Typically, December through March is the off-season for roofers – a time to rest, train and prepare for the next roofing season. This year, that was not the case locally.

The current end date for the project is 2029, but Spokane legislators are hoping for an acceleration of that timeline, if new transportation funds pass in the state Legislature this year.

Tija Danzig, a senior manager in the city’s Community Housing and Human Services Department, left the city to accept a job at the nonprofit Americares, leaving a hole in a department that already had a reputation for being heavily relied upon by the city.

As one of many new brick-and-mortar outlets, the first Spokane store opened in 1930 at 906 W. Main Ave. The bright, white modern building with a central tower in art deco style contrasted with the stodgy brick department stores that came before.

The attractions included several elaborate exhibits, including Newman Lake's display, titled, “An Old Timer’s Camp at Honeymoon Bay.”

We are at the crossroads of three areas: politics, religion, and the wellbeing of our planet. Members of certain religions often subscribe to political ideologies about the environment. Why are we politicizing something we all live on?

The new cases brings Spokane County's two-week case rate to 222 per 100,000 residents, according to the health district. The health district reported 30 people were hospitalized Sunday due to COVID-19.

After months of stalemate, the city is nearly ready to commission a study of fluoridating its water supply.

Spokane parks crews are seeking volunteers to help plant trees this spring to more than replace the approximately 200 lost during the January windstorm.

The changes would add Appleway Trail, the Spokane Valley Police Precinct and the Spokane Valley Street Maintenance Shop to the list of areas where camping is never allowed. 

A duplex fire in north Spokane Wednesday night caused significant damage to not only the building but nearby cars, displaced the residents and left a cat dead. 

When my brother told me our mom could have a designated emotional support person, all I could picture was a fluffy service dog wearing a bright orange vest.

New, green grass appeared in my backyard this last week, right on schedule. Not only does that tell me spring has come to my cold garden, it also tells me it’s time to think about spring lawn care.

Things have been changing for the better at Longfellow Elementary School, a change that Principal Adam Oakley attributes to the school’s new focus on rewarding good behavior like staying on task in class, helping others and picking up trash outside the school.