Elena Perry

Owners, employees and volunteers at the Nine Mile Store worked overtime to organize and arrange the influx of donations received for those who lost homes or were evacuated in the Spokane Complex fires.

Rozella Ehrler’s largest concern days after the Autumn Lane fire decimated her home in Nine Mile Falls was removing the bodies of her two pigs who couldn’t get out in time.

A bright yellow piece of metal protruded from the ashes of the historic Spokane Rifle Club.

Troy Johnson called the Nine Mile Store on Tuesday. He felt immediate relief that owner Corinne Rogers picked up and he was even more reassured by her answer.

Each neighbor wears the shock differently.

Under the area’s first-ever “particularly dangerous ” weather warning Saturday, winds peaked at 44 mph, driving three separate blazes that sparked in and around Spokane.

The warning is in effect across Eastern Washington, from the Spokane, the Waterville Plateau, Okanogan Valley, Western Columbia Basin, Colville Reservation, the Palouse and Snake River areas.

The vote was unanimous to send to November ballots a three-year educational programs and operations levy that would collect around $50 million in property taxes each year, starting 2028, for a total of $151.9 million. The measure is a renewal of an existing levy in the district that makes up around 16% of the district’s total operating budget.