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News >  Spokane

Spokane moving ahead with Grand Boulevard lane reduction

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 19, 2026

Grand Boulevard is being put on a diet.

News >  Spokane

Spokane mayor proposes ban on private leases for ICE detention facilities

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 19, 2026

Private property owners in Spokane would be banned from leasing buildings for detention centers under a law proposed Tuesday by Mayor Lisa Brown, which comes amid a major expansion of immigration enforcement facilities nationwide.

News >  Spokane

Former Spokane Councilman Jonathan Bingle running for state House seat

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 16, 2026

Just a few months after losing his bid for re-election to the Spokane City Council, Republican Jonathan Bingle has set his sights on state office, announcing a run Monday for a state House seat being vacated by Rep. Jenny Graham, R-Spokane.

News >  Spokane

Getting There: Work on North Spokane Corridor in 2026 lays groundwork for completion

Mon., Feb. 16, 2026

Year by year, the North Spokane Corridor slowly inches to completion, which is still estimated for 2030.

News >  Spokane

Ruby River Hotel proposes building public dock on Spokane River near Division Street Bridge

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 12, 2026

The Ruby River Hotel wants to build a public dock on the Spokane River just outside of its property east of Division.

News >  Local Government

Spokane mayor proposes giving $100,000 of police outreach dollars to immigrant aid group as another nonprofit says it deserves the allocation

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 9, 2026

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on Monday proposed spending $100,000 of the police department’s public outreach dollars to boost an emergency fund for the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition, a group of nearly a dozen local immigrant and refugee support organizations.

News >  Spokane

$200,000 grant will boost an unorthodox approach to student wellbeing in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 6, 2026

This week, the students are learning how to lobby Olympia.

News >  Spokane

Spokane landlords now required to engage in eviction prevention programs, council votes

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 2, 2026

Spokane landlords must participate in eviction prevention programs before removing someone for nonpayment, the City Council voted Monday.

News >  Spokane

Spokane council eyes icing ICE out of more public property

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 2, 2026

Most of Spokane’s public property may soon become off limits to federal immigration agents attempting enforcement actions without a judicial warrant after Councilman Paul Dillon introduced an ordinance expanding a more limited law passed in August.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police chief apologizes for officers wearing masks at protest

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 2, 2026

Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall called it a "mistake" Monday when he revealed at a City Council committee meeting that two plain-clothes officers attended a protest last week wearing masks.

News >  Spokane

Getting There: Spokane mulls reducing lanes on Grand Boulevard in 2027

Mon., Feb. 2, 2026

Most of the northern half of Grand Boulevard, a major arterial connecting the southern half of Spokane to its downtown, will likely lose at least one lane for through traffic next year in a move city officials believe will reduce crashes by up to 24%.

News >  Spokane

Spokane reports more homeless people are getting into housing

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

Spokane is reporting a marked improvement in outcomes for homeless people engaged with city-funded services and fewer people in the system overall, a trend officials believe will continue to bend in the right direction in the coming year.

News >  Spokane

Spokane council considers changing its rules, including limiting public testimony

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

The Spokane City Council is considering placing greater limits on the public’s time to speak before a vote, among other changes to its rules and procedures.

News >  Spokane

Spokane council once again considers changing when it holds votes

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 26, 2026

The Spokane City Council is again considering changing 114 years of tradition by moving its weekly legislative meetings from Monday to some other day of the week, likely Tuesdays.

News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council defers kratom ban as state Legislature eyes regulation

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 26, 2026

The Spokane City Council is pumping the brakes on a possible ban on the sale of the psychoactive plant kratom and its extracts while the state Legislature considers bills that may regulate the drug.

News >  Transportation

Spokane Transit Authority investigating navigation issues but plans to redeploy double-decker buses after crash

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 26, 2026

Spokane Transit Authority will disable navigation systems for its fleet of double-decker buses when they return to service after one was routed to pass beneath the Cedar Street viaduct that was too low for the extra-tall vehicles. The Jan. 18 crash injured seven passengers.

News >  Spokane

‘Tell me what crime this 10-year-old committed’: Governor, local leaders and parents react to immigration detention of Spokane student and her father

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 23, 2026

As parents queued to pick up their children outside Logan Elementary School on Friday, some were reflecting on the recent immigration detention of 10-year-old Karla Tiul Baltazar, a Logan student, and her father, Arnoldo Tiul Caal.

News >  Spokane

Onboard system error appears to have routed double-decker bus driver to low bridge in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

Drivers for Spokane Transit Authority’s double-decker buses were rerouted by onboard navigation software onto Cedar Street before one of them crashed into an overhead viaduct downtown on Sunday, photos shared with The Spokesman-Review appear to show.

News >  WA Government

Spokane officials look for grace from Washington lawmakers on energy-generating trash incinerator

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

OLYMPIA – Spokane officials traveled to the state Capitol Tuesday in search of grace and to ask lawmakers to allow the city’s Waste-to-Energy Plant to operate without spending millions on carbon credits from a state auction.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Nearly 2-mile stretch of protected path slated for Sunset Highway

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

Spokane will build nearly 2 miles of protected path along Sunset Highway this year between Spotted Road and Royal Street, connecting a rapidly growing area to existing pedestrian and bicycle amenities to the east.

News >  Spokane

Spokane commemorates MLK Day, Juneteenth after days diminished by the National Parks Service

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 19, 2026

Amid an effort to scrub the commemoration of the history of slavery and racism from national parks, dozens gathered in Spokane City Council chambers to insist on recognizing those holidays and that history.

News >  Spokane

Spokane council accepts federal police funds but claims continued defiance of Trump

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 15, 2026

The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 in a Thursday special session to accept $1 million in federal funds to hire police, while maintaining that the city will not assist immigration detention efforts or be forced to comply with presidential executive orders members believe are immoral.

News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council hesitates to accept federal police funding, wary of strings

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 13, 2026

The Spokane City Council is hesitating to accept $1 million in federal funds to hire eight new police officers amid concerns it could force compliance with federal immigration detention efforts and presidential executive orders, despite reassurances from local police officials.

News >  Spokane

Rep. Michael Baumgartner already faces seven challengers as year begins

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 12, 2026

It’s been a little over a year since Michael Baumgartner was elected as Eastern Washington’s congressman from among the most crowded field in decades, replacing former Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who held the seat for 20 years before announcing her retirement.

News >  Spokane

At dad’s campaign event, Bajun Mavalwalla II makes first public statement following arrest related to June anti-ICE protest

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 11, 2026

Bajun Mavalwalla II, one of the nine people arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy following the June 11 anti-ICE protest in Spokane and one of four who have not entered a guilty plea, made his first public statement on Saturday at the congressional campaign launch party of his father, also named Bajun Mavalwalla.