Three years after conservative and liberal Spokane County voters unified, soundly rejecting a county tax to build a new jail and boost criminal justice, local leaders are about to decide if and how they might try again.
West Plains voters will have a say this August in whether they’d be willing to pay a fee to help clean, maintain and monitor the aquifer coursing below their feet.
Every year, the city of Spokane gets a bill from Spokane County Detention Services. According to the city, the bill for 2025 was $3 million more than anticipated.
The Spokane Valley Kiwanis Club is providing 17,000 Paw Patrol stuffed animals to the city’s police and fire departments to hand out to kids involved in 911 calls for the fourth consecutive year.
