Candidates are all concerned about public safety, affordable housing and the city’s financial future, with the current mayor making a pitch for more time to build on solutions to those issues while opponents say they can do better.
Spokane County political parties back candidates, including some surprising choices
Spokane mayoral candidate Tim Archer says he’s gotten the nod from the county GOP over incumbent Nadine Woodward. Meanwhile, city council candidate Esteban Herevia was one of the few progressives to not get an endorsement from county Democrats.
Spokane park director tapped to be top city administrator while Johnnie Perkins is on leave
Garrett Jones, director of Spokane’s Parks and Recreation Department, has been named acting City Administrator pending the outcome of an investigation into City Administrator Johnnie Perkins.
Spokane City Administrator Johnnie Perkins placed on administrative leave
Spokane City Administrator Johnnie Perkins has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into concerns from city employees.
Getting There: North Spokane Corridor work gets underway to span Spokane River
With the freeway’s funding and construction schedule back on track, the state Department of Transportation has broken ground on the section of the north-south corridor that will span the Spokane River near Spokane Community College. It is the shortest section of the 10.5-mile, decadeslong project, and also one of the most expensive, with a price tag of $91 million.
Jerrall Haynes is Spokane’s first Civil Rights Director
Jerrall Haynes is Spokane’s first civil rights director.
Woodward reveals plan to boost safety in Spokane for the tourist season as mayoral challenger Brown says city is in ‘free fall’
Mayor Nadine Woodward gathered with other officials and business leaders Thursday morning under the Spokane Pavilion to unveil her Safe Spokane Summer initiative, promising to clean up downtown ahead of an influx of tourists and others to “the region’s front porch.”
Spokane City Council passes emergency law to let ombudsman investigate police chiefs in wake of Meidl controversy
The Spokane City Council has broadened the authority to investigate the city’s chief of police, in the wake of complaints that police Chief Craig Meidl engaged in inappropriate communications with local business owners and Mayor Nadine Woodward’s refusal to investigate the claims.
Woodward, Brown diminish other’s role in closing Camp Hope. Who will voters believe?
For 18 months, politics in Spokane has been animated by the existence of Camp Hope.
Last residents leave Camp Hope, once the largest homeless encampment in Washington
Camp Hope has been the center of a political firestorm for 18 months. On Thursday, the last residents left and the tents were taken down. The encampment closed three weeks before a June 30 deadline agreed to by state and Spokane city officials.
Spokane City Council considers allowing ombudsman to investigate police chief
A month after Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward declined to launch an investigation into police Chief Craig Meidl’s communications with local business owners, the Spokane City Council will consider giving that authority to the Office of the Police Ombudsman.
Mayor’s race already nearing fundraising records as Spokane candidates report early money totals
It’s an election year in Spokane, and the money is already pouring in.
Camp Hope will close by June 30 as leaders project blame for duration of camp
For 18 months, Camp Hope has been a defining political issue in Spokane. At its peak, the encampment along Interstate 90 in the East Central neighborhood was the makeshift home for more than 600 people housed in tents, cars and campers, making it the largest homeless gathering in Washington.
‘Be an American worth dying for’: Hundreds attend Memorial Day service at veterans cemetery
Sixty-six years later, Lt. Col. Hank Cramer still remembers the knock on the door.
Stop signs and wild spaces: Yurt-maker Patrick McKann joins Spokane mayor race
Patrick McKann is running for a slower, greener city. In an interview, he argued the city’s bureaucracy is unresponsive to some neighborhoods’ demands for traffic calming infrastructure and is not doing enough to protect undeveloped land.
As Larry Stone stonewalls, Spokane City Council grudgingly invests in shelter he owns
Members of the Spokane City Council say it has become increasingly clear that developer Larry Stone, of the Stone Group of Companies, has no intention of selling the Trent Avenue property that has become Spokane’s largest homeless shelter.
Tim Archer, former Spokane fire union president, running for mayor as conservative alternative
“I believe the city is in need of strong, decisive leadership,” Archer said. “Mayor Woodward is not it. Lisa Brown would build us into Queen County to support King County.”