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Pipeline future up for Spokane City Council vote

Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

The Spokane City Council will be asked to approve a new deal Monday for a petroleum pipeline that, for several members, has raised safety questions.

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New law aims to limit garbage, needles left in Spokane parks

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

Spokane residents are tired of traipsing through trash and stumbling across discarded needles in their neighborhood parks, and so is City Councilwoman Lori Kinnear.

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City, county agency hash out temporary dispatch deal

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 17, 2020

With the city’s fire dispatchers facing an emergency of their own, the city extended a temporary agreement for outside help this week.

News >  WA Government

Spokane will study fluoride with a $4 million grant

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 15, 2020

With a $4 million grant in hand, the city of Spokane can study the feasibility and cost of adding fluoride to its drinking water.

News >  WA Government

More Spokane residents are now eligible for COVID-19 rental assistance

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 16, 2020

After fielding criticism from tenant advocates and landlords, the city of Spokane has loosened restrictions on access to rental assistance offered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Spokane City Council accepts grant to pay for fluoridation

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 15, 2020

The Spokane City Council stopped short of ordering the city to add fluoride to its water on Monday, but considered a grant that sets the city on the path toward fluoridation.

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In decision on fluoride and public health in Spokane, money is front and center

Sun., Sept. 13, 2020

A draft agreement with a nonprofit willing to fund some of the cost of adding flouride to Spokane's water supply still has some council members asking questions. Mayor Nadine Woodward and some lawmakers have indicated they'd prefer voters being able to weigh in on whether the step, shown for decades to prevent tooth decay, should be taken in Spokane. 

News >  Spokane

Spokane Valley apartment fire knocked down; several residents displaced

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 11, 2020

Spokane Valley firefighters quickly stamped out an apartment fire on North Wilbur Road, Thursday night, but several residents were left homeless.

News >  WA Government

As virus continues to spread, so does hunger

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 10, 2020

The number of Washington residents experiencing food insecurity more than doubled after the COVID-19 pandemic shattered the economy.

News >  Spokane

As homeless shelter capacity stretches thin in Spokane, planning underway for winter

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 10, 2020

Homeless service providers city officials are already talking about plans for housing this winter, with a forecasted need for increased space due to challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Spokane, other cities receive more coronavirus relief funding

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 4, 2020

More than a dozen cities and towns in Spokane County will receive another economic boost from coronavirus aid.

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For CARES Act rental assistance, both tenant and landlord must live in Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 3, 2020

Spokane is restricting access to the rental assistance it is doling out through federal coronavirus assistance with the intent of helping local renters and landlords.

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2021 Homeless Connect pushed back due to COVID-19

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 2, 2020

A major event held to connect people who are homeless to resources has been delayed.

News >  Local Government

Students, nonprofits focus in second round of Spokane CARES funding allocations

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 1, 2020

The city of Spokane funneled $1.1 million of coronavirus aid into more than a dozen local nonprofits and organizations on Monday.

News >  Spokane

Flag frenzy: Spokane seeks proposals for new city banner

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 31, 2020

Calling all vexillologists.

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Spokane Police look to upgrade virtual training system; council asks for community input

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 31, 2020

The scene quickly turns deadly when a domestic violence suspect twists away from a police officer’s handcuffs and reaches for her gun.

News >  Spokane

Libraries to patrons: Bring back your quarantine reads, please

Sun., Aug. 30, 2020

There are enough overdue library books in the home offices and on the dusty bookshelves of Spokane County residents to, well, fill a library.

News >  Local Government

Spokane urges residents, businesses to tap into utility bill assistance

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 27, 2020

Rent, electricity, water and waste removal.

News >  Local Government

Fluoride foes, proponents make pitches in community forum

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 27, 2020

As proponents continued their push for fluoridation of Spokane’s water, skeptics pleaded with the City Council to pause on Wednesday.

News >  Education

Students, parents optimistic on move-in day at Gonzaga

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020

To many of the eager (and masked) first-year students unpacking their belongings on Wednesday, starting the fall semester on campus and taking at least some classes in person was unquestionably preferable to the alternative: staying at home and enrolling in class online.

News >  Local Government

As council nears fluoride vote, residents asked to weigh in at community forum

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020

The Spokane City Council is barreling toward an initial vote on fluoridating the city’s water supply this week, but before it does so, those for and against the plan will be given an opportunity to offer their input.

News >  Spokane

Riverfront and center: Spokane park nabs spot on National Geographic list of beautiful urban parks

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020

Spokanites need no convincing that Riverfront Park is a gem.

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Spokane City Council condemns controversial ‘killology’ police training

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

The Spokane City Council voted Monday to formally condemn a controversial law enforcement training planned by “Killology” founder David Grossman in Spokane County.

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Rental assistance steered toward Spokane’s young adults

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

Spokane’s next burst of rental assistance will be directed at young adults.

News >  Spokane

As Spokane eyes new Yellowstone Pipeline agreement, council members cite safety concerns

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

Whether $100 million would be enough to cover damage from a catastrophic spill is one of the sticking points that has held up approval of a new 25-year franchise agreement between the City of Spokane and the owners of the Yellowstone Pipeline, which transports petroleum products across multiple states in the Northwest, including through Spokane.