Though it was the wettest 24-hour period since January, Saturday's 0.42 inches of rain isn't going to push Eastern Washington out of exceptional drought.
At about 7:20 a.m., Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call of an unoccupied boat that had floated up to a dock, according to a news release.
A new study shows that boats, not weather, cause the biggest waves, but there's still no definitive evidence that boats are lone significant erosion culprit.
As revenues from Spokane Valley's main road maintenance tax dry up, the city has to come up with new ways to fund road maintenance and prioritize which roads to fix first.
“I’m going to miss her so much,” former Spokane Mayor Sheri Barnard said. “She was fun, funny, loyal, dedicated to her beliefs: Faith and politics and family.”
Lightning started a fire Saturday night at a property east of Cheney and west of U.S. Route 195 along Aspen Meadows Drive. It flared up Sunday morning and burned roughly an acre-and-a-half before crews arrived, prompting brief evacuations.
Some Spokane Valley City Councilmembers want the city to do more to crack down on nuisance properties — homes with junkers in their yards on ongoing criminal activity.