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News >  Spokane

Holidays may see record in travelers

Sally Hewey thought all her car needed for her family's Thanksgiving trip was a tire rotation and alignment. But Hewey found out Tuesday at Sears Automotive that her Subaru Outback needed four new tires.
News >  Spokane

South Hill traffic ideas controversial

The ink is barely dry, but Rockwood neighborhood residents and businesses already are battling over a south Spokane transportation report. The corner of 29th Avenue and Pittsburg Street is ground zero.
News >  Spokane

Mielke to be sworn in today

Todd Mielke has hardly had time to catch his breath. The general election was only two weeks ago and results were just certified Wednesday, but Mielke had better be ready to start his new job as Spokane County commissioner.
News >  Spokane

New option expands light-rail possibilities

Members of a committee studying light-rail possibilities in the region learned Wednesday about a new option to run rapid transit between downtown Spokane and Liberty Lake. It would expand an alternative already under consideration – a bare-bones line from downtown to University City – to cover the additional miles to Liberty Lake.
News >  Spokane

Riders with disabilities get lift from STA

The Spokane Transit Authority Board gave new hope at its Wednesday meeting to more than 200 people with disabilities who are slated to lose their special van service in January. A new rural feeder service would match up current users of STA door-to-door paratransit service with Rideshare van pools. Those vans would transport the paratransit users into the service area where paratransit vans would then pick them up.
News >  Spokane

Tractor back in limelight

A Blanchard, Idaho, icon is coming home. The circa 1887 steam tractor had been forgotten by almost everyone, left in the basement of the Riverfront Park Pavilion in Spokane.
News >  Spokane

Merchant’s patience expiring

Henryk Zowal's customers often have trouble finding a parking space in front of his downtown tailor shop. That's because drivers with disabled-motorist placards park in the two 30-minute metered spaces in front of Zowal's shop day in and day out.
News >  Spokane

District 2 seat goes to Richard

Republican Mark Richard will be Spokane County's newest county commissioner. After more than a week with the contest too close to call, Democrat Bill Burke conceded defeat Friday to Richard in the race for District 2 commissioner.
News >  Spokane

Lagging fair attendance a quandary for county

Next year's Spokane County Interstate Fair will be significantly scaled back unless the fairgrounds can increase revenues or the county subsidizes the department with its general fund. The preliminary budget calls for slashing entertainment spending by a third, reducing demonstrations by half, eliminating specialty livestock shows and the family stage, and reducing offerings at the grandstand stage.
News >  Spokane

Sommers to leave assessor’s post in ‘05

Spokane County Assessor Duane Sommers announced Tuesday he will retire in January, just halfway through his first four-year term. Sommers said he is leaving the post because his wife is having health problems, and he wants to be able to travel with her before health issues prevent it.
News >  Spokane

BNSF donates Geiger line

The Geiger rail spur is one step closer to preservation. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway agreed last week to donate the almost five miles of West Plains railroad, valued at $2.3 million, to Spokane County.
News >  Spokane

Appointment comes under fire

The decision to appoint Erik Skaggs as Spokane County's new economic development director without a public call for applications has come under fire. While some question the lack of openness in the process, others criticize Skaggs' past political activities and his tenure as a vice president at bankrupt Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities Inc.
News >  Spokane

Burke, Richard in dead heat for commission

Spokane County commissioner candidates Bill Burke and Mark Richard may be a little distracted in the coming days. Their District 2 race for commissioner was too close to call Tuesday night and further election numbers won't be available until Thursday.
News >  Spokane

Pickets: Save the Rookery block

Historic preservation advocates picketed at lunchtime Monday in front of the Rookery block downtown in a last-ditch effort to prevent its destruction. The group was hoping to persuade owner Wendell Reugh to sell three historic buildings on Howard Street and Riverside Avenue rather than demolish them to make way for a surface parking lot.
News >  Spokane

Some can renew licenses online

It's a little like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. If you're not too old and not too young, haven't moved in the last five years and have paid any and all traffic fines and tickets, starting today you can renew your Washington state driver's license online.
News >  Spokane

Wolverton seeks out challenges

Linda Wolverton is part city girl and part farm girl, part right-brained aspiring novelist and part detail-obsessed accountant. Most of all, Wolverton is always looking for new challenges.
News >  Spokane

City runs a bike lane off the road

The bike ride to Lincoln Heights Shopping Center just got a little harder. In a bid to improve access to the Rockwood Retirement Community, the city of Spokane has eliminated the bike lanes on a portion of one of Spokane's longest designated bicycle routes. Erasing the bike lanes on Southeast Boulevard at 25th Avenue was necessary to install an island, said Scott Egger of the city's Streets Department.
News >  Spokane

Politics long a part of Richard’s life

Editor's note: A profile of Richard's opponent, Bill Burke, appeared in Thursday's Spokesman-Review and can be viewed at www.spokesmanreview.com. Profiles of County Commission candidates Todd Mielke and Linda Wolverton will appear next week. "What took you so long?"
News >  Spokane

Two slots will shape the future

Spokane County residents love their parks and open spaces. They've overwhelmingly voted for taxes to support parks, including bond issues and the Conservation Futures program, which allows the county to purchase open space to preserve for future generations.
News >  Spokane

Roskelley odd man out on planning no more

Empty binders lined the shelves, and just about every scrap of paper in Spokane County Commissioner John Roskelley's office had been recycled as of Wednesday morning. A dedicated environmentalist, Roskelley wasn't about to just throw away all the county papers he'd accumulated over nine years in office.
News >  Spokane

John Roskelley stepping down as commissioner

Spokane County Commissioner John Roskelley will resign from office this week to take a position with the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board. Washington Gov. Gary Locke announced the six-year appointment Monday. It will take effect Friday.