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In scathing letter, state chides city of Spokane on Camp Hope response, accuses mayor of valuing ‘optics’ over ‘action’

Wed., Sept. 21, 2022

"Continuing to blame the state does not make that narrative true no matter how many times you repeat it to the press and elsewhere," state officials wrote.

News > Local Government

Spokane City Council passes emergency air quality ordinance

Wed., Sept. 21, 2022

The city will now have to provide shelter space when air quality falls to "very unhealthy" levels.

News > Pacific NW

Innovia Foundation launches Sandy Williams Fund to benefit Carl Maxey Center

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 20, 2022

The Innovia Foundation has launched the Sandy Williams Fund, an endowed fund to benefit the Carl Maxey Center.

News > Local Government

Spokane City Council votes to ban camping along river, under viaducts and near homeless shelters

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 19, 2022

The council passed the illegal camping ordinance unanimously.

News > Local Government

Spokane County judge denies attempt by West Hills residents to block homeless housing

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 21, 2022

Neighborhood residents want to stop homeless housing proposals from coming to their community, but a Superior Court judge on Friday denied their attempt to stop the projects.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Othello Police arrest six men following a prostitution sting operation

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 19, 2022

The Othello Police Department arrested six men last week in a sex trafficking sting operation.

News > Local Government

Getting There: Spokane Valley pilot study to look at downsizing Sprague Avenue

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 19, 2022

According to traffic modeling, scaling Sprague Avenue down to three lanes, instead of the five it currently has, would come with safety and environmental benefits without causing congestion problems.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man sentenced to 16 years in federal prison on meth, heroin charges

Mon., Sept. 19, 2022

Bradley D. Hull was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice in Spokane, nearly four months after a federal jury found him guilty of two of the six drug-related charges brought by the federal government. He had been seeking a prison term of 10 years, the minimum required under federal law for the drug-dealing crimes. Prosecutors were seeking a sentence closer to 20 years.

News > Crime/Public Safety

100 years ago in Spokane: New charges in Codd/Brinton murder case indicate new trial imminent

Mon., Sept. 19, 2022

The notorious Maurice Codd-Frank Brinton murder case took a sensational turn when County Prosecutor W.C. Meyer filed charges against 16 people — all of them either attorneys or witnesses in the Codd murder trial.

News > Washington

Owner to donate proceeds from sale of 1912 Corbin Park home built for Spokane mayor to Reed College

UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 18, 2022

The Corbin Park house is a historic Tudor-style home built in 1912 for Spokane Mayor Charles Fleming. Fleming served as mayor twice, first from 1916 to 1917 and then again from 1919 to 1929.

A&E > Music

The music fan who left her heart in the Boone Street Barn

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 20, 2022

It's a look back at the Coliseum with Lorrie McLoughlin, who worked at the late, unlamented venue. McLoughlin, who handled concessions, shares anecdotes and photos of her time at the Boone street barn.

News > Local Government

Spokane City Council looks to pass illegal camping ordinance Monday

Sun., Sept. 18, 2022

Spokane already has an illegal camping ordinance, but the city hasn't been enforcing it due to a 2018 federal court ruling.

News > Local Government

100 years ago in Spokane: A county prosecutor candidate’s criticism of the Ku Klux Klan was blamed for his primary loss

Sat., Sept. 17, 2022

Carlton H. Knight, a prominent Spokane man, said he knew exactly why Arthur L. Hooper lost the Republican primary for county prosecutor: He offended the Ku Klux Klan.

News > Crime/Public Safety

STCU seeks public’s help identifying masked, would-be ATM thief

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 16, 2022

The credit union shared a surveillance photo on social media of the person who tried to steal the cash machine at a branch located at 207 E. Hastings Road just before 3:40 a.m. They are wearing a mask and driving a red, stolen 2015 Nissan Pathfinder, according to STCU.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Fiancée of suspect charged in killing of daughter’s boyfriend arrested; investigators say she participated in murder

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 6, 2022

The fiancée of a man charged with killing their daughter’s boyfriend in November 2020 was arrested Thursday after investigators said she participated in the crime.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Effort to improve voter turnout among inmates moving forward, despite opposition from Spokane County commissioners

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 16, 2022

Commissioners Josh Kerns and Al French rejected auditor Vicky Dalton's request to get grant funding to improve voter turnout in Spokane County detention facilities.

News > Family

New Joya playground funded by Kiwanis donations

Thu., Sept. 15, 2022

A dozen local Kiwanis clubs have been working for more than a year to raise the money needed to pay for a new accessible playground at the Joya Child and Family Development facility, which offers a variety of therapy and special education services for children under the age of 3 with physical and developmental disabilities.

News > Spokane

The Collector: She’s been digging hobby for decades - Carol Boisjolie has interesting array of rocks

Thu., Sept. 15, 2022

Carol Boisjolie has traveled a rocky road and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Court Commissioner Eric Dooyema faces Deputy Prosecutor Jenny Zappone for District Court judge seat

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 5, 2022

Eric Dooyema, 47, and Jenny Zappone, 40, are vying for the seat on the bench that will be vacated by retiring District Court Judge Donna Wilson. Dooyema has earned Wilson's endorsement, while Zappone has been building a coalition of supporters that include local Democratic and Republican groups, law enforcement officials and members of the legal community.

News > Crime/Public Safety

William Hyslop, former two-time U.S. attorney and advocate for Spokane schools, public facilities, dies at 71

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 15, 2022

The longtime local litigator and graduate of Shadle Park High School, Washington State University and the Gonzaga School of Law had spent his brief retirement pushing awareness of the growing threat of illicit fentanyl in the district. He was a founding board member of the group Spokane Alliance for Fentanyl Education, which had just recently begun work to bring community leaders together to address the threat identified as a health crisis.

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