Adam Shanks

Ben Stuckart and Nadine Woodward have raised – and spent – nearly the same amount of money in their campaigns for mayor. Both describe their base of support as diverse, but criticize the source of the other’s funding as representing outside interests.

The city is soliciting public input on its plans for a new emergency shelter in East Central, but few details about its operation have been fleshed out.

Froyo Earth has closed its downtown Spokane location and pointed customers to its Gonzaga shop instead.

The city council is expected to vote on a resolution that would ask the city to study the feasibility of returning a police precinct to the heart of downtown.

The city of Spokane will redirect a percentage of the state sales tax it collects to affordable housing assistance.

The City Council will review a proposal to expand the multifamily tax exemption zone, which seeks to incentivize an increase in housing density.

The upcoming mayoral election could have serious implications for the future of police oversight in Spokane, as whoever wins could determine the extent of the power held by the police department’s civilian watchdog.

Members of the Spokane Police Department and City Council met Thursday to discuss whether relocating a police precinct to the heart of downtown would be the best way to accomplish their shared goal of boosting officer presence downtown.

Less than three weeks after it launched on July 1, the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications announced it has hired a new leader to replace outgoing Executive Director Steve Reinke.

As public safety and police accountability continue to play a central role, the Spokane Police Guild has endorsed Nadine Woodward for mayor in the primary election.

Hope House can’t build its new facility fast enough. The women’s shelter – currently operating as a 44-bed shelter on West 3rd Avenue in a building so crowded, it’s a regular occurrence for more than a dozen women to be turned away – plans to break ground on an expanded facility with improved amenities on the corner of Third Avenue and Adams Street in September, and hopes to open in fall 2020.

Realtors are pouring an unprecedented amount of money into Spokane primary campaigns, with the Washington Association of Realtors throwing substantial support behind mayoral candidate Nadine Woodward and three fresh faces vying for seats on the City Council.

Thanks to a new burst of funding, Spokane is pouring more resources into ending youth homelessness.

Spokane Regional Emergency Communications celebrated its opening on Thursday morning with a press conference and tour of the Combined Communications Building – and with dozens picketing outside.

Four years after the city of Spokane moved its downtown police precinct away from the Spokane Transit Authority’s headquarters, City Council may explore the feasibility of bringing a precinct back to the heart of downtown and boosting police patrols on foot and bicycle.

Voting in the primary election begins this week as five candidates seek to become Spokane’s next mayor.

Four candidates hope to past the primary election for Spokane City Council president.

The City of Spokane plans to reinvest its revenue from Lime scooters and bicycles into making the program safer and better organized.

An experienced member of the City Council will look to fend off two challengers in the primary race for District 2.

Despite orders from the Spokane City Council to maintain an independent dispatch crew for firefighters, the city is now relying on a new regional system to handle emergency calls.