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Jonathan Brunt

Jonathan Brunt

Current Position: Asst. Managing Editor (Govt)

Jonathan Brunt joined The Spokesman-Review in 2004. He is the government editor. He previously was a reporter who covered Spokane City Hall, Spokane County government and public safety.

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News >  Spokane

Second Avenue repaving project faces bumpy road

A month after Spokane leaders endorsed goals to make streets more amenable to pedestrians and bicyclists, debate is emerging that could delay one of the city’s largest planned repaving projects this year. At least two City Council members are pushing administrators to redesign Second Avenue downtown before it’s reconstructed this summer.
News >  Washington Voices

Speed limit reduced on 25th

The speed limit will fall by 5 mph on a South Hill street bordering Manito Park. The Spokane City Council on Monday voted unanimously to lower the speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph on 25th Avenue between Grand and Bernard streets.
News >  Spokane

‘Do not mail’ can’t gain traction

Post office employees are fighting a proposal to allow people to “opt out” from receiving bulk mail. On Monday, the Spokane City Council rejected a nonbinding resolution asking the state Legislature to create a registry that would allow people to decline bulk mail.
News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council keeping its full-time aide

A couple months after increasing the hours of the assistants for each City Council member, the Spokane City Council on Monday decided to maintain the council’s full-time senior executive assistant. Jennifer Westfall, who holds a bachelor’s in business administration from Central Michigan University, was selected by City Council President Joe Shogan to fill the position, which was left vacant by the recent departure of longtime council executive Mary Franklin.
News >  Spokane

EMS levy passes latest six-year test

For the sixth time in a row, Spokane voters agreed to pay a six-year property tax for the fire department’s medical response service. Almost 67 percent of voters agreed to continue the city’s emergency medical services tax. It needed 60 percent to pass. A few thousand votes will be counted this week, but that’s not enough to alter the levy’s fate.
News >  Spokane

Spokane Police Guild distorted vote on chief

The extent of dissatisfaction with Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick among the rank and file may not be as bad as union leaders suggest. A document obtained by The Spokesman-Review shows Spokane Police Guild leaders misrepresented the results of a recent no-confidence vote against Kirkpatrick and Assistant Chief Jim Nicks. Of the 276 guild members, 112 voted no confidence in the department’s leadership, or fewer than half.
News >  Spokane

Voters renew EMS levy

For the sixth time in a row, Spokane voters have agreed to pay a six-year property tax for the fire department’s medical response service.
News >  Spokane

Money is major roadblock for final leg of freeway

Exit 282 of Interstate 90 sits as a monument to the stops and starts of building a north Spokane freeway. Engineers designed the massive Hamilton ramps to be the start of a new thoroughfare through Spokane. The exit opened in 1971 but never got connected to a freeway.
News >  Spokane

Building spared despite location

From the inside, the Cecil Apartments may not seem worth saving. The vacant building, which turns 100 this year, is in the path of a proposed expansion of Interstate 90 as part of the North Spokane Corridor project. Its ceilings are cracked and caving. The walls are coated with lead paint and filled with asbestos.
A&E >  Entertainment

Freeway redraws housing footprint

With decades of studies, draft reports, public meetings and money shortfalls, Spokane’s north-south freeway has remained more of a concept than a road. Even the portion of the freeway that opened last year north of city limits is used by only about 4,000 vehicles a day – about a third of the traffic on the busiest portion of Garland Avenue.
News >  Spokane

Tea party in the park

There may be plenty of disagreement in political rallies of thousands, but Oakesdale resident Ken Hanson’s opinion on taxes is one that was nearly universal at Thursday’s Tea Party gathering in Spokane. “As the government continues to increase taxes and put more and more regulations on us, it’s impossible for us to prosper,” said Hanson, a farmer and owner of an irrigation supply business who brought his sons to the event.
News >  Spokane

Tea supporters turn out for a party

There may be plenty of disagreement in political rallies of thousands, but Oakesdale resident Ken Hanson’s opinion on taxes is one that was nearly universal at Thursday's Tea Party gathering in Spokane.