Spokane

From staff reports

County unveils new "gates" in effort to avoid leaving snow in front of driveways.

A partial hand recount of the Spokane County auditor's race kept the process going an extra week. 

The Spokane City Council overrode the second mayoral veto in as many weeks Monday, this time objecting to Mayor Nadine Woodward’s removal of two items from the city’s six-year Capital Improvement Program.

Four people who had previously been living in Camp Hope arrived to their new temporary homes, followed by another four Friday, said Dawn Kinder, chief stabilization officer for Catholic Charities Eastern Washington.Twenty to 25 people are expected to arrive each week going forward until the building is full, all of them referred by peer navigators at Camp Hope.

The court on Thursday upheld a Spokane County Superior Court judge's ruling from last August that said the new charter section was in conflict with state laws. 

Recently my friend Butch Slaughter got to organize new tool shed at a church on the South Hill. It was a big step up for the motley collection of tools that were scattered about in storage areas and people’s garages. Slaughter has some advice for anyone in the same predicament with a garage full of tools.

Sometimes you have to let go of one collection to embrace something new.

Vina Mikkelsen's eyesight is diminishing, but her push to remember men like her late husband present for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor isn't. 

The Republican requested a partial hand recount after losing the Spokane County auditor's race by a mere 1,183 votes out of more than 220,000 ballots cast. 

The Spokane City Council voted to table the controversial reforms until Jan. 23 in order to provide one last chance for all parties to propose changes to what some believe could be a dramatic shift in landlord-tenant laws in the city.

Trever Daniel Harder was sentenced Thursday to 27 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release by authorities after pleading guilty to two counts of child sex trafficking in June. Harder met Kylie Ruby Flores, 32, on the internet dating application "Plenty of Fish" in February 2021 and negotiated Harder's access to the girl in exchange for a place to stay for the girl and Flores, according to court records. Flores pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit child sex trafficking charge and is serving a 23-year sentence at a federal prison in West Virginia, according to court records. 

The Airway Heights City Council on Monday approved a resolution reducing emergency services to the casino and developments owned by the Kalispel tribe effective at the end of the month, citing $1.5 million in missing payments over the past three years that have effectively subsidized tribal operations. On Tuesday, the tribe took issue with Airway Heights' position, saying they've provided $1.1 million over the past five years in payments mandated by a state gaming compact that permitted operations of the Northern Quest Casino, which opened in 2000, and accusing Airway Heights of failing to provide "services the Kalispel Tribe has contracted and paid for." 

Spokane Parks & Recreation received no takers this fall for a 10-year, $1.25 million deal that would affix a sponsor's name to the structure, first built for Expo '74 and repurposed in 2019 as part of the park's redevelopment project. Though several firms downloaded information from the city's website about a possible deal, the bidding period ended Oct. 31 without a formal offer.

After five years of lobbying the state and federal government, Spokane Valley has the money it needs to end train crossing delays on the northern end of Pines Road. 

“This camp is to be closed.”This was the message on flyers handed to Camp Hope residents by uniformed law enforcement officers from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Spokane and Spokane Valley police departments, who arrived in force Tuesday afternoon.

On the day Washington finally allowed them to apply for a marriage license, Margaret Witt and Laurie Johnson woke up before dawn to be first in line.

When food is delivered from Spokane restaurants by third parties, customers pay a delivery fee, but restaurants also pay a percentage of the ticket price for the service – as much as 30%.

Project manager Rob Lochmiller said there is simply too much traffic for the current design, which has Sullivan passing over top of Trent with on- and off-ramps on each side, much like a freeway interchange. “There’s a lot of issues going on,” he said. “The existing signals can’t handle the traffic now. There are no left-turn pockets on Sullivan.”