As the city of Spokane prepares to try again at finding an operator for a proposed homeless shelter on East Trent Avenue, a city councilman says he has made a formal complaint against another official accused of derailing the first attempt.
Spokane officials have their eyes on an East Sprague Avenue property to bring the city’s Municipal Court and the police department to a new, shared home.
The Idaho State Board of Education is set this week to select three applicants to fill current and pending vacancies on the five-member North Idaho College Board of Trustees.
Gov. Jay Inslee got a first-hand look at the Palouse Prairie restoration project undertaken by Eastern Washington University that includes replanting native flora.
Mayor Nadine Woodward and Spokane police Chief Craig Meidl fleshed out how the new Violent Crime Task Force will function at the mayor’s State of the City address Wednesday.
While members of the Spokane City Council have offered recommendations to Mayor Nadine Woodward’s administration for what new requests for proposals should include, Woodward said the council’s input won’t impact her administration’s priorities for a homeless shelter on East Trent Avenue.
The six-year tax levy to support the city’s emergency medical services appears likely to win the approval of Spokane voters who participated in Tuesday’s special election .
As seen during last summer’s historic heat wave, parts of Spokane that lack tree cover can reach significantly higher temperatures than their more shaded neighbors.
The city of Spokane will restart its process of soliciting proposals from potential operators for a more than 33,000-square-foot homeless shelter in east Spokane, citing conflicts of interest with the city board tasked with recommending an option to the administration.
The Spokane City Council moved Monday to authorize more money to defend against a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the police killing of David Novak in 2019.
A proposal to temporarily change the city of Spokane’s zoning laws to allow indoor emergency shelters in heavy industrial zones failed to pass the Spokane City Council on Monday.
Four fire districts in Eastern Washington will receive help in fighting wildfires this season through surplus fire engines no longer needed by the state.
A new $20 million endowment to Washington State University will help the school construct a “student success” building for WSU’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, WSU announced Monday.
The special election calling on Spokane voters to consider renewing the six-year tax levy to support emergency medical services is just over a week away.
The estimated $500,000 project envisions a new playground for children ages 2 to 12, an updated Hooptown USA basketball court with a court mural, lighting improvements, additional landscaping and irrigation upgrades. Cost permitting, work could also include restroom renovations.
A few days after four people were wounded in two separate shootings this past weekend, members of the Spokane City Council looked to Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl for answers to the city’s apparent rise in gun violence.