Avista wants to charge Spokane-area customers more for electricity and gas by raising rates, but the Washington state attorney general’s office is challenging how much of a rate increase Avista needs. Avista wants to collect more money on everything it builds, but the attorney general argues the company needs to collect less than it’s asking for. The attorney general says the utility needs $115 million less in returns than its proposed increase in the first year alone.
The owners of Rancho Chico Spokane, which operate two Mexican restaurants in Spokane, and one each in Colville and Omak, have agreed to pay $750,000 in mostly backpay to employees after federal authorities brought legal action on behalf of those workers.
Rob Curley, who has served as the executive editor of The Spokesman-Review since 2016, was placed on administrative leave Friday. Publisher William “Stacey” Cowles says an outside investigator and outside counsel will be brought in to examine the circumstances preceding the decision.
A cluster of north Spokane insurance agencies, impacted by weekend Old Trails fire evacuations, has relied on limited staffing to service more than double their regular volume of client claims.
Avista hopes to restore electricity and natural gas service as crews get access to safely enter areas with damaged infrastructure after Saturday’s wildfires in Spokane County.
Hotels in and around Spokane have filled up in recent days as thousands of residents have fled the three wildfires that had burned over 10,000 acres in the area as of Monday, but local hotels are coordinating to offer discounted rooms to evacuees.
One of Spokane’s most impactful nonprofits is planning a roughly $1.3 million remodel to a downtown building, according to plans submitted to the city of Spokane.
Korean corn dogs, also known as “kogos,” use rice and wheat flour batter instead of the traditional cornmeal breading. And compared to American corn dogs, K-dogs are considerably more creative. Within one of Izzie’s K-dog’s is any number of fantastical and quirky coatings and fillings.
Clarks Cleaners near Division Street and Second Avenue will be closed by the end of the week, according to Jamie Shartle, an employee at the location. The dry cleaning business has been there for more than 40 years.
Construction is planned for three vacant lots immediately west of Emerson Park in north Spokane, according to a commercial building application submitted to the city of Spokane.
Nowadays, the sole proprietor of Millwood’s Stone Crazy crystal shop is enticing today’s youth to follow in her outdoorsy footsteps— quite literally. Since the pandemic, Jenny Dykes has been leaving crystals from her business along Inland Northwest trails to spur others into exploring public lands.
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office is challenging Avista’s proposal to increase customer electric rates by 25% and gas rates by 10% over the next four years.
As a 17-year-old in Fidel Castro’s army, Jose Sosa’s father went 64 days without a meal. After weeks of tromping across the Cuban countryside, his company eventually stumbled upon a field of rotten pineapples.
