Jonathan Brunt

Spokane's assistant police chief has stepped down from his position.

The company that has the exclusive right to provide cable TV services in Spokane says it no longer should have to follow federal price regulations. Comcast, which provides cable services under the name Xfinity, filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission in November, requesting that it be released from rules capping the price of basic cable service in Spokane, Spokane Valley, Airway Heights, Liberty Lake and Millwood. Each of those cities has given Comcast a franchise allowing it to be the sole cable TV provider within city limits.

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The brewing debate about how much must be worn by baristas could be decided by voters. Three Spokane moms say they will gather signatures in hopes of asking voters to make it a misdemeanor to expose at least half of a female breast, any part of a female areola or nipple, or any part of male or female genitals or anus at any place the public has a right to be or see.

Voters could decide how much baristas must wear

Chris Gray knew he would lose, but at a Spokane Municipal Court hearing earlier this month, he wanted to make a point. Two months earlier – at 7:18 p.m. on Nov. 19 – Gray was driving on Thor Street when he stopped at a red light before making a right turn on Second Avenue. But a red-light camera caught him stopping well beyond a white line marked on the pavement.

The man shot by Spokane police near Truth Ministries shelter Thursday night has been identified. Aaron Johnson, 29, was shot after a report came to police that a man was threatening people with a knife at the shelter.

Spokane Mayor David Condon is heeding the advice of Spokane City Council members who have pushed him to reopen contract negotiations with the Spokane Police Guild. The mayor and guild agreed to a tentative four-year labor contract last fall, but that deal was rejected by the City Council in November. It was nearly rejected a second time in December before the council opted to delay a vote until Feb. 3.

Condon asks Police Guild for contract changes

A West Central Neighborhood leader says his life won’t be altered much by his recent one-in-a-million lottery win that will give him $1,000 a week for the rest of his life. Kelly Cruz, 53, bought the $5 ticket on New Year’s Eve at Safeway on Northwest Boulevard. He went to the grocery store to buy milk and bread and Lotto tickets for his father, Henry Cruz, who stayed in the car and frequently plays the lottery. Cruz decided he, too, would get a ticket and chose a “Lucky for Life” scratch ticket because it’s a game his brother often plays.

City Council candidate set for life with lotto win

New Spokane City Council casts first 4-3 votes

Deaconess and Valley hospital officials are abandoning their request for an ethics investigation of three Spokane City Council members who used city letterhead to express concerns about medical staffing levels during an ongoing labor dispute. The hospitals now say the request for an “advisory ethics opinion” on whether Council President Ben Stuckart and council members Jon Snyder and Amber Waldref violated city ethics was made by hospital lobbyist Tom Parker without authorization.

Deaconess and Valley hospital officials are abandoning their request for an ethics investigation of three Spokane City Council members who used city letterhead to express concerns about medical staffing levels during an ongoing labor dispute.

Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart will soon be handing out duties to the city’s six other council members. The Spokane City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to give Stuckart the power to chose which members serve on what boards.

Stuckart relents on supermajority rule