Spokane

“The Chinese New Year is just a memory to us,” Tai Gee told a reporter. “We are Americanizing ourselves. We are celebrating the American New Year now.”

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich left office at the end of December after 16 years as the chief law enforcement officer in Spokane County. He left many accomplishments, admirers and public opponents in his wake. 

Once again, the future of the former East Central library is up in the air.Whatever decision is reached, the restarting of the at-times controversial deliberation also spells uncertainty for the Spokane Police Department’s south precinct, which was housed in the former library last summer.

Transitioning from three to five commissioners won't be free for taxpayers. 

The 50th anniversary of Spokane’s Expo ’74 is just 16 months away, and there are big plans to improve infrastructure around Riverfront Park.

A recently departed sustainability leader for the city of Spokane has referred to accusations that she acted unethically as “character assassination,” and proposed reforms to a “broken” ethics review process she believes is too easily weaponized.She is not alone in raising concerns. 

Spokane landlords, tenants and other stakeholders all gathered into the same room Tuesday night in a last attempt to forge compromise on a controversial rental reform package being considered by the City Council.At times, the conversation grew heated. 

Almost every time I head out into the garden, the first tool I put in my back pocket is a well-worn Felco No. 2 hand pruner.

As a kid growing up in the early 1960s, Richard Van Hook loved cowboys, including the Lone Ranger and Sky King, but he especially admired Roy Rogers.

The holidays are over, and it’s time to start thinking about ordering seeds for the upcoming garden season.

Marshall G. Cox, of Wallowa, was identified by the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office as the man brought to Sacred Heart with materials that prompted a massive emergency response on Wednesday, including diversion of patients from the hospital's emergency department. Security personnel at Sacred Heart reported the suspicious materials to police, who shut down roads and responded with an explosive disposal unit "out of an abundance of caution," said Julie Humphreys, a spokeswoman for the Spokane Police Department. 

A three-member panel of the Washington Court of Appeals ruled in a 19-page decision issued Tuesday that reporters and editors at the newspaper were protected from having to divulge conversations and documents related to how it covered the case of Jeffrey Thurman. Thurman's case went to trial in Spokane County last month, and a jury found that former Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich defamed Thurman by saying an investigation had concluded the deputy had used the N-word. Thurman successfully argued the accusation was fabricated by his accuser.

Commissioners Al French and Josh Kerns called Mary Kuney the worst possible insult a Republican can call another Republican. 

A state Supreme Court decision says the county can't force its unions to negotiate labor contracts in public. 

The D3 Mobile Security Unit, produced by Utah-based LiveView Technologies, uses three 360-degree cameras with thermal and optic capabilities. The standalone units are also equipped with strobe and flood lights, a two-way speaker, cloud-based data storage and an attached solar panel to power it, among other features.

Spokane park leaders are hopeful a zip line along the south bank of the Spokane River will become reality in little over a year, with proposals from prospective private vendors expected this spring.

The general contractor in charge of completing the reconstruction of Thor and Freya streets will receive a $70,000 settlement from the city of Spokane as compensation for damages and other claims blamed on Camp Hope.