Local Government

The Spokane Valley City Council Tuesday overwhelmingly shared a desire to let residents decide if they want to pay higher sales tax to support more police.

The Spokane Valley City Council voted Tuesday to reaffirm the municipality is “not a sanctuary city,” in what was likely the most well-attended and raucous meeting of the year.

Pullman's top administrative official is "out of office," and it's unclear why and when he'll return.

Another last-ditch effort to halt the sale of undeveloped land on Thorpe Road in the U.S. Highway 195 corridor through Latah Valley appears to have failed after the state Board of Natural Resources declined Tuesday to hear the appeal of conservationists.

The Spokane Valley City Council will vote Tuesday on a resolution declaring the suburb “not a sanctuary city,” a reiteration of a political grandstanding measure the council approved nearly a decade ago.

As President Donald Trump and Republican leaders continue their bid to eradicate efforts to combat climate change and historic inequities, the GOP-majority Spokane County Board of Commissioners is set to enact new state-mandated planning guidelines that embrace change.

Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle announced Friday he will seek a second term in November.

The Spokane Police Department will be getting eight cameras that can be mounted to light and utility poles, four of which will be “covertly” disguised, after the Spokane City Council approved nearly $78,000 Monday for the purchase.

Spokane has eliminated height restrictions for buildings in downtown Spokane for at least the next six months, fulfilling a recent reform proposal from Mayor Lisa Brown and the City Council.

Spokane City Councilwoman Lili Navarrete will not run for a new term this year, citing health concerns, she announced Tuesday in a news release.

It’s a bold move to question the basketball bona fides of a city hosting an NCAA March Madness regional – especially when that city is Spokane.

The Spokane City Council is again weighing a law that would make it harder for prospective employers to discriminate against homeless job hunters.

The Spokane City Council has approved spending another $100,000 to fight the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of Robert Bradley, who was shot and killed by Spokane police officers in 2022.

Spokane voters may be asked later this year whether to re-enter a regional aquifer protection coalition that the city left 21 years ago, with most homewners paying no more than $15 per year – roughly the same they paid 40 years ago when the partnership first formed.

The Spokane Valley City Council is considering asking voters to approve a sales tax measure this fall that would be used to meet the city’s stated priority of bolstering its police department.

A pair of opportunities have opened up for Airway Heights residents to get involved in the governance of their community.

Roughly 100 protesters carrying signs and bullhorns gathered outside of the German-American Society’s Deutsches Haus near downtown Spokane on Wednesday evening, where U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner was hosting “Baumtoberfest,” a $125-per-plate fundraising dinner organized by his congressional campaign.

The Spokane City Council will be asked Monday to spend another $100,000 fighting the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of Robert Bradley, who was shot and killed by Spokane police officers in 2022.

Long-simmering tension between the city of Spokane and the state Department of Transportation over the strained road network of the Latah Valley may be boiling over amid sharp disagreement about how to manage an upcoming 1,000-home development.