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Hoopfest brings kids out to play

The kids are out practicing for this weekend's Hoopfest basketball tournament, and with court space at a premium, drivers are likely to find b-ballers in the streets. Though it's illegal to place portable basketball hoops and skateboard ramps in Spokane's streets, many kids still use the blacktop in front of their homes to play.
News >  Spokane

Hargreaves to run for County Commission

Spokane County Planning Commissioner Tom Hargreaves announced Friday that he will run for Spokane County commissioner. Hargreaves, a former Air Force major, will run for the seat being vacated by Commissioner John Roskelley. Like Roskelley, Hargreaves is a Democrat.
News >  Spokane

Most land-use amendments are endorsed

Spokane County commissioners approved or rejected Thursday a number of amendments to the county's comprehensive plan, but reserved decisions on other Planning Commission recommendations until after a future public hearing. Commissioners accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation on about three-quarters of the 29 land-use amendments before them, including postponing until the next amendment cycle consideration of a Kaiser proposal to change its former Mead plant from a heavy-industrial to mixed-use designation.

News >  Spokane

Residents crowd downtown for glimpse of history

More than a thousand people waited outside in the sun Thursday afternoon hoping to give President Bush a piece of their minds – or at least catch a glimpse of him. But the bulk of the disappointed crowd wandered off soon after they realized that Bush had bypassed them and entered the Spokane Convention Center through a back door.
News >  Spokane

Bush visit not likely to sway many voters

President Bush's visit to Spokane today is sure to bring plenty of money to Rep.George Nethercutt's Senate campaign, but will it win Nethercutt votes? Most political watchers and party officials say no.
News >  Spokane

Portland firm hired for streetcar study

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council Board selected a firm Thursday to study the possibility of building a streetcar system in downtown Spokane. URS Corp. of Portland will study where a streetcar system could be routed, what kinds of impacts it might have on economic development, how much it would cost, how it could be funded and what type of service could be provided, said SRTC Director Glenn Miles.
News >  Spokane

Few get day off for Reagan’s funeral

Most private businesses, including banks, will remain open Friday despite President George W. Bush's declaration of a day of mourning for former President Ronald Reagan, who died Saturday. But some government offices around the Inland Northwest will close. Federal offices will shut down, and there will be no mail service. Locally, both Spokane Valley and Spokane Regional Health District offices will also be closed.
News >  Spokane

Some offices will stay open

Most private businesses, including banks, will remain open Friday despite President Bush's declaration of a day of mourning for former President Reagan, who died Saturday. But some government offices around the Inland Northwest will close. Federal offices will shut down, and there will be no mail service. Locally, both Spokane Valley and Spokane Regional Health District offices will also be closed.
News >  Spokane

Train party skips Spokane

The Inland Empire was built in large part with trains that no longer travel to Spokane. This week the last passenger train to regularly visit Spokane, Amtrak's Empire Builder, celebrates 75 years.
News >  Spokane

Neighbors differ on ideas for Bidwell Park features

Bidwell Park isn't built or completely designed yet, but it's already suffering an identity crisis. Plans call for a multiuse park featuring ball fields, but some north Spokane neighbors are pushing the county to include more natural areas.
News >  Spokane

County buys ex-Stockyards for $3.54 million

Spokane County is one step closer to siting a proposed sewage treatment plant at the former Stockyards in East Central Spokane. The county has purchased 20 acres at Freya and Trent for $3.54 million.
News >  Spokane

Roskelley won’t seek another term

Spokane's mountain-climbing County Commissioner John Roskelley announced Thursday that he won't be seeking another term. Roskelley said that he is proud of what he's done in office, but that it's time for new challenges.
News >  Spokane

Examiner’s office praised

Like the phoenix, the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office has emerged from the ashes as a brand-new institution. After enduring years of scandal, office personnel have quietly toiled to turn things around and have just been rewarded with national accreditation
News >  Spokane

Local rest stop faces closure

Seagulls aren't such bird brains after all. Even they seem to know there's nothing happening at the Interstate 90 Spokane River Rest Area on the Washington-Idaho border.
News >  Spokane

Sales tax increase puts onus on STA

Even as local bus riders are breathing a sigh relief, Spokane Transit Authority officials are gearing up for more work. Voters overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday a .3 percent sales tax increase for transit, preventing drastic cuts in bus service planned for this summer.
News >  Spokane

Spokane OKs tax increase for bus system

Spokane County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a sales tax increase to support the Spokane Transit Authority. Sixty-nine percent of the ballots counted Tuesday were cast for the tax, with 31 percent against it.
News >  Spokane

Voters OK sales tax increase for STA

Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a sales tax increase to support the Spokane Transit Authority. Sixty-nine percent of the ballots counted Tuesday were cast for the tax, with 31 percent against it.
News >  Spokane

Many commuters go long to work

You've heard of long-haul truckers. How about long-haul commuters? One in 200 commuters is what the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics calls a "stretch commuter" — someone who drives 50 miles or more each way to work.
News >  Spokane

Fate of STA tax riding on public faith

The Spokane Transit Authority's ballot issue may hinge on change. Voters will get a chance Tuesday to cast their ballot on the proposed 0.3 percent sales tax increase (3 cents on a $10 purchase). Those on both sides of the issue say that a key question to ask before voting is whether STA has changed enough in the last year and one-half to warrant the public's faith.
News >  Spokane

This is ‘not the norm’

Spokane's Mike Pannek is in the center of a storm. Three months ago, the former director of Geiger Corrections Center left Spokane for a one-year stint as warden at an Iraqi prison.
News >  Spokane

Neighbors resist plans to build wastewater plant

East Central Neighborhood residents mounted heated resistance Wednesday evening at a meeting to discuss plans to build a new Spokane County sewage treatment plant in their neighborhood. Neighbors said that locating the wastewater treatment plant in their area would preclude the badly needed economic boost that business development on the site could spawn. Some expressed worries about odors, environmental damage to the Spokane River and accidents at the treatment plant.