Jonathan Brunt

Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart says it’s time city leaders renegotiate the proposed labor deal it struck months ago with the Spokane Police Guild. The four-year contract with the city police union was agreed to by Mayor David Condon, and he has stood by the agreement even after it was rejected by the council in November. The deal was reconsidered by the council last month, but council members decided to delay a vote until February.

The body of the 22-year-old Marine from Spokane who died New Year’s Day in Afghanistan is scheduled to arrive Friday night at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., a Marine spokesman said.

Ask a child to name his or her favorite part of First Night Spokane and they have a ready answer: “Ronald McDonald,” said Allison Lease, 3, who also enjoyed watching the ballet dancers.

Spokane Police have arrested a man they believe robbed a Domino’s Pizza deliveryman at gunpoint early on Dec. 23.

A made-in-Spokane film will be screened in Spokane, too. But it may only happen once – and tickets are going fast.

Plans to build a giant tank at Glover Field as part of a required cleanup of the Spokane River are on hold after the Spokane Tribe of Indians objected to disturbing the land it considers important to tribal heritage. City officials say they are considering alternatives that should allow them to meet environmental regulations requiring the city to nearly stop raw sewage from flowing into the Spokane River by its deadline at the end of 2017. They also still hope that the project will include a trail along the river to connect Riverfront Park to Glover Field.

Downtown shoppers still can park free on four holidays that city officials had asked to remove from the list of days meters are enforced. But beware: Cars belonging to those who have several unpaid parking tickets could be immobilized or impounded if spotted by a parking enforcement officer.

The co-founders of Spokane’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration say a proposal from city leaders to start enforcing parking meters on the holiday indicates that officials consider the day second-rate. The Spokane City Council on Monday will consider several changes to the downtown parking system. One of them would remove Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Veterans Day, Presidents Day and Columbus Day from the list of holidays during which the city allows free parking at its meters.

Several black residents say their community has been ignored in the new operations of the East Central Community Center. Sandy Williams, Eastern Washington representative for the Washington Commission on African American Affairs, said following a complaint about the center by the Rev. Happy Watkins she has interviewed dozens of residents about how they feel about the center since it was taken over by the East Central Community Organization.

A businessman nominated for a seat on the Spokane Airport Board has withdrawn after questions arose over his $1,800 contribution to Mayor David Condon’s 2015 re-election campaign just a day before applying for the post. Hoyt “Larry” Larison, former CEO of Columbia Paints and Coatings, had been selected for the position by Condon over City Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin, who has served on the airport board as the council’s representative for three years and had asked to stay on when she’s forced from office by term limits this month. Larison also has contributed to Condon-backed political action committees.

A massive cyberattack targeting credit cards at local grocery stores has been blocked. URM Stores, which includes Rosauers Supermarkets and Yoke’s Fresh Markets, announced Monday night that modern credit card systems were placed back online Monday night after extra security systems were implemented.

A massive cyber-attack targeting credit cards at local grocery stores has been blocked. URM Stores, which includes Rosauers Supermarkets and Yoke’s Fresh Markets, announced Monday night that modern credit card systems were placed back online Monday night after extra security systems were implemented.

Spokane City Council members decided to send a message to state legislators about burdensome regulations by unanimously rejecting new, stricter elevator inspection rules. The council voted Monday to reject the elevator and escalator safety standards even though council members acknowledged they did not understand the rules they were rejecting.

After years of recession-driven cuts, the Spokane City Council approved on Monday a budget of dreams. It adds 26 police officers.

In Spokane, as news spread that President John F. Kennedy had been shot, there was a frantic search for transistor radios, televisions or any source of news. In the offices of Washington Water Power Co. (now Avista), employees crowded around the only television in the headquarters, in the office of its board chairman.