At least 2,800 Inland Northwest electrical customers were without power this afternoon after winds to 54 mph peaked early this afternoon, officials said.
The long-awaited reconstruction of Lincoln Street south of 17th Avenue begins this morning in a four-month project that will add a new environmental element to Spokane streets: storm water gardens. Traffic will be closed during construction on what arguably has become the most dilapidated street in Spokane, especially in the vicinity of Wilson Elementary School at 25th and Lincoln.
Alyce Bailey wants others to avoid the trouble she encountered last week when she nearly fell victim to a swindle known as the grandparents scam. Bailey was so fooled by the telephone caller that she was sobbing and ready to wire $4,200 to a supposed lawyer in Canada, she said.
The Spokane Valley Fire Department took another step Wednesday in its program to improve fire protection in Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake. Fire commissioners and other district officials gathered for a groundbreaking for construction of a new Station No. 10 at 17217 E. Sprague Ave. in Greenacres.
Warmer air circulating northward in advance of an incoming storm system should bring sunny skies through most of the day along with warmer spring temperatures by afternoon.
Promoters of an effort to make Spokane one of two Google test sites for upgraded, high-speed Web communications want the public’s help. A group called Hey Google, Pick Spokane is staging a rally today at 5:30 p.m. in Riverfront Park’s Clocktower Meadow.
An effort to promote Spokane as one of two Google test sites for upgraded, high-speed Web communications wants the public’s help. A group called Hey Google, Pick Spokane is staging a rally Wednesday at the Clocktower Meadow in Riverfront Park at 5:30 p.m.
Showers are possible today following a cold front that crossed the region and brought rain on Sunday.
National Weather Service forecasters said there is a 30 percent chance of showers.
Some of the concrete panels that make up the road surface of U.S. Highway 195 to Pullman will be fixed this spring. Northbound traffic is being restricted through early May under a $2.5 million economic stimulus project that involves anchoring pavement with steel bars.
When the Inland Northwest says goodbye to winter at 10:32 a.m. today, it will look back on a season that will be remembered mostly for what wasn’t. It wasn’t snowy. It wasn’t windy. It wasn’t all that cold, with the exception of a 10-day period in December.
Local governments, schools and nonprofit agencies in Spokane County have been reimbursed $5.7 million for their costs in responding to record snows that began in mid-December 2008 and continued through early January 2009. Under government guidelines, the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid the agencies for the cost of snow removal during a 48-hour event and for damages to public and nonprofit facilities as the result of a declared emergency.
Local governments, schools and nonprofit agencies in Spokane County have been reimbursed $5.7 million for their costs in responding to record snows that began in mid-December 2008 and continued through early January 2009.
A northwest flow in the upper atmosphere combined with a high pressure system to the west is putting the Inland Northwest under another in a continuing series of sunny days today.
After Spokane reached a season-high 64 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, forecasters are calling for cooling back to the lower 50s, although mostly sunny skies should continue through the weekend.
The Spokane fire marshal ordered closure of a substandard apartment building Tuesday after a fire believed to be arson damaged a portion of the crowded and cluttered property. “It’s a wreck,” said Fire Marshal Lisa Jones as she inspected a series of small makeshift apartments in a converted house at 2217 E. Sprague Ave.
The city of Spokane is getting an oil change as part of its effort to promote environmental sustainability. Officials recently announced that the city’s 1,400 vehicles will now be running on re-refined motor oil, a product made from waste oil.
