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Spokane City Council approves zoning change to allow shelters, ‘community services’ in heavy industrial zones

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Homeless shelters run by public or nonprofit agencies will be allowed in heavy industrial-zoned areas of Spokane until November, at least.

News > Spokane

Don Harmon, Airway Heights’ mayor in the late 1990s, enters county commission race against Al French

UPDATED: Tue., May 17, 2022

Harmon, 76, is keeping his campaign platform simple — he's focused on police and roads.

News > Spokane

Spokane County filing week kicks of with three surprise candidates, but few bombshells

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Airway Heights' mayor from the late '90s, Karen Stratton's former legislative assistant and a formerly incarcerated person of color were the only unexpected names to file to run for election in the August primary.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man accused of assaulting grandmother in attack that led to her death

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled a 74-year-old woman’s death a homicide months after her grandson allegedly beat her at their home in Spokane’s Chief Garry Park neighborhood.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man killed in north Spokane shooting last month identified

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The man who was shot an killed last month near Maxwell Avenue and Lincoln Street has been identified as 47-year-old Jaimeson Martinson. Police have yet to arrest anyone in connection to the shooting.

News > Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Pachyderm prompts some panic ahead of Spokane circus appearance

Mon., May 16, 2022

Tusko, an especially large elephant, went on a rampage in Sedro Wooley after a performance there. Tusko escaped from the circus tent, “upset two automobiles, stalked angrily down the main street, where he broke up a street dance.”

News > Crime/Public Safety

As overtime costs mount, some Spokane City Council members mull asking to rehire unvaccinated firefighters

Mon., May 16, 2022

The proposal, which evenly divided the council members present Monday night, would not solve a staffing problem that dates back several years and is not driven primarily by the two dozen workers who did not get their shots, said Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer. Spokane City Council President Breean Beggs, who did not vote Monday night, said he wouldn't support the request because he believes the city made the right call in interpreting Gov. Jay Inslee's vaccine mandate to include firefighters responding to medical calls. That decision is also being challenged in federal court, Beggs noted, in a case that's scheduled to go to trial in October.

News > Washington

Getting There: Spokane County works out deal to acquire closed BNSF bridge near Airway Heights

Mon., May 16, 2022

A rotting wooden bridge over the railroad tracks on the West Plains has infuriated residents for three years. At long last, the county announced it's worked out an arrangement with the railroad to fix the problem.

Opinion > Column

Support it or not, but protesting at a judge’s home is not a new tactic

Sun., May 15, 2022

While the Founding Fathers enshrined the right to “peaceably assemble to petition the government for a redress of grievances” in the Bill of Rights, they did not define peaceably.

News > Washington

Ready, set, file: Political candidates will officially submit paperwork to run for election this week

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

It's been a relatively quiet spring for Spokane County politics so far — but big names could come out of the woodwork in the next few days.

News > Nation/World

‘We’re not going anywhere’: Planned Parenthood rally draws hundreds in support of reproductive rights

UPDATED: Sat., May 14, 2022

Nearly 1,000 people gathered Saturday evening in Spokane’s Riverfront Park to protest the Supreme Court’s expected reversal of Roe v. Wade.

News > Washington

Inland Northwest parents scramble as nationwide baby formula shortage empties store shelves

Sat., May 14, 2022

Spokane-area parents say it's been stressful, and many stores now have a limit on purchases.

News > Idaho

COVID-19 case reporting changing in Inland Northwest

UPDATED: Sat., May 14, 2022

Local health departments have transitioned away from a daily case count to a weekly rate.

News > Spokane

South suspension bridge in Riverfront Park closes for ‘inspection and minor repairs’

UPDATED: Sun., May 15, 2022

The Spokane Parks Department announced the closure on social media this week, citing the need for "inspection and minor repairs" on the span that was originally built as part of preparations for Expo '74. The south suspension bridge, as it's known, is slated for the same kind of renovations that shuttered its partner to the north for nearly three years.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘It’s about fighting to save lives’: New Spokane fentanyl initiative aims to unite community to defeat epidemic

Fri., May 13, 2022

"We all have a stake in dealing with the demand side," said former U.S. Attorney Bill Hyslop, a founding board member of the group Spokane Alliance for Fentanyl Education (SAFE), which kicked off its effort to address what the Centers for Disease Control has identified as an epidemic at a symposium held at the Davenport Grand Hotel.

News > Religion

Spokane priest in apparent mental health crisis intruded into Windsor Castle barracks, causing ‘security breach’ at home of Queen Elizabeth II

UPDATED: Fri., May 13, 2022

A Spokane priest having an apparent mental health crisis caused outcry from officials in the U.K. after he spoofed royal guardsmen last month by claiming to know the battalion’s chaplain and gained access to the guard barracks at Windsor Castle, a home of Queen Elizabeth II.

News > Home and garden

Gardening: Wildflowers, native plants can be difficult to establish in landscapes

Thu., May 12, 2022

As I write this in the first week of May, we are celebrating National Wildflower Week, a time to celebrate the spring abundance of colorful yet ephemeral blazes of color throughout the region.

News > Spokane

Liberty Lake Library offers laptops, hot spots for checkout

UPDATED: Thu., May 12, 2022

Libraries don’t just check out books, movies and music anymore. It’s becoming more common to have what’s known as a Library of Things, which means that people can check out everything from gardening tools to cake pans.

News > Spokane

Spokane Valley Fire roundup: Crews cut through trees to respond after tornadoes hit trailers

Thu., May 12, 2022

The crews at the Spokane Valley Fire Department are always on hand to help in a variety of emergencies, including when a small tornado tosses your RV trailer to the side like a pile of discarded tissues.

News > Idaho

Weathercatch: Unusual, localized storms during May bring tornadoes, fierce cloudbursts

UPDATED: Thu., May 12, 2022

Those two tornadoes that touched down in the Spokane area last Friday evening? Yes, it was an unusual occurrence. Although Eastern Washington averages nearly one tornado a year, two don’t usually happen in the same general vicinity, 17 minutes apart.

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Spokane City Council approves zoning change to allow shelters, ‘community services’ in heavy industrial zones

Don Harmon, Airway Heights’ mayor in the late 1990s, enters county commission race against Al French

Spokane County filing week kicks of with three surprise candidates, but few bombshells

Spokane man accused of assaulting grandmother in attack that led to her death

Man killed in north Spokane shooting last month identified

100 years ago in Spokane: Pachyderm prompts some panic ahead of Spokane circus appearance

As overtime costs mount, some Spokane City Council members mull asking to rehire unvaccinated firefighters

Getting There: Spokane County works out deal to acquire closed BNSF bridge near Airway Heights

Support it or not, but protesting at a judge’s home is not a new tactic

Ready, set, file: Political candidates will officially submit paperwork to run for election this week

‘We’re not going anywhere’: Planned Parenthood rally draws hundreds in support of reproductive rights

Inland Northwest parents scramble as nationwide baby formula shortage empties store shelves

COVID-19 case reporting changing in Inland Northwest

South suspension bridge in Riverfront Park closes for ‘inspection and minor repairs’

‘It’s about fighting to save lives’: New Spokane fentanyl initiative aims to unite community to defeat epidemic

Spokane priest in apparent mental health crisis intruded into Windsor Castle barracks, causing ‘security breach’ at home of Queen Elizabeth II

Gardening: Wildflowers, native plants can be difficult to establish in landscapes

Liberty Lake Library offers laptops, hot spots for checkout

Spokane Valley Fire roundup: Crews cut through trees to respond after tornadoes hit trailers

Weathercatch: Unusual, localized storms during May bring tornadoes, fierce cloudbursts

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