As Spokane city leaders look for new ways to boost development, some are leading the charge for a reform to the property tax system which would shift some of the tax burden off of homes and high rises and place it instead onto parking lots and empty fields.
SpokAnimal’s dog shelter will remain closed to the public as the nonprofit organization continues to battle respiratory infections affecting more than a dozen dogs in its care.
Mike Fleming, as a physical education teacher, coach and runner, is all about staying in motion. At 79, he credits his active lifestyle as the reason he’s been able to do all 49 Bloomsdays, making him a Perennial.
With every new year comes the tradition of resolutions, setting an intention to somehow make the coming calendar year better than the one we are leaving behind.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Downtown Spokane Partnership. To celebrate, the DSP is launching a series of creative events called the First Friday Face-Offs.
It was good old-fashioned peer pressure that got Terry Hemingway to sign up for the first Bloomsday in 1977. He was persuaded by a coworker at Kaiser Aluminum.
